Vintage Thrift Shop Finds: Jewelry and Jewelry Box

Hi all,

This is another email in a series that I'm working on - Thrift Shop Finds!

I purchased a mostly nice jewelry box at the Goodwill here in Albuquerque for $7.00...more than I usually like to pay but it was a good size and the inside was in good condition.

Using Mod Podge - I decided to decorate the top with some Melody Ross paper and lace ribbons that I had.



I messed up a little when I was trying to smooth out some air bubbles. Maybe I'll put a speech bubble there...



I tried to preserve the gold trimmed border on the top but i cut it a little close on the left side.



The last things I used were a wide polka dotted ribbon in red and white, with 3 types of coordinating lace.




The inside is filled with vintage jewelry goodies that I haven't decided what I will do with yet...

Stay tuned!
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Texture Paste Technique {with Gabrielle Pollacco}

Texture Paste Technique {with Gabrielle Pollacco}

From the Webster's Home Blog

I ran across this post on how to create homemade texture paste and fell in love with her example!

Swoon!!!!!

Designer Gabrielle Pollacco is sharing her very own homemade texture past recipe!!
Here's her special recipe!

Use an old credit card to apply your texture paste to your mask, holding the card at an angle and skimming it over the mask onto the paper.

Here is what Gabi's texture design looks like on her layout.

Tip: The paste dries fairly quickly but you can speed up the drying process and keep the paper from buckling by drying it with a blow dryer on a low setting.
Now...a look at her finished product!

{BREATHTAKING!}

Original Article: http://websterspages.typepad.com/webstershome/2013/06/texture-paste-technique-with-gabrielle-pollacco.html

Thanks!

Myria

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Ads You'll Never See Again! (Awesome Ephemera)

I was emailed this awesome collection of crazy and sexist ads from the mid-century and all I can think of is using them to make stuff!  Offensive?  Kinda...  Hilarious?  Definitely.  

Enjoy!

Myria

Thrift Shop Find - Parisian Twirl Hair Ornament

Hi readers,

As many of you may know my mom has in recent years relocated to Arkansas. She is really enjoying her new house, new town, and the Thrift Shops!

I will be posting all of the awesome goodies that she sends to me. 

Today I'm writing about these lovelies:

In great condition and in their original box!

Complete with a nifty product card

Awesome!!!

GMO Boycott Pocket Guide

Hello readers,

I was recently emailed this article by the Organic Consumers Association, which was a followup to an article that they released that called for Boycotts of "Traitor" brands.

A traitor brand is an organic and natural brand of the parent companies that spent millions to defeat Proposition 37, the California Right to Know GMO labeling initiative.
Brands like R.W. Knudsen, Naked Juice, Odwalla and others want to keep our foods that contain Genetically Modified Organisms from being labeled, thereby preventing consumers from making informed decisions on the foods that they buy and eat.

If you're on board with GMO labeling and want to boycott traitor brands like Honest Tea or Hunts Organic, OCA has provided us with this handy little pocket guide for shoppers to take to the grocery stores with them.

Find it here:  http://organicconsumers.org/label/gmo-boycott.pdf

Redbubble bookplates

Hi Readers,

I just ran across these cute Book Plates from RedBubble.com
You can get them here:
http://promotions.redbubble.com/img/Redbubble_bookplates.jpg

Thanks!
Myria

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