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

 

 

Vintage Design Inspiration Board #15 with Creativity Quote

Life is haphazard and full of beauties which I try to catch as they fly by, for who knows whether any of them will ever return?

~Margot Fonteyn

Inspiration Board #15 features:

vintage millinery glitter stamens (West Germany, wrapped with hand dyed twine)

vintage glass mirror button (US Zone Occupied Germany)

vintage coral glass beads, whole and halves (Japan)

vintage glass pearl drop (Japan)

vintage turquoise glass bead links (Japan)

vintage plastic flower cabochon (Japan)

lace, hand crocheted with antique crochet cotton (USA) and vintage orange lustre glass seed beads (Czech)
kanzashi flower made from Tracie Lynn Huskamp Nature Inspired fabric, embellished with vintage glass pearl button (Japan)

vintage paper  button tag (Austria)

vintage rhinestone earring component

vintage ivory flower buttons

additional scraps of Nature Inspired fabric

antique embroidery floss

vintage linen tea towel

mounted on 4x5 inch gallery wrapped canvas base

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

 

Vintage Design Inspiration Board #9 with Creativity Quote

It is better to create than to be learned,

creating is the true essence of life.

~Barthold Georg Niebuhr

Inspiration Board #9 features:

vintage autumn velvet millinery flowers (Japan)

vintage glass pearl drops(Japan)

vintage glass pearl leaves (Japan)

vintage coral celluloid leaves (Japan)

vintage coral rectangle glass cabochon (Japan)

vintage coral initial cabochon (Japan)

vintage labels from button packages (Austria)

vintage paper labels from beads (Japan)

vintage pumpkin satin rayon ribbon (USA)

vintage burgundy silk floral ribbon (Japan)

vintage glass cameos with rhinestones

vintage metal buttons

antique silk embroidery floss

vintage pearl hair pin

vintage linen tea towel

mounted on 6x6 inch gallery wrapped canvas base

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