Collectible Treasures

Most of my collections include items that are vintage; I usually gravitate to those things with history and a former life.  However there are many wonderful handmade items that would spark my desire to start a new collection if I had the physical space in my home.  But without that extra room it just can not be, so I will collect the here virtually.   I hope it sparks your imagination as it does mine.



Found in CharlotteBirdFaries at http://ow.ly/dCvDS

Found in TheArtOfJEShannon at http://ow.ly/dCvON

 

Found in WoodlandFairyVillage at http://ow.ly/dCw3H  

Found in FantasyCrafts at http://ow.ly/dCweu

 

'Woodland Fairies' by postcardsintheattic

Autumn Fairy, Clipart, royal... sirensdesigns $6.99	Ooak Art DOLL - Arwen - scul... cerchiofatato $120.00	polymer clay miniature angel... FantasiaCreati... $45.00	Mouse Fairy Fall Leaf Porcel... MagicalTails $32.00
Needle Felted Doll Waldorf ... darialvovsky $22.00	Cute Gothic Fairy and Owl Au... MollyHarrisonA... $14.00	fairy figurine - The fox ri... SongandBranch $45.00	Angel Fairy polymer clay one... FantasiaCreati... $45.00
Maple Autumn fall faerie fai... TwilightFaerie $35.00	Fairy Cat Black Fall Porcela... MagicalTails $30.00	Owlyn in Autumn halloween ow... strangeling $13.99	Fairy Rowena middreamers $87.00
Cat Fairy Figurine Monarch B... tigerpixie $16.00	OOAK Autumn Fairy Teavia chitefl $65.00	Sunshine Yellow Wee Flower ... FriendlyFairie... $32.00	Autumn Fairy Print - Fantasy... aurella27 $8.00

Treasury tool supported by the dog house

Monday Meet and Greet the Members of the Pacific Postcards Team - French Twist Postcards

Our Featured Pacific Postcards Team member today is French Twist Postcards.  This shop is plum full of wonderful vintage images for you to use in your next project.  But wait this is an unique shop, they also offer these great images in prints at sizes that you can frame and use as art in your home.  The sizes range from as small as 4 x 5 all the way up to a whopping 36 x 40 inches!  Here are a few of them that I could imagine hanging on my wall:


http://www.etsy.com/listing/68445779/edwardian-woman-and-gleeful-baby-in-rain



http://www.etsy.com/listing/105554568/girl-holding-dove-digital-download-from

http://www.etsy.com/listing/68632573/giant-wheel-bicycle-digital-download

From French Twist Postcards Shop Announcements:
"Welcome to my shop where you will find digital downloads and photo reprints from my collection. All the images you see here I scanned from my own (dear to my heart) collection of antique postcards, photos and negatives.
I am here to offer you high quality scans for your artwork, labels, wall art, collage, cutouts and more. I hope you enjoy my collection as much as I do!
...If you prefer a print of the image instead of digital scan, please let me know. Printed images are printed at a professional lab on archival paper.
ANY image can be made into B/Wjust let me know at check out and I will be happy to change it for you."
~FrenchTwistPostcards



http://www.etsy.com/listing/74054972/circus-horses-and-chariot-act-digital

http://www.etsy.com/listing/68425856/circus-mens-diving-act-digital-download

From French Twist Postcards Profile:
"...Hello,
My name is Corinne and I have been collecting old photographs, American and French postcards along with other ephemera such as books and advertising for most of my life.
I love the sense of wonder and charm found in these antique images. Some are from photos others from negatives and most are from postcards.
I am happy to have an opportunity to share them with you and hope you rediscover the joy and charm from these slices of life from over a century ago..."
~FrenchTwistPostcards

Please visit French Twist Postcards' blog at: http://frenchtwistpostcards.blogspot.com/

'Meet the Pacific Postcards Team Member ~ FrenchTwistPostcards' by postcardsintheattic

