~making french decor bottles~

Hello peeps,

I wanted to show you a really easy and effective way you can transform ordinary thrift store glass bottles into elegant french bottles. I had fun making these ones up for a vintage market. 

I don’t have step-by-step photos for you, but I’ll describe how I did it.

1. Keep a look out for nicely shaped glass bottles on your thrifting adventures. I especially like bottles with a squareish shape, but you can use any really. Give them a really good wash, I run mine through the dishwasher.

2. Make friends with someone who has an awesome vinyl cutter or buy yourself an awesome vinyl cutter. As I don’t own an awesome vinyl cutter I went the friend route! Decide what you want and pick out your fonts, sizes etc. I chose eiffel towers, fleur de lis, paris…..You could also use premade vinyl stickers if you find some you like.

3. Apply the vinyls to the bottles.

4. Wind jute tightly around the bottle neck and secure with a knot. I also added some wrinkled seam binding to some of mine for a more romantic look.

And that’s it, they look great with a couple of different sizes grouped together, or a single bottle on a mantel, and they also make a fab gift!

Have a great weekend!

Tracey

linking up to Nifty Thrifty Tuesday
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~vintage florals, striped ticking and yummy french lavender~

can you think of a sweeter combination?

paired up vintage floral with blue ticking

and stuffed them full of yummy french lavender

tied together with pretty seam binding ribbon

they smell soooo good!

linking up to air your laundry friday
at freckled laundry

 

Tracey

~how shabby french lavender bag?~

so peeps, i need your input

i have to make up a bunch of small gift bag favors that are reflective of raggygirl

and i came up with this

a shabby french muslin lavender baggie

(it is white muslin, take my word for it)

of course with a touch of yummy white seam binding ribbon

~so here's my dilemma~

seams all neat and tidy on the inside?

or shabby and frayed on the outside?

i know which way i'm kinda leaning, but would love to know what you think??

~tracey~

~sweet vintage treasures~

today i'm showing you some of my true loves

~vintage suitcases and vintage books~

i love to collect vintage suitcases

here are my two white ones, topped with a pile of vintage books

they sit in a corner of my living room

see the book without the spine cover, it's a really old "how to take care of anything" book from my Nanna

i remember reading it at her home, it was in a lot better shape back then!

the books are just simply bound together with burlap ribbon and shabby seam binding

here's one last peek at my shabby pile

i'm linking up with Debra for Vintage Inspiration Friday
and Tickled Pink

Tracey

~shabby seam binding love~

~i am in love with shabby seam binding ribbon~

it is so versatile, i use it in many of my projects

like here tied on my shabby french pillows

or for gifting

and around vintage books

i buy all my seam binding ribbon from Patsy of Prairie Bird Boutique

she is just the sweetest person to deal with and is so accommodating of my custom orders

and you can find every color under the sun in Patsy's store

plus this is what her package looks like...

this in the mailbox

open up to this (you know it's ALL about the packaging for me)

and this

yummy white ribbon this time

Patsy always includes a little gift and a handwritten card

i love that as etsy sellers we can support each others businesses

so be sure to check out Prairie Bird Boutique!

joining in with Debra at Vintage Inspiration Friday

Tracey

~shabby parcel~

i love gifts

i love giving them

and i love receiving them

and the packaging is a big deal to me, it says, i took the time to think about you and your gift

it doesn't have to take a long time, just a little imagination

how do you like this shabby parcel??

all i did was take a scrap of natural osnaburg (one of my fav fabrics)

wrap it loosely around the gift

tie it up with twine

pretty it up with shabby seam binding and a tag

i love the unfinished edges

plain and simple

it kinda makes me feel like i'm out on the wagon trail with my special parcel!!

Tracey

~shabby french and dreamy white~

well i promised to show you my favorite little shabby french pillow

and then poof!

just like that another week zipped by

so here it is...

french stamping on coffee-dyed fabric 

tulle and shabby ribbon

 and then a sweet customer asked me to make it in white...

so here it is in dreamy white

 wouldn't it make a sweet little ring cushion!

linking up to French Cupboard's Handmade Valentine Party

Tracey