Dolly Halloween

This was fun! My daughter is into America Girl Dolls and the likes so of course we had to have a Dolly Halloween fashion show so sit back and enjoy!!!

Heart Shaped Box

I have a sweet confession, I would love to collect vintage Valentine Candy Boxes. I still remember my dad and grandfather bringing home big lacey eye candy love boxes home for my mom and grandmother. I don't know which was better, the inside or the outside! It was all enticing to me. Throughout history, chocolate has been used as an elixir of love. I myself luv, luv, luv chocolate like some people love their morning coffee! In 1886 Richard Cadbury of Cadbury Cocoa & Chocolate Company introduced the first box of chocolates for gifting. It was the Victorian era responsible for frilling up these heart shape boxes of delights as well as the sharing of Valentine cards.

Here are a few vintage fancy Valentine boxes - I really want one with a doll on it, how cute! I wish they still made these like this. Maybe next year I can make a few pretties like these. Be sure to click Read More for more pics!

Toys & Books - To Scare You With My Dear

I use to be a huge toy collector as well as Occult books. Over the years I've had to slim down my collection to the items that mean most to me. Here are a few pictures of my collection - again, the colors of some images are distorted for some reason when I upload them on to Blogger ??? Oh well, at least it looks more creepy!

This is a coffin shelf I designed and made with my grandfather in 1994. I shall keep it forever because if that. Click on Read More ...

The Boudoir

Here is my bedroom and all sorts of things that reside within it ;)

Black on Black Ruffles. I made the round pillow.

Old Boudoir Doll

My great Grandmother Vanity with a 1880 Nun and other trinkets.

Old Boudoir Doll

Antique Compact 

My Dresser

Antique framed Postcard - Glass doorknob from my childhood bedroom.

My old 30's purse with some Victorian Mourning Hair Art pieces pinned on.

I re-painted these dressers. One was my Great Grandmothers. A touch of Rococo.

My Victorian Spider Ladies.