Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Vintage Vignettes...

For the love of Ladies Vanity Items....
This week I've been putting together some beautiful vanity boudoir vignettes to share with you.....to give you some ideas on how to put together a gift box or gift basket from found vintage things from thrift stores, antique stores, yard sales and flea markets.  Coralling vintage items into a collection and gifting them in a basket or pretty box is sure to make for a unique one of a kind gift for the lady in your life that likes vintage stuff....here's some ideas I came up with for you....you can make yours your own by using your own finds specific to your gift recipient....

Charming Bathroom Collection: An English Floral Tray, Vintage Embossed Light Blue Glass Soap Dish, Milk Glass Clock Perfume Bottle, 1940's Vanity Jar with Floral Pink Metal Lid, 1950's Bauble Bead Clip-On Earrings, Vintage California Perfume Anniversary Soap by Avon, Glass Perfume Bottle with Gold Filigree Designs, 2 Embroidered Pink Tea Towels with Dainty Floral Bouquet Designs and an Oblong Cotton Crochet Lace Doily...

  Cameo Collection Ideas: A Star Shaped Vintage Cotton Crochet Lace Doily, Powder Shaker with Hand Painted Raised Embossed Flower Design, Avon Vintage Swan Tiny Perfume Bottle, Cameo Lady Antique Decorative Plate with Hand Painted Roses and Raised Embossed Gold Gilt Designs....

 My Victorian Lady Collection Ideas: Vintage Decoupaged Rose Picture, Vintage Pincushion Chair with Green Velvet Seat Cushion, Victrola Shaped Avon Bottle, Vintage Powder Shaker, Vintage Coke Tin featuring a Victorian Lady, Oblong Cotton Crochet Lace Doily.....

This Victorian English Cottage Ideas:  Framed Vintage French Postcard (featuring a bouquet of roses, the frame has a beautiful shabby cottage chic white-wash finish), Victorian Lady Vintage Avon Perfume Bottle, Milk Glass Powder Shaker with Beautiful Cottage Garden Floral Design and Moss Green Bow, Milk Glass Swan Perfume Bottle, Avon Cotillion Old Perfume Cream Jar (that's made of frosted glass with a wonderful retro pink metal lid), a Rose Hankie, and an Oblong Lace Doily....

The Regal Emerald Green Ideas:  A German Candy Tin with Botanical Rose Design (would be great for holding jewelry or other trinkets), A Mirrored Compact, Vintage Pink Avon Unforgettable Perfume Spray Bottle, Green Avon Perfume Spray Bottle, Vintage Linen Embroidered Oblong Doily, and a Beautiful Italian Oval Picture with Easel Stand....

This Idea Collection.... I Had To Name.... "The Scarlett O' Hara":  (something about it reminded me of the movie Gone With the Wind, I think it's the colors in the hankie against the dark green ribbon).... 
 A Milk Glass Bath Oil Bottle with Cottage Garden Design, (it comes with the original box), Vintage Glass Vanity Jar with Metal Lid That Has A Magnolia Design, Milk Glass Hand Trinket Holder, and an Old Green and White Embroidered Handkerchief with a Pretty Scalloped Edge.... (you could even include a Gone With The Wind dvd or book)...

 Sweet Pink and Mint Green Collection Ideas: Avon Cotillion Perfume Cream Jar, Vintage Soap with Original Box, Vintage Cherub Compote Vase made by Napcoware, Vintage Hanky with Pink and Mint Green Flower Design, Perfume Bottle with Mint Green Cap, an Avon California Perfume Co. Anniversary Keepsake Perfume Bottle from 1975, and a Mint Green & White Floral Hankie....

And This Pretty Aqua Tiffany Blue Collection: A 1950's Aqua Blue Evyan Powder Holder,  Lentheric Tweed Perfumed Powder Sachet Jar, Vintage Aqua Blue Candle Holder, Aqua Blue Avon Victorian Lady Perfume Bottle, Aqua Blue and Rose Print Hankie, Cream Colored Linen Lace Edged Hankie, and an Aqua Blue Hand Painted Rose Tea Cup Pincushion.


Which one of these ideas was your favorite?

 Thank you for stopping by!