Dolling up ordinary finds

For my booth in Merchant Square, I like to doll up ordinary finds and make them extraordinary.  Here are some examples:

The tall glass dome and base were a find a few months ago.  It originally was dirty glass on a wood base.  I cleaned it up, painted the base and added a clear knob with a pearl in top.  That way it can easily be lifted off without fingerprints in order to change the display inside.  It is now a cloche for displaying your favorite items.

This bottle is an old Fletcher's Castoria bottle -- remember that awful stuff??  My mom had that in the medicine cabinet (this is not my mom's bottle).  It tasted awful!!  I digress!!  I covered the bottle with pretty lace and embellished it with old earrings, some satin roses in my favorite colors and a pretty vintage pink ribbon necktie.

Looks great in the dome, don't you think????

Next up is this single glove I found in a pile of fabrics.  I had long ago seen Beth Quinn decorate a glove -- in fact, I think I saw it at Art Unraveled last year.  Anyway, I decided to decorate up this pretty glove and make it a piece to either hang or display in your favorite room!  It has an old lacey hankie coming out of the top, a bit of old lace with a ribbon rose and a sparkly button glued on.  Perfect touch!

These will be in my booth at Merchant Square by Tuesday of this week.  This coming weekend is another fabulous 3-day sale at Merchants.  Don't miss it!  We have a lot of wonderful dealers in there with lots of goodies for your home, art work, favorite collectables, or crafts.

Pretty March Give-Away

It is time to do another give-away. And here it is:

There are two lovely vintage hankies, one is white with white embroidery and the other is white with pink flower embroidery. Both are clean and in excellent condition -- as in never used. There are three pretty pink roses and a nice strand of small pearls to embellish your art work. Also included is the lovely cutout of a little girl in a bridal veil. She is holding a tiny gold mirror. There are also a couple of hearts on a tiny corsage of roses with two tiny rings and a few pearls. The paper doily is not included -- it is for photography purposes. All discovered in my stash as I was looking for things to use in a project.

If you would like a chance to win this March Give-Away all you have to do is leave a comment on this March 23rd blog only. You have until Sunday, March 29, to leave a comment. I will then have someone draw the names of the people who left comments and announce the winner. I mail promptly upon receiving your address so you can have the give-away right away!

Special Winter White Give-Away!!

This blog hit a milestone earlier this week. It has had 10,000 plus visitors! I thought that was pretty good!!

SO! I decided that I was going to do a special give-away to celebrate the first 10,000 visits and to say "thank you" for reading and visiting my blog!! I sorted through my stash and found all these special items in winter white. I will send this package to one special visitor who leaves a comment (one comment per person!) on this post during the next week.There are several pieces of vintage lace, a vintage hankie, three vintage cards (two with white flowers and the third has a winter scene), a small bag full of flowers, lace, buttons and a couple of small white clothespins, and the glittery "Dream" to hang somewhere in your home!

All you have to do win this special package of goodies is leave a comment on this post during the next week. I'd love to hear from you! Then....

Next Sunday, the 21st, I will put everyone's name (who left a comment here) in a hat and have my son draw out one name. I will post the winner's name next Sunday. So check back next week to see if your name was drawn from the hat!