Designer Crafts Connection Blog Hop - Easter

Welcome to the second Designer Crafts Connection Blog Hop. This month's theme is Easter or Spring.

I do a lot of thrifting and a lot of crafting and wanted to create an upcycled Easter Egg project. Everything here is thrifted.

These eggs were created first using plastic Easter Eggs as the foundation. I hot glued on various sizes of white buttons, allowing the color of the plastic egg to show through. This is a great way to use tiny white buttons.

Next, I wrapped vintage lace around the middle and tied sheer ribbon in various shades of pastels. As a final touch, I added vintage embellishments of a rhinestone earring, millinery flowers and an old key.

These are displayed on painted wooden pieces that I thrifted here. After painting the wood I lightly sanded them to give a more distressed appearance.

I have been creating all kinds of unique Easter Eggs for the past few weeks so please check out my Easter {Sewing} Basket and Tissue Paper Eggs before continuing through the blog hop using the Designer Crafts button on the right. Thanks for visiting and I hope you enjoyed this project.

I am thrilled to be featured at:

Pedacinho de Mim.

High Heels and Lattes:



Rook No. 17:

Passionately Artistic:

Buttons Galore and More:

Thank you all!!!!


This is linked to:
A Little Knick Knack, All Thingz Related, Baked by Joanna, Between Naps on the Porch, Beyond the Picket Fence, Blue Creek Home, Blue Cricket Designs, Brambleberry Cottage, Chic on a Shoestring, Coastal Charm, Common Ground, Decor to Adore, Fave Crafts, Finding Fabulous, House of Grace,  I {heart} Naptime, I'm Topsy Turvy, Inspiring Creations, Just a Girl, Keeping It Simple, Krafty Kat, Lovely Crafty Home, Making the World Cuter, Marvelously Messy, My Romantic Home, My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia, Paisley Passions, Passionately Artistic, Rook No. 17, Running With Glitter, Savvy Southern Style, Simply Designing, Someday Crafts, Somewhat Simple, Tales from Bloggeritaville, Tatertots & Jello, The Blackberry Vine, The DIY Home Sweet Home Project, The Girl Creative, The Shabby Chic Cottage, The Shabby Nest, The Thrifty Home, Trendy Treehouse, Truly Lovely, Under the Table and Dreaming, Very Merry Vintage Style and What Allie's Making Now

Farm Estate Sale

There aren't a lot of farms left around where I live so when I saw an estate sale on a farm property I knew I had to check this out. The house was old, the outbuildings were falling down and it was filled with many vintage treasures. I attended on the second day of the sale so I can only imagine what treasures were there on the first day.

The best find of the day was this glass washboard seen here with a smaller metal one that I found at a previous sale.  

I couldn't resist metal roller skates with leather straps. The skate key is missing but they always got lost.

At the last minute, I grabbed this large, old, rusty mailbox. I might use it as an umbrella stand or planter. The distressed paint and rust add so much character.

I love these wonderfully illustrated children's sewing cards and books.

The ones above are dated 1928. The blue cards instruct children to be quiet and neat. The pink ones are of nursery rhymes.

 Baby Animals book is copyrighted 1945.

Let's See the Animals is copyrighted 1946.
The illustrations in the books are large and cute enough to frame.

I also found some needlework and this lovely, daisy pattern tablecloth.

At another sale, I found this pale, teal-color, covered butter dish. I believe it is called Recollection Madrid and is from the 1970s. The color is beautiful.

And as an example of happy serendipity, I found a vintage movie screen to go with the movie projector I thrifted last week.

This is linked to:
A Little Knick Knack, Apron Thrift Girl, Blue Creek Home, Brambleberry Cottage, Coastal Charm, Common Ground, Finding Fabulous, Hey What's for Dinner Mom?, House of Grace, My Romantic Home, Tales from Bloggeritaville, The Colorado Lady, The Thrifty Groove, The Thrifty Home and Very Merry Vintage Style

Easter {Sewing} Basket

Here is another different way to display Easter Eggs.

I began with thrifted plastic eggs, lightly sanded and painted with white acrylic paint. After they were dry I used strips of thrifted sewing patterns and Mod Podge to décopage the eggs.

They are displayed in a thrifted sewing basket with "grass" that is actually an old, green, knit sweater that I unravelled.

I am thrilled to be featured at Marvelously Messy.









I am also honored to be featured at Krafty Kat.

