I HAVE SPENT HOURS TODAY ....PUTTING
TOGETHER PICTURES
OF MY VINTAGE WORLD... IN A MUSICAL COLLAGE...
TO
SHARE WITH THE LAND OF EBAY...
SINCE EVERYTHING IN MY HOME IS FOR
SALE... NOTHING IS SACRED...
IT MAY TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO TAKE A
PEEK...BUT I HOPE YOU WILL....
I DONT SPECIALIZE ...I HAVE MY LIKES AND
DISLIKES AND MY TASTE RUNS TO
THE VERY ROMANTIC AND FEMININE IN
VINTAGE...
CLOTHING ESP. LINGERIE, CUSTOM PAINTED COTTAGE
FURNITURE,
ONE OF A KIND ROMANTIC VICTORIAN COLLAGES,
BARKCLOTH
FABRIC, VAINTY AND BOUDOIR ITEMS, DECO CZECH JEWELRY...
CUTE KITCHEN
ITEMS
AFTER 15 YEARS OF BEING AN ANTIQUE
DEALER...SELF TAUGHT ARTIST..
AND SELLING ANYTHING AND
EVERYTHING...
I CREATED MY OWN WORLD AND NOW ONLY SELL
WHAT I MAKE AND WHAT I
LOVE...
AND THERE IN LIES THE PASSION.
NO MATTER
WHERE I DISPLAY I HAVE A UNIQUE LOOK
AND YOU KNOW IT'S ME
AND I
HAVE COME TO REALIZE IT IS BECAUSE IT ALL GOES WITH EACH OTHER...
I
HAVE COME TO CONSIDER MY HOME A WAITING ROOM OF SORTS....
AND MY
BASEMENT MORE LIKE THE INSIDE OF MY HEAD...
SOOO MANY IDEAS SOOO LITTLE
TIME...
SO COME AND TAKE A PEAK INTO MY WORLD IDEAS ARE FREE !
MY LITTLE WORLD HAS PRE -
REQUISITES...
VINTAGE VICTORIAN OR ART DECO IT HAS TO BE OLD!
IT HAS
TO BE PASTEL... PINK..WHITE..GREEN OR YELLOW
AND NOW I AM INTO THE
BLUES....
IT SHOULD HAVE GRACEFUL LINES OR SOMETHING FEMININE ABOUT IT
...
SO PASTEL BECOMES PASTELLE! VINTAGE PASTELLE IS
BORN.....
AFTER MOVING MY VERY LARGE WORLD LAST YEAR....
AN ORDEAL I
SWORE I WOULD NEVER DO AGAIN....
I BECAME BELLA*COTTAGE.....
BECAUSE
MY NEW HOME IS A BEAUTIFUL VICTORIAN COTTAGE ...
AND ALAS I
MAY VERY WELL MOVE ONE LAST TIME ....THIS SUMMER.....
IF I GET LUCKY
ENOUGH TO PURCHASE A HOME FOR MY RETIRMENT YEARS...
I ALREADY HAVE MY
VERY OWN AARP CARD :-(
MY WORLD IS PERFECT....
IF
NOT PERFECT THEN AT THE VERY LEAST CHARMING...
GETTING IN TOUCH WITH MY
FEMININE SIDE
BROUGHT ME IN TOUCH
WITH THE LITTLE GIRL IN ME
TOO!
I AM DIVERSE IN MY COLLECTIONS BUT CONSISTENT IN MY
TASTE...
I PREFER VINTAGE OVER NEW AND TO ME VINTAGE IS
1900-1945...
SILK AND CHIFFON OVER RAYON AND NYLON...CREAM OVER
WHITE...
PINK OVER RED...PASTELS OVER WOOD...
GRACEFUL LINES OVER
SQUARES...
ROSES AND HYDRANGEAS OVER DAISIES...
FROM ROMANTIC
ROSES
FOUND IN THE 1930'S VINTAGE BARKCLOTH FABRIC
AND
TEXTILES..
AND VICTORIAN ROSES IN PAINTINGS....
TO VINTAGE SILK
LINGERIE AND BIAS CHIFFON GOWNS ....
VANITY ACCESSORIES WITH GIRLS
..HALF DOLLS... DRESSER DOLL
POWDER BOXES..... FRANKART
LAMPS...
AND FROM MY HEART....
ONE OF A KIND
HAND PAINTED ANTIQUE COTTAGE FURNITURE
ADORNED WITH VINTAGE
WALLPAPER....
TO MY VICTORIAN COLLAGES USING HARRISON FISHER
GIRLS....
I SWEAR I STARTED THE SCRAPBOOKING CRAZE
WHEN I FIRST
SHOWED THESE
AT THE 26TH ST FLEA MARKET IN
1992.
COLLAGES ARE A PASSION OF MINE.
IT'S A WAY TO TELL A STORY...
A ROMANTIC STORY USING VINTAGE
TEXTILES,
PAPER ,CLOTHING WONDERFUL FRAMES.
