Vintage Lace Galore

So many of you have emailed me asking if I will be making more vintage and antique lace available. I am excited to let you know that I have just listed a treasuretrove worth of vintage and antique laces and trimmings in my ebay store. Its a slow process because I check over each piece, press it and then package it so that it will not arrived messy. These trims have withstood the test of time and they deserve to be treated gently.

You can find them all HERE.

I also have some vintage lace that I teadyed then soaked and pressed ~now available in the shoppe. Six feet of this gorgeous cotton trim per tag.

You can find it HERE.

I also listed a treasure I had been hanging onto for many years- a rare antique cuff and collar set from the turn of the century. Its absolutely breathtaking.

CLICK HERE to bid

Thanks for stopping by... more coming very soon!

Art Saves

I agreed to be a guest curator for a wonderful new website called Crescendoh.
I am really excited about this, not only because its a wonderful organization but because it was the brainchild of a very inspiring woman, Jenny Doh. Many of us know Jenny from her days as Editor-in-Chief of our beloved Stampintgton publications. The website will be up and running soon http://www.crescendoh.com and in the meantime you can become a facebook fan by clicking here.

"CRESCENDOh actualizes its mission and values by creating an online presence where: • Like-minded creatives gather to shine light on the best projects and ideas from the online world. In doing so, CRESCENDOh builds an organic, home-grown development of increased visits to CRESCENDOh, resulting in a mutual home-grown development of increased visits to its linked sites. • In addition to the links to projects and ideas, CRESCENDOh helps tell unique and heartfelt ART SAVES stories from successful artists who serve as Guest Curators throughout the year. Through these stories, an organic and home-grown development of organizations born out of the stories grow. Reader-submitted stories about ART SAVES are also collected and shared, to help the CRESCENDOh community learn about the global power of art. • The concept ART SAVES is carried out further through exclusive ART SAVES Products that are sold in the shop. These products are created with original work by artists, with 100% of the proceeds going to a CRESCENDOh charity of choice. • All other facets of CRESCENDOh.com — CRESCENDOh TV, CRESCENDOh Radio, In the Know, Book and Product Reviews, and Proof Positive are all built to align and enhance the mission, values, and goals of CRESCENDOh."

A Labor of Love...(for hats)

A few years ago I came across some really beautiful drawings of hats from 1780s France. As expected they were stained, faded and otherwise showing signs of their age. I spent several days restoring them via the magic of the computer and put each into its own well deserved 'frame' and am now offering them in collage sheet format here beginning today. Here is how the beauties turned out....