Veteran's Day - Thank You

On this day, I want to take the opportunity to say THANK YOU MEMBERS, ACTIVE & RETIRED, OF OUR MILITARY.  Because of you, we are The Land of the Free, The Home of the Brave.

Finally some Crafting Supplies Arrived for my Etsy Shop

Finally, after a good wait, some supplies I've been wanting for my Etsy shop arrived.  I never knew trying to run a successful webstore could be so nerve-wracking. 

So, just in case any of you are interested, here's what I just got listed:

Monoject Curved Tip Glue Syringes - I LOVE these things.  Personally, I try to keep about 6 on hand at all times.  Great for all types of glues.

Pointed Rubber Tipped Sculpting Tools (gum stimulators anyone?)  These can be hard to find - let me tell you!

and the extra Tips for them!   Great for all kinds of sculpting - add lines, wrinkles, detail, etc.

If you like Stampington Mags, I have some for about 1/2 off cover or less:

I also have the below magazines for sale:

 
My mom also has some great stuff on there too.  The items listed above I can combine shipping on since they ship from my house.  The rest of the items my mom ships from her home 5 hours away, though she also combines shipping.   We just can't combine our stuff together. 

We try to keep things reasonably priced so everyone can afford them.  Just because they are cheaply priced doesn't mean they are junk.  Our goal was to offer unique vintage and antique items that everyone can afford. 
 
Well,  we gotta clear out her house someway!!!!!  LOL  I can't move around when I visit.  It's like having my own personal flea market when I go home.  Really, it's kinda neat.  I'll post pictures in the next few days that I took there this weekend.  Mom knows they are going up on my blog.

Well, that's it for the day.  Until Later.
Smiles!

Ebay Finds

Here as promised are some of my recent Ebay finds.  Now, I'm not fond of Ebay in the least, but sometimes, you just gotta give in.  Especially when they are artisan made by some of my favorites!

Here is a barrel of Dragon Scales, by Patricia Paul
This HAS to go in my planned roombox.

A nice table for what I hope will be a wizard's/witch's lab, from Patricia Paul

Look at the cute little jointed bear - just couldn't resist.  Every witch has to have a teddy! :)

Scrolls for my planned roombox

My prized win!  A tiny setting by Rosie Duck!!!!
I have SO been wanting something created by them.

In the coming days, there will be more finds to share with you both from Ebay and from a favorite, MOA (MiniaturesOnly.com).   A good friend runs that auction site and the miniatures on their are EXCELLENT.  Wait until you see the cute little bad dragons I won.

Also, while visiting my parents this weekend, I took a bunch of pictures with my cell phone camera - I promise this is their house, NOT a stall at a flea market.  My mom finds such neat stuff.  I have GOT to get a good, small camera I can carry with me where ever I go as mine is too large.  So, if any of you out there in blogger land know of a good,  inexpensive, small digital camera I can just pop in my purse or pocket, let me know.

Well, since I'm at work, guess I'd better work. 
Later!

Happy VBF Everyone

It's hard to believe, but another Vintage Black Friday is again here. Of course, me being me, I forgot until not long ago. Let's see what I can find in my picture files.

First, a beautiful 1910 Titanic Hat, Black and Cream, Made in Paris












A wonderful Black Lorman clock with a red face    

 

This Vintage Vermouth poster (from Dover ClipArt)

Don't you just love Erte'? Well, I do. So elegant. (Courtesy of Dover also)

I want to create several doll costumes based on Erte'.  All on the drawing board with a MILLION other ideas.

Please check out all the other WONDERFUL blogs participating in Vintage Black Fridays (click over to Gypsy Brocante for a list and link to all participants).  Hopefully this weekend, I can get a camera or at least MAYBE a charger that fits will come in for my current camera, and I can take some COOL pictures of my own, instead of just looking through all my JPGs I've collected over the years that I use for inspiration.

Have a Great Weekend everyone.

Look What I WON!!!!

Okay, I am still pinching myself.  A couple of months ago, I entered a contest from DOLLS magazine. Well, last week, I received an email from Jones Publishing that said that I had won a Delilah Noir doll, but all that they (DOLLS) had for me was a PO Box.  Could I please send them my mailing address. 

Well, after looking up the editor's info online, verifying that this looked to be a legitimate email, & vaguely remembering entering something, I sent them my physical mailing address.

Look what arrived yesterday!!!!!

Yes, my very own, ball-jointed, Delilah Noir doll!!!! Happy Happy Joy Joy!

My SON was so happy for me (I had told him last week I won a doll) that he wanted to open her for me and have her posed before I got home - he's a great kid.  But, I said, nope, I wanted to.  So as soon as I got home, he said Mom, there she is.
 
As you can tell, I haven't taken her out of the box yet.  She did come with a blond wig, extra feet, the schoolgirl clothes, etc.  A ball-jointed doll and she's all mine! 

Would you believe, I didn't even play with dolls much as a child? 
 

Promise, in the next day or so, I will post my Ebay mini finds, including one of my wish list items, a Rosie Duck miniature!

 

Until Next Time - Smiles!

Vintage Black Friday

Well, I've been under the weather, so I'm a little behind with posting - I was shooting for one post a day, and I still have some mini finds on Ebay to share with everyone. 

But in honor of Vintage Black Friday, I'm popping up out of my hole and sharing some vintage black and white photos that I've found on the web.  Now, I collect tintypes & cabinet photos as I feel the need to preserve a little bit of history so wish these were mine.

Can you imagine having to wear something like this in the summer time? I think I would positively melt in the heat of the South.

This looks to have been taken in the winter time, or at least in the North.
     

Look at all the layers!

Don't let these drab black and white photos fool you.  Most of the clothing was very colorful, just color photography had yet to be invented. 

I like to use photos such as these for inspiration.  I really wish I had time to take a few photos of some of the pictures (tin types & cabinet photos) that I have.  I collect cute or quicky ones. 

Oh. here is something of mine.  It's a vintage thermometer - in black of course!Definitely seen better days.

Well, please check out Gypsy Brocante , 52 Flea , & the other sites (linked on Gypsy Brocante) participating in Vintage Black Friday. 

Until later!

Lots of Giveaways Out There

Well, I'm a poor little broke blogger, so I don't have anything to give but advice! 

Check out these cool Halloween/October Giveaways:

Fiona & Twig have an awesome one, Six in One Hand has a great one, Garden Antqs Vintage  does as well.  Not only are their prizes great, their sites rock!

Well, I better get back to RL and get some work done if I want to have a job!

Have fun reading these blogs.  And also enjoy all the great inspiration available.

Until later.