Vintage MOP Buckles

Shabby Vintage Bridal

Good morning, dear readers!

 

I spent a good bit of yesterday cleaning these gorgeous, vintage MOP buckles.  They were found in a grubby box on the bottom shelf at a junque shop.  This one is my favorite:

 

 

It is the largest of the MOP buckles and features some pretty accent carving.  I was thinking about beading the center with pearls and Swarovskis, adding tatting and a brooch finding.  What do you think?  Of course, one could always make a special tatted lace belt accent for a bride with any of these MOP buckles.

 

 

These are the larger oval buckles.

 

 

And these are some smaller square buckles.  I thought these would be great accents on a tatted collar that is rather Art Deco in style.  Or perhaps a pendant accent and earrings.  What is your opinion?

 

Jim is making me breakfast this morning and it sure does smell good!  I'd better run so we have time to eat together before he heads to work.  Have a great day & until tomorrow~

Happy Tatting!

 

 

 

 

 

 



New MOP Findings

Shabby Vintage Bridal

Good morning, dear readers!

 

Whilst Jim and I were driving around this past weekend, we happened up on a little bead shop.  Here are some of the goodies I found:

 

 

These MOP discs have four holes spaced around them and are perfect for adding tatting to.

 

 

Then I found these MOP donuts with a hole on each side.  These are the natural colored ones.

 

 

And these are the peachy colored ones.

 

These will all work great for the upcoming collection I'm in the process of designing!  Every now and then, I really luck up on wonderful finds.  Our weekend jaunt was a goody jackpot.  Wait until you see the gorgeous vintage finds I plan to feature on tomorrow's post! 

 

Rosie Fey is spinning at the door.  I'd better take care of her so I can get back to the Atelier for more goody cleaning and earring designing.  May you have a marvelous day full of creativity.  Until tomorrow~

Happy Tatting!

 

 

 

 

 

 



Week and Weekend Recap

Shabby Vintage Bridal

Good morning, dear readers!

 

I had a refreshing, if exhausting, week off from the blog.  Now I am back and am ready to hit the ground running!

 

Aside from cleaning the living room in preparation for new furniture last week, I enjoyed a very special day trip on Thursday.  My mother and daughter accompanied me to visit Ms. Pat at the Stitcher's Workshop in Norphlet, Arkansas.  Ms. Pat is closing her wonderful needle work shop in August.  I shall miss her and the shop greatly!  If you would like to get in on some wonderful savings on thread, click the link above to Ms. Pat's.  Mom, Jocie and I had a wonderful day together as we visited the shop, dined at a charming local café, and took in the sights along the way. 

 

Well, according to the poll, you would like to have a wedding inspired earring pattern.  Okay- your wish is my command.  I will be designing a special pair of earrings to feature as a FREE pattern on Friday's blog post.  I've already gathered the materials I plan to use.  I am using an earring stud filigree finding that can be purchased from Fire Mountain Gems.  The number order for the earrings is A37-1762FY.  I will be using Valdani Luxury Pearl Silk in S49 "Subtle Elegance" and pearl and Swarovski bicones for accents.  Possibly some seed beads, too.  You'll just have to wait and see the results on Friday!

 

This past weekend, our town hosted its yearly "festival".  I do NOT take part as it is hot this time of year and, most importantly, it is not the type of venue where I care to present my work.  Jim graciously took me on an antiquing adventure to several nice towns in another state.  Here is one goody I found:

 

 

I could not resist this cute vintage plastic brooch!  The colors are so pretty and will look beautiful with my favorite Valdani Luxury Pearl Silk.

 

There are a number of other goodies I lucked up on that I will feature this week as I clean them and prep them for tatting.  The majority of my tatting time in the Atelier this week will be spent designing the FREE earring pattern.  Thank you all for voting in the poll and expressing your opinions.  I value them all!

 

Guess I had better get busy.  Jim will be ready for breakfast soon and I've got lots of work to do.  Have a wonderful day & until tomorrow~

Happy Tatting!

