Showing posts with label vintage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vintage. Show all posts

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Spring Sale

I am so excited because I made my second sale for my Etsy shop "Sweet Peas For Sale." I sold one of my favorite items which was a marble cake stand with a glass cloche. 


My very first sale ever was this stack of vintage Italian post cards! The lady who purchased them used them as part of her guest book for her wedding! How sweet, right?

I would love to get some new inventory for the shop so I am offering a sale through the end of the month...just enter the code SPRING15 to get 15% off any item!!

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Dark Room Inspiration and Prints

I have this image saved  in my inspiration folder on my computer for a while now. I love this room and hope to one day have the nerve to do a dark color like this on my walls. If I ever do, I would use this room as a guide because the lighter bedding and warm accessories really work well with the dark wall color.

 image via pinterest

Another reason I saved this image is because I love the random prints on the walls and I have been searching all over to start a collection to one day do a collage wall somewhere in my home. I have really not been having much luck finding prints that interest me. If you find yourself in a similar position, one inexpensive solution is to use vintage post cards in frames like the ones I have here.


These are from a set of vintage Italian postcards I found in my favorite antique store.


Another suggestion that my friend gave me was to use pictures from old books. She used illustrations from a book she had as a child to frame in her son's nursery and it looks great. (I really hope to have some images from his room for you soon on the blog!)

I hope you are all enjoying some spring-ish weather this weekend!!

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Lemon Cake and Vintage Luggage

My parents came over tonight and my mom made this adorable lemon cake!


I love cool whip as an alternative to icing (makes me feel less guilty for having a second piece!)



Also, she used a jello sugar free lemon pudding as a filling which was pretty delicious...you couldn't even tell it was sugar free. I guess I should have had a third piece!




I bought this vintage piece of luggage a couple months ago and have not yet found the right use for it in my house, but I like to use it as a prop in photographs.