The May Alphabet Party

Wow, I had not realized it has been almost 2 months since I posted here. We went on what I would call a "jetsetter" vacation most of the month of April. First to Cancun Mexico with my daughter and family for her Beachbody company vacation. Then my hubby and I flew to Las Vegas for a couple of days. After that, we flew to Kona Hawaii (the big island) for another 11 days!

Needless to say, we probably won't do that much flying again in one trip! Eight plane changes in one trip was just too much. And a bit of Montezuma's revenge from Mexico spoiled the Las Vegas stay. But we recovered fine for Hawaii, which is our favorite tropical destination. So much our favorite, we reserved a lovely ocean front condo the entire month of April 2016!

So onto the Embracing Cottage Style Alphabet party. 

this months letters are L, M, N

"L" for the gorgeous Lupines in my garden!

they fit so well in my old fashioned vintage style cottage garden

"M" for Marionberries 

in this yummy vintage china

 (also the name of my website!)

"N" for this stunning vintage necklace 

that belonged to my grandmother

(the picture does not do it justice)

Join us over at party!

Embracing Cottage Style blog

Prairie Princess up-cycle

I have this passion at the moment. Up-cycling denim with vintage crochet and lace. I love the softness and charm old lace brings to the rugged fabric. So far I have up-cycled four jackets and am on the hunt for more. Funny thing is that I have not really been hunting for them...they are finding me when I am out junking and treasure hunting for something else.
So Today I am sharing 3 of my "Prairie Princess" jackets. One I already sold, but these below currently are in my etsy shop. (Links below each picture)Also I stumbled upon an embroidered denim jumper that I created a awesome handbag with.

 https://www.etsy.com/listing/125457304/prarire-gypsy-cowgirl-boho-demin

https://www.etsy.com/listing/121256197/prarire-gypsy-victorian-boho-demin?

https://www.etsy.com/listing/125458361/prarire-gypsy-cowgirl-boho-demin

https://www.etsy.com/listing/124739625/praire-cowgirl-demin-and-lace-handbag

Joining in the Etsy Cottage Style Blog party!
Click on the pic to join us!

French cottage hall tree refurbished...

Time to share!  During the summer months I really dive into refurbishing and re-purposing as may pieces as I can fit in.

This piece was a moving sale find for $15. It needed a bit of TLC and a few minor repairs. Primed and a coat of butter yellow paint along with an antique glaze. Then new fleur de lis hangers made this piece so very French country cottage style. The mirrors I simply flipped them over and covered the back side with old newsprint scrapbook paper. So if someone wanted to have mirrors again, the option is still there.

 

Want to see what it looked like "before"

here it is--we took it apart to transport it--

ugly YES, but I had a vision for it, and I love the finished piece!

stay tuned, I have several other re-purposed pieces I will be sharing soon!

my latest fun projects

 

 Tussie Mussie cones covered with vintage sheet music

vintage buttons, crochet and lace for Valentines Day!

  

I am going to fill them with creamy chocolates!

  I also did some did some mixed media under glass in these

gorgeous Victorian frames....

 

I am going to list them on my website Sunday afternoon!

Tell me what you think!!

my latest finds and art projects

Some of you may not have popped over to my biz blog yet, but it is all about the web business I have with my textile art. Well, I do a little vintage collecting and a tiny bit of mixed media too. I been doing some Valentine projects which are some of my faves~I entered a challenge with an English cottage pillow I made. You can read about it over there too.
Here are some of the fun finds and creations~its all pink!

 

 

 

Marionberry Cottage, the blog

Vintage seed art images

I love the vintage art the seed companies did in the last century, especially Burpee. Help yourself to these images for your spring art projects! Click on them get the full size, then right click to save to your PC.

 

 

 

 

New Year's vintage style

A year end gift to my blogging friends! Some vintage New Year postcard images!

 

 

 

Click to enlarge and right click to save

Enjoy and Happy New Year!

Fun Christmas tags

Thought I would share some freebie tags that I print out every year for my gifts. These were some I found a couple years ago that are for personal use only, but I have so much fun decorating them in my graphics program, and some times I print them out just like they are and sprinkle glitter, add crystals, ribbons, even spray a little snow! Remember that your imagination is your only limit!

Click on the images to enlarge, then right click to save. Have fun!

Meet Carrie

This morning I wanted to introduce a mixed media artist friend of mine~actually we work the day job together~ Carrie is just breaking into the world of Etsy. I was fortunate to see her work up close and personal~I was overwhelmed at just how gorgeous her work is! A bit of Vintage, French, shabby, and Victorian cottage style rolled into one, not to mention the bling.
As a new shop owner, she has already been contacted by a gallery to display her work! Not surprising tho, this is one talented artist!
I am including a few Christmas pieces she has listed now with more to come in her shop. You can click on the pics here to see close up too, or go to her shop by clicking on her shop name below.

you can visit Carrie at her shop by clicking on her name
CarrieMe Home

The queen of cottage art

I recently did a feature on a one of my favorite artists no longer with us (Ellen Clapsaddle), but today would like to share another favorite of mine--a modern day Cottage style artist SUSAN RIOS who resides in California. If you are a fan of cottage style, you can't help but drool over her work. I own a couple of her pieces and I literally would like to jump into her scenes....

I had the opportuntity of exchanging a few emails with her a couple years back, and she is one incredibly talented lady. Most of the children in her work are her grandchildren!

I am showing a few pieces of her Christmas work, but oh, there is so much more!

enjoy these wonderful works, but remember that these are copyrighted images of Susan Rios and should not be used in your art projects or resold.
I am including a link to her website--go in and drool...and just might buy something....

SUSAN RIOS ART