Won't you stop by......................

For some cake and coffee on your way?

I know you have a lot of other stops to make what with Thursday being filled with parties. There's Vintage Thingy Thursday, Time Travel Thursday,and Tablescape Thursday, I'm just so glad you could come. Your the first to arrive....we can have a nice visit while I finish putting things out. Hope the weather hasn't been too horrendous in you neck of the woods. As you can see we've been water logged here in Ohio. The  most water in 150 years!
I'll just put out these placemats............................................................................

You like these? Thanks. This is the first in my line of table placemats I've created. This pattern  is called,
'Tea Party'

I took denim fabric and embroidered a 1940's transfer from my collection.....Oh when you have more time I'll show my whole box full! Jim's the one who finds them..he loves to look thru old paper stuff....anyway,
then  I take coordinating papers, hand-cut them, and create the border. Then They're laminated and ready to use as placemats. I'm hoping to create a whole line..even do custom orders if some likes.
Here can you  help me? You carry these cake plates and I'll get the other. Let's sit these two on top of each other and I'll put the 'SandwichGlass' up here and use them as risors. That way I put extra slices of cake on the other tiers. See.........................................................................

that's it..what? Oh..hehe...that cake plate doesn't look like sandwich glass you collect? Well, that's cause I design'ed this 'SandwichGlass' I took a glass cakeplate and hand-painted it......................

to match the celery green of the 1940's hand-tatted rose doily leaves............................................

I bonded them together and topped with a clear glass serving plate, so the doily won't get soiled it's sandwiched between the peices of glass............

Brown Gingham 'SandwichGlass'....get it....welllllll. Yes I have other designs...cakeplates, platters.... and again I love to do custom orders...couldn't you see your Grandma's dresser scarf  you've got in that box upstairs added to a serving peice? Uh-hu I thought so.
We'd better hurry....takes these plates.....................................................................

and I'll get the cups and saucers.......

Where did these come from? You were with me when I found plates! Mom had a tumbler forever from an Aunt and has been adding to the collection. Yea, I know no mark on the bottom..They are a glass tho...white on the bottom color on the top..maybe someone who comes by may know more about them and will let me know. There.............................................................................................

Just in time....here come the others!

Brown Gingham Vintage Inspired Sandwich Glass

Vintage textiles always lend flair to tabletops and decor accents. When I find a new vintage peice sometimes it just...tells me what it wants to be......I am not crazy..... Haven't you ever heard someone say that a painting 'Speaks to them'... or a sculptor say that a slab of marble told him what was inside? Well, old bits of thread or fabric tell me what they wish they were.  Cake. Alright, alright, stop laughing.

                                This 1940's hand-tatted doily
said it looked like sugar roses and minted sugar leaves.

So, I took a pedestal cakeplate and painted it the palest of green found in the leaves and afixed the doily to it.                                            

I placed a clear glass serving plate on top so it wouldn't get soiled. Here's another view..............................

I love the way it looks like a lattice on top. Now, see, doesn't it look like icing on a cake? I call her,   Rosy

The next doily.........................     

thought it was ribbon candy and  needed to be .....

a cakeplate too. So, I painted a glass pedestal cakeplate a fresh white, afixed the doily, and covered with a clear glass serving plate. This is, Confection.

Now both of these vintage inspired cakestands are available on my website here They are $34.94

My newest serving piece was inspired by a 1940-50 barkcloth curtain panel.........................

I used a flower and geometric patter as an applique, affixed it to the glass plate that was painted a rich chocolate color, and placed a clear glass plate on top...........................

This is the finished platter. I call it Retro Botanical. It is available for $24.95 and you can contact me at......
melody@brownginghamcreations.com if you would like to purchase it.
You may be wondering why I call it Brown Gingham 'Sandwich' Glass.....the textile is sandwiched between the pieces of glass. They are actually two separate glass plates. The clear plate holds your baked goods or hors d'vours and keeps the decorative plate below clean.

Please visit my website for more creations 

and don't forget to visit

Southern Lady's Vintage for

 Vintage Love Market Saturday

Beverly over at How Sweet The Sound for

And, on Monday for Etsy Cottage Style......

Just click these buttons to visit.

Boy, am I seeing red....................................

I was going to take some pics of new red things I got for Valentines Day and other pretties to join everyone onver at Sue's(A Very Cherry World) for Rednesday, but my Camera finally gave out 8/..........................




WAHHHHHHH [(





At some point this week I'm gonna haveta get a new one....sigh.
Well, I will have to rethink my post ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????

I guess I could show some of this.................................................................................................

