I almost forgot - here are the pictures from this year's Paris Indoor Christmas Market at Aspen Grove.
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| And to all a good night! |
Monday, December 31, 2012
Plaid Heirloom Hanky Dress
I was so honored to be able to make this Heirloom Hanky Dress for Katie Dix. She is a talented lecturer and fellow collector of vintage hankies.
This wonderful plaid hanky and rhinestone buttons belonged to Katie's mother, Mary Cleeton (b. 1920 in Vinita OK; d. 1998 in Nashville TN). She served in the US Navy during World War II, married in Califonia in 1947, raised her family in Nashville, and spent her working career as a creative writer for Jack Daniels Distillery.
For more info about Katie, you can visit her website at www.storyofvintagehankies.com
November 2012 - The China Cabinet is Done
The china cabinet is finally done. Here are the before and after pictures.
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| From hole in the wall to custom designed and built china cabinet. |
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| Assembly work in the garage. Photo after the successful move of the cabinet into place. |
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| Securing the faces to the drawers. |
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| Hip Hip Hooray - We Did It! |
October Sale at Pine Needle Creek's Barn
Welcome to Pine Needle Creek and Sonia's Fall vintage, antique, and home decor sale. We had a beautiful weekend this year. Here's Sonia making final preparations before the crowd arrives. It is always a busy...busy...busy 3 days. |
| Every year the barn is filled with treasures from bottom to top and all around outside too. |
Sunday, December 30, 2012
October 2012
The following is a quick catch up for October of 2012.
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This is a custom order of hanky dresses. They were hankies of my client's favorite aunt. My client gave them to various relatives for Christmas. I believe she saved one for herself. I pulled out all the stops on this order and did a few new things that I had never tried before and came up with a couple of new ideas in the process.
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| A little R&R in our lovely Colorado Mountains |
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| Black Hawk and Central City, Colorado |
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| We only got one pumpkin this year - but it was a nice one! This is an Amish pie pumpkin. I love it's lovely pale color. |
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| And here is the first pumpkin pie made with the pumpkin. I have also made at least six large loaves of pumpkin bread. And still have lots of frozen pumpkin left. |
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| These were way up on top. The squirrels need some apples too. |