Wednesday, December 9, 2009

If vanities could talk.....

When my grandparents passed away a few years ago, I inherited my grandmother's beautiful mahogany vanity. I use it for 2 years and then when we moved out west I gave it to my sister. My sister was the first to remove the drawers in say, FOREVER, because she found these playing cards stuffed in the back (click them to view larger):



They are a little tattered but of course I love them even more because of their age. I printed them out on iron-on transfer paper for a few projects....here is the queen of hearts made into a patch applique for a little knit dress.


You can find my tutorial on making the patches here.



Feel free to use the graphics if you like...just save them to your computer. I think the "pinup" gals would look cute on a t-shirt or even on a little coin purse.
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13 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 8, 2009 at 6:25 PM

    AMAZING find! I love it!

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  2. Forever YouDecember 8, 2009 at 6:50 PM

    this so precious. I bet it brought up many memories. Great idea on doing a print out of them on iron ons!

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  3. SherrylDecember 8, 2009 at 7:18 PM

    What a great way to remember your grandma - and such a good find!

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  4. Heather @ Glitter and GlossDecember 8, 2009 at 8:25 PM

    What a great find, and fun way to remember your grandparents!

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  5. steffanyDecember 8, 2009 at 8:43 PM

    How fun, I just saw some postcards that my husband's grandpa had saved, what a great piece of history.

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  6. Amy OliverDecember 9, 2009 at 8:43 AM

    I have a question. Any reason you make a patch with the image instead of ironing the image directly on the t-shirt? I know with this example the t-shirt is colored, but with your other t-shirts, I noticed that they were white but you still made a patch and stiched them onto the t-shirt. Just curious, I am getting ready to make some of them and wondered if you had a bad experience ironing them directly onto the shirt?

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  7. Alli Cat CreationsDecember 9, 2009 at 10:16 AM

    Oh my gosh..........I WANT ONE OF THOSE!!!!!

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  8. AshleyDecember 9, 2009 at 12:34 PM

    amydoliver: I just like the look of an appliqued patch....and sometimes I'm worried I'll mess up the shirt with my iron on....and the patch is less risky ;)

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  9. Jim IveyDecember 9, 2009 at 2:24 PM

    This is so sweet. How does the image hold up in the wash?

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  10. ChacoyDecember 9, 2009 at 3:32 PM

    Don't you love it when you find extra treasures!
    As usual how cute:)

    Ma21cuteboy

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  11. CalleLillyCafeDecember 10, 2009 at 11:51 AM

    Wow! I think I would have to frame those! I love them! Love patches too! I will check out tutorial! Thx for sharing!

    What type of iron-on transfer paper do you use?

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  12. JonieDecember 11, 2009 at 5:04 AM

    Wow!! Great find! I love it. Thank you soooo much for sharing!!

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  13. UnknownFebruary 10, 2010 at 3:02 AM

    Brilliant Idea, and gorgeous playing cards. What a resourceful Idea! Thank you very much for the free scans of the beautiful pictures on them, they will make excellent patches/transfers.

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