Vintage Design Inspiration Board #16 with Creativity Quote

Life is a great big canvas

and you should throw all the paint on it you can.

~Danny Kaye

Inspiration Board #16 features:

vintage straw millinery leaves (Paris, France,

wrapped with embroidery floss and vintage Czech button)

vintage mother of pearl buttons (USA)

vintage pearl leaf bead drops (Japan)

vintage glass mirror leaf cabochon (Western Germany)

vintage plastic leaf charms

vintage red glass leaf cabochon

paper wrapper from vintage sequins

twine from original boxes of vintage buttons

embroidery floss

vintage linen tea towel

stamped with Thicket Birds stamp by Memory Box, black StazOn ink

and embellished with French knots

mounted on 4x5 inch gallery wrapped canvas base

 

 

Featured Artist: Delight Worthyn of Delight Worthyn Art/wares

It is still grey here in Seattle, we are in suspended animation, still waiting for summer to arrive.  At times like this, when I crave a feeling of lightness and possibility, I just love to visit Delight Worthyn’s shop, Delight Worthyn Art/wares. 

Among her many talents, Delight is a milliner.  Her hats are the most extraordinarily creative blending of old and new, and I’m thrilled that she has been able to use various items from Bumbershoot Supplies in some of her designs.  Here’s what Delight says about her process:

“Years ago I found a how-to sewing book from 1927. It contained the original owners notes. All of my pieces have a nod to vintage style because that is what I love. Something about the workmanship, colors, details, I don't know, clothes were more joyful. My pieces are totally usable but beautiful enough to sit out on a dressing table when not in use.”

Delight has coined the phrase “eco couture millinery”, a term that aptly describes her unique combination of wearable art made from recycled and vintage materials, inspired by vintage fashions and esthetics.

If you visit Delight’s shop, you will find everyday hats, wedding hats and veils, handpainted silk hats, wraps, headpieces, and lavish feathered stick pins for embellishing your own hats.

In Delight’s work, I am transported to a place that is both old and new all at the same time, a place with the vintage vibe I recognize and love, plus a fantastical place of imagination where everything is possible. 

Maybe even summer finally arriving in Seattle…?

I hope you will enjoy a visit to Delight Worthyn Art/wares any time of the year to view Delight’s gorgeous  designs and be inspired by her art of possibility.

Vintage Design Inspiration Board #14 with Creativity Quote

An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.

~Charles Horton Cooley

Inspiration Board #14 features:

vintage millinery leaf spray (Soviet Occupied Germany)

vintage glass mirror flower buttons (US Zone Occupied Germany)

vintage paper tag (West Germany)
vintage hand stamped brass charms (USA)
vintage lilac moonstone glass cabochons (West Germany)
vintage brass heart pendant (USA)
vintage cluny lace (USA)
vintage mother of pearl buttons (USA)
vintage peridot glass heart cabochons
vintage brooch with rhinestones
vintage ledger paper
vintage button card
hand dyed fabric
artist trading card (ATC)

antique embroidery floss

vintage linen tea towel

mounted on 9x6 inch gallery wrapped canvas base

Vintage Design Inspiration Board #13 with Creativity Quote

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.
~Plato

Inspiration Board #13 features:

vintage millinery stamens (West Germany)

vintage glass mirror heart button (occupied Germany)

vintage pink flower rhinestone buttons (Austria)

vintage paper tag (Japan)

vintage tea stained cluny lace (USA)

vintage rose flower cabochon (Japan)

vintage pink ribbon (USA)

vintage glass rhinestones (Czech)

vintage mother of pearl leaves

vintage shabby quilt hearts

antique embroidery floss

vintage linen tea towel

mounted on 4x4 inch gallery wrapped canvas base

Vintage Design Inspiration Board #12 with Creativity Quote

Which can say more than this rich praise that you alone are you?

~Shakespeare

Inspiration Board #12 features:

vintage millinery leaves (France)

vintage silver metal sequins (France)

vintage transparent sapphire glass cabochons (Czech)

vintage rhinestone flower button (Austria)

vintage light sapphire flower cabochon (Czech)

vintage angel wing paillette sequin (France)

vintage crystal deco cabochons (occupied Germany)

vintage cabochon paper wrapper (France)

vintage dusty teal ribbon (England)

vintage cobalt ribbon (France)

vintage fleur de lis stampings (USA)

vintage plastic cameo cabochons

vintage plastic rose cabochons

vintage cobalt crescent glass cabochons

antique embroidery floss
vintage linen tea towel

mounted on 6x6 inch gallery wrapped canvas base

Happy Holidays. Vintage Design Inspiration Board #11 with Creativity Quote

I heard the bells on Christmas Day

Their old familiar carols play

And wild and sweet the words repeat

Of peace on Earth, good will to men!

