Vintage Bone China Cupcandles for sale now on Etsy!

Vintage Bone China Cupcandles for sale 

now on Etsy!

My latest Upcycled Vintage Cupcandles for Sale. All have been handfilled with wax and essential oil Melissa, used to calm the mind and lift the spirit. They look great on a dinning table or dressing table, or as a collection. Prices range from £6.99 to £14.99 You can find these on my Etsy page or simply send me an email! Happy Shopping 

http://www.etsy.com/people/MyGreatVintage

The vintage Teacups are often older than great grandma. They are functional wares that were designed to be used and appreciated. Reclaimed vintage pieces do sometimes show signs of crazing and feint scratches or utensil marks on the surface. Usually the gold gilding on the edge is worn from decades of rubbing and cleaning. This age related wear is entirely authentic and adds character and charm to the piece. Well used is well loved. That's the true meaning of 'shabby chic'.

Meet Blu, a bone china Vintage cupandle  £10.99
available on www.etsy.com/...

Meet Daisy, a bone china Vintage upcycled Cupcandle £14.99

meet mabel.. she smells great too £14.99

Meet Florance made with wax and essential oil Melissa to calm the mind £9.99

Meet Rosy, a bone china Vintage Cupcandle Cakestand
with wax and essential oil Melissa to calm the mind £24.99

Meet Poppy a Vintage Cupcandle made with wax
and Melissa to calm the mind and relax you £8.99

Inspiring Blog Buttons that amuse me.....

I wanted to share with you some fantastic buttons I'm going to use on my blog, i loved them and hope you do to! You should really visit www.shabbybogs.com to be totally inspired if your starting out designing your blog

Making Gift / Pricing Tags Look Vintage

My Great Vintage: Making Gift / Pricing Tags Look Vintage: 


Yesterday I showed you how I made my white card stock look vintage .

So first I had to iron the sheets of coffee stained card stock so they would not jam up my printer. To be truthful I tried to skip this step with the result of my printer getting jammed. So out came the iron and a fast once over on each sheet corrected the problem.

QUICK TIP; those sheets I didn't print on but did iron are now stored under a very heavy book to keep them flat so they will be ready to use when I'm ready. 

Next I created the images. I used Photoshop Elements to create my tags.

I first started looking at Karen's wonderful vintage images at the Graphics Fairy  and I found this wonderful frame called Fanciful Frame that I just love. With the magic wand tool in Photoshop I removed all the white in this image so I could layer the images of the ladies under it. 

Fanciful Frame From Graphics Fairy

Next I picked out some images from my Dover Publications CD of Victorian Women's Fashion Photos .
I used the following three ladies to create 3 similar but different tags. 

She's my favorite, with the tilt of her hat

Lots of drama on her face, right?

I then re-sized the ladies images so they would fit nice and snug in the frame. I also set the opacity on the ladies images to 75%. (this actually lightened up the colors so they looked a bit more faded).

I added my booth number on each and also included my blog address. Here's how they looked in Photoshop.  

Next using Word I created a table and inserted the tag images into each box. Then printed on my coffee stained vintage looking paper. Below is how they came out.

My photo skills need sharpening. They look great in person.

The space between the booth number and the web address will be used for me to write a description and price with a fine point black sharpie

Re:blogged courtesy of http://www.mygreatfinds.com/

Vintage Cakestands .....and were off!

So today I went with my sister to the amazing antiques market at Kempton .... oh my days. I could have died and gone to heaven! We found a great supplier of vintage cups and saucers for my Vintage Cake stands, yey.. he has 4 tons of the stuff so no more charity shops for me! He hires out his china for Weddings and Tea Parties so may even buy my finished products back off me so fingers crossed!
 

http://www.periodchic.co.uk/China-Hire.html

 Cups and Plates ready for action!

This is my latest Upcycled Vintage creation! 

It's called a Cupcandle Cake Stand.....

this is where you can buy me!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/MyGreatVintage

I trailed around a car boot sale in chiswick on a rainy sunday morning, but look what I found! Some beautiful vintage crockery. Having dashed home I spent a lovely afternoon with child No.2 making a lovely rose smelling cadle mix to put in my vintage tea cups. Having been inspired by the wonderful Pinterest I decided to make my cups and saucers into these fabulous cake stands.

I will post some pictures of the process and the materials I used for the candle mix but it was actually pretty simple!

I was so inspired I dashed of on monday morning at the crack of dawn (well almost!)to Twickenham where I'd been told there was a multitude of charity shops and bingo... 

My hubster not to pleased at alarming levels of granny cups (his words) in our living room but hey it keeps me happy!

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Enjoying a blissful holiday at featherdown farm

Hello and welcome to MyGreatVintage 
I'm jojo, a lover of all things vintage and handmade! 

I love rummaging around car boot sales, Antiques shops and charity shops. I'm a mother to two cheeky monkeys, have been with my creative partner since we met at art college many moons ago and live in lovely leafy Kingston.

I want to share with you on this blog my inspirations, the things I make from the things I find, style tips, how to create a gorgeous funky home for less. 

I'll share with you what i make for my easy shop. I want you to take a journey with me. I'm starting this blog to find my creative side that had to vanish whilst I was knee deep in nappies and sleepless nights! You know how it is.. but 4 years down the line and I'm ready To roll up my sleeves and get creative and crafty again.