Weekly Treasure Hunt

It happens most every weekend.  I venture out to see what treasures I can find for our home or my antique booth.  Garage sales, estate sales, yard sales, thrift stores - they all seem to call my name about 7:00 a.m. every Saturday morning.

This past weekend, we went to Lakeland to see our grandson play baseball. (His team lost, but what a joy it was to see him play!)
Downtown Lakeland has several great antique shops and they were paging my name to stop and visit... seems that no one else heard this.

 

 

At one of the shops, I found two wooden bobbins, a couple of painted wooden handle kitchen whisks, and this fantastic sad iron.

A recent linen BONANZA from local estate sales

 

 A pink and white dresser scarf, blue napkins with tiny roses, bread cloths and lacey trims - 

all tucked  in a very unassuming plastic bag.  

 

 

I am not sure what I will do with these ecru and cream lacy pieces, but they were in great shape with no holes or rips.... perhaps they just need a good soaking in sudsy water and a day in the sun.

 

 

This "cutter" quilt will make great Christmas stockings

 and circle garland (tutorial to come soon).

 

 These little guest towel beauties just needed a quick rinse and pressing and they were ready to go into my booth.  I am always on the lookout for vintage linens.  I love to find them in pristine shape, but I also usually end up buying the little sad orphan ones to use in pillows, scrapbooking, card-making, journals, or whatever needs a touch of vintage.

 

Springtime in Paris

 

 

It has been 20 years since I traveled to Paris, but it left such an imprint on my heart that I will never forget that beautiful city.  A few months ago, I decided to create a Paris corner in my booth.  The few French items I had collected over the years were not nearly enough for a good showing, so I went on a search for more French goodies to add to my booth. 

 

 

There is nothing like a good treasure hunt!  I found a few items locally, but it fell short of what I wanted for the new little Paris section of "Vintage Inspired."  So... I made a list of Paris-inspired ideas that I wanted to  create ( I am a list-maker extraordinaire).  After I  scoured all my favorite blogs and vintage websites for ideas, I got busy creating.  I hope you enjoy the Parisian tour of my booth!

 

 

The top of this antique dresser holds a ton of oh-la-la stuff!

 

 

 

 

These little drawstring gift bags were so much fun to make.  No two are alike and all are adorned with vintage lace, buttons, and Paris-inspired stamps.  The drapery rings are so handy in my booth.  I use them to hang small lightweight things like bags, cards, and flowers.

 

 

A wire basket holds several of the pillows I made from old lace and linen scraps.   My collection of rubber stamps is getting a real workout on this project!
 

 

These little hand-designed journals have been a good seller.  I am finally using up some of my scrapbooking supply stash.  Each journal is covered with  flowers, buttons, lace and of course beautiful paper with a French flair.
 

 

A little French hen with lots of vintage lace and old buttons.

 

 

The Eiffel Tower and French white frames!

 

A suitcase full of frames surrounded by lace.

 

 

My dear friend even joined in the fun by making this

fabulous Paris scrapbook.  I hope you have enjoyed this
little "Vintage Inspired" tour de France with me.