Vintage Style Wedding LOVE

I love all things vintage...well, not all things but most things.

And, I love weddings.  Which is why my online shop is mainly wedding related items now.

Put those two loves together and my heart skips a beat.  Vintage style wedding LOVE!!

I just put the finishing touches on these:








I made these with some vintage heart shapped tart tins that I scored at an estate sale last summer.
I filled each one with scraps of burlap and tea dyed lace and topped with moss to transform them into bird nests!  I curled some coated wire into a photo holder shape and cut out some cute birds from manilla index card stock.  Each bird then got stamped with romantic script, distressed around the edges and then stamped with a whimisical number.

I'm hoping to find another large lot of vintage tins so I can make another set.

I got the inspiration for making these vintage style bird's nest table numbers from myself. 

That sounds strange doesn't it?!

Well, last spring I made some song birds in vintage tins  HERE





I sold about 5 of them, but saved two for me.  Well, about this time of year I start yearning for spring so I got one out to set on the buffett and it got my wheels turning.

I hope you all are staying warm!

Lots of Love,
Aaron {the girl with the boy's name}
MudPies & Marigolds

This is for the birds

I have a thing for nests...and birds...and lots of other things.  But lately my mind and crafting keeps going back to birds and nest.

Yesterday I knew I needed to get some crafting done for my first craft show, that's only a month away now.   
                                  {beads of sweat forming at the brow with anxiety}
My daughter was under the weather for a couple of days, she then passed it onto me so I was out of commission for a while.  I was definitely starting to feel the urgency to make a dent in all those "some day" projects.  Well, yesterday was the day.  My daughter was in a very agreeable and happy mood so I took advantage and worked while she played. 

I pulled out some vintage baking tins I had snagged this summer.  I altered some early  in the year into Christmas ornaments but wanted to make something out of the rest that I could use or sell for Spring.  Well, birds and bird's nest got stuck in my head. 

The crazy thing is the following actually went through my head:  "If I were a bird, what would I want in my nest."  Yep, now I am imagining myself as a bird.  That makes me officially crazy doesn't it?  Oh well, my husband's been telling me I'm crazy for years.  Anywho, I decided that if I were I bird I would love a nest make of vintage tea-stained lace, strings of pearls and bits of ribbon.

I then got out my trusty (but dwindling sheet music) and cut out some "Song Birds".  I used my Tim Holtz tea stain distress ink and inked the edges of the bird.  I hot glued her onto a twig and perched her in her nest.

I really have nests on the brain.  Next up on the list of "one day" crafts is burlap nests.  I also altered some mason jars and made some postcard pillows yesterday.  I'll share those soon.

Have a great day!