Shabby Vintage Style Angel

 My first shabby angel of the season is finally done and up in my Etsy shop!! With more in the works! Each one will be different....

 These angels will all be made using vintage linens, crocheted doilies and embellished with shabby junk corsage/flower and mother of pearl buttons. Even their halos are made of wire and vintage mother of pearl buttons! I love them!!

Have a great day,
Pattie

Starting to decorate for Fall

I'm finally starting to decorate for Fall around here.... I've been so busy with other things and I keep thinking I have plenty of time but time is flying and it's already Oct so I have to get on the ball and get things decorated before it's time to decorate for Christmas....

 I thought I would start with the mantle shelf above the sofa and then work on decorating my china hutch later today... I'll share pics as soon as I get it done... I got the little leaf vase at the thrift store last month for 68 cents and I put some twigs from outside in it and I love it!!

I made myself the little cream sweater pumpkin and the leaf garland is from Target dollar spot. I love those Target dollar bins for seasonal decorations.

Found these cute vintage squirrel salt and pepper shakers at an estate sale this summer and the owl ones are from Walmart. I wanted to keep it simple.... I might add some vintage doilies though.... I think it needs a little something.... Now off to get started on decorating my china hutch... I painted it white last Fall and I love it! Very Farmhouse style....

Have a great day,
Pattie

More Sweater Pumpkins

 Still having fun creating sweater pumpkins!! Just added this grey set to my Etsy shop! I'm really into Greys right now especially Grey and Cream so I couldn't wait to make some Grey pumpkins this year...

It's a beautiful Fall day here in Chicago. Loving the cooler breeze coming in the windows....
Have a great day,
Pattie

Neutral Sweater Pumpkin Set

This is a beautiful neutral sweater pumpkin set I just added to my Etsy shop! More coming soon!

Another Angel

 I've added another angel to my Etsy shop! This one is coffee stained. I think I like the coffee stained one even better then my original one that I posted yesterday!! I love the vintage-y look the coffee gives!

Blessings,
Pattie

A couple more pumpkins

Added this set of Thanksgiving/Autumn pumpkins to the shop today!

I'm really loving the cream pumpkins this year!

Pattie

Yard Sales

   Lots of yard sales around my neighborhood yesterday and today! 

I found lots of good vintage junk!!  This rusty vintage postage scale was just one of the goodies I found!! I love it but I'm not sure if I will keep it or not..... Our house is very small so there is not a lot of places to display things! And I can't seem to find the right spot for it! :/ .  I'll have to move it around a bit and see....

 I think it might look better in the kitchen... I just wish my counter tops were a solid color or wooden, then my vintage goodies would look better on them... I hate my counter tops but it's not in the budget to change them right now so I will just have to deal with them.... :( 

I'll share more of my yard sale goodies soon!

 

Pattie

Bunting/Banner And Crochet

 It's been so snowy here in Chicago these past few days. It's put me in the mood to stay home and work on some of my craft projects. I made this little bunting/banner out of chip board and scrapbook paper that has a burlap look to it and some scalloped circles that I punched out from an old German book from the thrift store. The flowers are from the $1 bins at Micheal's. Nothing fancy just a little something to hang on the wall behind my sofa. I didn't hang it up yet because I want to move the mirrors on the wall around a bit.

 Here is the crochet project I've been working on this week. I started this blanket project way back in Jan 2010!!! lol! HERE is the link from Flickr photo back in Jan 2010. I also made another "Cath Kidston Style" blanket back in 2008. You can see it HERE and HERE. I actually did finish that one!! Yay!!  I LOVE to crochet and I always start too many projects at once and many most ok almost all of them are still lying around unfinished!! lol Fellow crocheters will understand this! ;) My problem is I love to look at crochet blogs or google to see what other crocheters are up to and I see their current crochet project and then I get all fired up and inspired by their beautiful project and then I want to make one like that and the rest is history.... lol

 So when the crocheting mood hit me this week I went down stairs looking in all of my bins for yarn to start yet another project and I came across this unfinished blanket and decided that I wanted to work on it again instead of starting a new one!! Yay!! I'm getting better!! lol. I'm so proud of myself for not starting yet another blanket! Hopefully I will FINISH it!! lol

 I love these colors! Back in 2008- 2010 Cath Kidston colors were my inspiration for many of my crochet blankets. I'm enjoying working with these colors again! So cheerful!! The perfect thing to be working on during a gloomy winter day. Nothing like snuggling up in a comfy chair with a big cup of hot tea with lemon and honey and a crochet blanket project! :)

Hope you enjoyed seeing what I'm up to this week.

have a blessed day,
Pattie

More Peat Pot Easter Baskets

 I finished the neutral color Easter baskets! Added them to my Etsy shop!

 These are my favorite colors!!

 I think I will work on one for myself now! It was hard for me to put these in the shop, I want to keep them! lol! I started working a few little bird houses last night for the shop and now I'm thinking maybe I should keep those too!! lol! At this rate I will never get anything in my shop.... lol

Have a blessed day,
Pattie

My Etsy Shop Is Open!

 My Etsy Shop Is finally open!! I only have the 3 peat pot Easter baskets in it for now but I am still working on some other items! This is so exciting for me! I love sewing and having a little Etsy shop!!

 These are my very first peat pots ever and I can see why they are so addicting!! I love making them!!

I had so much fun creating them! I am still finishing up 3 more peat pots (neutral colors, My favorite!!) that I will put up on Tuesday! 

Hope you enjoyed seeing my little peat pot/bunny baskets!

Have a blessed day!
Pattie

Welcome To My New Blog!

 Welcome to my new blog! I am so excited to have another blog besides my doll blog. I'll be using this blog to share my crafting and thrifting adventures and also for sharing items I am working on for  my new Etsy shop "Tattered Treasures". It's not open yet, I'm still working on some cute little things to fill it up with. I'll share the link to it as soon as it's open! It's going to have shabby/ vintage/ chic /romantic style things to decorate your home. Also seasonal stuff. I just love sewing and crafting seasonal items!!

 With all the Heart crafting going on in blogland this month it really put me in the mood to make some heart garland. Just playing around with these little hearts here that I created from felt and warm and natural batting that's been coffee stained for a vintage look...

 Haven't sewn any of it together yet, still playing around with them and trying to decide what I want to embellish them with... They still need some vintage buttons and pearl seed beads...
I just discovered Sugarlump Studios recently. Her creations are gorgeous! If you've never been there go check it out! ;) So much inspiration!

 I also started making these adorable little muslin bunny rabbits. They are going to sit in little Easter baskets made from peat pots. ( I'm having a hard time finding peat pots in my area though, all I find are the little ones with dirt already in them..) I'll have to go out and check again... I think they are going to be so cute! I will share when they are done! It's kinda late to be starting Easter stuff for Etsy now so I don't know if I will put them in the shop or not.... I may end up keeping them or giving them to family.

 Also working on these mini dress forms for the new shop. It's going to be fun embellishing these too!

Another Idea I had was making a few different types of wings, these are one type. They are going to be embellished with fabric flowers and seam binding ribbon in the center. I think they will look pretty once they are finished... they look kind of weird in this pic. lol

Well I hope you enjoyed getting a sneak peek at some of the things I am working on!

Have a blessed day,
Pattie