Recycling Vintage Photos

One of the{{many things}}I love to collect is Vintage Photos. I've picked them up at Estate Sales, Antique Shops & Flea Markets for years. Even though I had no idea what I was going to do with them I still couldn't pass them up. My favorite are hand painted/tinted photos.

I've seen tutorials about printing on fabric but wasn't sure if it was simple enough to do with what I had on hand{or if my printer would work- because it's not fancy at all}.

It turned out pretty good except not all the colors came through, I'm guessing because I was low on ink.

I thought it would be perfect for a pillow cover....

How crazy is it that a photo taken in 1937 at a 4 H Picnic is preserved on a Pillow that now sits on my bed.Very cool!!

101 things to do with vintage sheets...

Well, I haven't come up with 101 things to do, but here are at least 10 ideas.
A few summers ago I made this duvet, and since I've been on a sewing kick lately I thought I'd make some envelope pillow covers to match.

♥Summer Bedding♥

There's that time a day when the sun hits our patio that makes a long hot summer day even hotter, so I thought this might be a good idea: a patio sunblocker/shade maker/super-bright-light around 4p.m. detractor! Made by sewing vintage sheets together~ pretty & functional♥

As usual, you can always find the best inspiration on flickr!

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You can seriously get lost for hours browsing around this site~ no joke, I just did and now my butt's asleep so I gotta get up and move :/

Coming Soon & Salvaged Vintage Scraps

A few of these fun upcycled Jewelry Display Holders will be in my Shop.

I made the mistake of washing this vintage velvet bolster pillow cover in the washing machine. One survived, the other fell apart. I decided to keep the fabric thinking I'd use it for something{probably the rationale of a Hoarder}.

I also had this unfinished embroidered pillow case{a flea market find}. So this is what I came up with....

A comfy pillow. I also added dried lavender inside along with the stuffing.

Cute & smells great!

Finished quilt pillow

I finally finished one of the pillows I was working on for my Etsy shop(I posted last week about starting it). I love the combo of the two prints together, they're different but go really well together. I still have plenty of the quilt left to make a few more, so I think that's what I'll be working on this weekend.

Somethings OLD turned into something new.... for my shop

Nothing is better than coming across an old quilt, no matter the condition. Half the time I have no idea what I'm going to do with it, but that's never stopped me from bringing one home :)

I'm working on some pillows for my shop, using vintage linens & old quilts.

I'm one of those people who can never have too many pillows! I usually have no less than six on my bed, my kids notice when they have some missing off their beds, and I don't think there's a chair throughout the house without a pillow in it. Wow, now it seems a little weird...