Faded pink

 

Miss Sugarwings has been here a lot this week, and with the trip out of town and the trips out on the lake to picnic and float around, I have not been able to finish the Grumpy Fairy illustrations yet.   I did make a few quickie projects.  When I am rushed and don't have time to start something big, a bottle of glue, some paper and old flowers will fill the need to get me creating and make me feel better.

 

This bird cage/dress form lady was really cheesy when I got her from a garage sale. I hope that her cheesiness has metlted away now that she is vintaged up with French dictionary pages, a skirt made from an old veil, millinery, a bird and some bling.

 

Honestly, there was not a single thing wrong with this little hand crocheted box. Its old and lined in silk! No problems there, that is for sure. But, I thought it could use a mini fix up and I added silk ribbons and flowers to the top of it.

 

This babe was in definite need of some Nanny 911.  Her dress was way too big, her carriage wheels were missing, and the carriage itself wasn't in that great of shape.

 

Ta da!  Grammy 911 to the rescue!

I stitched up her gown and took in the voluminous sides of it, then added a ribbon belt.  She gets a hand made bonnet from vintage lace too.

 

The carriage is still cracked, but no one would know, I've covered the sides with millinery blossoms, and then I lined the bed with a lacey hankie.

Actually, she is lucky to be alive at all, her redo almost did her in. Sugarwings was "helping" me.  I was able to convince my little one to work on  a play-doh baby while I worked on this vintage one.  This fragile tot wouldn't be able to withstand Sugarwing's good intentions, I am sure.

 

Last of all, I glued old buttons on to replace the missing wheels, and gave them tiny flower hub cabs.

I've also been gluing flowers on boxes and a few other things. Its good to have these type of projects that are more "fluff" than work when I have the baby in the studio with me.  I can't get into anything too serious with her by my side.   She'll be 3 in a couple of weeks, so even when she does get into her own projects, I am up and down with her, admiring her work, or showing her a trick or two with the play- doh.  I'm quite lucky to get anything done, really.

 

She and I did pluck some flowers from the hat garden. I almost hate to do anything like that in front of her, in case she is tempted to get into the hats and pluck away without me....

But, she mostly wore a few and danced around as she sang some of her favorite songs while I sorted the flowers and plucked.  I realized it is not too early to start gathering up and listing the fall colors to sell.  Although, I sure prefer the soft pinks in the earlier pics, its fun to have a change for the fall season  that is RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER- ugh!  I'll miss summer.  But its not gone yet, I'm on my way to the lake again for the evening to soak up as much of this gorgeous weather while I can. Its oddly cool for August, but I'm not complaining!

Before I hit the water, I wanted to let you know who won the JULY GARAGE SALE GIVEAWAY PRIZE PACK- 

Kathy from Chicago

 

ps- have I ever mentioned how much I HATE (*^*%$#()^^*TYPEPAD???????

I have to write the entire post off the top of my head, there is NO going back in and changing one little thing. If I try, my computer screen locks up. So, in the paragraph about Sugarwings and her work, I meant to say "play-doh" NOT just  "play" and I cannot fix it. 

If I ever sound like an idiot, please blame Typepad not me.  Well, I do say dumb things, but still, I'd like them to take ALL the blame, I am mad right now after my screen locking up 4 times while trying to fix this one line and now I am late for the lake!!!

RE-Edit-  I just downloaded Firefox to use instead of Internet Explorer and was able to go back in and change 'play' to 'play-doh'.  But the hour glass icon was still flashing like it does right before the screen locks up, so I don't know if it will be the answer to the problem or not.  But thanks, to all of you for your suggestions!!

Comments

[Lori]

what a darling makeover you did on that baby Karla...she looks so much cuter now, and i love how you solved the problem of the missing carriage wheels, very clever!!! love that crochet box, never saw one of those before...it must be beyond aggravating to not be able to edit your posts...i change mine a lot before i hit publish...what is up with that typepad?

[Stacie]

You are so very creative! I love how you took these original items and put your own special touch on them.

All I can say is "WOW!"

[melissa]

Karla, these things are all just adorable! You are so creative....

[LindaSonia]

Your re-done items are absolutely adorable! You have a magic touch!! LindaSonia

[LiLi M.]

I am always amazed what you manage to do; Sugarwings around or not! These are some very nice make overs again! Congrats to Cathy from Chicago, lucky girl! Oh and I never blame you nor typepad when I see something oddly written in your blog, I always think it's my lack of knowlegde of english!! You can write anything you want!! Have a great Sunday, what is left of it...here it is already Monday and already quarter to one (am), and I am not done yet...

[Judy]

Wow your did a marvelous job on the makeover. I'm impressed. Hope you had fun at the lake.

