Christmas Decorating - Pyrex Starburst

It seems like even a little decorating ends up to be way more than I planned.  This little confection I put together just for me--vintage finds in a Pyrex Starburst dish.

Vintage Style Front Room in my 1958 Ranch

I'm slowly decorating my front room since I decided to go girly with it.  Here are some pictures.  My custom made drapes (sewn by my friend)  are going to be delivered today, so there will have to be an update in the future.

I always work on a budget usually figuring out how I can spend the least amount possible. Some things I found at the thrifts...some things like the Pyrex Starburst and Hip Haven planter were special occasion purchases and the Haegar lamp I got in a trade.  My friend made me pillows from vintage fabric and I made the slip cover from vintage heavy polyester.  Sofa table is actually reconfigured from one unit into two pieces of the same height.  Vintage runner, ceramic figurine and planter are more little thrift store pieces.

The sun came over to this side of the house and lit up my room.  Yes, I already have a tree up and it is only December 1st.  I found this tree and light wheel at a local antique store.  I rarely go to them so I got lucky on this day as they were on sale. Vintage thifty finds and a late 18th century table I brought back from Germany many years ago are all things I've fallen in love with.

Close up of goodies under my tree.  Thrifted items like the German hand embroidered Christmas table cloth, angels and star ornament are typical of the little treasures I love to find.  The bunny ballerina was a stocking stuffer from my husband many years ago. I still have work to do in this room.  I can't wait to hang my new retro drapes!

A Little Vintage Ornament Wreath - Pink, Green and Gold

I've created a new challenge for myself and that is to make wreaths less that 12 inches.  This one is seven inches. I forgot I drafted this post months ago!

A Little Vintage Ornament Wreath - Pink, Green and Gold

I've created a new challenge for myself and that is to make wreaths less that 12 inches.  This one is seven inches. I forgot I drafted this post months ago!

Thrifty Vintage Christmas - Plastic Deer

Quick post--my days seems all to short.  Hubby spied some vintage deer at the thrift and they ended up on my coffee table with last years bottle brush tree I decorated.

Hazel Atlas Glass Ornament

I made this lovely ornament from a shard of a Hazel Atlas punch bowl.  I continue to receive shards from collectors who can't bring themselves to tossing them in the garbage. I drafted this post last year and never published it.

Vintage Ornament Wreath - Pink

I made time to make my pink wreath for my newly decorated sitting room.  I've been collecting bits an pieces for it from the thrifts for a few years now.  Measures 16".

I've Been....Working!

I realize it's been a while since I've posted to my blog.  After a year and a half of enjoying exchanging for vintage glass shards from other collectors and making numerous jewelry items in return, I amassed  an inventory of shards in a wide range of patterns. I've been making exchange pieces, custom pieces and just pieces I want to make. It's been hectic, fun and rewarding.  I'll post some of my favorites.

Pyrex Brides 474 promotional casserole pendant.  Customer request.

Sears Maid of Honor mixing bowls. I received shards through an exchange.  The sender loved the picture of the pendant and requested matching earrings.

Request for solid pink Pyrex earrings. These are from a mixing bowl

I was in the mood to make a cheerful pair of earrings from the Pyrex New Dots 401 bowl.

I laid in bed unable to sleep one morning and designed these, a few hours later I was on the bench starting them.  Pyrex Spring Blossom 475 casserole in the second design version.

A Pyrex 575 space saver in the turquoise Snowflake pattern in earrings. It's one of my customers favorites and I can see why.

Some of the Pyrex Early American pieces have a kitty in the pattern.  Here are a few from several different dishes.

Pendants in the Spring Blossom and Trailing Flowers bowl and casserole.

 These earrings from the Pyrex 043 Golden Bouquet casserole dish were made by request to match a pendant purchased from my Etsy shop.

Another requested pair of Golden Bouquet earrings.

The shards get smaller...another set of Golden Bouquet.

I've made numerous pairs of earrings from Pyrex Pink Gooseberry dishes.  It's been the most popular to date.  These are small, smaller than a dime.

A variety of glass patterns from Pyrex, Australian Pyrex and Hazel Atlas (red maple).

 Pyrex Orange Daisy and White Snowflake...

I offer larger pendant ornaments as well as jewelry pendants when I do glass exchanges.  Not every collector wears pendants.  It's a lot of fun for me to see what comes in the end.  Pyrex 473 Pink Gooseberry.

