Vintage Black Friday

One of my pet-peeves is being late yet it seems I'm always the one running late!

This week I was late to drop my boy at a school function on Monday, late for a doctor appointment on Tuesday, late for homeschool co-op on Wednesday, late to pick-up a prescription on Thursday and today I'm late for Vintage Black Friday!

One would think that since I planned to post photos of a CLOCK, I'd be on time!!!
Come on over and see what the other "on time" participants are sharing for Vintage Black Friday.

Vintage Black at Marburger

We've spied such cool things here in Texas! I can't wait to show you. I'll start posting photos in a few days when I return.

Happy Vintage Black Friday!

Faux Vintage Black Friday

No, it's not actually old but it goes right along with my FAUX Vintage Black Friday post over at French Cupboard. Come on over and share your vintage black...

Vintage Black Friday

This piece of vintage black gorgeousness is from Vintage Living. Mr. Blessing and I visited Rebecca's shop a couple weeks ago. I wanted to LIVE there!

This old hat (also Rebecca's) caught my eye because of the millinery flowers (you know my affinity for vintage millinery!) but under it all is a tattered silk hat. Ever since the Mad Hatter hat project, I've been noticing old hats everywhere.

Isn't this vintage pin cushion precious? I think I got it from ebay a few years back.

It even has a rusty old pin stuck in the netting.

And this is my newest vintage black. My mom picked it up for me over the weekend at a garage sale. And she filled it with pieces of an old wedding dress!!

Hope you have a vintage-y weekend.

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The New PORCH Magazine is here!

A year! It's been a year since Tracie and I began gathering photos for the issue that we have lovingly referred to as the issue "on porches". We're all professional and technical like that, ya know. We're so excited to share it with you - And I know the gals that contributed pictures are excited too (or maybe just relieved that their photos were not lost in a black hole for the last year).

If you'd like to check out the new issue - Click Here to visit the PORCH site.

And just a quick reminder that this Friday is Vintage Black Friday over at the French Cupboard blog! It's one of my favorite days of the whole month.

Gritty Rollerskates

As we coast into Vintage Black Friday (woo hoo! Do you love VBF as much as I do?), I thought I'd share my gritty ol' rollerskate. Ok, it's my mom's skate and it's not all that gritty. I gave it some character with photo enhancements. Here's the before...

If you would like to add some vintage black to your photos, you can use Picnik's Gritty option but it's the coolest option they have so, of course, it's an upgrade that you'll have to pay for. Or, if you're a photoshop guru, you can follow the directions HERE and do it yourself in photoshop. If you don't have photoshop, you can use the sketch tool at photoshop.com, a completely free online tool. I used the free sketch tool on this pic...

And while you're adding vintage black and grit to your photos, remember on this Good Friday that Christ died to refine our grit and cleanse our filth.

"His mission wasn't to punish her for her sin, but to free her from her sin." - Godspeaks

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Vintage Black Friday

A couple weeks ago I got on a kick for black candles. But I didn't want new candles. I wanted old and sorta grungy candles. I guess they fit my rustic romantic theme. When I couldn't find the style that I wanted, I bought them new and rubbed them with ground cinnamon to make them look old. It didn't effect the scent of the candle when it burned because the inside is untouched. Now, the question is this - what made me think that I could buy "old" candles? And I actually spent a week looking for them.

P.S. If you have a moment... My sister is having surgery today. I would sure appreciate if you'd join me in praying for her.

Vintage Black Friday

I'm so excited that Vintage Black Friday is back!

If you haven't participated before, you can go HERE and linky up with us & show off your vintage black on the first Friday of every month.

This week I wanted to show you this old pin crown cushion. It has a tape measure in the base of it that unwinds. The top of the crown is where the thimble is supposed to rest.

Come on over and visit the other bloggers!