A NEW LOOK!

Hello everyone!

I know I have been away for quite some time, but I am back and will try to do better with more postings, more often.

I have been busy with all my other web-sites and I am currently building another one. So since it has been awhile, I have decided that I needed a new look! Change is good, right? I found this background at The Graphics Fairy and loved the blue that was in it. So I called my buddy Gail at Shabby Cottage Studio, and had my new banner made. I love it! It gives me a new fresh outlook on things.

Even though I have been away for awhile, and I'm involved in a completely different business, I could never give up my vintage roots. After all, vintage rhinestone jewelry is where I got started. I just moved from vintage to new and can completely surround myself with rhinestones and crowns! How GREAT is that? A fantasy come true!

Presley graduated second grade, performed 3 dances at her dance recital this weekend, won 2nd place in talent at the Sunburst State Finals (singing Hannah Montana's "No body's Perfect") and is a handful. I love her to death!

I don't want to bore you with a 3 page letter so I will go for now and will be back soon. I promise! Leave me your comments, I would love to hear from everyone.



Faith

VINTAGE LINENS

Well, another month has passed by in a blink of an eye, and I am just getting around to doing a new post. Oh well! I just listed some of my linens on etsy, and thought I would share them with you. I should have tried to iron the folded creases out, but that would take awhile and I hate to iron!

I hope to take photos and get the other linens listed soon. I have been so busy with my job, Presley's activities and new business's that I just have not had the time. I also added a photo of Presley with her cat "JoJo".

NEW YEAR'S PRAYER

Dear GOD,

I pray that everyone has a good and prosperous new year. I pray for our nation,our president and our economy. I pray things will take a turn for the better. I pray builders will start building again. I pray the housing industry gets stronger and people will be able to keep their homes. I pray for the small business's. I pray everyone can keep their jobs. I pray religion stays strong and works its way back into the schools. I pray children will listen and obey their parents. I pray parents will be parents and not be afraid of their children. I pray people will not worry about being politically correct. I pray all people will know where they came from and know where they are going, and know who to find along the way. I pray for peace. I pray for love and happiness. I pray for good health. I pray for everyone this New Year. A-men

NEED JEWELRY FOR THOSE CHRISTMAS & NEW YEARS PARTIES?

I thought I would share some gorgeous jewelry sets with you in case you are looking for that perfect set to wear to your next Christmas party or New Years party. These are not vintage, but they are very good quality, silver plated, and best of all at wholesale prices. They are available at The Glitzy Crown.

All of these shown range from $14-$19 per set.

SLUMBER PARTY!

Well, this weekend me and my daughter Presley,and my best friend Leslie and her daughter Lexie, went to a slumber party at her Grammy's house. This was Presley's first and she was so excited. We loaded up our sleeping bags and games,movies,coloring books and some toys and off we went. Lexie stayed up til midnight and Presley stayed awake until about 1:00 a.m. I, on the other hand went to bed about 2:00 and slept for about an hour and a half.

We all had a lot of fun, and Grammy fixed a bunch of food for us to eat and munch on all night. We saw at least 4 movies, and I'm sure we all gained several pounds, with all the brownies,tea-cakes,pies,popcorn,chips,meatballs,chicken nuggets,sandwiches and cokes we all ate.

This morning, we had a big breakfast (like we needed it) before we came back home. We were kids again for a night. Even though I'm been deprived of my sleep, I think it did me good. Maybe this is something that Presley and Lexie will always remember.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

I hope you all have a FUN and SAFE Halloween. It's all in FUN!

FINALLY DONE!

www.theglitzycrown.com

Well, I finally got my new web-site up and running! It took a lot of hard work and late nights, but I think I'm finally slowing down some. I still have a lot of "tweaking" to do and a few more things to add but I think I can take a (short)breather.

Please click on link to visit and let me know what you think. I would love to hear your comments.

BEFORE & AFTER

Well, I realized that 3 months ago today, I took some "before" photos of my room that I call my office. It really is a multi-functional room to say the least!

