shoe-shine!!

i bid on this treasure at a local thrift store auction

and mine was the winning bid!

it is a wonderful old shoe-shine box with all the original polishing goodies

look how worn it is

here's the top with a boot strip (?) where you would rest your shoe

(I have no idea why blogger keeps rotating my photos - anyone have a solution??)

i gave it to my dad - he honestly spent longer digging through and sniffing all the polishes than on any of his "real" gifts! (that's where I get my treasure-hunting genes...)

linking up to Today's Thrifty Treasures at Southern Hospitality

Tracey

cute dragon rag quilt

One of my most favorite things to make are rag quilts

so I thought I'd show you the cute rag quilt I just finished up for an etsy customer...

she wants it for her little boy to take to daycare

it started out like this....big pile of yummy fabrics

which became a big pile of yummy squares...

which became a pile of strips...
(sorry about the lighting, it was dark by the time I got to this stage!)

which became this big quilt....

lots of snip, snip, snipping....

and finally a bright and cuddly dragon rag quilt

I looooove making rag quilts, they are time consuming for sure, but I love how soft and cuddly they turn out, and they just get raggier and cuddlier with each wash.

here are a few others I've made...

construction trucks

L'll cowboys

retro florals

pretty in pink

each one becomes a forever treasure

if you'd like to see more click on the sidebar link to my raggygirl store

I'm linking up to these fab parties, be sure to stop by and check out the talent:

Craft Schooling Sunday
Metamorphasis Monday
Made by you Monday
I made the world cuter today
Made It Mondays
Just something I whipped up Mondays
Toot your horn Tuesday
Take-a-look Tuesday
Three or more Tuesday
Nifty Thrifty Tuesday
Get your craft on
DIY Day
Whatever goes Wednesday
happy days

Tracey

MINIATURE TREASURES

I have always been fascinated by miniature things, and remember as a girl fashioning all kinds of dollhouse furniture out of matchboxes and toothpaste caps. So when I saw an article in Somerset Life showcasing miniature collections, it inspired me to play around with miniature goodies again.

Here's my little treasure box! I glued a piece of vintage lace onto the lid.

Let's take a peek inside....

I lined the box with a shiny silver foil cupcake liner. Then added various pieces of vintage lace, elastic, silver rope, pearls and beads, old necklace embellishments and buttons including tiny shell buttons. As my color theme was white, purple and silver, some of the lace and ribbon is purple. You can just see the purple lace peeking through under the purple button.

A vintage cotton spool, vintage elastic and lace, purple ribbon, a thimble and rhinestone earring.

So much fun, why don't you try one:-)

Happy days,

Tracey