Vintage Black Friday

Well, it's already time for another VBF.   Here is what I found this week....

First, a Black Globe.  Now, this isn't new.  I've had this globe since high school.  I'm sure there are more out ther like that, but I haven't seen them.  It wasn't new when it was given to me.  Just to the right of it, you can barely make out an old Tootsie Roll bank.  I've had that since I was a toddler.  This picture was made in my old bedroom at my parents' house.
 

This black and white chalk drawing was done by my Theatre instructor during my Freshman year of college.  In just a few strokes, she turned a  piece of brown paper into a work of art.  I was so impressed, I asked if I could keep it.  Considering it's about 22 years old, guess you could say it's vintage!

One of my favorite cabinet photos.
So beautiful.  I just LOVE the hat.  I collect cabinet photos and even the older tin-types. 

Has anyone noticed how much I like hats????

Check out this letter opener (?),  I guess that is what it is.  My mom gave it to me this past weekend. It's made of some type of black wood, or it's at least been stained black.  Here's a closeup.  It's hard to tell, but the face is really got a lot of detail.

Well I hope you have enjoyed by offerings this Friday for VBF.  Please forgive the quality of the photos as I still haven't gotten me a little digital carry-along camera and am using my phone camera.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Smiles!

New Auction Wins and Other News

Well, first the good news.  I've had some really lucky auction wins recently, and here are the latest two, handcrafted by Granny Rat.  They are SOOOOO cute, but SOOOO bad!

First, this little guy is entitled "Your Stuck, No Kidding".  Granny Rat had this little blurb to go with it:  Well, yes, I can see you're stuck. For the life of me, I CANNOT see why you would even go in that little vase. Oh, well, of course, you thought you could just go ALL the way through. Did you give NO thought at all to the fact that your head is smaller than your butt? No, I guess you didn't. I had in mind to put a wee tiny scene inside that one could view from the wee opening. You've ruined THAT idea now. Oh good grief, don't cry. I'm not going to leave you in there. I'll just pour a little oil over you and you should pop right out. (then I'll fry you) Oh just stop with the tears - you know I won't do that either.  Life with Dragons is such a joy.

And for the second one:

Entitled: "Dragon in a Circle (circular bottle that is)"  Granny Rat had this little blurb to go with it:  Should you have a Wizard with a work table, this little piece would be a nice gift for him. OK, so maybe a troublesome gift, but one that will give him endless amounts of pleasure. Then again, maybe not. Shall we say then, if you have a troublesome old Wizard who deserves exactly what he gets, then this gift is surely just right for him.  Our little Dragon has gotten himself inside the hole of a circular bottle. Oh, he's not like the one I showed you stuck in that vase. He can most certainly get himself out if he wants to. It's just that he doesn't really want to. It would seem that he's also spilled a jug of something all over the tile his bottle is sitting on. I see no smoke as yet, so we must assume it's not flammable.  Oh yes, this would make a most perfect gift for your old Wiz.

Isn't Granny Rat (aka Jane Ratcliffe) SO WONDERFUL!!!! Not only does she bring wonderful little creatures to life that bring a smile to your face to just look at, she writes the most AMUSING stories to go with them!!!!

I love her work and already have my eye on TWO more of her creations.  Anything that brings such a smile to me just to think about is priceless.

Now, a little bad news......some of you know that I have chronic pain problems related to pinched nerves in my neck and back.  Well, I have to have the nerves in my neck re-burned as the doctor told me this afternoon that only a partial burn occured.  It's kind of a slight hit versus a bulls-eye when it comes to burning nerves.  If next week's procedure doesn't work, I'll be facing surgery.  However, considering the extreme pain I'm in and have been in (even though I am taking pain meds), surgery is looking better every day.  I'm 41 and have no intention of being in constant pain.  Plus, I can't create!!!!  That is the WORST part of all of this.  So many ideas.....

Oh well....enough about me.  Check out Granny Rat's Etsy site by clicking on her name and have a grin for the day.  Oh, and she also has some listed on http://www.miniaturesonly.com/.  Items #1103918785, 1103918810, & 1103918828.  But be warned, I LOVE the snowman warming his buns.....LOL.

Well, that's it for me for tonight.  Join me tomorrow for VBF - Vintage Black Friday!

Smiles!

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!