Vintage Ribbon Finds

I have a friend who loves estate sales and the possibilities that they offer. I've asked her to be on the look out for ribbon, rickrack, buttons, etc. as vintage sewing supplies are just well, cool. (and honestly going to estate sales is pretty awesome in itself, although I've never figured out how that whole "community" works as I hear it can be really competitive).

Anyway, when I saw her today she had found two trays of some really fun vintage German ribbon. I have no idea how old it is, but I'd say probably 30 years or more. I love how they are actually woven, and not one sided like ribbon today is.

So the ribbon is pretty Bavarianesk and all together they are really overwhelming.

But when you single them down, some of them are pretty awesome and have tons of possibilities.

 

Here are some good ones for Christmas projects

or Valentine projects

But most are pretty Bavarian with the little people, flowers, and look like the could adorn some sort of ski clothing

There was also some really neat rickrack

Vintage finds are so much fun and I can't wait to see what kind of projects they inspire!

A Basket of Goodies

While at Target today I noticed a whole bunch of baskets/bins that are meant for putting on shelves, etc. to store your stuff to create an "orderly" appearance.  I found one that I liked, looked at the price, and thought "this much money for a basket, no way". Especially since I am not sure what direction our family room is headed in color wise. Anyway, I then got distracted by this really cute submarine bath toy holder, which I would take a picture of to show you but it is still in my trunk cause I can't carry all the stuff up from the garage with the Bubb at once.

After putting the Bubb down for his nap, I wandered upstairs to use the interwebs, and noticed our once wedding card holder basket turned random stuff holder by our front door turned sitting in the corner after the move since we don't have a front door drop off station anymore, and realized that this is the perfect basket to refresh with some brightly colored ribbon for Emmett's toys, since they are beginning to take over his rainforest area.