It holds my husbands desk (which really is a storage piece of furniture for his technical stuff). We also have a small desk that also houses our household office related stuff. Then we have "some" of my Faith's Vintage Vanity antiques stored in here. And moving around the room we have my storage shelves for my new business and my scrapbook storage (which by the way, I have not had time to work on since I don't know when). Lastly my desk which is for my new business "The Glitzy Crown" which I am trying feverishly to get going!

So these before pictures are a mess, and the after pictures to me are wonderful, because now I can move around in the room and actually get some work done. And it is not so depressing now when I walk into the room. It only took 3 months tio get it done!

AS PROMISED, MORE HATS

Well as I promised, here are some photos of my next collection of hats to go on the selling block! I started them out in my etsy store and this weekend I will probably list them on e-bay. It is a slow process, but I'm chipping away at the bulk of my inventory. I'm trying to get it at a more manageable state. My room I am using as a "office" is finally where I can walk around a little bit. That makes it nice. I took some "before" photos and as soon as I take the "after" photos I will post them.

REMEMBER JACK?

Remember Jack? (Presley's new puppy we adopted from the Atlanta Humane Society). Well here is a photo of him with Austin. He is getting so big. We have also acquired another new kitten named JoJo.

Well, my first lot of hats sold on e-bay to a woman in the United Kingdom. Imagine that? So I'm putting together my next lot. I have over 60 hats! When I take those photos I will post them. I am sorry I haven't been in touch lately, but I have been so busy with everything. I promise it should get back to normal soon. I hope to have my new business open October 1st !

HATS,HATS,AND MORE HATS!

Well, now that I sold my jewelry, I'm putting together a lot of hats to sell on e-bay. I have over 60 hats, so I've decided to try to sell them in smaller lots. The first lot I have put together has 17 hats in it. They age from the 1940's-1960's. Only one I think is from the 1980's. Most all of them have their original label inside them. And again, I hand picked all these myself,so they are all special to me. I'm going to bite my lip and list these after I do this post. Boy, this is hard to do! I hope you enjoy looking.

Faith

BITTER-SWEET GOOD-BYE

Well, I did it! I sold my entire antique/vintage jewelry lot, as shown in the last posting. I sold it on E-bay to a woman who will re-sale it, but admitted that she will probally keep some for herself. That means that I will have to start wrapping and boxing up all that jewelry. I don't mind, because that puts me that much closer to starting my NEW business.

It is very bitter-sweet though. I actually cried when I found out that it had sold. It's very emotional for me. After all, I hand-picked all of these pieces myself. I will still sell vintage items in my Etsy Store, because I still have a lot of stuff. I think I even still have some jewelry left in another box that I completely forgot about.

Oh well, off to put together my next lot to sell. I'm thinking vintage evening purses.

Faith

WOW! NOW THAT'S SOME JEWELRY

Sorry I have been out of the loop lately, but I have been extremely busy with all kinds of stuff , including getting Presley ready to start back to school, and researching my new business adventure (which I hope to reveal soon). In order to start that new business, I need to sell my antiques. And I am starting with my Jewelry. Below are some pictures of my jewelry that I have just listed on E-BAY. Thought you might like to take a look, and let me know if you all know of anyone that might be interested. (I know my blog buddies know LOTS of people and can spread the word for me).

Let me know what you think!

Faith

MY CREATIVE SIDE... Part one

Some of you may not know that about 10-12 years ago, I started making Victorian Lampshades. I have not created any new ones in awhile ,because after Presley came along I just haven't had a lot of extra time. But I have been thinking about starting some new ones. They are a little on the expensive side to make because the materials are expensive for me to buy, and each one takes about 10-12 hours to create from start to finish. I only use the best materials I can find and the beads are made from glass. Some are very large and heavy.

I am always on the look-out for vintage lamps to "crown" with one of my shades. I went to a yard sale a few weeks back, and could not resist a pair of cherub lamps from the 40's-50's era. I couldn't pass them up. Other people might see "old","out of style" lamps, but I see a beautiful creation to "crown" that lamp with. Maybe a little paint, faux finish, clean-up and "WA-LA!" What a beauty!

Just wanted to share with you some that I have in my own home as well as a few for sale at

The Plum Tree Antiques store.

Faith