I love flowers and this is a great way to wear them, around your neck! This scarf or collar is made from two fabulous fabric trims. One is a red flower trim and the other is a ribbon fringe. This will be great to wear now and into spring. Red is suppose to be THE color for spring. I also make in other colors, green & purple, brown & gold, and green & rust. Check out by Etsy shop blackcatboutique.etsy.com.

I'm on a mission to get my 600th sale on my Etsy shop vintagestyle101.etsy.com. So, I'm having a give away. I'm offering a vintage black leather Lou Taylor handbag to the 600th buyer, purchase must be $10.00 or more, any combination of items or one item. This is a great bag, super condition. Has a small black leather coin purse attached by chain and the signature Lou Taylor mirror inside. I will be adding a lot of new items too. Good luck and happy shopping.

My new trailer, 1961 Serro Scotty

This is my new, vintage travel trailer. It is a 1961 Serro Scotty Sportsman. Just 10 feet long, perfect for weekend trips to the mountains. These are pictures of the outside and the "kitchen".
Front view
Back view. The back skin is coming off to repair the interior wood and to do rewiring of the the lights.
Side view
Side view, entrance. Bed is across the back, straight ahead is the "kitchen", table and benches across the front. I will be posting more pictures as the work progresses.

New projects listed in my shop, www.blackcatboutique.etsy.com

Waiting for the Florida lottery

Today I'm waiting for the winners of the Florida millionaire raffle. I bought a ticket while on vacation and the winners are supposed to be online after 3pm. Today I would be happy with one of the $500.00 prizes. I have been passing the time by taking pictures for my two Etsy shops, vintagestyle101 and blackcatboutique and listing them. No big plans for New Year's Eve, unless I win a million! It's a beautiful day here in N Carolina but kind of cold. Tomorrow is the big sale at my favorite thrift store so I will be getting up early to look for bargains. The pictures are of the items I'm listing.

Back from vacation

I'm back from my Christmas vacation to the Florida Keys. We stayed in a little cottage on Little Torch Key on the water and had a great time. Just about everyday we rode the motorcycle into Kemy West for lunch, evenings were spent relaxing at the cottage. I'm always looking for new yarn shops and found one in Key West, the only one in the keys. It's call Knit Wits and had beautiful yarns. I liked the way they displayed different yarn types by color. I bought a cotton yarn from Indonesia in green, purple and black. It has purple stone chips and purple seed beads running through it. I made a crocheted choker from it and will have it in my Etsy shop as soon as I find a great stone or button for the closure. I also bought a coordinating yarn that I found on sale. I actually got a lot of knitting and crocheting done. I started 2 vests, almost done now, finished a scarf, and made 2 chokers. I made the second choker from yarn I took along. After staring at the blue green water for so long I decided to make something in those colors. As soon as I find the perfect closure for that one I will be posting in my shop also.

Yesterday I went to my favorite thrift store to check out before the big New Year Day sale. I found a few items I decided to purchase in case they weren't there on Thursday. One item is a cute little dauschond pewter pin by the Swedish designer R. Tennesmer. Another piece of jewelry I bought was a pair of earrings by the French designer Philippe Ferrandis. I love the colors, turquoise, gold and orange. They are kind of heavy to wear though. I bought them because I thought they would make a nice brooch but I kind of hate to take apart. I will see if they sell as earring before I take apart. I also bought a couple of vintage needlework books and a bag of ribbon. I can't wait to go back on Thursday! It's a mad house though and you have to get there early.

Well, today I decided to visit one of my favorite thrift stores. They are having a big sale on Monday and I decided to scope it out. This is a big store, I can spend hours here. I ended up buying some items, I couldn't wait for the sale. I found this great vintage party dress, lots of lace, sequins and ruffles. It is from a store called Montaldo's and is fabulous. I will be adding it to my shop, vintagestyle101.etsy.com, as soon as I get some better pictures. Then I checked out the books and found these great vintage craft books from the 70's. They are from Time-Life and are called the art of sewing. But they have a lot more than just sewing. The covers are beautiful too. Great coffee table books or an addition to your sewing room. After I look through them, I will probably list them on my site also. At check out I found this great pair of vintage eyeglasses. The frames were made in France and have the prettiest rhinestones around the lens. Too cool! When I got home my new felting machine that I just ordered on Tuesday was sitting on my steps. I can't wait to try it. I have it set up and looking for something to practice on. Tonight I have some sewing to finish, a fabric choker and a velvet vest that I stamped.