Kitchen Towels Refashioned into Aprons

I picked up a couple of darling kitchen towels at World Market recently.

 

 

Naturally, I was compelled to refashion them into Retro Revival aprons!

 

 

Cherries and rick rack

 

 

And you all know about my obsession with flatware!  So how could I resist towels printed like this?!

 

 

 

 

If you peeked into our kitchen towel drawer, all you'd see is a stash of plain, white towels.  I use all of the cute ones I find for apron-making!

Retro Revival Published in Apron*ology Magazine

Last spring I blogged about the aprons I made from found, vintage bath towels (click here for original post).  Remember these?

 

 

The colors on these towels is amazing, especially considering their advanced age.  I get so tickled when I snap up a vintage find and can re purpose it into something else beautiful.  It's the best.

 

Also on my best list is when someone else goes out of their way to share with me appreciation for my work.  The good folks at Apron*ology Magazine deemed these three Retro Revival aprons worthy of publication.

 

 

Eek!  This is me after my happy dance (you're welcome I don't vlog!):

 

 

I am truly thrilled with what they did!  A 6-page spread!  Eek!  Yes, I'm still squealing!  The photos they took are incredibly beautiful.  Swoon-worthy.

 

In case you don't have a copy of the magazine, Captain Project shot a couple pictures...

 

 

One hiccup of note...I sent in three aprons and only two have been returned.  Seems they've misplaced one but I'm hopeful they'll find it soon and return it.

 

 

I've listed these two in my Etsy shop if you'd like to see more details.  In the meantime, I'm going to calm down (eventually!) ~ I've got lots more sewing to do.

Bottle Brush Trees + Vintage Planters = Christmas Cheer!

My fascination with repurposing vintage planters continues.

 

 

I picked up these beauties when we were still on the farm in Florida.  I placed a bottle brush tree in them and then went to town adorning them with all sorts of Christmas baubles.

 

 

This sweet girl (and the Santa) is a 1950s Napco.  She wears angel's wings and is carrying an armful of gifts in her mitten-ed and muff-ed hands.  Around her Christmas hat and coat is that wonderful spaghetti trim so adored by collectors.  And notice her ruffled dress?  It's a gorgeous shade of turquoise blue.

 

 

This little gal is holding a lantern in her gloved hand.  Her face is so sweet.

 

 

Tucked in among the new and newer decorations are vintage goodies...

 

 

...Including teeny tiny elves, reindeer and Santa.

 

 

 

I had so much fun making these!  And bonus?  I feel as though most of my finger prints have been seared off from the glue gun so if my Retro Revival career falters, maybe I can become a criminal!  Hahahaha!

 

 

If you know of anyone who might be interested in these, please direct them to my Etsy shop.  Believe it or not, Christmas orders are pouring in and I'm happy to report that the selling season is off to a brisk start!

Vintage Planters Repurposed into Pin Cushions

 

My little stash of Retro Revival vintage planters that I repurposed into pin cushions?

 

 

They're available now in my Etsy shop.

 

These little darlings make perfect gifts for that someone special.

 

Hope you have a special day!

A Special Gift

I put together a little something special for my friend Diane's birthday.

 

 

I found this sweet little planter at the flea market.  It's very old, I'm guessing from the 1950's or 1960's.

 

I placed a white flocked bottle brush tree into the back side, tucked some glittery tulle at the base of the tree, and then loaded the tree with all sorts of bejeweled goodies.

 

See the porcelain birthday cake in her right hand?  Her thumb was broken off of her left hand so I remedied that by adding a gift charm to it.

 

 

On the very top of the tree, I glued a pearl-seeded earring; it's concave on the backside and molded to the tip of the tree perfectly.

Sprinkled all over the tree are little birthday-themed bits.

 

 And because Diane is a police officer, I added this...

...And Saint Michael.

 

She has the most darling face!

 

 

I got a real kick putting this together!  Don't you just love it when you can repurpose something old and broken into something new and special?!