Vintage At The Marketplace

I really love vintage items.  Anything old just speaks of home, and family, and love.  There is so much to learn from our history, but many of us today just want to rush rush rush, and we miss so much until it's gone.  So, on this throwback Thursday, I took a stroll down memory lane at 

Scott's Marketplace.

I have a "thing" for cameos.  They are so fragile, yet so romantic and beautiful.

I have many cameo pieces in my collection, and I may just need to add this

Vintage Inspired Cameo bracelet

I found in the shop of 

Nonpareil.

I am a firm believer that things of beauty should be used and enjoyed, not kept "safely" in a box on a closet shelf.  I regularly use many of my own vintage glassware pieces at parties and even just for everyday dinners.  

But when it comes to this Culver Glass Company Bar ware / Coctail set, you may want to keep it for those very special occasions.  Because it's not easy to find complete sets of most anything vintage today.  

The Winding Garden is offering this set,

plus a lot more wonderful items.

Check them out.

Ha!  My son loved Pee Wee Herman...and so this pick is for him.

The Pee Wee Herman Talking Doll comes with Chairy puppet, and when you pull the string, he talks. hahaha.  Now I have that goofy laugh stuck in my head.

I found Pee Wee at Joan Brandenburg Designs.

My mother LOVED Tom Jones.  I remember the big console we had with a record player, and an 8 track player.  It was all black plastic and I thought we were really cool.  She had a few Bill Cosby records also.  I still enjoy the sound of vinyl.

This packet of 6 Vintage Records are available at

S&B Bargains and Antiques.

And those are my picks for this week.

How do you feel about vintage?

Be blessed,

Debbi

New Listings at Yankee Burrow

I've been trying hard to increase the quantity of my inventory in my shop, and I've managed to get quite a few items listed.  My problem is not in the creating....it's in taking photos and thinking of tags and descriptions and SEO and promoting and blah blah blah. hahaha

 

 

I have been on a baby kick lately.  I "discovered" the cutest patterns for baby booties and footwear from Two Girls Patterns, and these Bright Orange Sandals are just one pattern of many.  These orange ones are sized for 6-12 months.

 

 

Here's the same pattern, but in Bright Yellow and sized 0-6 months.  Both sandals have hot pink buttons, but I used heart shaped buttons for the smaller ones.

 

 

How's this for color?  I had created this Acrylic Blue Flower Necklace for my old shop, but then I redid it and created 2.  One for me, and one for you. :0)

 

 

Here's a new piece for my vintage section, a green and rhinestone choker.   I found this at a local estate sale, and the colors are so much prettier in real life.  (I really need to work on my photography skills, lol.)  It makes me think of Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast At Tiffany's.

 

 

This last item is a crochet star blanket that I just finished, after the 4th of July of course, haha.  These are just some quick pictures, and hopefully I will have better pictures and this listed next week.

 

You can find all these (except the blanket) waiting for you in my The Craft Star Shop.  Just click on the item link.

 

So, what have you made lately?

 

Be blessed,

Debbi



What's new at The Craft Star

It's been a while since I've done a "what's new" post, so let's go see what the great artists at The Craft Star have been up to....

This is kind of neat.  Created by Amanda Rose Designs, this necklace is named "Morning Dew Drop".  This is a fairly new shop here at The Craft Star, but she brings great items to our site.

My Daddy was a Navy man, I married a Navy man, and I have Navy grandchildren, so I just had to share this USNC Mom Bangle Bracelet by Inspired by Karma.  You are given a choice of beads for the center, and you can also add beads to this bracelet.  Very cool.

Now y'all know I'm a color nut...and these mixed pearlized abacus glass beads were just listed by The Supply Garden.  Yep, you can not only get completed handmade items at The Craft Star, but you will also find a great selection of supplies there to satisfy your crafting craving.

Speaking of color...how about this multi-color choker I found in the vintage section? It was just listed today, in the shop of a.Djewlsboutique, which also just joined The Craft Star yesterday.  Welcome aboard!!!

Well, that's is for new today...time for me to get to work and create and list some new myself.

What's new in your world?

Be blessed,

Debbi

The Craft Star is for the birds....

...bird lovers, that is.  And I am definetly a bird lover.  The past 2 weekends we have gotten new birds (which is driving my cat crazy) so I thought I would see what birdy items I could find at The Craft Star.  

I love this vintage Sarah Coventry Bird Pendant.  When I was a teenager, there was a woman down the street that sold Sarah Coventry Jewelry, and I absolutely loved this line of jewelry.  It was trendy, and affordable for someone on a babysitting income.  I found this piece in the shop of Dobler Styles'.

I don't know about you, but I am so ready for summer.  Green grass, flowers, and garden decor.  I love the bright and bold colors on this Neon Sunset Heron Bird Flag.  I found this in the shop of Floozees Dozees.  Man, I love that name, hahaha.

Now, is this wall plaque awesome, or what???

It's a handmade 90 piece custom tropical bird wooden wall plaque by Tom's Crafts.  There are 6 different birds here, and Tom will paint them to match your own birds, to make it completely personal.  Very cool!  You can find all the birdy stuff at The Craft Star here.

Now let me show you our 2 new babies.

This is Victor. He's a parakeet. We had named him Violet (because of his color), but Hannah did a google search and has determined the she was a he, thence the name change to Victor.

 And this is Sweets, he's a cockatiel.  And he's all mine.  Cockatiels bond to one person, so I have to take my time letting him get use to me.  I can't wait till he is a little older and starts to talk.

Fun!!!

If you're interested in anything above, just click on the links and you will be wisked away to the appropriate place.  And until next time,

Be blessed,

Debbi