I recently did an interview with Lisa Yearwood, for her new blog. One of the questions that she asked me was, what do you like the most about what you do. When I thought about it, I had to say it was the hunt. I love going to the flea market and searching through boxes and tables for lost treasures. Yesterday, I went to Long Beach flea market with my friend Pam and found some fun little treasures and thought I would share them.
I love the Victorian embroidered ribbon with the birds and flowers that I found. I plan to incorporate them into some bracelets.
Vintage cracker jack charms were also a fun find.
I will need my glasses while using these tiny treasures.
A small tin loaded with nibs for dip pens.
Miniature saffron tins will make unique beads after I drill a small hole. My favorite treasures of the day were these tiny spectacle and scissor charms. The spectacles are missing the glass out of one of the lens but they are still so cool. The tiny scissors open and close. I was also lucky enough to find a pile of Victorian tin types.
I think I NEED a bracelet made from your gorgeous bird ribbon!
Posted by: Kathy Barrick | May 21, 2012 at 06:06 PM
It's so fun to see the beginings of your creations.From hunt to completion-I look forward to seeing the finished products.
Posted by: Maria | May 22, 2012 at 03:07 PM
Love your trinkets so much. Are you going to be at the Remnants of the Past show?
Debbie Addie
Posted by: Debbie | May 22, 2012 at 06:19 PM
Your finds are mouth watering!I don't make jewelry, but I own your book and I love just looking through it.
Colette
Posted by: Colette | May 30, 2012 at 07:04 PM
It's so nice to visit your blog again and see that you are still inspiring so many!
Posted by: Danette Darbonne | June 05, 2012 at 07:04 AM
thanks for sharing your finds @ the long beach flea market. i love the treasures and treasure hunting as well. hugs to you and pam.
Posted by: Lana Kloch | June 10, 2012 at 03:38 PM
I've surfed the net more than three hours today, and your blog was the coolest of all. Thanks a lot, it is really useful to me
Posted by: High School Diploma | June 11, 2012 at 10:20 AM
Amazing post and very interesting stuff you got here! I definitely learned a lot from reading through some of your earlier posts as well and decided to drop a comment on this one!
Posted by: GED online | June 18, 2012 at 08:10 AM
flea markets: favorite thing ever.
Posted by: molly meng | June 26, 2012 at 09:58 AM