98% OF EVERYTHING IN
THE COLLAGES
ARE ANTIQUE AND THEY ARE ALL ONE OF
KIND.
NAMED AND NUMBERED AND SOME SIGNED.
I DON'T USE COPIES OF
PRINTS I USE THE REAL THING
EVEN IF IT IS A PAINTING.
VICTORIAN
BUBBLE GLASS FRAMES
ARE WONDERFUL TO USE
ALTHOUGH PRICEY YOU CAN
PUT
SOME INTERESTING ITEMS BEHIND THE GLASS...
THEY BECOME A PART OF YOUR
FAMILY...
AS AN ONLY CHILD THEY HAVE BECOME A PART OF MINE
AND ARE
PERFECT IN A BOUDOIR
OR VANITY AREA...
MY LOVE FOR VINTAGE
CLOTHING
BACK IN THE 1960'S MY FIRST JOB
WAS WORKING AT A WONDERFUL STORE CALLED
" THE NAKED GRAPE" LOCATED
IN THE EAST VILLAGE
A BLOCK AWAY FROM THE FILMORE EAST...
IT WAS THE
TIME TO BE THERE ...
EVEN IF I WAS TOO YOUNG TO REALIZE
THIS....
ANYWAY
AT 14 YEARS I WAS HIRED TO REPAIR AND IRON VINTAGE
CLOTHING
AND I WAS PAID WITH CLOTHING FOR MYSELF ...
SINCE MY
WORKING PAPERS WERE NON EXISTENT.
MY TASTE HASN'T CHANGED AND THIS
IS WHERE IT ALL BEGAN
I CHOSE THE 1930'S AND 1940'S SILK AND RAYON
DRESSES
WITH GORGEOUS FLORAL PRINTS
AND THE SHEER CHIFFON LINGERIE
FROM THE SAME PERIOD.
THAT'S THE WAY I DRESSED BACK THEN AND ON
OCCASSION NOW.
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU WILL SEE FOR THE MOST PART
IN MY
EBAY STORE
VINTAGE LINGERIE ...(NIGHTGOWNS, ROBES, DRESSING
GOWNS,
SLIPS, BRAS, TAP PANTS) ...
IN SILK SATIN AND A FEW RAYON, I
DONT DO NYLON...
AND A FEW EDWARDIAN AND VICTORIAN PIECES...
BIAS
DRESSES IN SILK, VELVET,CREPE, RAYON AND COTTON
WITH FLORAL
PRINTS..
VINTAGE CREPE AND VELVET JACKETS THAT NIP AT THE WAIST
TO
HIDE YOUR TUMMY AND SHOW YOUR BUTT...
SILK VELVET COATS AND FLAPPER ERA
PEIGNOIRS...
GOWNS THAT GINGER ROGERS MAY HAVE WORN
AND A FEW
ACCESSORIES
INCLUDING GLOVES, HATS, SHOES, STOCKINGS...
SO KEEP ME
IN YOUR FAVORITES...
COTTAGE FURNITURE
ALL FURNITURE STARTS OUT VINTAGE OR
ANTIQUE ....
AT LEAST FROM THE 1940'S...
THEN PAINTED TO FIT IN A
ROMANTIC SHABBY AND CHIC COTTAGE
OR IN A VICTORIAN COTTAGE ....TO
TODAYS ECLECTIC HOME ...
ALL WITH A ROMANTIC AND FEMININE FLAIR.
SANDED FIRST, SOMETIMES TO BARE WOOD. EACH PIECE
IS
DIFFERENT...THEN PAINTED WITH AN ACRYLLIC PAINT
AT LEAST 3
TIMES
(MAHOGANY UP TO 5 TIMES) AND SANDED IN BETWEEN COATS ...
THEN IT IS EITHER DISTRESSED OR ACCENTED WITH
HANDPAINTED
FLOWERS, LADIES OR VINTAGE WALLPAPER
THEN GLAZED OR WAXED AND ANTIQUED
TO BRING BACK IT'S AGE.
I DON'T TAKE ANY SHORT CUTS I DON'T USE
PRIMERS
OR SPRAY PAINT
AND I LIKE TO THINK I AM ENVIRONMENTALLY
CORRECT
AND YOU ARE GETTING A ONE OF A KIND...
THAT DOESN'T LOOK
LIKE IT WAS MADE YESTERDAY ...
I DONT DO WHITE...
I WANT MY ITEMS
TO BE UNIQUE
AND HAVE THE CHARACTER THAT AGE BRINGS TO
THEM...
WELL NOW YOU KNOW ALL ABOUT MY
VINTAGE WORLD....
AND IF YOU HAVE SPENT THE TIME TO LOOK INTO MY WORLD
AND READ ABOUT ME
THEN PLEASE TAKE ANOTHER MOMENT TO LET ME
KNOW
VINTGAGECHIC@AOL.COM....
GOD BLESS !!
PAM
