Vintage Pillowcase Apron Tutorial

I have been busy making aprons out of some of my grandmothers vintage pillow cases.
You can view the instructions at Craftster.

I will post pictures of my aprons soon.

My Busy Bee Garden Apron Swap

Look at this beautiful apron I received from my Busy Bee apron swap partner,

"Heidi Devlin " at Foxgloves fabric and folly It has two big pockets and is made long for gathering my veggies. I love the floral fabric and the detail in the back.

All these goodies came with it. Two great smelling candles, handmade thank you cards & garden party napkins and plates.

Pink Saturday June 20th

Look at this cute little PINK BEAR I found at a garage sale last weekend for just $2.00. I couldn't believe someone wanted to get rid of it. Well now she has a new home, in my guest bedroom. She will be loved by whoever comes for a visit.

Happy Pink Saturday!!!

Daughters bathroom redo in progress....I have been busy prepping the walls, So I can paint it today. It has an old yellow tub and sink so I am going for the vintage shabby chic look. I will add more photos as I proceed. Now for PINK Saturday.... I purchased this PINK hook. It is for hanging ones crown. I plan to hang it in the new designed Shabby Chic bathroom.

To see more PINK SATURDAY participants....
hop over to Beverly's at How Sweet the Sound

This is the cutiest little Annie Doll

This is the precious PINK ANNIE DOLL & goodies I received in the Sugar & Spice Annie swap #2, hosted by Aunt Pitty Pat's. She has so many cute little details from her braids & flower bows in her hair to her lace on her socks and pearl bows on her shoes. What a delight it was to find her in my mail today!

She was made by a very talented artist

"Tina" at Beansie Babbles.
Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!

Gardening Annie Doll

This is one of the Annie dolls I made this week. She is wearing a sunflower dress with lady bugs & bees. She has been planting sunflowers. The sunflower is one of my new fabric flowers. It stands in a terra cotta pot.

Finished another Apron

This apron I made for the Busy Bee Club. It was a garden apron swap. You could chose a functional garden apron or a fluffy - frilly apron that you could wear at a garden party. My partner chose a frilly apron. She said she doesn't like to get dirty. Her favorite colors are blue & red.

So...... this is what I came up with.

My New Background Design

I designed this background from the images I took of the flowers I made for my garland I made below. If you would like more of my backgrounds, sign up for my monthly freebies in the side bar.You can click on this image to enlarge, then right click and save the background on your computer.
~ ENJOY~

New item added to my WSOAPP Shoppe

~Rusty Jingle Bell Flower Garland~

Can be purchased in my WSOAPP Shoppe....

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Garland is primitve & whimsey,and a little vintage.
The garland vine is made of wrapped wire, 31 rusty jingle bells and hand painted fabric flowers.It measures approx. 5' long. The pink flowers are 8" to 9" & the yellow are 4" to 5" across.It could be hung over a window,door, cabinet,mirror,
the possibilities are endless.

Flirty Apron Swap

I participated in the Flirty Apron Swap -- A vintage remake. We were to take a vintage linen and remake it into an apron for our partner.I had so much fun making the apron.

Here is my reversible apron.This side with the chickens is a clothes pin style with pockets across the bottom. The middle is a cross stitch from a vintage pillow case along with vintage button and trim.

On this side.... the little chick pocket is from acorner of a vintage table cloth.

While some are busy getting their gardens ready to plant, we are expecting 2 to 3 feet of snow in the next 24 hours. So the only gardening I have been doing is in my greenhouse. I have been busy planting seeds for the last few months. Here is some pics of my progress. Hopefully this is the last of the snow and I will be able to plant them outside soon.

More images.....

Spring Time Rabbit
~ Juggling Jack ~
He can be purchased in my

WSOAPP Shoppe

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If you ENJOY Vintage, a Little Prim & Whimsey, then you will LOVE "Look in the Nook"
OOAK creations by Me,
~Jany~
Jack the Rabbit is juggling his springtime bottle caps. He is a fabric sculpture sewn of muslin. He is titghtly stuffed.He is painted and stained with a wax for a primitive aged leather look.There is wire inside his ears so they will bend. He measures 21" tall from the top of his ears to the bottom of the antique sterling silver pedestal candy dish. He is juggling springtime rusty bottle-caps. There is vintage pictures on the fronts of the caps.... ....and vintage flowers on the backs of the caps.
This is a "One of a kind piece"signed and dated by Me.

I am the Winner!

I entered a giveaway over at Brenda's, My Little Annies blog and I was the LUCKY WINNER of this adorable quilt. Brenda is very talented. She makes annie dolls and sticherys. You can veiw them on her website at http://www.mylittleannies.com/

http://mylittleannies.blogspot.com/

German Die-cut Easter

~Hang tags~

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These 6 Easter hang tags are embossed& die-cut from heavy paper.They are embellished with fine colored glitter.They can also be used as ornaments as shown on this primitive rusty bell tree.They measure approximately 4 1/2" x 2 1/2

"Vintage Flower Girl Banner Garland"

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This Banner is Vintage, a little Prim & a wee Whimsey.
The banners are sewn together and quilted.
They are embellished with vintage trims...
button medallion, paper flower, ric-a-rac & pearls. Between each banner it a bow with a gold pearl center button.
The banners hang from a heavy gold cord with a handmade tassel on each end.
The back side is finished so it can hang freely.

This is one of my new
~ EASTER EGGS ~

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This is one of my new
~ EASTER EGGS ~
I collect antiques and vintage items. Many of them are used in my creations. Some of the embellishments come from my Great Grandmother's collection.
First I make the egg out of paper pulp. Paint and age it. It is adorned with vintage trims...ribbon, button medallions, glass rhinestones, feathers, fine glass gliter, tinsle & more. Sitting in side the egg is a faux chocolate bunny coated with glass glitter.Also there are paper & beaded flowers.

This is a
"One of a kind piece"
signed and dated by Me.

This is one of my new
~ EASTER EGG SHAKERS ~

It can be displyed in a candle holder.

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First I make the egg out of molded paper. Paint and age it. It is adorned with ... vintage trims, German embossed die cuts, dresden trim, ribbon, button, pearls, glass rhinestones, feathers, fine glass gliter, millinary items, paper flowers, pip berries, tinsle & more. Inside the egg are bells, that rattle when shaken.
It is 15" tall and 3 1/3" wide

This is a
"One of a kind piece"
signed and dated by Me.

Beatrice the Bunny Shaker

can be purchased on

My Etsy Shop

This is Beatrice... a Primitive Vintage looking Bunny Shaker.
She is made of muslin then painted. Her collar is a hand stitched cross-stitch design, with crochet insert.
Tinsel, pearls and a vintage charm are around her neck.
Rusty bells hang from her pom-pom ruffle.
She has been speckled with stain for the aged look.

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She is mounted on a wooden scrolled dowel
that has been crackled and antiqued.
I attached a vintage hangtag that includes:
Date of creation and my signature.

"Vintage Flower Seed Pack Banner Garland"

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No matter what you call this,banner, bunting,
swag, garland...it all bring the same fun, cheerful look to your home.

Hang this of vintage seed packs anywhere you desire,over a window, dress up a bathroom oradd a warm touch to a porch or sunroom.

Flowers are accented with fine glitter. Grunged up for that vintage antique look.