Shabby Chic & Some Things Pink Boutique Sale at The Rabbit Hole

Here are photos of my recent sale at The Rabbit Hole (my name for the finished space in my garage which is home for on-going flea-markets). Part of the space was draped with black, white, & pink sheets, mini-white lights were strung across the ceiling along with pink paper lanterns, & a large painting I got for free served as a background. Antique linens/quilts draped the tables. A lamp shade wire form was covered with lights & trimmed with a pink boa. Even the corseted dress form was decked out with a pink boa. Pink lemonade, pink sprinkled cookies & pink cupcakes were served. In spite of my arm still in a cast from being broken about a month ago, the show definitely went on and lots of fun was had by all. And I am already making plans for the big holiday show in the fall!

Shabby Chic Sale

As promised earlier, here are more items that will be for sale at my upcoming Shabby Chic & Some Things Pink Sale. I am planning on decorating with boas, mini-lights, pink flowers, pink feathers, and more. Check out the cool French baquette cart-great holder for paper rolls, fabric, and even bread? I re-did the floor lamp next to it. Votives can go into the purple cut-glass tea cups & the upper glass fixture can hold a candle or small vase for flowers. Cool. In the first picture there are 2 candle sticks that I glued glass fixtures to the top. They make great elevated "vases" or candle holders.

There will be vintage aprons & clothes, bird cages, mirrors, dessert pedestal stands, dishes, luminarias using teacups/saucers, lanterns, and more.
I'll post before & after photos of the garage that will be transformed. It will be the best that ole' unfinished space has ever looked!

Broken Wing

Hi
Just a note to say that I will be taking a break (pardon the pun) from posting (but not for too long-can't keep a gal down).
A few days ago I broke my arm. The down-side is a serious curtailment of my usual high-energy, productive days. The up-side is a heightened appreciation of what some people deal with permanently, gratitude that the breaks will heal & that it is my non-dominant hand. It will be a good lesson in patience & humility, and this will give an opportunity for this strong-willed, independent lady to graciously accept help.
Isn't life simply amazing?

Belles at the Fernwood Ball

I wanted to share some of the glorious flowers I have a chance to dance with in my garden.
The red poppy was discovered at the garden center where I worked-she stopped me in my tracks and I knew she had to be in my garden-even though it doesn't get as much sun as she would like. The red is brilliant and inspires me to have a scarlet , vampy petticoat someday. I think the name is "Belle of Liverpool." The white clematis is another beauty-blooms are almost 8" across and her name is "Duchess of Edinbourgh." (I think). Don't you just love the names? The foxglove are
incredible this year-some stand over 5' tall and given that they naturalize, it is an added bonus.
The lime green foliage with purple flowers is a hardy geranium and happily blooms all summer. The screaming "chartrocity" of the color is a great foil against the purple. I will be thinning out the yellow poppies but only after their luscious petals are finished twirling.

Tiger Lily Productions

These wire armatures have turned into "Pretty Maids All in a Row." I have shown how they look before and then after. The top form has a separate hoop skirt that is decked out in ribbons, paper pattern strips, and tulle. A sweet ribbon sash and matching ribbon rose completes the outfit. The second dress form was covered in paper scraps (one has pages from a French dictionary) which were brushed with a 50/50 solution of white glue/water.
To finish, the dress is "lined" on the inside with coordinating colored tissue paper. The pink dress sports a crepe paper ruffle at the hem. They both stand about 14" tall.

I suppose that even big grown-up girls still like to play dress-up with dolls.

Tiger Lily Productions

It's been several days since my last posting. Now that blogging is a wonderful part of my world, there's a new funny niggling feeling that creeps in to my head when I haven't tended to the blog. It's an unfamiliar, yet challenging, creative responsibility and I take it very seriously


I have been busy creating product for my upcoming Shabby Chic and Some Things Pink Boutique sale at June's end. Here are some samples of what I've been up to.
I've also been embellishing vintage aprons (and making new ones as well), turning children's shoes into pin cushions,
stuffing burlap rice sacks for pillows, LP records made into pedestal cake stands and so much more.
I purchased a kitschy dark pine armoire yesterday-I plan on painting it white then sanding the edges to "vintage it up." It will be used for showing the vintage dresses that will be sold at the sale, as well as some of my up-cycled tee's and tanks
(Raggedy Ends).