Lace, Buttons and Bling

I always enjoy visiting my friend Delores. We have so much in common and I just love her taste. We both love old vintage things, buttons, ephemera ...well you know the girly things we all love. A few years ago she and her husband built a shed for her to store her ever increasing collection of stamps, papers and ribbons. It's so well organized and even though it's not all that big she actually has a great work table and a lot more room to create than I have, and I have a whole room. Ahhhh to be organized ....what a concept. Maybe someday???
We started playing with some of her vintage buttons and ribbons. She pulled out a old wooden cigar box full of her silver tinsel .....some from Tinsel Trading in NYC onces called The French Tinsel Co.~one of our favorite shops. Some are from Brimfield which she tries to go to at least once a year.

This was a little gift tag she'd been working on. She had just figured out how to work her Photoshop program to position an image on to a page. Seemed pretty neat but beyond my skills.

We're both button collectors but she's the bling-bling girl.

She uses them when making cards but I love them on just about everything. We can spend hours shopping for buttons.

The old silver tinsel years ago was used for elaborate costumes~ mostly military uniforms. Now we use them for creating beautiful art projects and crafts. Don't you just love the old spools???
She had just made this and my eyes went right to it when I came in the house. I love it under the glass dome. Looks so sweet with the feathers on top of the birdy's hat. Her house is full of unique pieces ...many from her Mom who handpainted on porcelain...That'll be a post for another time.

I feel lucky to have such a sweet and talented friend.

Thanks Delores for sharing your special treasures......