Posts Tagged ‘Vintage’
I was totally excited to find perfect button in my vintage button stash for a hand sewn/quilted bag I’m working on!
I made a necklace which I imagined would be perfect for almost spring days that are still chilly. I’ve crochet the chain and the flower, added brassy chain, vintage buttons, key and tied a bow with scrap fabric.
It’s a bit Anthropologie-inspired, which is a description I’ve been seeing quite a lot in crafty-world lately. It’s s curious thing, how a brand becomes an adjective for a style! I’ve loved Anthropologie, ever since the first time I happen to walk into it in Boston during my undergrad years, and have thought many times I’d love to live inside their fabulously decorated retail space. At the moment though, I can’t justify their price tag (especially for their accessories!) for such a (beautiful but…) fragile items in the context of my daily life. …So here’s one I don’t mind grabbed with sticky hands or spat-up on.
I finished the fingerless gloves! They worked up really quickly due to the yarn being very thick.
The cute little owl is just a photo prop since I thought that the gloves were plain looking. He is quite heavy for his small size being solid brass. I found him on my first date with Lucian shortly after he was born (Todd and I were working at a cafe with big kids at home with their grandmom, Lucian grumbled a bit so I walked around with him in the sling to put him back to sleep). I’m nostalgic for that time already when he was still small[-ish] (such a silly thing, since that was less than 3 months ago!). It hurts my back just thinking about carrying him around in a sling now since he’s gotten so big so fast!
Oh and I’m modeling the gloves in the photo, but it does fit Todd’s hands — we actually have similarly sized hands (and besides, these things are stretchy).
I made a princess bracelet for immi because it’s her FOURth birthday! It’s a vintage child-sized bracelet to which I’ve added a bow made from fancy trim and a red button and about 6 inch tail of seam-binding and ric-rack.
I can’t believe Immi is so grown up already.
A short while ago, I had an idea to collect assortment of vintage flatware for a mix match set for everyday use. Ironically, we actually have really nice matched sets (2 of which has been dormant in cabinet) but none of them are perfect for our needs and I got Todd to agree with me that this would be fun and functional. …So we’ve gone out utensil-hunting on wintery weekends and now we have enough of everything to replace our boring set!
I’m curating the collection by quality and not by style. It makes me very happy — it’s like a museum at the dinner table — but I can easily see if some people were really bothered by the assorted look.
I’m looking forward to adding to the collection over time!
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