objets trouvés

Sometimes
while running
I stumble upon
amazing
beautiful
little natural finds

I guess
it's funny
to see me
running by
with these things
in my hands
all the way back:-)

but
these make
perfect accessories
for my
jewelry photo shoots!
(click on the pictures to find the earrings in my shop)

Forest Finds

can't help it

those simple things
you find
along the roads

I love
the shades
the colors
the textures
the forms

just can't do a walk
without
gathering
all sort
of inspiring
beautiful
nature finds

and what's so funny
also
my kids
are thrifters too
LOL!
(what is nature, what is nurture? ;-)

Flea market find

can you believe it?
2 euro for this awesome skirt!
woooooooot!
(from the sunday Flee market in Wetteren)

Sales, thrifted finds and bargains

2 Euro
abandoned wooden bracelets
soon to be upcycled in new designs
when inspiration pops up!


1 Euro
two coool silk shawls
I think
I'll wear the polkadot one
the other
are to be repurposed
into silk beads!

20 cent each,
tiny butterflies
could not leave them
in the shop
now they are mine!

Thrifting my interior

sometimes
I just can't resist

then I come home
and don't know wat to do with it


but one day, I do find a purpose for those thrifted finds
such as this cool idea for my vintage domino
found on Mus' blog

Second life

Thrown away bags
unloved
abandoned....

but ready for a new life,
they bloom more then ever before :-)


Necklaces made out of leather scraps and old leather bags.
Soon for sale!

Be my button.....

new thrifted vintage buttons
not one is alike
oh,... are there?

well....
I'll make a fun flower brooch for
who finds the two buttons that are the same :-)

just leave your comment and I'll chose one winner between the right answers.

find more button-creations on Kraplap's blog!

look what I found :-)

I found these lovely Dutch vintage wooden playblocks at the local thriftshop,
I can't find out how it should be played, but some of the illustrations are real cute!
And so funny the makers could not think of an illustration for the letter Q :-)


I thought they would be nice to be repurposed as big bold brooches,
what do you think?
I decided to keep the tiger! :-)

Alice

Haven't found the time to show you this.
It's created for the Challenge hosted by Kreativlink "make something you never did before"
I made a journal.
This is the cover, I still have to finish it and make the inside.
The illustration is from a vintage 'Alice in wonderland' book I found at the thrift shop last week. The fabrics are all vintage. ANd I just love the stamp.

hm, this reminds me I have to pop in the thrift shop today, you never know which treasure I will find this time.

My creative workspace

I decided to hop over, once in a week, to the thriftshop.
It's fun finding cool things that I can upcycle! I like the idea very much of giving a new life to thrown away stuff! and it's amazing how a color, a form or a texture of a find can give new inspiration :-)

so I turned home with:
- a book with linen cover O.50 Euro
That I used right away in my little improvised photo studio! This brand new Japanese earrings pair is in my shop already

- a vintage Children's book: Alice in Wonderland O.50 Euro
A little ceramic milkpot with nostalgic print of roses O.50 Euro
I'll show you later what I am up to, with these finds!

and a silk tie...
The silk tie already changed form:

I learned the technique (of making silk beads) from my dear friend Veerle from Nevousinstallezpas.
added some Ethiopean stilver beads, a beautiful turquoise stone, a verdrigris filigree bead, and handmade pure copper rings to make this beauty!

The Jimma necklace is in my shop right now!

find more of my upcycled thrifts here.

Little treasures

I have a crush on vintage brooches, I haven't shown you these the ones below.
I bought them on a thrift market in Maastricht.


The flower brooch is very pretty: a handcarved cornflower, poppy and daisy, a little cornfield.
Fits perfectly on lmy blue shirt!


Yesterday the two eldest daughters attended a dance workshop and I spend the time waiting, on the thrifted market near the dance Studio. I found some little treasures : lovely things to craft with when I find some time :-)

I love old stamps, especially the ones with flowers and birds, I used to collect them when I was a child, now I just buy them just to have them. Maybe use them with my teapot collages, don't know yet....

A silk shawl, in orange, perfect color for autumn! will soon be repurposed for some new silk beads!

A pile of cute vintage buttons, I found exactly the ones I use for my cat Brooches, the red ones with white stripes, I bought the whole stock!

Summertime = Flea market time

Pink rose ring (in my shop now)

I found some real cute doll furniture on a flea market, I already had the little cupboards, but could now supplement my collection with a cute heart chair and an even more cute rocking chair :-)

You see I could not wait to use them in my pictures, they give the perfect vintage look I want!

I am really pity I can't do more thrifting... Summertime is the ideal time for flea markets, but when I go with the kids they get bored after 10 minutes, ... while I could stay there for hours!

Minna from Karuski alos blogged about her flea market finds, go here to read about it!

And as you see, I am halfway pimping my felted cats! I hope to make much more these days, (thinking of the fairs I am going to attend :-) It's fun making them, I will give them each a name, if you have suggestions, just drop them in your comment :-)

Be my Button!

Some days ago, I met a nice lady having the same addiction as me: collecting buttons!!!

I can cherish those little treasures like a child, I like the colors, textures, patterns and forms.

She had a stunning collection: horn, wooden , lucite, plastic, fabric, bakelite....all vintage!!!

She sells them (together with gorgeous fabrics) at the Flee market in Ghent and Brussels.

I found some beauties that I will use as closures for my Silk Diva necklaces, but I had also the idea to make big, bold rings with them!!

If you can't resist vintage buttons too, then go to the blog of another lovely lady, who is also a button addict (and makes stunning jewelry with it), in her blog she tells a lot about the origin of some beautiful buttons.)