She scraps!!

Yes she scraps - and with gorgeous products available in the shop at the moment...seriously can you blame me??

I was enticed to do this layout and have featured the gorgeous Parisian post card, the white lace, the vintage ticket (my fave!!) the scalloped music sheet and that silky soft pink ribbon.. so romantic and just so beautiful and so easy to combine with other products from my stash to make a layout and still have plenty left for another layout and maybe a card.

and here is a close up for you

I have also made a boy page using even more goodies - such as the envelope that holds the details of the story behind the letter which I have stamped, the funky striped paperclips, puzzle pieces, twine, vintage tickets, the funky alphabet ribbon at the top of the page and the red film strip tape

and a close up for you all too of the tape and the envelope

for more details and more close ups - pop past my blog

For products - head to the shop
stay tuned and keep an eye out for the new kits available soon, in the meantime - head to the shop to snatch up a bargain... but be quick!

Mel

Sale now on

Shop is open and our huge sale has begun!

Old kits are 40% off, limited stocks so get in quick.
New kits have been added at a special introductory price.

A few new products have also been added so head over and check them out at our shop.

Remember everyone gets a free gift with every purchase and shipping is capped at $6 no matter how much you buy.

Not long now...

Only two more sleeps left until our HUGE sale begins, so that means I have a lot of work to do before then. The website will be down for the next day so I can set up all the sale items and add a few new items with special introductory prices. Remember to join our Facebook page to keep up date with one off specials advertised throughout sale week.

New kits are on their way!

Finally we will be releasing some new kits. But before we do we need to make some room..... so that can only mean one thing SALE TIME!

Keep an eye on our Facebook page for one time only specials.

Sale starts Thursday 23rd June until sold out so start spreading the news.

Grungy boy LO

I am sooooo sorry about the stodgy photos... I promise I am working on it.... but I am between houses and must have packed my camera (hopefully) and will get it when I unpack.
In the meantime, I think if you squint, tilt your head to the left slightly and stick out your tongue just a little.... the photos look alot clearer.... and bigger somehow {!!!!}

Here is a piccy of a LO I have used with the great packs available in the shop, lots of yummy scrummy little pieces all over and a photo of my little man looking all cute and innocent....


Is a closeup easier??? Here is featured a vintage bingo card {LOVE THEM!!!} in the paper packs, a playing card and a vintage monopoly ticket ..... and a vintage "garment alteration" tag I have used for journalling the date on .... so very sweet.

I am trying to get better piccies ... sorry... but you get the idea!!

Jump over to the OF shop and have a looksie for some vintage yumminess and have a go at a grungy boy page too!!

Oh.... and the twine is now cheaper.... cant have enough twine eh??

until next time.....

Mel xxx

Dying Doilies

Do you love dying vintage doilies to match your craft projects but never knew the best way to do it? I found this awesome blog post from the Haby Goddess all about the best way to dye your doilies, check it out here. Enjoy

SALE SALE SALE

Old Favourites are having a HUGE sale! We need to make room for all our delectable new kits so we are selling last year's themed kits at a massive 40% off. Stocks are very limited so head over to our shop. At checkout enter the code OLDFAV40 to receive your discount. Sale starts tomorrow Friday 1st April until Monday 4th April - don't miss out!

Music to your ears

Have you heard the great news?

Our very popular Vintage Paper Packs now include music sheets. They look great as backgrounds or punch them out and create something a bit different like my butterfly mobile.

We are also happy to report that a new supplier for baker's twine has been found and you know what that means.... an even lower price! That's right all our lovely baker's twine colours are now 30 cents a yard.

Vintage Child Care

I have always said that the inspiration for Old Favourites came from my grandmother. Whilst visiting her the other day she unearthed this treasure for me. This well read book was issued by the Department of Health, Victoria during the 1960's to new mothers. It is full of fabulous advice like " In the ante-natal period, a husband if possible should spare her (his wife) any emotional strain". It was interesting to find that a lot of the information still rings true today.

Bells and butterflies

So usually I leave all the creative stuff up to Mel. With all the work I do 'behind the scenes' of Old Favourites the reason I started up with website has been pushed to the side. It wasn't until someone called me up on it before I realised it! So this year I am going to renew my passion for craft. It has taken me a couple of days of 'playing' in my craft room to get back into the swing of things.

Today I thought I would share with you a cute idea for using vintage paper scraps and a bit of upcycling.

I remembered I had a set of brass bells on a tatty old piece of string, don't know where I got it from but I just know it has always been there, and some cute butterflies I had punched out of some vintage music paper (they are so cute and have been dying to use them in some way).

