A Shabby Chic Horse



Today, I am sharing with you a treasure, a friend found at a yard sale about a year ago.  A handmade hobby horse.  It was love at first!!! The minute I saw it, I knew that it had to be painted, distressed and she needed a shabtabulous mane and tail. I love the way she turned out.  Not too shabby! ;)  

 

My wonderful Mr. Prince Charming helped me out with the sanding. 

 

 

 

 Here she is in all of her glory waiting for her new home and special little girl to love.  Paisley, my daughter, thinks that I should keep it.  She is a photographer and I think she is having visions of some great photo opportunities using this as one of her props. 

 

 





Have a great week and I hope to see you Saturday at the 26th Annual Clarita Amish School Consignment Auction. 

 

Stay Charmed,

Shelley



 

 

PS ~ I am linking up and partying with:

Ivy and Elephants ~ What's It Wednesday

Timewashed ~ Blissful Whites Wednesday

Savvy Southern Style ~ Wow Us Wednesday

Shabby Art Boutique ~ Shabbilious Friday

French Country Cottage ~Feathered Nest Friday

Dimples and Pig Tales ~ Give me the Goods

 

 

 



 

 

 

Winner

Congratulations to Christy Whiten winner of the Pin It to Win It! 

Thank you all for participating in the Pin It to Win It.  We will be having more contests and fun in the near future.  The first month of the Grand Opening of the new website has been a success with lots of visitors.

Stay Charmed!
Shelley

Wonderful White Wednesday

It's A Wonderful White Wednesday! 

Today I am  sharing some of my latest white projects with you today. 

 

I love making Memory Pillows.  Pillow is  made with two ruffles on outer edges only.  Edges are frayed.  The doily that was picked up at a flea market and I added buttons for details.  The upper corner is decorated with scraps of fabric tied into a bow, bits of lace with lace rolled rose and bling center. Inside the pocket, I have tucked my favorite vintage picture of my Great Grandmother Bessie. and a graphic image from The Graphic Fairy.  I didn't know my Dad's grandmother, but I often what she would think about becoming part of my branding logo and in so many of my projects.  What special items would you put in your Memory Pillow? 

 

 

Large White Angel Wings have been cut from vintage ceiling tile.  The wings are so pretty hanging on a wall or sitting on a shelf.  Lots of versatile ways to display to add the perfect compliment to your shabby chic décor.

 

 

The frame was repurposed from a broken clock picture.  I replaced the broken glass and picture with chicken wire.  This makes the perfect memo holder with the clothespins that have been painted pink with some fluff and buttons.  Chicken wire also makes great bow holders for your little ones or use as a jewelry holder for yourself.  Possibilities are endless!

 

Flowers is the upper corner is a Vintage Shabby Chic Inspired Headband.  Includes 3 roses made from lace with a bling center on a torn and tattered doily with pink crinkle ribbon and string loops of pink seed beads. 

 

Dimensional wings are also made from vintage ceiling tile.

 

Be sure to check out our Pin It to Win It. 

 

Stay Charmed,

Shelley

 

PS ~ I am linking up and partying with:

Ivy and Elephants ~ What's it Wednesday 

Timewashed ~ Blissful Whites Wednesday

Savvy Southern Style ~ Wow Us Wednesday

Shabby Art Boutique ~ Shabbilious Friday

French Country Cottage ~Feathered Nest Friday

Altered Books

 
 Book Makeovers

 

Marvelous Monday to you!  Hope that you had a great weekend.  We had a marathon work day on Saturday and then on Sunday, my Mr. Prince Charming, had to go back to work, so that left me rambling around on my own.  I have two shows coming up back to back, in just a few weeks.  YIKES!   Saturday, we spent most of the time cleaning and getting project ready to work on. Dust was flying from the sander and as usual I ended up with as much paint on me as my projects.   So I have several larger pieces now ready to begin repurposing. 

