ARTful Salvage.....Moving Sale

And then some days.....you think that sound you hear off in the distance might be the locust.......or zombies.......trust me....you don't really want to know! LOL
Anywho....the short version of our chaos is we are relocating.....by October 1st.....yes, in 31 days......really, don't ask! :::sigh::: But the good news is I have decided to host a Moving Sale so you get to have the fun and I get less to pack! :::Smiles::::

So, now is your change to own an original one of a kind piece of repurposed glass ART for your home. They also make excellent wedding, housewarming or birthdays gifts. Don't forget Christmas is coming......in like 115 days.....you can probably faintly hear sleigh bells in the distance to.....if the zombies are being quiet. :)

Head on over to our Etsy Shop and get you some loot for 20% off! Woo Hoo! Use code: MOVING20 to get your discount.

 Local pick-up is encouraged for FL residents.....convo me for an adjusted invoice!  Any problems or questions.....give me a holler! Please share!

A few goodies waiting for a new, loving home:

Just listed 7 Glass Plate Flowers.....check them out!

Please stop by my ARTful Salvage shop and check out the 7 new glass plate flowers I listed today.

New ART wedding journals and more......

.....actually made some ART recently. We are very excited to have 2 weddings just announced in our family! I figured the brides to be, their mothers and grandmother should have their own wedding planning journals. So I blinged up some composition books for them.  Also, I just listed some new 3 tier dessert stands on Etsy for ARTful Salvage. They make great Wedding shower gifts or shower table servers! Please check them out and let me know what you think! :)

Still alive and sharing some new ART...

....Boy, hard to believe it has been this long since I have updated this blog! Time is going at warp speed these days. Seems I have my head down working on the business most days. Having a blast, but never enough hours in a day. Please stop by a check out ARTfulSalvage when you have a chance and let me know what you think? Here's the blog as well. We're also on Facebook now! :) A couple of the newly listed goodies.....I am LOVING these 3 tier dessert stands!

Here are a few ART pieces I finished up today for some swaps in my groups:

Gothic Arch - Flowers

Postcard - actually mailed out

Postcard - actually mailed out

Shrink Charms - Letters from Paris

Altered Altoid Tin

Altered Altoid Tin

Altered Altoid Tin

Altered Altoid Tin

 Thanks for stopping by! ::: Smiles:::

12 More Journals of LOVE.....

.....been working on these off and on. Still have to finish up the liners and the inscriptions but here they are! :)  Must admit to loving my DCWV paper stacks! :) If you want to learn more about Journals of Love you can read about it here. Please do click on the pics to see all the fun details! :) Enjoy!

Estate Sale Jackpot

Wowzers! Hubs and I hit the Estate Sale Jackpot yesterday! It was a blast. So much of what I scored was actually free and headed for the landfill! :::Sigh::: Don't people understand yet? Geesh! That's why my business ARTful Salvage was born. I cannot fathom how much is thrown away that is still usable. You can see some of my goodies on my other blog here. Someday, and maybe soon, we may find ourselves wishing we weren't so quick to throw so much away. If you want a good read about something that is timely and newsworthy right now check out the 4 part book series by Terri Blackstock, the Restoration Series. Let's just say the solar storms that are happening right now could have quite an effect. :)  Anywho......I digress. On to the bargains:

From the FREE piles and headed for the landfill comes piles of vintage linens and the like. Some are perfect, some are flawed. Personally I like the later.....aren't we all a little bit flawed? I like the history of a piece and the fact that is was lovingly used in a family, not stuffed into a drawer! Here are SOME of the pieces I was given!

chenille bedspread for cutting



sheets




Table Runner



hand painted on a Giant piece of canvas part #1

hand painted on a Giant piece of canvas part #2

Embroidery

Embroidery

Crazy Quilt pillow beginnings

Vintage Curtains

Pillowcases

Embroidery

Navy Crying Towel

Silk Shabby Chic Satin Pillow Case

Embroidery

Set of 20 pink embroidered doiles

Embroidery

Embroidery

Embroidery

Embroidery

Embroidery

Embroidery

My in the process bedroom makeover is going to be done in my 2 fave colors black and pink, especially deep hot magenta pink. I am making a quilt for the bed and want to cover it with co-ordinating piles of fun pillows. Ta-Da.....I found 8 pink pillows at this one sale.

Pink Pillows

Pintuck Pink Pillows

Crocheted Pink Pillows

I also bought a pile of some vintage fabrics to play with. I should have bought more but I couldn't carry much more! LOL  Besides these were by far my faves.

Beautiful Yards of Silk

Black glittery fabric



Fabric





Fabric



Then came the vintage sewing notions.....begin salivating now my friends. This girl LOVES ric-rac with a passion, especially vintage ric-rack. Well lookee here.....packages and packages of this delightful notion along with oodles of lace seam tape and a couple of goodies I had never seen before.

Lace Tape

Rick Rack

Loop Braid

Lace Tape

Rick Rack

Oh and this box of wooden spools of sewing thread and piles of vintage snaps, hooks, buckles and closures, along with a nifty button maker and button making parts.

Snaps and Hooks

Snaps and Hooks

Wooden Spools of Thread

Wooden Spools of Thread

Notions

One of my faves for $1 was this box of Work Basket mags from the 60's, 70's and 80's. Totally groovy! I love that they sometimes have iron on embroidery patterns. I'll share them at a later date. There is an amazing set of Oriental themed ones! Sweet!

Work Baskets

Work Baskets

Can you say FUN, day! I spent $20 total for all these goodies plus a few more that will make their way over to ARTful Salvage today or tomorrow! :)