May 2022 – Peridot Cards

Antique Booth News

May 25, 2022 Dawn

No new cards in the last couple weeks. I have been busy getting stuff ready to move into my bigger antique booth. I’ll still have my “old” booth which has my card display but now I’ll have room for some smaller furniture pieces. In addition to the booth, we created a website (Rustandsuch.com) to showcase items that are currently available in the booth or that will be coming soon.

While I was the featured vendor at Touch of Country Mall last month I had space in an extra booth where I was able to display a beautiful wicker set – vanity/desk, bench and mirror. I was disappointed it hadn’t sold but it fits perfectly in my new booth and has been great to use for staging. I’m still hoping it will sell (soon) as I’ve already found a few more furniture pieces – a vintage 60’s kitchen table with Formica top and chrome legs, a piano bench I’d like to refinish and a few small end tables.

I knew I’d need some additional display space and was lucky enough to find some cute red shelves at an estate sale. They are the perfect size and the red is just the right pop of color in the booth. I’m still working on getting everything just the way I want it. I need to hang a few more things on the wall and add a couple rugs on the floor for some more color but I think it’s looking pretty good so far.

And now for pictures… I can hang some items in front of the window. I have found a vintage crib and plan to hang the side rails vertically to display vintage linens. I have quite the collection of doilies and dresser scarves. When I think of all the time that went in to crocheting and sewing them I can’t resist when I see them at estate sales.

Here’s a look at the wicker set. I decided to stage it as a vanity and used a floral bone china tray to hold a vintage milk glass cold cream jar and powder box. I added a few framed bird lithographs, a couple of hand mirrors, a suitcase style basket and a large floral canister. And of course I couldn’t resist adding a few linen items – dresser scarf , doily and cute child sized crocheted apron.

For the other end of the booth, I added the red shelves. I love how the vintage kitchen items really pop against the red color. There was also room to add a small end table. It’s not old but the muted gold color works and the glass top keeps everything nice and light. There’s not a lot of wall space in the booth and the white lattice adds another option for hanging smaller items. Here I added another pair of bird prints, a hand painted wooden scoop and a copper color alphabet baking pan.

After I find a few more items to fill-up the booth I can get back to making cards. I dropped off several hundred cards to Cards for Soldiers over the weekend and need to get started filling up another box.

Personalized Note Cards

May 5, 2022 Dawn

As I was finishing up the birthday cards, I found a new sketch that looked interesting. I figured a couple note cards for my sister and niece would be a good opportunity to try it out.

Well… Once I got started mixing and matching different colors and prints I was having so much fun I ended up with another 20 cards. Most of the cards are light and bright with some fun summer themes (popsicles, bikinis, etc.) but there are a couple more serious colors and prints as well.

I used the same sketch for all the cards and it was easiest to cut all of the pieces before starting assembly. Since they are note cards and could be used for any occasion, I didn’t want them to be “over done”. I popped up the sentiment circles but otherwise kept embellishments to a minimum, only added a few Love from Lizi peel-offs on a couple of cards.

I really liked some of the paper combinations I had used for the birthday cards and decided to use them again. I paired the yellow chartreuse background print with more of the butterfly paper. Both are from the Echo Park I am Mom collection. The second card uses more of the gingham and donut (by Recollections) prints. For the initials, I used a more traditional font for my sister and a fun swirly font for my niece.

The card for my sister pairs a watercolor stripe with multi colored popsicles. Both papers are from the Echo Park Summer Dreams collection. To keep it nice and bright I used orange ink to stamp the “A”. The card for my niece uses more of the brown/green branch paper, this time paired with a tiny floral print in green and white.

The card for my niece uses paper from the Craft Smith Palm Springs 12×12 paper pad. I added a few Love from Lizi peel-offs across the bottom of the card. The background is a busy palm frond print but for some reason seemed to “need” something. The card for my sister uses paper from the Craft Smart Llama Love 12×12 paper pad. No llamas on the card, just a fun tone-on-tone blue background and a small floral print with a few gold foil accents.

The card for my niece is a bit busy, but I really love the bright colors. Both papers are from the Echo Park Summer Dreams collection. To match the background, I used the variegated orange to pink ink pad from Recollections Backyard Table collection to stamp the “R”. For my sister I used more of the Craft Smith Palm Springs paper, pairing a fun cactus print with a green and black retro starburst background.

Since I had the paper pad out, I used some more of the Craft Smart Llama Love paper on the card for my niece. Again, no llamas just a nice boho feeling note card. On the card for my sister I paired a brown/cream/blue stripe with a distressed brown/blue print. I like the look of the tailored stripes with the more casual feel of the patchwork pattern.

For the last note card, I thought I’d skip the initial and do something funny. I had 2 puffy monkey stickers left from another project and thought they would be cute. I used the same layout, with a larger “sentiment” circle, swapping the initial for the monkey. The background is a large scale print, but I think pairing it with the bananas kept it from being too overwhelming. The papers are all from the DCWV Bahama Mama 12×12 paper pad.

Here’s a look at all of the note cards for my sister…

and for my niece.

Now to find a new project to work on.