Sunday I started working on a few of the books that I had torn off covers from and had them stained and ready to add the "charm".  I had found the perfect graphics from The Graphics Fairy that I wanted to use.  I printed them out and did a little bit of distressing and added to the cover before adding lace, flowers, tags, charms and torn tattered doilies.  I love the way they turned out.  They will be making their way to my website and booth space this week.

 

 

 

I will be linking up at Brag Monday with The Graphic Fairy.  Until next time!

 

Stay Charmed,

Shelley

 

 



Give -Away

We are having a Give-Away to celebrate the Grand Opening of our brand new website, http://shellsvintagecharm.com .  We will be giving away this adorable Scarecrow, the winner will be announced on Saturday, August 31st.  I thought it might be fun to play Pin it to Win it!  Please see the rules below:

Pin It to Win It

1. You must follow my board Shell's Vintage Charm on Pinterest.
2. Pin at least 3 items from any of my websites (blog, Facebook, Etsy, Shellsvintagecharm.com)or you may repin from my Shell's Vintage Charm board to your boards.
3. Be sure to use hashtag #shellsvintagecharm in our your comments. (This is important so that I will be able to find your pins for your chance to win.)
4. Please be sure that I have your email address or a way to contact you, so that I may contact you if you are the winner. You may PM me on Facebook or comment here.
5. For every 3 pins made you will receive an extra chance to win.

Don't forget to share with all your friends.  Good Luck and Happy Pinning!!!

Stay Charmed!
Shelley

PS.   Follow us here or Twitter and or like us on Facebook to stay current on new items. Lots of new inventory will be added soon.

New Website

Hip Hip Hooray! 

We are pleased to announce that our website is now up and running!  Visit our website, http://shellsvintagecharm.com, an online boutique that specializes in handmade or repurposed designs that has a vintage, shabby chic, romantic vintage charm for your home, wedding, parties, yourself or child. 

We invite you to sit back, relax and enjoy your shopping experience with us.  Browse our Boutique pages for unique items that are always changing.  We strive for customer satisfation and are also happy to design custom orders for you or your special events .
Be sure to follow us to enjoy all the Grand Opening Celebrations through out the month.  We will be having a give-away soon!

Stay Charmed,
Shelley

New Products.

Magnolia Festival and New Products
Hi Everyone!

Hope your summer is getting off to a wonderful start.  I thought that I would share some pictures, that I took during the Magnolia Festival last week.  I had a wonderful show and met some wonderful new friends. 

 

This is a picture of another one of my chicken wire mannies.  She turned out really cute!  During the process of her creation, she has ended up with me naming her Ariel.  She started out being much taller and had legs (or her lower portion) that reminded me of a mermaid.  During the course of adding all of her shabby vintage charm she was becoming top heavy and I ended up having to cutting off the lower portion to make her more stable. 

I found the old window screens during one of my junking outings and  turned them into a display to hang some of my items on during the festival.  Really liked how things looked displayed on them.  I have been thinking about adding them to my decor somewhere in the house.  (Shhh.... don't tell my Mr. Prince Charming).  They were perfect to display some of my new metal letters.  If you look closely you can also see some of the smaller dimensional wings on the upper corner. 

 

My Angel wings made from the old vintage ceiling tiles have taken on a whole new dimension.  I love the way they turned out and were a huge success.  I like the smaller ones, but have fell in love with the larger ones.  I will be making more of these soon to go into my booth spaces and Etsy Shop.

 

I had been getting lots of request to make vintage inspired headbands and hair clips.  So I have recently began making and offering some of the above Shabby Flowers for sale.  A few of them are actual pins that look awesome pinned to a hat or any accessory that needs that special WOW. 

There are other plans in the works for some more vintage inspired products.  I want to thank everyone that takes the time to follow me and all of the wonderful support and encouragement I get. I hope to continue to grow. The confidence that you show in me when asking me to make your special custom order means so much to me.

Stay Charmed,
Shelley

PS.... you can always follow me on Facebook and Twitter for more updates.