I stopped at the thrift store on the way home from work last night and bought some of the ugliest earrings you have seen since the eighties. What fashion sense the original owners had.
I removed all the metal earring hooks and findings and added some orphaned marble chess pieces - a previous thrift shop find.
And voila!! Old earrings + old chess pieces + a little glue = mini side tables!
These tables actually look better in person, but you get the idea.
I know the pieces sitting on the tables are really ugly, but hey, they won't look too bad sitting on a dollhouse shelf and the dollhouse people should just be happy to have any kind of decor at all. Humph.
Actually I love the black and white pointy blob. It looks soooo avante guard arty. It seems to be made out of squeezed out tear-drop shaped pieces of plastic caulking.
I don't know why anyone would wear this as an earring, but I thought it would make great dollhouse art.
The little zebra is the right scale so I had to have that set, but the wooden cone dolls are rather scary. Maybe they can go in a toy shop or a swedish modern house. Again I can't see why one would put them next to one's face and go out in public. But maybe that's just me.
The orange tables are plastic and marked Denmark on the back. I had to glue the bases off to the side because that's where the indent for the earring back was. I decided that that was what the table designer had intended so the tables would be sooo trendy and modern.
Hugs,
Susan
Super great idea! And yes dolls should be happy. :) I don't think the pieces on the table are ugly. They could be art for the dolls. My dolls were thrilled when I put some garbage in their garbage can. Love your creative flair!
ReplyDeleteYou always make such wonderful tables from your thrift store finds! I absolutely adore the black and white ones! And I think the triangular ones would make a great sofa table too!
ReplyDeleteClever...I love the black and white tables...very classy.
ReplyDeleteCouldn't imagine wearing them on my ears though lol.
These are very cool. Clever! Repurposing Yay! C
ReplyDeleteYou are in your creative zone when you can see something and see them as miniature something else.
ReplyDeleteWell done
Una idea fantástica pués, Parecen Mesitas de
ReplyDelete, Muy Buena Compra marqueteria. Felicidades.
Y GRACIAS POR la idea.
What a great job. Those tables are terrific. I must look twice at old earnings from now on.
ReplyDeleteAND you picked just the right chairs to showcase your wonderful little tables! You and Oese have too much FUN!
ReplyDeleteHas hecho un gran trabajo!!!!
ReplyDeleteCon imaginacion y ganas, has conseguido que esos feos pendientes sean unas miniaturas preciosas.
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Thanks. Gracias. I had fun doing these. I want to go to the store again to see what else they have. I hope you all have luck finding the perfect ugly earrings.
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Susan
It´s a wonderful idea. Thanks for write it.I´m look for my earrings .It´s very funny.Hugs Matilde.
ReplyDeleteSo clever you are! Nice blog!
ReplyDeleteHi Susan, Are you interested in buying that house? Leave me a note if you are. I didn't even look at the price tag. I could stop by there in a couple days and check it out for you if you are interested. It is pretty darn cute.
ReplyDeleteHi Amy;
ReplyDeleteI love the house, but they are probably asking more than I want to pay. I'd love to have it though, so if it is not trouble please check it out.
Thanks
Susan
Okay I will contact them tomorrow. Road is all messed up so I'll call them. I used to be a dealer at this antique store. Regarding the auction: There was a 70's Caroline's home. Roof was loose, frame was cracked, all window frames and door frame were missing. Had many cobwebs inside it and it smelled terrible so I bought a realy nice 1953 Marx Tin Doll house for granny to live in. Will blog about it eventually. There was no doll house furniture either. The homemade pork chop cost $2.50 and was made with love so it was worth the trip and nice to get out into the country.
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