Vintage Crafters Cafe Tussie Mussie Swap

-
Our Facebook page Vintage Crafters Cafe had a tussie mussie swap!  I was paired with a new friend, Robin, who said she loved nature, rusty metal, moss, chandeliers, wooden spools, birds, primitive but not country -- and no pastels, pearls or lace.  At first I was kind of stumped, but eventually I had a plan.  Here's the tussie mussie I came up with for her:
 I glued moss, grapevine and burlap ribbon roses around the edge.  The scrapbook paper was thick and double-sided.


 I also made her a little coordinating matchbook to hold some treasures, and a tag.  The top of the matchbook was a really lovely molded belt buckle, and I tied on a china underwear button.
I created it so that the tussie mussie could stand up in a rusty bed spring I also sent along!
I filled it with lots of fun little trinkets that I hoped she would love!
 It was hard to part with the stitched Robin square -- but I knew it had to be!
I also gave my last little blue tag that was one of the things I bought from Etsy and have hoarded for something like 8 years!  And that beautiful Bakelite buckle, plus that little sewing kit.  Happily, she adored it!
 Like I told her, there aren't a lot of people in the world that would like to find something like that in their tussie mussie!






I just received her tussie mussie in return; who would ever have guessed that Robin would also send me a rusty spring as a stand?!
In my perfect colors of purple and green, she created this beauty.
If you look closely, you can see that she included fairy lights in it so that it can light up!
That was so clever!
It came with linens, a doily, and some extra ribbon and trim in case, she said, I want to punch holes and hang it up.
I love it just as it is, don't you?
Fun swap!

Comments

Shirlee Fassell said…
There both lovely! What fun.
April 30, 2018 at 6:50 AM
Claudia said…
Love them both! I have been following on Facebook and everyone did a great job!
April 30, 2018 at 11:01 AM
Marrianna said…
I think I’m going to check the Facebook page for this group and see what everyone’s creating. I love what you made and added to it with treasures in your stash. You always do great artwork.
May 1, 2018 at 8:16 AM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Baby Jesus Candy Cane Christmas Ornament How-To

-
Image
Here's a tutorial to make sweet baby Jesus ornaments: Materials: 3/4" round wooden balls blue felt like-sized small wooden stars flesh-colored acrylic paint yellow acrylic paint black permanent marker small button as star decor raffia natural excelsior "moss" silver thread or coordinating yarn candy cane You'll also need glue or a hot glue gun, paint brush and scissors Begin by painting the wooden balls with flesh-colored paint and the stars with yellow paint. When dry, draw two sleeping eyes on the ball. Meanwhile, cut small pieces of felt and make little rolls to represent the baby's body; tie with a tiny piece of raffia. Next, glue the wooden ball onto the top of the body roll of felt; if you wish, you can also cut a small wedge of felt to glue over like a little swaddled hood on the baby's head, but I think it looks cute without it as well. Glue the l...
Read more

Flagler College in St. Augustine: the Tiffany connection

-
Image
We visited this wonderful building that began its life in 1888 as a lavish hotel built by Henry Flagler, one of the founders of Standard Oil, and now houses Flagler College . It is such a beautiful old building and in it we saw: these fabulous Tiffany chandeliers... on a spectacular painted and embossed ceiling in one of the hotel's drawing rooms.   I apologize for the quality of the indoor photos -- it was quite dark in the building. I had to laugh at these painted cherubs on the ceiling... and the way their ribbony robes encircle the chandelier mount! This large clock over the mantle is special because it's a Thomas Edison clock and because it is made from one piece of rare onyx.  We were told that Edison's "signature" on his clocks is the use of the incorrect Roman numeral "4". But the most spectacular feature of the building is that Louis Comfort Tiffany himself made the stained glass windows. Most of Tiffany's windows a...
Read more

O Christmas tree, jeweled Christmas tree...

-
Image
Earlier in the season Rebecca and I went to a craft fair at a local high school, and there was one booth with the CUTEST little jeweled, framed Christmas trees! The gal was nice enough to let me photograph them.  Sorry it's kind of blurry, but it was dark in that high school gym! I know it's an older kind of craft (from the '60s and '70s) but she made them sweet -- not gaudy at all.  We were both SO inspired. So, last week we made it happen.  I brought a bunch of my old, broken vintage jewelry, some velvet, glue,  old frames, and we sat in her dining room and made a forest of little trees! It was so simple: first, we took a vintage frame and covered the backing with velvet.  We just glued it on. Then, we took our time arranging bits and pieces of jewels into a Christmas tree shape. When we were happy with the arrangement, we committed and glued the jewels down!  I love this avocado green velvet! And then we did it again.  We h...
Read more