Serendipity

I so love when serendipity pops in for a visit.  A couple weeks ago, I popped into the Burlington Antiques and Art Emporium.  Just passing by, I had an etsy customer interested in some items that I had at the Mall, no time to shop, just grab and run.  Another vendor was just arriving with her new inventory and price tickets in hand.  I inquired about the beautiful hand painted tray, the colors are amazing.  She told me it was $19.00, I was sold, but then she decided the $17.00 was enough.  It feels a little like stealing.

Back at home, I had a bid on the 6 enamel ware cups, vintage Mackenzie-Childs.  I won the auction!  The sad thing/embarrassing thing is, I never made the connection that these would go together.

At least not until the cups arrived in the mail.  I was so excited when I realized that the cups were such an amazing match for the tray.  The next day, I glanced at the shelf housing my collection of chintz dishes and other vintage Mackenzie-Childs, and realized that I had the sugar and creamer that were also a perfect match! 

Now, while I am thrilled with how this set created itself, I am perplexed.  Did it take me so long to make the connection because I have too much STUFF, (can't be that), or do I just chalk it off to another senior moment?

I'll enJOY my moment,

You enJOY Your Blessings,

Kimberly

Please scroll down for today's Birthday Bash post.

Shoe Form Picture Holder - Tuesday Treasure #13

A vintage wood shoe form, lace. vintage millinery flower, and brass music holder came together to create this unique photo stand. (true confession time: this is not the shoe form pictured here, but another from my stash)
Join me again tomorrow as my challenge continues.
enJOY Your Blessings,
Kimberly

Beaded Flower Love - Tuesday Treasure #12

A solitary vintage beaded flower (available for purchase in my supply shop), tucked into a vintage wood spindle bobbin and embellished with a few simple pretties, a skeleton key, chandelier crystal, and seam binding, create a lovely wall hanging.

Check out the "It's Tuesday, I Must Be Junking" post to see the before pic of the beaded flowers I scored.

enJOY Your Blessings,
Kimberly

Curtain Ring Cuties - Tuesday Treasures #11

Love these mini treasures! Vintage seam binding wrapped and secured with a bow, dress up these humble rings. Antique text, vintage buttons, stamped images, and reproduced photos (from my collection) come together in the simplest of lovelies.

Check out the "It's Tuesday, I Must Be Junking" post to see the before pic of the rings.

enJOY Your Blessings,
Kimberly

I Love You Sew Much - Tuesday Treasure #10

I promised in this post that it was a bit gruesome.

This little shadowbox was created using the lid from an old recipe box, vintage thread, buttons, pins, map, and the doll head. The text was hand-stamped, note: I always use vintage paper when stamping, all the inking and distressing in the world does not match the effect time has on a piece.

Check out the "It's Tuesday, I Must Be Junking" post to see the before pic of the doll.

enJOY Your Blessings,
Kimberly

Creamy Dreamy Birdie - Tuesday Treasure #9

This tiny wall basket was way too country for my taste, so a quick coat of paint was in order. The monochromatic scheme of this was easy to achieve, since the bulk of my stash is composed of these dreamy creamy colors, laces, buttons, pearls, crystals, old text books, I love them all. After the paint dried on the basket, a snippet of old lace and vintage beaded earring were attached to the front. A page from an old book was commissioned as the perfect nesting material, and a pretty glittery craft store bird is the crowning touch.

Check out the "It's Tuesday, I Must Be Junking" post to see the before pic of the basket.

enJOY Your Blessings,
Kimberly

A Little Bird Told Me - Tuesday Treasures #8

A nondescript gold tone oval frame was the beginning of this little piece. The domed glass allowed the dimensional birdie (from RetroCafe)

and metal rose to fit perfectly inside. Antique French book page, hand-stamped text, and this beautiful little girl (from PaperWhimsy)

were all that was needed to complete the collage, and a little paint, antiquing gel and varnish covered up that all-too-shiny gold tone frame.

Check out the "It's Tuesday, I Must Be Junking" post to see the before pic of the frame.
enJOY Your Blessings,

Kimberly

Doll Plate Special - Tuesday Treasure #6

Begin with a pretty chippy tray from a play tea-set and a pretty photo of a little girl from my collection, and so the story begins. Antique French text, vintage drawer pull, vintage lace, and a reworked rose from a thrift store find were all that was needed to create this lovely. The rose was off of the thrift store pillow, pictured here, I took the pretty chiffon petals apart and sewed them back together with a vintage lace circle and vintage rhinestone button.
I am not even half way through the pile of goodies I am working with, be sure to check back each day.
enJOY Your Blessings,
Kimberly

There's No Place Like Home - Tuesday Treasures #2

Dorothy said it best, there's no place like home.
These vintage, dirty, and doll-less shoes needed to elevated to greatness. What could be better than magically transforming them into a pair of ruby red slippers, and using them as the star of this little collage piece? Martha Stewart tinsel glitter in red did the trick. A sample of 1950s kitchen wallpaper, vintage floral trim, rub-on letters, stamps and ink, and armature wire (this was wrapped around the glass bottle) were all I needed to tell this story.
You can see the raw materials from the great Tuesday Junque Hunt here.
enJOY Your Blessings,
Kimberly

It's Tuesday, I Must Be Junking

There is a very small, tiny really, flea market held in my town every Tuesday. It's not the kind of event that you will ever find fine linens or antiques, however, it is often the source of plenty of good junque, small trinkets and treasures probably bound for the trash if they don't find a home today. I also try to make my way over to our local thrift store every week, and this week Tuesday was as good as any day.
As you can see, I found a couple interesting, a few pretty, and a handful of rustic, shall we say, items for my creative inspiration.

The plan for this mixed bag of treasures is share one item I create every day ,using something from my haul. I'm not quite sure how many days of posts that will be, however, I was looking for something new and different as a challenge for myself, and I think this idea is it.
Thanks for stopping in today and be sure to check back daily to see my progress.
enJOY Your Blessings,
Kimberly