Dainty Treasures - Silk Ribbon Flowers

This post is in reference "Vintage Love Saturday" on Southern Lady's Vintage blog.  The theme for this week is up to us...anything vintage.

I really like little silk ribbon flowers and rosettes.  They are so dainty and feminine.  They can be used as millinery flowers or flowers for lingerie pins.  Can you imagine pinning these to your lingerie...hidden from view?! You know that they are there.  I imagine these little darlings can make a woman feel good about herself.  It was all about the little details back then....pintucks...tiny embroidery...tiny lace trim.  

These date 1920's and they measure about an inch.

 Here is a REALLY pretty one. A dainty rosette!   This one is a little unusual because of the leaf.  Many don't have leaves like this one! 

This little flower is adorable.  I really like this one because of the green stamens.

This is a salesman sample. This piece measures 3.5 inches wide. Look at all the ribbon flowers on this.  Roses and daisy like flowers.   

How can I repurpose them to fit my lifestyle?...maybe pin them to a cute coin purse or add them to the trim of a lampshade of a small cottage style reading lamp.  But for right now...I have an old large glass jar that I put these little treasures in...and they sit besides fascinating pictorial antique metal buttons, victorian sequins, fancy marbles and old hat pins.

MY ETSY STORE IS HAVING A SALE

On etsy, I am part of a great team of sellers that specialize in vintage items.  We are having a "Home for the Holidays" promotion.  Each seller has participating is either having a sale or offering free shipping.  There are more than 50 shops running this promotion.

My entire store...EVERY item...is marked down 20%.  The prices have been adjusted!

Leona's Olde Linens on Etsy

Also...here is a great little video to see other items for sale.

Make an on-line slide show at www.OneTrueMedia.com

When on etsy, search "vmteamhoho" to find more great deals from this promotion.

Cute Fabrics

There is something about the colors from the 1930's and 1940's that I am drawn to.  I just love the fabrics from that time.  Here are some that I like!

This one reminds me of bubbles...The tone of green is gorgeous!  Its a fun pattern.

I like the blue background.  Very cheerful.  No gloominess here!  A summer dress made of this material would be sweet!

Tiny geometrics with tiny roses.  I can see this as cafe curtains tied with red ribbon in a retro red kitchen.  It would give the room a cozy feminine feel.  Laying on the kitchen table are the cooking tools with red wooden handles.

To ArtFire...or Not to ArtFire

ArtFire is running an awesome deal...and I am wavering on whether I should open up a shop there.  I would love to be totally off ebay one day. 

I really like the set up on ArtFire and I really like their thinking.  They don't mind if you link any of your other shops to your store.  But the main question is...Does anybody shop there?  I haven't yet.  But during the Christmas shopping season, I am going to take a look around.  

If you do have a shop there...what do you think of it?

The Beginning!

I first started selling on ebay and then branched out to rubylane.  Now I also sell on etsy.  I have walls of vintage fabric and have found that etsy is a great place for these fabrics.

Some of these fabrics are hard to sell because I want to use them myself...BUT I need to relearn to sew.  I haven't sewn with a machine since seventh grade.  Etsy inspires me to want to learn to sew...but with five children, 30+ mostly rescue farm animals, a farmhouse that needs renovating and several online shops, I have very little time for sewing.  Instead I have project piles for the days I start sewing again. 

What you don't see are the walls of damask tablecloths, doilies, sheets and pillowcases.  I'll save that for another post.