Friday, January 22, 2010

Very Vintage

Today over on Flourishes Newsletter, Cindy is bringing on the Vintage look and feel. Now I am SO NOT a vintage stamper. However I thought I would give it a try. I wanted to make a gift for my mom with a picture of my Great Grandparents. She had it in this dinky frame forever and I have never cared for it. So here is her new frame..... I couldn't get a great picture since this is an 11x14 frame, its huge. But my mom LOVED it. :0) That always make the hard work worth it. hee hee

Now please be gentle in your vintage approval. I used the set Lace Edges and stamped them in creamy caramel around the frame. I added some double loop cream ribbon to the border and around the photo. I pulled the colors from great grandma's shirt for the purple. I did color a little bit of the lace, but left it mostly the caramel color. I went with I think its called the tea stain color look, now don't chide me if I got that wrong. lol Used several pearls around the border and on the flowers. I love this crochet ribbon, in fact I think I am just about out of it. hee hee Below is a close up picture of the lace border. You can see the pearls a little bit better there also.


I am pretty sure that Christine has a fabulous creation for you today as well! So give her some love! Hope you have a fabulous day!

15 comments:

Peggy said...

Such a beautiful gift for your Mom! Love your lace border and the touches of "vintage" lace! You pulled off the look fabulously!

NancyK said...

Stacy - this is gorgeous!!!!!!

Cheryl said...

Your Mom is going to love it Stacy! You did a great job going vintage (I need to try more vintage too), and you used awesome colors and embellies!

Julie- justwritedesigns said...

What a beautiful job you did reframing this! It's truly a work of art and now your great-grandparents' photo has a place of honor.

ChristineCreations said...

Oh I love how you've used the lace borders on this Stacy! It has such an old world feel to it! What a wonderful picture to celebrate such a pretty creation too!

Gloria Dojlido said...

What a thoughtful daughter you are!

I think it looks very vintage...great job!

Cindy Haffner said...

BEAUTIFUL Stacy!!

Dawn B. said...

How could you not LOVE this Stacy. What a sweet sweet gift. I really like the lace and your border is terrific.. Great work of "heart".

Leslie Miller said...

Stacy, this is perfectly Victorian and absolutely gorgeous! There's no doubt your Mom loved it. I think you've really got a handle on this Victorian stuff!

Julie Koerber said...

What a very sweet idea!! Your mom will absolutely love it!

Karen W said...

Beautiful gift and I love vintage so this is perfect.

Yvonne Hagane said...

I love how your frame turned out, Stacy! The borders are so beautiful and suits the frame perfectly. What a great gift!

Unknown said...

Gorgeous project, Stacy!!! You did a great job with the vintage look!!

Joanne (jojot) said...

how could she not LOVE it....it is fabulous

Kathy Jones said...

Looks to me like you are a very vintage stamper Stacy!!! What a wonderful creation you have made here, I bet your Mom loved this and will treasure it always!!!