Flapper with Camera on the B... FrenchTwistPos... $3.99	Christmas - Snow Girls- Anti... FrenchTwistPos... $3.99	Delightful Children's Ga... FrenchTwistPos... $3.99	Anna Pavlova - DIGITAL DOWN... FrenchTwistPos... $3.99
CIRCUS - MENS ACROBATIC Act-... FrenchTwistPos... $3.99	CIRCUS - Flying Trapeze Act-... FrenchTwistPos... $3.99	Photo Reprint CIRCUS - Eleph... FrenchTwistPos... $17.00	CIRCUS - Trained Seal Act- d... FrenchTwistPos... $3.99
Paris Ferris Wheel - antique... FrenchTwistPos... $3.99	Paper Moon - Digital Downloa... FrenchTwistPos... $3.99	Poker faced kids in Old Time... FrenchTwistPos... $3.99	Wings on Girl Antique Photo ... FrenchTwistPos... $3.75
Art Deco Dancer in Flowing C... FrenchTwistPos... $3.99	Moulin Rouge Dancer - digita... FrenchTwistPos... $3.99	Photo Reprint of Ballerina f... FrenchTwistPos... $6.99	Dog Show, Woman Posing - dig... FrenchTwistPos... $3.99

Treasury tool supported by the dog house

 

 

 

 

If you are interested on becoming a member of the Pacific Postcards Team please go to this link http://www.etsy.com/teams/9158/pacific-postcards-team?ref=pr_teams and click "Apply."

We have 2 different memberships: one is a general membership, for those who love postcards and collecting postcards and the other is designed for shops with at least 25% of their

items listed are postcards.

The only difference in the memberships is that the latter will be included in shop

interviews, BNRs and postcard related activities. We also plan on having activities for

the general memberships. Hope to see you there soon.

 

Don't forget to stop by Butterfly In The Attic's Pin-It-To-Win-It. For simply pinning a few wonderful items and this post you have an opportunity to win a special collection from members of Etsy & ArtFire. 
Here is what you could win!

Saturday's Shameless Self Promotion

Crafts and art projects were always a meaningful part of my life as I grew up.  I think my love of buttons and old sewing supplies had been nurtured by the long hours I spent searching through both of my grandmother's sewing boxes and fabrics.  I was very blessed to have such patient grandmothers since it must have been a big nuisance to bring out these large box just for me to dig through.  I imagine that even though I remember being careful they had to go back rearrange the mess I left.
 

From CherylLeeCorner at http://ow.ly/dyP7f

I was only about 4 or 5 years old when I started dreaming of big projects I would make once I was old enough to have my own supplies.  And now that I am grown I do have my own supplies but they are kept in plastic bins and organizers; unlike the very ornate and decorative sewing boxes I remember from my youth.


From TheCherryChic at http://ow.ly/dyP3S

Now that my children are grown I haven't machine stitched anything in years.  Although my poor husband has not seen me sew anything since we met, I will not part with my sewing machine; it still looks like new and it took me years to be able to afford such a treasure.  I had bought it right before I went back to school and my life became much more complex and busy. Prior to that I used a literal antique singer that worked beautifully for simples stitches but weighed about 50 pounds and could only go forwards and backwards.  I do miss the heavy monster because there is definitely something to be admired about that design; it was a work of beauty and art when they created those old machines.

Print is from MarianneLoMonaco at http://ow.ly/dyPcC

While I don't sew I still love to carry old sewing supplies in my shop.  It gives me a chance to hang on to a few wonderful childhood memories of old coffee cans filled with buttons, piles of fabric and fancifully decorated sewing boxes with their mysterious hidden compartments.  I hope that my items will excite the creativity in you too.



https://www.etsy.com/listing/97087657/5-vintage-wooden-spools-with-thread

https://www.etsy.com/listing/99303022/large-vintage-brass-button-shell-shape

https://www.etsy.com/listing/98062245/vintage-wood-focal-button-very-pretty



https://www.etsy.com/listing/98062335/vintage-resin-button-large-focal-piece?ref=v1_other_1

https://www.etsy.com/listing/98208391/vintage-mother-of-pearl-belt-buckle

https://www.etsy.com/listing/98977883/27-vintage-lucite-brown-faux-tortoise