A bounty of blossoms

If Beth and I look slightly delirious with joy, it is because we most certainly were. And Sugarwings was here to capture the moment.

We had a very good reason to be soooooo happy.  Our pal, Carol had posted a photo years ago of some beautiful, gorgeous, dreamy, scrumptious, silk flowers and it was one of those pictures that stayed with me.  Then, for some crazy reason, but lucky for me, she posted that she was selling them all! In one big, giant lump of unbelievable beauty.

Beth messaged me when she saw it, and I had a little stab of jealousy, but then was happy for my friend.  Then, she said she was waffling and I asked it if would help to split it.

Yep! She shared the bounty! And I contacted Carol before the treasures were scooped up and we missed out.  

Carol lives just down the road, and dropped it in the mail box, by Priority, that afternoon.  The next day, Beth and Sugarwings were here for craft day and the box arrived. Perfect flowers and perfect timing!

See why we squealed???  This is new, old stock. Never used.  Here is how Carol described them on her blog. And she also says she has more goods to sell in the next couple months, so if you are wanting some very special things, keep an eye out for what she'll be offering!!

Over the Summer, I’m going to be offering for sale a select few of my very special and very vintage stash of goods.

To start will be my collection of Vintage Millinery Flowers and Trims that I’ve kept tucked away for several years. This amazing old store stock, is from the Emery, Bird, Thayer Department Store of Kansas City, Missouri. Handmade of vintage fabrics, ribbons and some velvets including many flat appliqués and trims in gorgeous muted shades of color. A few still have the original EBT sale tags. There are over 100 pieces to this collection, some range from very delicate petite to large size flowers and trims.  If you’re a collector or crafter of vintage millinery, you know how rare it is to find a grouping of embellishments such as these.

There was bag after bag after bag of these beauties in our box of delights. Plus some cool trims. They were easy to share, too.  We opened one bag at a time, and between the, "Oh my gosh, look at this one" and the "Oooh"s and "Oh my goodness"es, we managed to take turns picking out what we wanted, one piece at a time, till the piles were gone.  

Then, we found a bag that had slipped off the table and landed on the floor, and the squealing resumed.

 Sugarwings took a thousand or so photos, which took her away from her own work, but she was having fun watching the old ladies be silly.

She wasn't allowed to touch our blooms.  She was deep into her own Project Runway style creations and had a tad of paint and glitter on her hands.

Earlier, we'd hosted a Birthday Luncheon for Beth and Angie, with Sugarwings as my co-hostess. She decorated all the cupcakes, and set the table using her favorite trick.  Here is what she does- 

Make an a-okay sign with both hands.  

Notice that the left hand looks like a "b"

The right hand looks like a "d"

The "b" stands for bread plate and goes to the left, the "d" stands for drink and goes to the right.

 That is a quick way for a kid to learn about where things go at a table setting, and she enjoys doing it so much, she makes the a-okay sign each time she sets the items down, even though, she already knows where to put them.

The day was so much fun.  And while I am supposed to be getting caught up after Birdsong, and trying to put the studio and garage back to normal, while also selling leftover kits (first offered to sponsors and past attendees, soon to the rest of our friends), it was nice to have a day just to laugh. All day long. And that is what we did.

Sugarwings was glad I didn't have the studio back to normal yet.  I still had the big tables up, her small ones weren't back out yet, and the larger ones were still covered in paper.

Instead of doing a project on the table, she made the paper covered table her actual piece.  It was a fashion themed day for her, and she had previously drawn dozens of gowns in chalk on the patio, side walks and breezeway floors, for us to take a walk through her "fashion museum".

Then, the table cover became a full length ball gown, covered in red glitter and embellished with sparkling tape.

Afterwards, she cut it out, and we hung it up in the studio.  I love to see her creativity run amok. She was into this for hours.

My project for craft day was working on Lesa's kit. I'd already made one of them, and someone gave me their kit to finish, and I was happy to do it, I love these little birds.  And again, perfect timing for the flowers to arrive, just when I needed them to make this special birdie, extra, extra special!

Thank you for parting with the blossoms, Carol, and thank you, Beth for sharing with me.

All of Lesa's kits are sold now.  I have a couple of Lori's and I made quite a few extras of my own.  I'll be marketing them as soon as all the Birdsong Peeps have had a chance to get first pick at them.  So please do check back if you are interested in one. I'll also have some posts about Birdsong coming up soon.

Comments

[jeanie]

Totally wonderful! Your photos are so expressive that I can hear the squeals from here! And what a good way to teach about drink and bread plate! Everything about this post makes me smile, Karla!

[gail]

Drool!

[Beth Leintz]

Delirious with joy, or just crazy? Every night since we got them, I've taken them out and just played with them.

Thank you for a beautiful lunch. I love LeeLee's double okay trick for the bread plate and glass. She's turned into a good hostess like her Granny.

[Karla Nathan]

She was pretty proud of setting the table all by herself.

[Maggie Raguse]

This may be my favorite post of yours yet! The squealing, gleeful pictures of you and Beth enjoying your loot are the best---Sugarwings is really skillful at capturing 'the moment' with her camera!!

And her tabletop dress creations!!! Be still my heart!! So, so precious.

Thanks for sharing your spirited, rich life with us :-)

[Carol Spinski]

I'm so glad you and Beth got those gorgeous flowers!! Best post ever;) xo Carol

[Karla Nathan]

Thanks so much, Carol!