Sweet Surprises

There is nothing better than a bit of unexpected sweetness in life, don't you think?  Over the last week I've had a couple sweet surprises come my way, the first being these beautiful Paint by Numbers paintings I received from my fabulous Aunt Jeanette.  

Jeanette is one of the best vintage shoppers / interior decorators / treasure hunters I know.  She proved it the last time we visited her in Portland, OR.  She knew all the best vintage shops and with her help, I found two of the best vintage dresses of my life!  So it's no surprise that she had these two gorgeous paintings in her home.  I had told her I was collecting Paint by Numbers and if she was looking to off load some of hers to send them my way.  Well, imagine my excitement when I found these two lovelies waiting on my doorstep last week!  I love them and they add so much to my "collection,"  which, until last week consisted of two paintings.  

The second lovely surprise of the week was that my blog friend Lizette nominated me for the Liebster Award!  Lizette writes a wonderful blog called Creativity Lizette and I am just honored that she likes Lilac & Lace enough to recognize me in this way.  Thank you Lizette!  

As part of the award stipulations I am supposed to answer 11 questions from Lizette and then give 11 new questions to other blogs.  But I am kind of lazy, so rather than write out all my answers, I made a little video.  Now isn't that a lovely suprise?  Y'all get to hear my beautiful voice!  Enjoy!

 

Collecting Things

I don't actually have any collections...maybe a few things that I tried to start collections of, but I never really made an official effort to be any kind of collector.  Lately I have been thinking that I want to be a collector.  A real collector of something.  But then, you have to decide what to collect.   Here's what I have decided....

#1.  Foxes!  I am collecting all things foxy!  Particularly I would like to start a collection of fox figurines.  From my etsy searches I can already tell they are hard to find, but that just makes the prospect of collecting them more fun and special.

#2.  Paint-by-Numbers paintings!  I realize I am totally jumping on the bandwagon with this one (late in fact) but I do find the paint-by-number chic very charming.  I want so many of them!

#3.  Keys!  This is one that sort of has come about organically, in that I was fascinated with the fact that so many keyholes in English doors are still shaped in a vintage key shape.  The first time I visited the boy I totally got a kick out of this detail, and likewise my in-laws got a kick out of the fact that I was excited by such a detail.  So, just this past Christmas my lovely brother and sister-in-law, Neil and Katie, gave me some vintage keys for a present and I think the keys they gave me should be the first few of many.  Agreed?

Yes.  All in all, I think these will be very good collections indeed!

New Collections

I have decided that my shop, Pressed Between Pages, needs a face lift.   I have been so inspired and so excited by new possibilities that it's been difficult to zero in on one idea this week.  But as I mentioned earlier, I was commissioned to make a special hair accessory for a bride's wedding, as well as design and make something for her little flower girls, and it got me into wedding mode!  So, here's a sneak peak at one collection:  Bridal~

Stay tuned for more collections coming soon!