 These are some of my hand-painted peices on Flourishes and Broadstrokes page. I will paint on just about anything...bottles, plates, old furniture, walls ;) .....in oil, acylic, water color , ink, pencil, charcoal....whatever is handy.


I recieved a case of these Wild Turkey jugs a while back...they make great accent peices. I basecoated it in October Brown and then spattered it with black. The center was the original bottle logo that placed a Folk-Art landscape. I embellished with plastic buttons and added muslin I tea stained. The one patch has had-embroidered LOVE on it.

 This is just another landscape in water color

I found this old 1940's student chair I painted.  A 1940's embroidery tranfer as the pattern for the center Teddy and bluebird. I couldn't resist partnering it with this vintage inspired pillow I created using vintage hankie, doily, and paper roses.

 This glass plate is acrylic in a Reverse Painting Technique.
I accented the plate with vintage hand-tatted rick-rack.

And, this plate I basecoated in October Brown and spattered with black. I used acrylics to paint the farmhouse garden scene amd I then embellished with buttons.

the plates aren't food safe, but placing a clear glass plate over it created a great serving plate....I call this 'Sandwiche Glass'



I could show some of my custom designs I've created for clients..................................................................

A lady brought in this vintage linen shamrock scalloped hankie and asked if I could embroider a new baby's name on it. Being vintage it is a little thin, so I took a piece of vintage linen I had, embroidered the distinctively Irish name on it and applied it to a fiber board backing. I then found some vintage edging in my stash left from another project. The client took the finished items and had them framed in a shadow box to place in the new baby's room.

This mixed media creation is a hotplate. I took a plain glass plate and basecoated it brown. I took a vintage doily and dyed it a lighter brown.The center nedallion was created by taking piece of fiber board and covering it with natural cotton batting, then I added an applique I made from  embroidering  a black-eyed susan mothif hankie....carefully cut it out and applied. I makes a wonderful shower gift.

This nightlight was fun to create for the client. I used a 1960's spun plastic doll and wired her for a low watt light kit. I used a vintage doily and a hankie I hand-embroidered to make her dress, collar, hat and parasol accents. New buttons accent the bodice.

How about if I include a little of these......................................................................................................

We all enjoy some vintage ephemera. I don't do much in paper crafts, but they make wonderful embroidery patterns tho.

Well this is my impromptu post. As I mentioned before...with everything else goin on......hopefully I'll get a new camera by this weekend.
I'm linking to Elizabeth over at Brambleberry Cottage for her Time Travel Thursday

Type ya later!

Things have been...just off.....and

.......and I almost missed it again! I don't know what is going on, but ever since the Craft Show on Sept 25-26 I haven't been able to get in a groove again.
I've missed my blog friends and I'm sorry I haven't had a post in a long while...boring, so I don't blame you all for not leaving any comments. and I haven't stopped by you all either...until today, and wow, some of you have been busy! Thanks to those who have become new friends in the last few days. 
Welcome.





I have been busy.  We're getting geared up for Homecomings, Sweetest Day, Halloween, and Thanksgiving at the Flower Shop. I don't have any pics of that, but I do have some of .......................

My Booth at the Fall Harvest Craft Show. If you looik close on the left of the tent you can see the Teepee from the Wild West Show folks that spent the night in the park..

Annie Oakley and Bufflo Bill's Wild West Show used the Train Station platform as a stage and performed half hour shows. it was packed each show!

Here are some designs I've created...................

This serving platter is part of my 'Sandwich Glass' Collection. I hand-painted the plate and accented with a center medallion taken from a peice of vintage 1940-50 barkcloth 'sandwiched' between a clear glass plate.  The clear glass plate is food, microwave, and dishwasher safe. It's available  at $24.95

This hoop wallhanging uses vintage quilt pieces, eyelet, and wax flowers from the turn-of-the-century. The little metal charm says 'remember'. It's available at $18.99.

This is another 'Sandwich Glass' peice. It's a hand-painted cakeplate accented by a 1940's rose doily. Again the clear glass plate is food and dishwasher safe, and microwaveable. It's available for $34.99

This floral pillow makes a great centerpeice. It's a 1960 sofa pillow accented with a center medallion of plastic flowers. I created a matching Angelic Creation..............

This is 'Autumn'. She is from the 40's. She sports a 1950's hand-embroidered hankie embellished with plastic 1960's flowers and has wings made from dried leaves. She available for $34.95



These are some of the red hot designs I've been working on. For more red hot finds don't forget to check out the Etsy Cottage Style blog's virtual flea market and Sue at It's a Very Cherry World for Rednesday