This vintage, wood-burned brooch is my newest (and very favorite) accessory. From etsy. I just want to wear piles of lace and fluttery silk skirts. She has that sylph-ish disposition that I adore, and I think she will stay pinned to my shoulder all summer long! A close up: The rest of the day will …
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a spring locket and a dreamy swamp morning
First thing, here is the promised vintage locket, now in my shop. Please see a previous post (or the link to the listing, above) for a peek at the inside! And, a most perfect early spring swamp morning. It has been raining all day so I really appreciate the purple-hazed sunbeams from the other morning. …
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treasures!
I am so excited about this little vintage tin and cameo necklace set I just posted in the shop. First, the inside (comes with the cameo necklace, such sweet and very dainty embroidery it has!) And the outside features a round mini print from my sketchbook. The necklace looks super with any type of spring-ish …
The fox
To honor the red fox, I present to you… This necklace is now up for sale in my shop. Just because he was clearly the winner in my last giveaway (and because I found just one more vintage pendant amongst my huge jewelry stash to reclaim).
wrapped up in books and paints and treasures…
???PAINTS??? I have been slowly but surely painting away. Here’s some work in progress from a painting from weeks ago. Getting all the details down…work in progress still. I added some golden harp-inspired embroidery on her hat. And remember the feathers that my father found from this post? Initially, I thought that they were from …
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One last locket….
This is the last of my found stash, it’s a vintage-inspired black metal locket that I strung from an antique piece of lace. So fitting for this cold winter day here in the northeast, it includes a little print of my painting The Curious Fox. Available here. and the locket closed… I was walking though …
two vintage brooches
Two more one-of-a-kinds can be found here. It hurts me a bit to let this one go, vintage butterfly locket brooch with a mini print of my painting “Fluttering Away” inside: and inside the locket: Goodness I am in love with taking photos over icy puddles. It’s going to come to you wrapped up snug …
Two
They are both available here Sisters cameo locket with two mini prints on chain Sisters cameo locket with two mini prints on chain, open Seafaring Heart pendant necklace on vintage lace I couldn’t resist going outside in the falling snow a few days ago to take these photos. I think it was a mere thirteen …
november
A golden November day, the sun poured through my windows like honey. Found the prettiest vintage butterfly locket broach on ebay to house a mini print of one of my prints, but I don’t know if I can part with it… With old Japanese faux pearls and a velvet ribbon around my finger to remind …
seafaring vintage cameo locket
Took an early morning walk with my creation from last night. This oversized vintage cameo is from my personal collection but it fit mini prints of my new painting Seafaring Heart so well I decided to part with it. It’s in my store until it’s swept away and it really is the sweetest thing! And …