Basket Babies

Time for the basket babies to leave the nest and fly off to Etsy.

Each received adornments ranging from ruffles to stamping to tags to vintage linens.

This wood basket with a twig handle has a distressed calico ruffle and a set of nest tags.

It has been painted white and stamped with script and nest images.

These tags have calico ties with a bit of lace.









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Wrapped in stained calico secured with a rusty pin.

Ready to fly away.

Then I made more nest tags with pink French seam binding ribbon ties.

I hand-colored the nests.

Added a lace trim.

Stamped some birds across the backs, but left most of the space for writing.

Sifted through the pile of vintage linens to find ones to go in the baskets.

I chose two crochet doilies for this basket.

One here.

 And one here.

A small berry basket painted pink with a heavily overdyed pink calico ruffle.

A set of the tags with the two crochet pieces.

 Ready to fly away.

Use as supplies or just to sit and look pretty.

Remember Pearl, Pearl, the Prairie Girl?

A set of six tags for the next basket.

PLUS one crochet doily.

PLUS a linen doily edged with crochet.

PLUS this piece of crochet.

The basket has been painted white with a calico ruffle and a fabric flower.

Ready to fly away.
















Take one white and pink crochet.

















Add one white, yellow and pink crochet.

Add a third ruffled crochet.

Throw in a set of those pink nest tags.

Ready to fly away.












I will be adding these and a few more of the basket babies to my Etsy shop.




BUT  I saved one basket baby to offer as a swap on Swap & Tell #4 tonight.

Be sure to come over to promote your products.

Read my review of my swap with Diana (Adirondack Girl @ Heart) here.









See y'all!

Use this discount code to receive 10% off your purchase at the Distressed Donna Etsy store:

DISTRESSEDDONNA14

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Departing Baskets

After months of buying and giving baskets makeovers, it was time for a grand departure.

We could have had a parade.

Here are a few completed ones.

Some were decked out with distressed calico ruffles and fabric blossoms.

PRAIRIE STYLE !

Some received green plaid liners.

Some were stained a bit.

And some had tassels.

Some held vintage lace.

All had multiple coats of paint.

Both white and pink.

All are now at Riverfront Antique Mall.

Coming soon the basket babies.

They will be departing for the Etsy shop.

We have lost our heads in excitement - our niece Leia is coming to town.

She plans to strip the bath of grimy grout and reseal it.

The guest room is waiting!


See y'all!




I am hoping you are getting your projects ready for next week's opening of Make It Monday.

Come visit!






On Monday, September 8, I will be co-hosting the new Make It Monday link party with Tamara and Mitzi.

Tamara had this link party for quite awhile and then took a break. Read the Party Announcement at Etcetorize!

Use this discount code to receive 10% off your purchase at the Distressed Donna Etsy store:

DISTRESSEDDONNA14

SHOP HERE! 

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