21 Thursday Nov 2013
Posted in Likes, Our Etsy Store, Vintage
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child room decor, Etsy toleware, Jeanne Rondeau Etsy, metal flower, metal flower hook, toleware flower, vintage decor, vintage flower, vintage hook, vintage tole candle
We have been busy listing some new floral finds on our Etsy shop. I love these metal Toleware flowers! They were made in the 1940s and 1950s, often in Italy. They were inexpensive at the time, and the colors are still vibrant today. The hooks would be adorable in a child’s room.
19 Monday Nov 2012
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Dennison Crepe Paper, diy, diy birthday hat, diy crepe paper flower hat, How to Make Crepe Paper Flowers, paper flower hat, Paper Mart, style, vintage flower, vintage paper flowers
My Mother-in-Law gave me this amazing How to Make Crepe Paper Flowers book for my birthday last year and I have been waiting for the right time to put it to use. My copy is from 1922 and contains the secrets to making realistic flowers from crepe paper. Needles to say, I am in love with this book! Ebay has several copies for sale here. The flowers turned out better than I had thought possible and we used them to make a special birthday hat for our friend Sandy. To make your own Crepe Paper Flower Hat you will need:
*How to Make Crepe Paper Flowers book
*Variety of Crepe Paper (We used this 100 gms paper from Papermart, and each flower used less than one roll of paper)
*Headband
*Floral Tape
*Floral Wire (We used straight 18 gauge wire)
*Craft Glue
*Scissors
*Pinking Shears (optional)
*Card Stock for Patterns
*Ribbon to Tie Hat (optional)
1. Prepare patterns. Our copy of the book did not come with the original patterns, so we followed the drawings in the book and made our own from card stock. Label each pattern for future use.
2. Following directions from the book, make up flowers and leave stem wires long until you are ready to apply to the hat. We used 9 flowers to make our hat. It is helpful to hold finished flowers in a vase or cup as you go.
3. Lay ribbon over ends of headband about 2″ and glue. (Our hat was a little heavy, so we added the ribbon to make it more secure for dancing).
4. Wrap headband with floral tape up until the point you want to add a flower. (Start on one side of the headband and add flowers up and over to the other side).
5. Put a spot of glue over the floral tape and wind a 1″ strip of green crepe paper around the headband over the tape, gently pulling tight as you go. This will be the visible headband covering, so try to keep it neat. Our strip was about 15″ long x 1″ wide.
6. Trim the wire on first flower to about 3″, position it and use floral tape to secure to the headband.
7. Wrap green crepe paper over floral tape as you go, covering the headband between each flower.
8. Position the second flower and repeat the wrapping.
9. When all flowers are in place wrap the floral tape and crepe paper down to the other end of the headband and secure crepe with a little glue.
10. Allow the hat to dry.
Get your party on!
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08 Monday Oct 2012
Posted in Inspiration, Likes, Projects, Shop, Vintage
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costume supply, DIY Halloween costume, mermaid Halloween costume, millinery flower, Tinsel Trading Company, vintage flower, vintage millinery, vintage trim
Finds from a recent visit to Tinsel Trading Company in Manhattan. Tinsel Trading is a magical place that has been run and owned by the same family for generations. Their story can be found here. They have the most amazing selection of vintage millinery flowers, trims, buttons…I designed many projects around Tinsel Trading finds when I was in fashion school and I used to visit often for inspiration when I worked in the city. There is a huge set of drawers in the back of the store filled with an ever-changing array. This visit it housed unused paper labels, cardboard animals and new old stock of red paintbrushes among other things. I love wandering in without a specific project and letting the treasure speak to me. I have yet to bring Ada, but Tinsel Trading is pretty much a crafty four-year-old’s dream. Here is what I found:
* Reproduction French sticker labels. (We will use them for jams and gift labeling).
* Vintage silver ribbon. (Waiting to trim a package).
* Vintage gold stacking beads. (I am thinking these would make a pretty necklace mixed with seashells we found this summer for Ada’s mermaid Halloween costume that I have been knitting).