[Kathy in Chicago]

Holy Cow! I AM a lucky girl! I've never won a blog giveaway before. What an absolute thrill! Thanks, Karla. And I love, love, love what you did with that baby and the carriage. It's just adorable. Very clever with the wheels there. Great idea. I'd love to be lazing around out on a boat. Sounds divine. Thanks again! - Kathy in Chicago

[Robin]

love the Grammy 911! cute baby in that little carriage!
Your post did come out right after all...it says play doh! Glad she is still enjoying that fun activity!
I used "the new" typepad tonight...it worked good and no more freezing up....I had a problem with that a long time ago but it seems to have stopped!
Enjoy the weather......I'm trying to soak up all of summer that I can.....no hot weather complaints from me!

[Rose Brier Studio]

I love how you took the sad doll & carriage and made them so wonderful. I may have to start getting out to yard sales for stuff to froof and fluff!
~Marilee

[Sandy]

Karla,
I love your quick fixes. The little baby doll is so sweet. I hope your trip to the lake was fun and relaxing.

[chrisitne]

People hate typepad; people hate blogspot. What's a blogger to do?

I have blogspot so I'm not sure if you can do what I've been doing but I think you can. I compose my posts in Microsoft Live Writer -- a free download program that communicates with your blog. You do everthing in Live Writer and then it posts to your blog. You can even go back and fix it after it has been posted.

I hope that helps with your frustration.

Blessings,
Christine

[Zita - Mlle Magpie]

Love your little foofing projects, Karla, especially the little baby doll. I use typepad and have never had a problem with editing as much as I want - perhaps you should email those customer service people over there ask if there's a problem with your particular account, and can they fix this truly annoying problem?

[Linda]

Hi Karla, Oh the baby and carriage are so sweet!! You made such an improvement on every item! I'm just amazed at how MUCH you accomplish! And even when you have HELP! ha. Isn't it great to be a HERO to these little ones? Have a great week. Linda

[Myrna]

What darling little things you embellish! You've inspired me to grab snippets of time and see what I can accomplish on the the little doo-dads around my house! ;-)

[Laurie]

You're brilliant to save those "fluff up" projects for when you're home with Sugarwings! What wonderful memories she'll have of playing in your studio...it's a lot of fun to watch from this side of the computer, too. I love that dressform lady, and you really improved the little doll! Enjoyed your trip to the zoo, too! I've heard similar things about Typepad. I sure hope they fix it, soon!

[Sheila R]

Just love that I am not the only one that has computer problems! I love your crow and flower together.

[Lena]

Hi Karla,

As always everything is charming. I was having the locking up problem for awhile, but now it's gone. While I did have it though, my son recommended that I use the browser, Firefox. I didn't have any locking up problems at all while using it. You might want to give it a try. It's a pretty simple download, and gives you another brower option, without changing anything else. Hope it helps.

[Karen Young]

Oh Karla, I love what you did with the little doll and her carriage. You do have a special talent making beautiful items.
Hugs Karen

[Joyce]

First of all, Karla, I love every single thing you foofed up here and I am incredibly impressed that you did these things with Sugarwings in the house!! You are a true artist!

Why don't you use Blogger? You can create a ton of posts and just not post until you're ready. You can edit, switch out pix, all sorts of stuff. It would probably be a real pain to switch, but I could NEVER not be able to edit or fix errors. Your blog is always beautiful, though, in my opinion!!

[Janis]

Hi Karla, I love your little doll and the
carriage. So cute! I like how the eyes
open and close and her new little outfit
is precious.

Hugs,
Janis

[Sheri and Sophee~a]

Karla....I love the baby and carriage, you sure know how to rescue things. The button wheels are the best :)

Stop by my blog and see what I found at the salvation army.....I bet you would do something wonderful with it!

[hope]

what fun projects!

As for typepad - do you use a PC or a MAC? and what do you use for a browser? Email me the answers and I can give some troubleshooting adivce (if you want some that is!) :)

[joyce]

Happies to Kathy in Chicago. Karla, thank you for sharing You!!!

[shawn]

That baby doll is so sweet! I'm planning on hitting some antique shops on the way home maybe I'll find some treasures :) I so know what you mean about getting things done it's hard with littles. Good thing to get her into it early she'll be crafting with us in no time!

[MyThoughtsMyVoice]

The dress form is a beauty! :-) oh and Karla, my fave is that baby in the carriage. You just cared for it and made her so pretty and all the more adorable!

And to have Sugarwings dancing with flowers in your stdio . . . ahhhhhh to be carefree :-)

Li

(The Zoo looks like a fun place to be. The giant aquarium reminds me of Ocean park here. You can see different kinds of fish swimming on the sides in on top of you! :-) )

[barbara]

lol...love the pics and blog entry...and funny how no matter how you spell things...everyone gets what you mean!

[Martha]

Dear Grandma 911: Just wanted to tell you, Super Grandma would be a better name. When I have Noah, that is all I do, and afterwards I need a nap! Martha