I joined them together and voila!

Pretty gift box

Stuck for wrapping ideas this Christmas and cant be bothered with the crowds at the shopping centre just to grab that cute wrapping paper??
That's where I found myself... I needed a small box for these cute hair clips I had made for a sweet friend of mine graduating from Primary School...
Then I went to my trusty Vintage Paper Pack and whipped up this cute little gift box out of the vintage book pages in the pack...

I added a gorgeous sunshiny yellow {my fave} doilie, tied it up with hot pink twine {my other fave} and topped it with one of my resin cupcakes.. I think it looks kinda cute!!I will be doing a tutorial if enough people are interested here so leave a comment and I will post the tutorial soon!!

Not many sleeps to go!! Be good

More from the vintage paper pack...

Look what I made ... again with the vintage paper pack, this time using the music sheets.. so quick and easy and very cute - i think so anyway... and of course the bakers twine that looks oh - so funky-Christmas...

And because I hijacked the blog... a close up And this is my LO again using the vintage paper pack.

Featured here on this untitled LO s the vintage book page, ticket, playing card, soft drink label, blue shipping tag, puzzle piece, vintage clothing pattern and my fave... the bakers twine in blue and red, and a gorgeous hat pin...

thats all for now - thanks for visiting...

Deck the Halls

well at least the tree!!

In my house - the tree decorating is such a big deal... and I love Christmas... so we like to put up our tree early enough to be enjoyed for the entire Christmas month or two..or until I get sick of finding decorations in weird spots around the house...But our tree is not one of those "magazine" designer trees... with everything colour co-ordinated and beautiful ...its more of a mismatch of bits and pieces from school, kinder and just because .. but to me its memories of happy little kids getting older each year and adding their own personal flair to our tree.
So this year its my turn to add some flair to our tree - with these Bakers twine decorations.

Vintage Christmas

You all have to get your hands on these most adorable vintage playing cards to complete all your Christmas cards... This one is on its way to my Nanna.

Isn't she just the sweetest, standing there under the mistletoe ... just waiting .. all dressed up.... love it.

I have used lots of goodies from the vintage paper pack too and of course my Fave ... Bakers twine in red... Christmas wont be the same without it!!!

Be Good

FREE postage all weekend!

To wrap up our Christmas sale this week we are offering FREE POSTAGE.

In addition you can still grab all of our previous sale items but be quick, sale ends midnight Sunday 28th November 2010.

What are you waiting for? Head over to the Old Favourites store now!

Tag you're it!

By now you should know we LOVE our tags here at Old Favourites. And it wouldn't be Christmas without tags, for one thing all the pressies would get mixed up!

So to get you in the holiday spirit we have some gorgeous kraft tags decorated with red foil Christmas designs.

Limited stock available now but only until Christmas (or sold out prior).

Before Wednesday is over...

I thought I better let you all know that KRAFT TAGS are back in stock!

Only $1 for three, perfect for layouts or perhaps use them as gift tags on your pressies.

Check out the kraft tags and all our other sale items at Old Favourites store.

Tuesday's Sale

Continuing on with our week of sales here at Old Favourites our next awesome product range are HAT PINS and they are 50% OFF! They come in a range of fabulous colour - White Pearl, Fuchsia Pink, Olive Green and Lavender Purple and at only .75cents for 3 you can afford to buy them in every colour.

Remember all sale items are available at Old Favourites online store until midnight Sunday 28th November 2010.

Check back tomorrow for our next fantastic sale item.

SALE SALE SALE

Christmas is nearly upon us and if you are anything like me you are wondering where the last few months have gone!? In order to get ready for the new year we will be having some great sales on every day this week.

Today we have and the first vintage kit created by Old Favourites 'Back To School' on sale for $10 marked down from $14.95
It's great value and with only a few kits available you better get in quick.

All sale items will be available until Sunday 28th November 2010 but once they are sold out that's it!

Check back tomorrow for the Tuesday sale item. All products can be seen in our online store.

Christmas ideas with bakers twine

Hi All

Just thought I would pop in to show you all another Christmas idea using Bakers Twine available in the shop

Remember those string art pieces around in the seventies? My Mum used to make them to sell at markets.... well they really were quite ugly.

But my little card isn't ugly - I think its kind of funky and makes me want to eat a candy cane - a peppermint one, not those yukky fruity ones available these days .....ewwww

I have used Sam's yummy Bakers Twine that I cant get enough of and made this little star that I have sewn onto the cardstock to make a really cute Christmas star card and inked the edges in green and added a title