Well, as you can see, it's been awhile since I've been here!  I have been very busy sewing and home schooling Sadie.  I also created a new line of upcycled vintage jewelry.  I love using old skeleton keys, vintage religious medals, buttons and jewelry to create unique, one of a kind pieces.  Here is a pic of a bracelet using vintage buttons .  Here is a pic of one of my upcycled necklaces.  It features a large vintage key, some glass bead rosary chain and Vintaj brass chain and closure.

You can find more upcycled vintage jewelry here .  Thanks for taking the time to stop by today.  We have 10 inches of snow on the ground here in southern IL, so I think it will be a good day to stay inside and create!

Shabby Chic Heart Ornament

This is my newest creation.  A burlap and vintage lace Shabby Chic Heart!  It is a large 10 x 5.5 inches with an 8 inch olive green seam binding hanger.  I used burlap as the base, and added a transfer copy of a vintage die cut ( I have a collection of vintage die cuts that are great for copying and using for transfers!)

yellow rose on a vintage tea stained hanky.  I then layered vintage lace trims and velvet ribbon.  I added tiny vintage mother of pearl buttons.  I primitively straight stitched the edges and used fray check all around the outer edge.  This makes a great decoration on a doorknob, a wall hook, bed post, shelf with hooks, etc.  Large enough to even be placed on the bed or a sofa as an accent pillow!  Check out my shop for more hearts made from recycled vintage linens!

Going Green Recycling

This is a great online shopping site with beautiful items made from around the world.  They use a lot of recycled materials such as fabric scraps for purses.  click here to see more. 

I especially love this beaded flower bag!

 Another great site is http://www.greatgreengoods.com/   It is full of great items that are made from recycled materials and gives you some ideas on making some things for yourself!

Here is a scarf made from a recycled t-shirt!

I'm sure many of you, if you collect vintage linens, have some hankies lying about.  You can find a small heart pattern of your choice in a craft book from your collection or draw one freehand on tissue paper and cut it out.  Take your hanky and iron on some fusible interfacing to the wrong side of the hanky.  Trace your heart onto the wrong side of the hanky.  Cut out your heart.  You can stitch the heart wrong sides together with a blanket stitch as I have done, or you can machine sew it with right sides together and leave an opening in the side for turning inside out.  Stuff with fiber fill and finish stitching.  Attach a ribbon for hanging to the back center "V" of the heart and sew a button over the stitching to cover where it is attached to the heart.  You can hang these year round in your home, hang on a Christmas tree, or give as a Valentine gift!  Here are some examples of the hearts I have created from recycled vintage hankies and other textiles and trims.

The sachets I made were stuffed with fiber fill and a swatch of fabric that was scented with fragrance oil.  You can also used dried lavender, rosebuds, etc. if you choose.  The hearts with transfer pictures on them are made from tea stained vintage damask napkins.

New to blogging!

Hi, everyone!  Bear with me, as I am new to blogging.  I enjoy crafting with vintage textiles.  I started by using vintage hankies to make stockings and hearts for Christmas trees.  Over the past two years, it has evolved into mixed media collages, sachets, purses, cuff bracelets, etc.  Anything that can be made or embellished with vintage textiles, I will try!  Please visit my Etsy shop to see more of my work at www.etsy.com/shop/sadiessnippets