THERESA'S BEAUTIFUL BOOTH AT BINKY LA FAYE

We are so thrilled to announce that the fabulous Theresa Cano of the famous blog Gardenantqsvintage.blogspot.com is selling her wonderful wares at Binky la Faye. She and her husband came in last week and created some display magic. They are both such charming, sweet people, with a wonderful talent for finding and styling really great antique and vintage goods. Please stop in soon and see for yourself!!!

look at all these great gilt frames!!!

and how cute is this purse made from an old baby dress??? love it!!!

great vintage portrait in oil

love these old canvas golf bags.

great vignettes

wonderfully charming smalls.

Theresa herself made this beautiful pillow from vintage textiles and adorned it with found objects.

Great graphics on this fun piece

Customers are raving about how wonderful Theresa's booth is, and Ron and I are so happy to have such great people joining our shop. We are sure it will be a long lasting relationship.

for more about Theresa and all that she does visit her blog at www.gardenantqsvintage.blogspot.com

and if you would be interested in winning the paperscrap prism please leave a post on my may 16th blog.
Thanks for stopping by!!!

SCRAP PAPER PRISM, My first tutorial, and GIVEAWAY!!!!!

Well I know I've been absent from blogland for awhile, but I'm back with my first tutorial and giveaway!! I hope yall like it.It is a double sided paper scrap prism. It's easy, inexpensive, and you probably have alot of the stuff you need to make it.Forgive the bad pics. So here goes.

I found these light covers for 50 cents each

I tore them apart to get the glass "prisms" out.

I found this really great paper at the scrapbooking store in Fredericksburg, Texas.

Cut out the image of the lady. Trace around the prism for the background paper and cut that out.

Cut out the butterfly and text of your choice, my text came out of an old man old magazine.

Next, you glue the lady image onto the background piece and then layer the butterfly and the text over that. Then put a few dabs of glue,(i used elmers craft bond) onto the glass. Don't worry the glue will dry clear.

Now you can make a one sided prism, but I chose to do a two sided one, so the next thing you will need is more images for the bback side. I used old sheet music, a color copy of an old watch face and a color copy of an old calling card, a piece of a paper tape measure and a snipet of old lace.

Next, layer the pieces onto the background in a pleasing fashion and glue them down. Then glue the whole piece to the glass the same way you did the first one.

Now you have your front and your back pieces.

Now you will cut a piece of ribbon (I used rayon seam binding) and tie a knot in it leaving "tails"

Glue the ribbon to the back side of one the prisms with the knot above the glass on the top.

Next you will glue the front and back together.Let that dry a couple of hours. Then tear a srip from a piece of tea stained muslin about 1/2 inch wide.

It helps to iron the muslin strip. Then place a bead of glue around the edge of the prims starting at the top where the ribbon is.

center on end of the muslin strip at the top of the prisms and glue it down. Then add a tiny bead of glue around the edge of the prisms to glue down the remaining muslin. Next you can add ribbon and lace bows, buttons, and old earring, or whatever you like to the top. I used some old lace and milleners flowers. TA-DA thats it. Hang and enjoy!!!

SO THIS IS ALSO MY FIRST GIVEAWAY. LEAVE A COMMENT FOR A CHANCE TO WIN THE PRISM FEATURED IN THIS BLOG. FOLLOWERS WHO LEAVE A COMMENT WILL HAVE TWO CHANCES. I WILL ANNOUNCE THE WINNER ON JUNE 1ST. Please be sure I can reach you by email to get your mailing address. BEST WISHES!!!!






I would love to see yours, send me pics and I will post them on my blog!!!

Family First

Back in January I did a post about my goals for 2011. I said that antique-ing, making things, fixing things up and all that are important to me, and I enjoy doing it, but what I consider my greatest accomplishments and what matters the most to me is my relationship with God and my Family and Friends.

So someone I love very much is going through a very trying time right now, and needs my attention and energy. Please bear with me as I take a little more time away from blogging to create what is most important, and that, to me, is loving, nurturing relationships. I will be back, because I want to nurture

(our recent camping trip to Inks Lake State Park)

the relationships I have with all of you too. I am working on my first tutorial, so stay tuned. And please pray for my loved one and for me, that I would have the wisdom and strength to do what needs to be done. Thank you all, I will be back soon. With Love, Binky