This is linked to:
A Little Knick Knack, All Thingz Related, Baked by Joanna, Between Naps on the Porch, Beyond the Picket Fence, Blue Cricket Design, Brambleberry Cottage, Chic on a Shoestring, Coastal Charm, Common Ground, Fave Crafts, Finding Fabulous, Hey What's For Dinner Mom?, House of Grace, I {heart} Naptime, I'm Topsy Turvy, Just A Girl, Keeping it Simple, Krafty Kat, Lovely Crafty Home, Making the World Cuter, My Romantic Home, My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia, Paisley Passions, Passionately Artistic, Rook No. 17, Running With Glitter, Savvy Southern Style, Simply Designing, Skip to My Lou, Someday Crafts, Somewhat Simple, Tales from Bloggeritaville, Tatertots and Jello, The Blackberry Vine, The DIY Home Sweet Home Project, The Girl Creative, The Shabby Chic Cottage, The Shabby Nest, The Tattered Tag, The Thrifty Groove, The Thrifty Home, The Trendy Treehouse, Truly Lovely, Under the Table and Dreaming, Very Merry Vintage Style and What Allie's Making Now

Polite Estate Sale Etiquette PART II

I admit that I have had shopping fantasies since I went to that amazing estate sale last month where the seller was stressed and unorganized. There were so many unopened boxes that she was just not ready to sell at the time. Happily, patience has paid off a second time. Not only did the seller have a second estate sale but she remembered me as being the polite woman from the previous sale.

She was still stressed and only slightly more organized and she still refused to sell sentimental items but it was a fantasy come true to see what other treasures were hidden in the unopened boxes. There were a lot of Roseville and other vintage pottery but they were priced out of my thrift budget range.

Best find of the day was this beautiful green glass cake stand.

I also found this small, mercury glass vase. I don't know if it is old but it looks like it has been in storage for quite some time so it can't be a recent reproduction.

I love the shapes of these items. The tray is dated 1957 and has grape clusters around the edges. The larger urn and bud vase will be refinished in a shabby chic look. The small bowling pin is solid wood.

There were a lot of needleart pieces at this sale. I bought several embroidered linens, crochet doilies and lots of vintage lace. Plus several bags of thread spools, of which some are lovely silk threads.

There were also lots of vintage floral millinery supplies and these great little paper maché heads that were probably used as cupcake decoration picks.

I don't know why I needed this but I found a Bell and Howell 8mm projector in a case with an instruction book. I just had to have this. I think this reminds me of watching family home movies.

I only went to one other garage sale after this and picked up an Olympia typewriter in a case.

I am happy to have had a second chance to return to this sale and quench my curiosity. Life doesn't always give you second chances and I am grateful for this odd bit of luck.

This is linked to:

Apron Thrift Girl, Brambleberry Cottage, Chic on a Shoestring, Coastal Charm, Common Ground, Finding Fabulous, Gypsy Fish, My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia, Hey What's For Dinner Mom?, My Romantic Home, Tales from Bloggeritaville, The Colorado Lady, The Thrifty Groove and Very Merry Vintage Style

Easter Egg Display "Thing"

Spring is here and I have been decorating Easter Eggs.

I used real eggs with the center blown out. This is real old school crafting. (You can use plastic eggs and prepare them by first, lightly sanding and then painting them with white acrylic paint.) Next I tore pieces of colored tissue paper and applied them to the shells using liquid laundry starch (you can probably use Mod Podge.) The colors from the tissue paper are so intense when applied to a white background and the starch will blend the colors.

My dear boyfriend came up with the brilliant idea of displaying them in the shabby chic "thing" that I thrifted yesterday. I padded each section with thrifted Spanish moss and set the eggs inside.

Regarding the display "Thing", several people commented on yesterday's post suggesting to use it to display Easter Eggs. I have to admit that I was thinking vintage Christmas ornaments instead of the obvious Easter decorations. Also, Mrs BC commented that the "Thing" is called an "apergne" and with a little additional research I found that it might be an "epergne". It is not as refined as the beautiful ones I found online but maybe it was a garden display version. Thank you Mrs BC for the clue.

Whatever it is called, it has turned out to be a fun decorative piece.

This is linked to:
A Little Knick Knack, All Thingz Related, Baked by Joanna, Between Naps on the Porch, Beyond the Picket Fence, Blue Cricket Design, Brambleberry Cottage, Chic on a Shoestring Decorating, Coastal Charm, Craft Envy, Fave Crafts, House of Grace, I {heart} Naptime, Lovely Crafty Home, Keeping It Simple, Krafty Kat, Making the World Cuter, Marvelously Messy, My Backyard Eden, My Romantic Home, My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia, Paisley Passions, Passionately Artistic, Rook No. 17, Savvy Southern Style, Simply Designing, Skip to My Lou, Someday Crafts, Somewhat Simple, Tatertots & Jello, The Blackberry Vine, The Girl Creative, The Shabby Chic Cottage, The Shabby Nest, The Thrifty Groove, The Thrifty Home, The Trendy Treehouse, Truly Lovely, Under the Table and Dreaming, What Allie's Making Now and Wildflowers and Whimsy