 Pyrex Woodland casserole .

I managed to make something in anticipation of a holiday, which is today. This is from the 444 size Pyrex JAJ Shamrock chip and dip bowl.

I had the shards for a year, It was fun to have them in the hands of others well before St. Patrick's Day.

Naturally all those other things in my life continue..house and home and my corgi who makes sure he's the priority!!!

Craft Session

I gave my hubby this retro style rocket ornament for Christmas some years ago, but it's too heavy for the tree and won't stand on its own.  So that was remedied today by putting it into a diorama. All the other materials used with the exception of the felt are vintage.  I scour the thrifts for vintage craft supplies!

Christmas Crafting - Diorama in Pyrex 501 Delphite Refrigerator Dish

I could make these little dioramas forever.  Hardest part is thrifting the materials. The little scene is in a delphite blue dish.

Christmas Crafting - Pyrex 501 Red Diorama

Bits and pieces of crafty stuff I've collected over the years make up this little scene. Vintage tree,  pixie, cotton felt, mica, glass ornaments, foil ribbon to make package, acetate ribbon and even a piece of the styrofoam  base still has the original 5 cents price stamp in ink on it.

Christmas Tree Ornaments made from Vintage Pyrex Dish Shards

I can't put off making some new creations, even if that bathroom is still half painted!  These tree ornaments are made from the shards of a broken Pyrex 575 space saver dish. The broken dish was sent to me by a fellow collector.

Happy St. Paddy's Day (from my little Welsh dude)

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day from my little corgi!

A Little Valentine's Display

I found a pair of Valentine's pixies last year this time, here is one of them.  I made a little display on my kitchen table with one of them this morning along with some other vintage goodies.

Evergleam Christmas Tree in Pink

My little tree in my little pink room.

Catching up on my Christmas Finds!!!!

I've been quite busy, so here's some pictures of MOST of the stuff we've been picking up.  I'll let the pictures do the talking!

Vintage Feather Tree Ornaments

Just a picture I took of a bowl of ornaments sitting on my table.

My Little Tree in my Pink Room

In a rush as always--didnt' want to miss posting these pictures I took today. 

Vintage Christmas Finds!

I've been busy as usual!  We've picked up a bunch of vintage items for my holiday crafting.  Here's a Royal Copley planter we found and I promptly made an arrangement in it.  Two gold foil and glass bead stars, a plastic made in Italy tree topper and a glitter covered star were also recent finds.

All I've had time to do was to bring things home, unpack them, photograph and put them away.  I managed to make a handful of Pyrex pendants and put them in my Etsy shop, so there was packing and shipping to do in between.

This year I've gotten a thing for plastic tree toppers...

I've found a bunch of satin balls that I am wanting to make wreaths with.  Old tinsel garland, and straw tree with fabric critter ornaments and a dancing Santa on a music box, he turns when it's playing.

Planters, ornaments, bottle brush trees and Joseph Originals cups...

This particular day I found a number of items with boxes with nice graphics.  Luckily the thrifts appear to not be taping up all the ornament boxes this year.

Bits of crafting stuff, ceramics, Hong Kong wind up santa and these awesome gingerbread men...

One still has his Japan sticker on him.

And still more...

I was beyond excited to finally pick up a couple pixie knee huggers!!!  We also got a flickering hurricane lamp and a Merry Glow spinning tree topper!  Hubby found a swag made out of bottle brush that I will use in crafting.

Another really cool surprise are these light bulbs.

They came in a box with some vintage ornaments and look like just white lights marked Japan.  But to our surprise, when we plugged one in we found the interior has been painted in multiple colors.  None are exactly alike.  Once they heat up, they randomly flash, blink and fade.  There appears to be two lights within each bulb that act independently.  They are amazing! 

I also purchased one holiday item from the vintage mall.  I rarely go there and just stick to the thrifts, but I made an exception and I'm glad I did!

I found a very nice 14" bottle brush tree for my large deer!  And while I was there, I saw this..

 

...a pale yellow Pyrex 231 pan in excellent condition.  I couldn't leave it. I also found my second piece of Descoware in the Markley pattern at a thrift.

Phew!  I'm pooped, but wait!  I haven't linked up with  Sir-Thrift-A-Lot at Thriftasaurus for the longest time--let's hop on over there and see what's going on!   See you over here!