Vintage Saturdays: Flower Frogs

Flower frogs are definitely not something you see all the time, but when you do, they are often super cute.  Sometimes made of glass, other times of metal, they can also vary by size and color.  So what do you do if you are not an avid flower lover but want to use these in new and interesting ways?

Frog Goes to Market shows them functioning as a business card display.

Kristin Smith pinned this image on Pinterest.  A simple stack of flower frogs under a cloche is genius.

Design Sponge shows them artfully arranged on a wall selecting from among a variety of sizes, colors, and shapes.

Vintage Indie showcases them being used as Wedding place card holders. Gorgeous!

Ollie's Fine Things shows how cool they look when used as pen holders.  

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Feeling inspired?  Find vintage glass or metal flower frogs here:

Callooh Callay

The Vintage Parlor

Glimmers in Time

The Pretend Den

Vintage Saturdays are the best!  Find previous posts here.

Natalie

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Vintage Saturdays: Romance Novels

I have to admit, I have never once read a romance novel.  But this has never stopped me from being totally fascinated by some of those most...interesting...artwork.  The colors, the graphics, the poses...awesome in its own unique way.  Beyond simply reading them, what can you do with these books after they've long been enjoyed for their literary fabulousness?

Oh So Beautiful Paper turns them into amazing wedding invitations!

TheCraneFactory uses the pages to create super awesome bouquets.

Contextomy uses very specific snippets from the novels to create the coolest hair clips ever.

American romance novels can't have all the fun.  Heavensentcrafts uses Spanish novels to create book journals.

Bookity uses the pages within to create super pretty wedding confetti. Way cooler than rice and bubbles.

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Feeling inspired?  Here are a few places where you can find your own vintage romance novels :

AmeliaBedeliaVintage

CherryRiversVintage

BingoBits

Vintage Saturdays are the best!  Find previous posts here.

Natalie

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Vintage Saturdays: Silver Trays

For anyone who loves going to estate sales, flea markets, and garage sales as much as me, you know how easy it can be to find beautiful old silver trays.  They come in so many sizes, styles and degrees of aging.  Beyond using them for their originally intended purpose, what else can you do with these beauties? 

Casa Sugar creates magnetic inspiration boards.  What a great way to kickstart your ideas for your home renovation or your next craft project.

Goodbye, House.  Hello, Home! used a reticulated tray and some berry garland to create a ridiculously awesome front door wreath.

DishfunctionalDesigns suggests gathering several of them, mounting hooks on the back and then hanging them as part of a large collection on the wall.

Unchanginggrace creates beautiful 

wall vases by mounting a small jar 

onto a metal tray.  Very cool.

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Feeling inspired?  Here are a few stunning trays 

available for sale right now:

APKVintage

gardenofsimples

gazaboo

HappyGoVintage

DovieMoon

SalvagedCuriosities

Vintage Saturdays are the best!  Find previous posts here.

Natalie

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Vintage Saturdays: Children's Book's Illustrations.

As a teacher in my real life, I am constantly surrounded by children's books.  While I think they are mostly all adorable, I am seriously in love with old children's book.  What to do with old books that are no longer usable in its traditional sense?  These artists have come up with wonderful ways of reusing the pages within (and even the covers) to create new and super cool treasures.

GormanStudios decoupages the images onto blocks 

to create unique children's toys and room decor:

StoriesDivinations uses reproductions of these images 

to create delightful cards for sending to others:

Another adorable greeting card from StoriesDivinations:

What can you do with the actual book covers themselves?  

PigseyArt turns them into whimsical journals:

Prefer jewelry?  StudioLaTouche makes 

adorable necklaces using vintage illustrations:

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Feeling inspired? Here are a few etsy sellers with super fun books 

that are ready to be used in projects of your own:

grainedit:

FondlyVintage:

ValinthePaperValley:

Vintage Saturdays are the best!  Find previous posts here.

Natalie

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Vintage Saturdays: Valve Knobs

Sometimes the smallest objects can be used in some of the coolest DIY projects.  Eternally awesome items are old valve knobs.  Some were previously used on hoses or plumbing and can be found in a wide array of colors, sizes, and styles.  There are many handmade sellers online using them in their pieces.  Here are a few artists that I adore...

stringnthings turns them into super cool necklaces:

ikcdesign creates really cool wine stoppers from old valve knobs:

cre8iveconcrete makes the most awesome lamps using old plumbing and valves:

Looking for a unique bracelet with an industrial, steampunk look?  

Dinglewear attaches valve knobs to leather cuffs:

Valve knobs can also be incorporated into home decor, like these wall hooks featured on 

Young House Love's blog:

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Feeling inspired?  These etsy sellers always have lots of old valve available for sale!

coolvintage:

scrapyardgirl:

HeartlandVintageShop:

sushipotvintage:

Vintage Saturdays are the best! Find previous posts here.

Natalie

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Vintage Saturdays: Book Pages

I'm a modern girl in virtually every way.  But there are a few things I need to hold on to.  Things like old books.  While I appreciate the ease and simplicity of new e-readers, I will take a book anytime.  Nothing can replace the look, feel and smell of a nice big book and if it a bit older, smellier and yellowed? Even better.

So to me nothing is more tragic than seeing an old book ruined and in the trash.  Certainly they can't all survive time, but what can be done with some of those older books that are in a state of disrepair and beyond the point of being able to be fixed?  These artists have found some ingenious ways to reuse books pages.  Even old paper can seem fresh and new when reused.

EmeraldCut runs these pages into mini envelopes.  These are perfect for sending small notes or adding to your wedding decor:

TheTurningofaPage turns them into the cutest stickers ever.  She creates many different shapes, including flying birds:

BookCraft creates super cute roses from book pages.  I think these will look gorgeous as a big bouquet:

More into jewelry?  ThePaperWord uses small strips of book pages to make these really awesome earrings:

Or how about a super cool necklace?  This one is from SimplyPrettyStyle:

Tamragerber uses several book pages to create the ultimate in beautiful wreaths.  I adore these!  They will look great in so many different rooms and fit in nicely with many different home decor styles:

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Feeling inspired to make something of your own?  These etsy sellers always have tons of vintage books and/or book pages on hand:

PaperAeroplanes:

PugcentricPursuits:

KatieBlue:

CherryCorners:

jtjujubees:

Vintage Saturdays are the best!  Find previous posts here.

Natalie

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