Antique Shopping

Hubby and I headed out to Amish Country on Saturday to do some antique shopping. It was fun, but I don't think I ever want to go back on a Saturday EVER AGAIN! I'm not one for large crowds and places were so packed that I was elbowing people out of the way to keep them from stepping on me. We didn't even find a place to sit down and eat lunch! We ended up getting beef sticks, some marble cheese, and a half gallon of chocolate milk and chowed down in the car. I did manage to find quite a few treasures while out and about.

 

I found this quilt for $5(!!!!). It's quite ragged and stained, but I think I'm going to tea stain the whole thing to hide them. The ragged parts are just part of it's charm.

 

Lace doilies galore! Only $.50 a piece.

A beautiful handkerchief.

 

 Maybe my favorite find, a vintage baby dress.

 

Look at this wonderful embroidery!

 

An old book filled with organ music. It was published in 1863.

 

 

I also recently purchased some vintage metal buttons from ebay. Some of them came in! These are my fire department buttons. I should have 5, but in my excitement of opening them I accidentally dropped one in hubby's car. I sorta forgot to grab it, but I'll get it as soon as he comes home from work. Thought they all appear gold, only one of them actually is. The rest are silver.

 

I finished my mug exchange giftee's gift as well.

I have so much stuff to work on today! Better get to it. However, if I get a chance later I'll post again and include pictures of 2 week old lab puppies. ;) Here's a sneak peak!

A few new projects

Didn't get much done in the past few days. A few things, but not a lot. My hairdresser is moving to California and she did my hair for the last time yesterday. I made a few parting gifts for her, including a wreath and an altered sketchbook. I have to admit that I was crying a little bit when she was done. She's been such an amazing friend to me. Ladies, if there is ever someone that you should trust entirely, it's your hairdresser. She even did my hair for the wedding and really made me feel beautiful. So thanks for everything, Ally! Hope things go great for you in California!

Now for the things I did get done! For some time I've been wanting a needle book. I need somewhere to keep them seeing as they kept finding their way to my feet! I did some looking around and didn't really find anything that I liked. So I dug through the scrap piles and made my own!

I also made another one that I intend to sell.

Also bought some vintage metal buttons on ebay. I'm hoping to make a bunch of these needle books up for the craft show I'm going to on November 12th. It's taking place at the Armory in Dover, OH. Feel free to stop by and see me!

Dover Armory & Army National Guard Recruiting Office 

2800 N. Wooster Ave., Dover, OH, 44622

I'll also be at Valley Merry Christmas in Magnolia, OH on November 26th and 27th. Lots of vendors, food, and fun! For more information visit this site.

I tea stained some fabric scraps today and made the bases for rag ball ornaments.

In cross stitch land, I've been working on a few different projects. Two are Christmas presents, so no showing those yet! The other two I can share. I've been working on Tux (the linux mascot) for Mr. Husband as a belated birthday present. It's been laid aside so I could work on a gift for a mug exchange I'm in. Shout out to my fellow redditors! I'm working on a coffee cup sleeve for my giftee. He listed ufo's as one of his interests, so I'm running with it. Here's what I have so far.

 

Tomorrow, Mummsy and I are heading to Amish country to pick up some home-baked goodies. Hopefully, we'll stop in a few antique shops, too!

Cheers!

Just want to say "Hello!"

Hello, everyone! And welcome to the home of Ribbon Whimsy!

This blog will hopefully be a place for me to share my projects with you and tell some stories along the way.

As my 'about me' says I'm a 21-year-old newlywed who enjoys crafting to almost an indecent degree. I love sewing, painting, cross stitch, flower arranging, wreath making, altered art - you name, I'll try it. Rather than asking how to do things (or even reading instructions) I go about my crafting with the mad scientist mentality. This has resulted in surprisingly few catastrophes, but those few failures have been spectacular in their own right.

I am quite eclectic in my interests and decorating tastes. I'm just as likely to get giddy over an old copy of Super Mario Bros. for the NES as I am over a vintage lace doily.  It's fun trying to find a way to combine geek, rustic, country, primitive, antique, and vintage items into workable decor, but that's half the fun!

My wonderful husband, John, and I have been together for almost 6 years. We were married on May 21st of this year. He is a computer programmer and will be taking care of the "techie" side of things. I'm sure I'll share some of the more interesting stories involving my husband and I's haphazard adventures.
 

Time for me to start my day and work on some awesome crafts. Better get out the goggles and fire extinguisher.

Cheers!