~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Inspiration Board #11 features:

vintage millinery stamens (West Germany)

vintage gold mercury beads (Japan)

vintage crystal flower buttons (Czech)

vintage heart stampings (USA)

vintage ruby rhinestone (Austria)

vintage red silk ribbon (Japan)

vintage teal ribbon (England)

vintage checked taffeta ribbon (USA)

vintage flower cabochon (Japan)

antique Victorian Christmas scrap

vintage brass double heart pearl rhinestone chain

vintage brass bells

antique silk embroidery floss

vintage linen tea towel

mounted on 4x4 inch gallery wrapped canvas base

Vintage Design Inspiration Board #10 with Creativity Quote

Cherish that which is within you.

~Chang-tzu

Inspiration Board #10 features:

vintage fabric rose leaves (Japan)

vintage glass pearl drop (Japan)

vintage jet beaded ball (Japan)

vintage mother of pearl sequins (Japan)

vintage mother of pearl oval discs (USA), hand stamped

vintage ivory flower cabochons (Japan)

vintage pearl headpins (in flowers, Japan)

vintage hematite rhinestones (West Germany)

vintage braided trim (USA)

vintage Made in Japan paper tag (Japan)

vintage tiny pearl cabochons

antique silk embroidery floss

contemporary stamped shipping tag

vintage linen tea towel, hand stamped

mounted on 4x4 inch gallery wrapped canvas base

With special thanks to JoAnn Ouellet of Au Naturelle,

from whom I purchased the stamped shipping tag

 

New at Bumbershoot Supplies. Vintage Ribbon, Vintage Cabochons, Vintage Rhinestones and More

Are you busy right now?

I know we are!

So it's a short post today, just a few photos of some of the new and beautiful items we have in stock at Bumbershoot Supplies.  We have 3 vintage 1940's moire rayon ribbons just arrived, the one above is the color of Santa's coat.  Below is this lovely burgundy and we also have a deep pink. These are gorgeous soft, supple ribbons, the kind that make you sigh when you pull a length off the spool.  Made by Balley in the 1940's, here in the US.

I am looking at a box of vintage trims that just arrived today, so you can expect to see additional trims, laces and ribbons added to Bumbershoot Supplies over the next week or two, as long as the Seattle weather permits natural light photography :)

I am also looking at a box full of vintage rhinestones, cabochons and glass pearls that are hoping for new homes, and while they are waiting their turn to debut at Bumbershoot Supplies, here are a few that are currently available...

If we can be of any assistance in your holiday projects, please let us know.

We'll be happy to help out in any way we can.

We are shipping daily (except Sundays) through and including Dec 23.

Until next time, wishing you a great weekend!

Vintage Design Inspiration Board #8 with Creativity Quote

 Art washes from the soul the dust of everyday life.

~Picasso

Inspiration Board #8 features:

vintage cobalt velvet millinery flowers (Germany)

vintage cobalt glass beads with filigree bead caps (Japan)

vintage rhinestone flower buttons (Austria)

vintage sapphire glass flower cabochons (Czech)
vintage thread spools (France)

vintage cobalt ribbon (France)

vintage taupe satin ribbon (USA)

vintage brass Haskell filigree flowers

vintage rayon embroidery floss skein (USA)

vintage tiny enamel metal flowers

antique silk embroidery floss

antique postcard dated Dec 25, 1902

bee charms, contemporary from vintage templates (USA)

recycled muslin fabric

mounted on 6x9 inch gallery wrapped canvas base

 

Special thanks to Finiribbon on Etsy for the generous gift of the antique silk embroidery floss that appears in all of these vintage design inspiration boards.

 

Vintage Design Inspiration Board #7 with Creativity Quote

The Possible's slow fuse is lit

By the Imagination.

~Emily Dickinson

Inspiration Board #7 features:

vintage glittered millinery stamens(West Germany)

vintage lucite tulip beads (West Gemany)

vintage rhinestone star buttons (Austria)

vintage glass beads (Japan)

vintage star cabochons (West Germany)

vintage iridescent bubble like cabochons (West Germany)

vintage frosted glass frame cabochons

vintage "made in Czechoslovakia" paper tag (Czech)

antique sheet music (USA)

vintage silk floral ribbon (Japan)

antique silk embroidery floss

vintage seam binding

vintage linen tea towel

hand dyed, stamped fabric

mounted on 4x4 inch gallery wrapped canvas base