Repurposing for Christmas

 

Using a vintage light globe, a large tin candle stand and a painted black lamp topper attached to globe.   A repurposed gift for my daughter at Christmas.  Wonderful large cloche for use or display.

Thanksgiving Decor

Had to do a little work on these found wood leaf trays with sanding and cleaning for use with my Fall decorations.  Nice find with 10 weathered leaves which only need a little TLC to come to life again.

These happen to be for sale on www.etsy.southertouches.com.  Great weathered decor/display.

New to Etsy

 Great vintage ferris wheel display stand on dogwoodflowerdesigns.etsy.com.

 Upcycled weathered painted vintage siamese shelfsitter on southerntouches.etsy.com.

 Upcycled painted weathered faux log candle stands on southerntouches.etsy.com.

Drying racks/trays vintage with a rubber bumper around edge.  Not sure what they were used for. Dogwoodflowerdesigns.etsy.com

All recently listed for sale.

New to ETSY

Two new listings for Christmas.   Glass tree cloches on etsy.com.southertouches.
Brass horns on etsy.com.dogwoodflowerdesigns.

Great handmade upcyle and vintage brass collections.

New and Upcoming to ETSY shops

Recent and Upcoming items to my ETSY shops.

Twin vintage wire utility basket listed on dogwoodflowerdesign.etsy.com
Upcycled bird/goose/duck/gull listed on southerntouches.etsy.com

The weathered vintage chalk figurine of girl and dog is upcoming to southerntouches.
The vintage ink jug/well is upcoming to dogwoodflowerdesigns.

All in white for ETSY

 All in white for ETSY shops.

The first and third photos are listed on southertouches.etsy.com.
Southerntouches cottage style decor but will fit into any home design.

The second is a french country kitchen pastry serving tray upcycled from a french advertising shop display.

Great Things

Just returned home from a short weekend in St. Augustine with my two daughters.  Had a wonderful time talking, shopping for our ETSY shops, eating, and of course walking all around the vintage shops and antique malls.

I just fell in love with the vintage egg tray holder at the top.  First one I have found like this.

Second photo is  my home ground tomatoes, they were already to pick when I arrived on Sunday afternoon.

A wonderful vintage find of old cafe glasses and handmade wood tote for any vintage kitchen.  One of the things I picked up for http://www.dogwoodflowerdesigns.etsy.com.

Off to VBS celebration for the church children tonight and a great week of learning more about my LORD.  God's Blessings to All. 

Upcycled Shabby Cottage

Just finished painting and distressing these three pieces to be added to my http://www.southerntouches etsy.com shop for upcycled vintage pieces.

A brass upcycled to a shabby painted white and distressed display bow.
A painted white metal basket for displaying florals or fruit.
A vintage metal handmade vase painted white and distressed.

All pieces would look great in a cottage or seaside decor.

Vintage Lamps

Two vintage lamps that will soon be appearing in my etsy shop DogwoodFlowerDesigns.

The top one was made from vintage heavy glass ashtrays and painted flat pink on the uderside with a tierd design.

The bottom is a vintage handmade wood nautical design with a pullchain  and a swivel light.

Great for any vintage style decor:  Shabby chic, cottage chic, farmhouse or nautical.

vintage milkglass

A few odds and ends I have collected over the past few month.   Great vintage avon and unmarked milkglass that would look great in any small area of the home.

Milkglass old and not so old is one of my favorite things to collect and use in my home.

Odds and ends, coins, trinkets, or keys would fit these pieces nicely.

Vintage Style French Country Cloche

Just finished this special order for a customer in my Southern Touches Shop on ETSY.

I really like taking all the odd pieces of metal and glass, combining them until I see what I like.  Special touches added and half the cost of the antique cloches.

Hope she enjoys it as much as I did designing it for her.

Restoration on Vintage Refrigerators

Snapshots of some very old restored refrigerators and one great icebox.
Any of these would fancy up any vintage kitchen or familyroom and be great to have.

Trash to treasures on any home deocr is a visit back to grandmother's house.