 

 



What A Weekend

Shabby Vintage Bridal

Good afternoon, dear readers!

 

Well, we had a busy weekend.  My old stove finally died.  We spent the weekend shopping for a replacement and installing it.  At least now I can cook and bake without worrying about it either overheating or just shutting off for no apparent reason.  As you can imagine, I got very little tatting done.  I did play with the Mother-of-Pearl brooch, but have not really gotten enough done to share.  I hope to get a bit more done this evening, so tomorrow's post should have some eye candy.

 

The blog theme for June is Shabby Vintage Bridal.  I will be featuring my kind of shabby vintage designs that are geared toward brides.  Wait until you see some of the upcoming goodies!!!

 

Guess I'll head on out to the Atelier and get busy on that brooch and another work-in-progress.  Have a wonderful day & until tomorrow~

Happy Tatting!

Vintage Pins

Estate sales are always interesting.  You never know what you may find.  As it happens, at the last local sale, I found a couple of treasures.

This is a lovely cultured pearl bar pin that is just begging for tatted accents!  It is very small and will be an elegant touch to a lapel or blouse.

What shall I enhance this gold filled pin with???  Pearls, Swarovskis, silk tatting?  How about all three!  These old pins make the best foundations for anchoring tatting and other accents.

Guess I had better get back to work in the Atelier.  I am still working on several Eternity pendants, and have more cameos and vintage pins waiting to be enhanced.  May you have a wonderfully creative day!  Until tomorrow~

Happy Tatting!



Digging

As I was digging through boxes in the Atelier, hunting for the package of E6000 adhesive I've somehow hidden from myself, I came across some items I'd put in a box and forgotten about.  As you know, I enjoy adding tatting to various items- especially vintage ones.

This little beauty was once a clip-on earring.  It's finding had come off the back & it was in a plastic bag of miscellaneous vintage jewelry items at a local antique store.  Won't it be just gorgeous with a tatted edging around it???

And I found my vintage Coro pine cone brooch!!!  I really need to tat an accent for this one. Should I put it on a purse or one of my cloches?

Then there was this vintage blue brooch.  I think it needs a super-frilly edging.  Perfect for wearing on jackets and sweaters!

And the last thing in the box was this pair of earrings.  Jocelin found these at a local boutique.  I think she did great as they will be easy to enhance with tatting.

What do you like to add tatting to?   And where do you find it?

 I adore "junquing/antiquing" and hunting for goodies at boutiques and basically stores everywhere.  You never know when or where you may find a potential treasure.

Guess I'll head back into the Atelier and see if I can't find some thread to use with these and put them in the project box by my chair.  Have a wonderful day & feel free to comment and let me know what you like to add tatting to. 

Until tomorrow~

Happy Tatting!

Vintage Finds

After taking Jocie to school, I had a number of errands to take care of today.  In between appointments, I squeezed in a little junquing/antiquing.  Here are my treasures:

Two wonderful old pierced shell buttons still on the card, a honkin' huge carved shell button and oodles of 2 hole MOP shell buttons, and two cute porcelain place cards with pinecones!  Aren't the place cards cute?  You can write on them with a marker & wipe it off with a rag.  I'm sure you'll be seeing them in a lot of future images.  Notice the fabric in the background- it's a silk shantung remnant.  Cost a whopping .25!  Yep, a whole quarter. 

Not much tatting has come off my needles today as I only had a few precious moments early this morning before the chaos of an overactive day ensued.  I am ready for some quiet time where I can sit with needle & thread and tat something pretty!

Many thanks to those who have voted on the purse project thread and offered their opinions!  The poll ends next Monday, so be sure to let me know your thoughts.  I appreciate all suggestions and help.

Guess I had better get supper started.  After supper I'm taking a "soaking bath" with a soothing cup of mint tea, putting on my favorite ratty pj's and crawling into bead early.  Maybe tomorrow will be less stressful and hurried.  May you have a wonderful and restful evening.  Until tomorrow~

Happy Tatting!