I'm having a huge sale on my jewelry on my Etsy shop!

Almost every piece is on sale!

At substantial savings!

Check it out when you get a chance!   www.FrenchSentiments.Etsy.com

Another day of making jewelry....I'm such a lucky girl!!


This antique crowned heart locket is an amazing antique piece.  It's sterling silver and absolutely beautiful.  This is one of my favorite necklaces I've ever made.  It's ridiculously expensive and if it never sells, that's perfectly fine with me!  I'll wear it until I'm an old, old lady!

Onto another subject.....this is a plant Liz brought me this weekend.  It's adorable!!  She potted it and added the vintage French price tag.  She's the best!!  Thank you Lizzy Girl!

Not only is today Flag Day, but it's also my sister Marty's birthday!  Happy Birthday Marty!!!


(Yes, I swiped the photo from her blog, but I was the photographer, so I don't feel too badly about that.)

I spent my birthday at the dentist learning I needed root canals.  I spent Marty's birthday at the dentist having a root canal.  We're not having any more birthdays.  We agreed.  We can still get each other awesome gifts, but we are officially not having birthdays.

Besides I would like it better if she were 3 1/2 years older than me rather than the other way around. 

After my root canal, I stopped at an antique mall in New Oxford, PA.  I found this bird!

Liz will tell you I've been looking for a stuffed bird for a long time.  Ever since I read a French decorating book (which Liz has and I've yet to replace, so I can't tell you the name of it) which had gorgeous photos of stuffed birds in French houses.......


I HAD to have one!

Liz did tell me to NOT EVER do this:
Which just made it impossible to resist.  Sorry Liz!

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Hope you're not spending it having a root canal.

P.S.  Marty has some interesting information on her blog about a new Hawk Run Hollow design.  You might want to check it out!! 

I am having fun with old buttons these days!


I found these old rhinestone buttons in Columbia, PA yesterday in an antique mall.  I LOVE how they've aged and how all the rhinestones are now a silvery gray.  And, they're prong set, which means the will never fall out.  That's a bonus!


I've found a few more cool buttons I haven't used yet.  But I will!

This is a necklace I worked on today.  For hours....but what FUN hours they were!

The temperature outside is 96 degrees.  It's a hot one!!  A great day for staying inside and making jewelry!

Hope you're all keeping cool!

For many, many years I was a collector of fabrics.  Not just any fabrics, but homespuns and civil war reproductions fabrics and crewel fabrics and linen fabrics.....anything that looked old.

 It was FUN and it got a little out of hand.

It's in cupboards in the house, it's in tubs in the summer kitchen, it's everywhere in my old studio in the barn.

So, I've decided it has to go.  So far, I've just tackled the dry sink in the living room.  I made four piles - one of homespuns, one of ticking, one of crewels and one of calicos.  I started photographing and measuring the individual pieces.  It took forever and I've just gotten through the blue homespuns and the red homespuns.  This is going to be a long process!  I need to find a way to consolidate it.  I'm working on it!

Before I went to work at the antique mall this morning, I hung a bunch of homespuns out on the clothes line to air out.  Isn't it gorgeous?!

I'll be listing fabrics in my Etsy shop in the days and weeks to come.  Haven't figured out the best way to do it yet, but I will!  Check it out!

I just had to share these bracelets with you!

They are my latest "thing" these days!

 I bought three of them...

They go perfectly with my jewelry....they have a modern "antique" feel which I love!

They were made by Stacy Leigh who has a shop on Etsy.  Here's the link:   www.StacyLeigh.Etsy.com


And while you're there, check out her handbags.  They are to die for.  Stunning works of art!  I'm still trying to choose one.  It's HARD!

But choose one I will!  You might want to get there fast so I don't choose your favorite!

If you order a bracelet, be sure to check her sizes and ask Stacy to add an additional snap if you need it to be smaller.  I ordered six-inch bracelets and that's the exact size of my wrist.  I like them to fit snugly.  But you may feel differently!

Here's the link again:  www.StacyLeigh.Etsy.com.  Enjoy!!