Cottage & Family:
show and tell Monday

Every Monday at Make Mine Pink we do a show and tell Monday to show you something that we have been working on ~

Ever since I saw the article in the April issue of Romantic Homes magazine by Heather Bullard, I have wanted to try doing a dress form ~
I started by ordering the dress form off of ebay and then painted it with Kilz primer and then with Valspar Churchill Hotel Wheat paint ~ after it was dry I ragged on Valspar Faux Antiquing Glaze ~

I have wanted a dress form for my office to hang vintage prom dresses and skirts ~ they are so much fun to use to display all kind of things ~
I have also been looking for a skirt like the one I have shown forever and finally found one at Canton last month so it was fun to put it on the finished dress form along with some of the soldered charm necklaces ~

Every Monday at Make Mine Pink we do a show and tell on our blogs ~

Last night after the house was empty from our Mother's day BBQ, I decided to work on some soldered charms and have wanted to do something for some vintage buttons that have been around for awhile ~

I just love old buttons because they remind me of my grandma ~ she always had baby jars full of buttons and everything was color coordinated ~ my sister and I used to love looking at all the different colors and shapes ~ Now my mom has all of those wonderful baby jars full of not only buttons but memories ~

These are vintage jars that I found at flea markets filled with old buttons ~ the button charms have glass glitter and the largest soldered charm has a vintage crystal hanging from it ~

The button jar charms are available in our jewelry category to tie on your own button jar ~