Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Pretty vintage style flowers from old milk bottle caps

Look who has learned how to build with legos already!  :-)

I actually have made something. Flowers from old milk bottle caps. Add vintage trim, vintage playing cards for leaves, some floral wire, old wooden spools and some vintage paper florist ribbon.
I am completely smitten with their country charm.
You can't see the wording on the spools well here, but it's the name and address of a florist in Ladue, MO.
I googled her. Her last remaining brother died in 2004. (I think he was in his 90's then.) I couldn't find anything about her floral shop, but I am guessing that ribbon is from the 40's.
I didn't use spools for this group. (And there is an odd man out - an orange juice cap.)

The milk caps are super cheap on Ebay.

What else can I make with them? :-)

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4 Comments:

At 10:05 AM, Blogger Heidi@TheMerryMagpieVintage said...

I LOOOOOVVVVEEE THESE!!

So, so darling. Fantastic! And I am totally addicted to vintage milk caps. I have a small collection but am always on the lookout for more.

 
At 10:45 AM, Blogger Kim K. said...

Brilliant! Totally love them. Now, I'll have to check out options on ebay.

 
At 10:14 AM, Blogger Corey Moortgat said...

OH, how sweet are those flowers? Love them!!
You really should get that Diane Zillner book if you have American dollhouses- I was able to identify several of mine that I wasn't sure of before... And good luck on your Craigslist house! I've gone through lots of crazy hoops to try to get some of mine on Craigslist- ha!

 
At 7:10 AM, Blogger KayteeJane said...

Love those! They turned out very cute! I have some old Egg Nog caps that I've always wondered what to do with. Now I know! Thanks for the inspiration.

 

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