Just wanted to post a few pics of my studio today -

I'm working on these new cahier notebooks.

We found a few really lovely vintage school notebooks at the flea market a few weeks ago...they were all filled with handwriting notes from different lessons, beautiful hand drawn maps and diagrams - they were really amazing.

And - the covers are just so dainty and vintage and gorgeous!

This new collection has been inspired by those journals!

I hope to have them in the shop soon...

Heart Name Card Tutorial

What you will need:

Cardstock (2 different colors)

Sewing machine and thread

Heart Punch

Ruler

Exacto Knife

Pencil

Cutting Board

Corner Punch (optional)

With your ruler and exacto knife cut the cardstock into a small piece measuring

5" width and 3"height.

With your pencil mark a spot 1" in from the left side (near the bottom left corner). This will be the center mark for the heart punch.

Carefully cut out the heart with your heart punch. The heart punch I use measures about 1 1/2" - they are available at many different craft stores. Use the pencil mark as your guide - it should be in the center of the heart when you are punching it out.

(The picture shows two name cards).

You will need to punch out 2 more colored hearts from another piece of cardstock. These hearts will be the interior of the name cards.

Locate your sewing machine!

Make sure that your thread color is the same color as the name cards - then the stitching will stand out more on the hearts.

Carefully place the name card on the sewing machine - and line up the needle with the center of the heart.

Begin sewing (slowly!) down the card (backstitch at the top)- just before you get to the heart - place the separate heart in the empty heart hole (where you punched it out on the name card) and carefully place the second heart on top. You must hold these two hearts very tight as you continue to sew down the name card.

Back stitch at the bottom.

Voila!

Carefully pull out the name card and cut the thread.

The is how the name card should look.

At this point -

if you want to use the corner punch and round the corners - do that now.

Carefully trim a very tiny angled slice from the bottom left. (Or which ever side the heart is sewn into).

Then carefully pull up and fold the hearts - and carefully fold back the cardstock on the line that you have sewn.

These name cards would be a wonderful addition to any Wedding Ceremony! You could easily match the paper to your Wedding colors - what a unique and beautiful guest card table!

These name cards would also be great for Holiday Parties,

Birthdays or any kind of Celebration.

Simply print out the names and tables first for the name cards before creating them!

(Remember to center the names while leaving room for the 1" fold over.)

Or simply write on the names of your guests!

Your guests are sure to be impressed! (And inspired!)

I wanted to post some of these great vintage postcards that

we bought at the Puces de Vanves market a few weeks ago.

We got a huge stack of really wonderful antique cards -

so, I wanted to post a few of my favorites...

The backs are almost even more interesting than the fronts!

They are really lovely!

They would be wonderful in a simple frame -

ready to hang in your home!

We are always on the lookout for places that

we've visited - instead of the modern postcards -

these have so much more character to them!

Well, we didn't get to the flea market this week -

L is just starting to feel better -

and I'm not feeling so well this weekend.

So, we just stayed in - rested and relaxed.

But, not to disappoint -

I wanted to include some of the great finds from last week. . .

They are all listed over at the new Vintage shop!

(All, except the glass vases...I'm still working on getting those listed)

And, Rue 15 Vintage just made it's first sale! Yeah!

The petite cardboard projector box!

It's so cool - we actually bought two -

because I wanted to keep one for myself! Ha!

French Wooden Game

Great Antique Photograph - I love this!

Vintage Wooden Ink Blotter

Great array of vintage glassware!

I love the glass stopper.

Of course...the petite binoculars!

They are so beautiful - great for display...or to use!

I was working on a few new Valentine's Day tags -

simple little hearts at the bottom of these

cream colored tags - that become 3-D when opened!

Bookbinding Kits in Progress . . .

Just wanted to post some pics of work in the studio...

here are a few more Bookbinding Kits that I've been working on.

These are all the small interior colored folders with the binding needle and different colors of linen thread for the journals. Everything is hand cut - hand folded - and even the instruction kits are hand sewn with a 3 & 5 hole pamphlet stitch!

I just wanted to post some new pics of the handmade flowers and flower balls that I've been working on recently. They are all listed in my Etsy shop.

I made very similar flowers for my own wedding this past October - I made 20 flower pomanders total!! They were all created with vintage paper and grey and lime green wooden beads...(our wedding colors).

And, I made over 100 paper flowers! I'll post some pics of all the wedding goodies we made soon!

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Leather Colors:

Linen Colors: