tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87921000208448442842012-03-06T12:33:51.469-05:00Repurposed vintage jewelry. Each piece is designed by me, Lori Dillard with a artsy, shabby chic, funky, blingy ~ retro feel. They are all different.Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886028228909774373noreply@blogger.comBlogger331100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792100020844844284.post-53166771142948703862012-03-05T16:08:00.000-05:002012-03-05T16:08:11.236-05:00

Several of you have requested ways to purchase my items outside of trade shows. I am excited with you that I have added several items to my Etsy shop, and will continue adding many more. Here is just a taste of the items added. Here is one of my collage belt buckles in pink and green with lots of sparkle. This is just one of the earrings available on Etsy. Check out the sweet birds. And

Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886028228909774373noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792100020844844284.post-83759343500415299292011-08-29T16:33:00.000-04:002011-08-29T16:33:31.035-04:00

 Last weekend, August 27th has been building up and been on my mind since February, this year... that's when applications for Lazy Daze were due. So little by little, I'd prepare and create more and more pieces, to sell at this HUGE event in Cary, NC.  I have worked late hours, till 3 am, pushing my creative side, to make more & more pieces of 'art' - to have for sale, August 27th... So last week

Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886028228909774373noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792100020844844284.post-13195111079278303982011-05-12T11:35:00.000-04:002011-05-13T16:56:43.073-04:00

I've had 2 really large craft shows in the last 2 week(ends) - but as any crafter/artist like me knows (I still have a hard time calling myself an artist) -  these shows are draining - before, during & after.... BUT, I love doing them!I'm such a procrastinator - and then 2 weeks before the show, I start looking at my things & all of a sudden, my creative-ness starts to kick in - I'm up till ALL

Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886028228909774373noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792100020844844284.post-66230260663040259352010-10-14T00:04:00.006-04:002010-10-14T01:08:59.536-04:00

I meant to blog about this yesterday... I bought some lace & ribbons from someone on etsy last week ~ and I received it yesterday - and it was such a huge surprise. Sometimes we buy things & just are excited to get it ~ and we open it, it's as expected - and sometime people just go beyond our expectations... that's the way it was with this package. Everything was wrapped in little plastic bags

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Do you ever wonder how you ended up on some blog pages? I do that all the time. One page leads to another page - I get really caught up in moving from page to page by the most inspring pages. I found one of those blogs today (and still don't know where I linked it from...oh, Lollishops, I think)!!This is Petite Michelle Louise - and if you like shabby, vintage, French, Paris - you will fall in

Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886028228909774373noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792100020844844284.post-72343978306664426292010-07-13T15:34:00.009-04:002010-07-13T16:36:59.881-04:00

I've been going to the flea market just about every weekend now. I have found so many great things... every weekend that I've been, except last weekend... I didn't find many deals. We took my 9 yr old to overnight camp on Sunday, so I didn't get there last weekend.A couple of weeks ago I was fortunate to find a guy who had huge boxes of vintage papers... I found old silk screened seed magazines

Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886028228909774373noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792100020844844284.post-50792104462776624542010-05-26T11:47:00.004-04:002010-05-26T12:11:20.362-04:00

I'm applying to a show today - these shows are great, but they ask for so much information. I thought I'd add some of the images to my blog that I am sending in... now, I need get motivated (and find the extra time) to put these on etsy...

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I went to the flea market today & whenever I go, I'm always thinking, I'll take this picture to post on my blog. But when I get home, there are always so many other things to do that take more time & take priority over writing here. I even think, it's sort of like exercising... if I could just work out for 10 minutes a day, then that would do me good. And if I started doing that, it would

Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886028228909774373noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792100020844844284.post-18355790457512990272009-08-01T11:11:00.011-04:002009-08-01T12:45:11.050-04:00

I love, love, love this watch - these have a vintage look & very sparkly - love that sparkle ~ and these seeem to be different than ones I see other ladies wearing. Let me know if you want one - they're $29 each - I do have order them, so it takes a few days to get them in... Ok, I know this one below is huge & possibly a bit much, but I like it... for those of us into wearing a crown, here's

Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886028228909774373noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792100020844844284.post-33151073809659678272009-07-27T00:03:00.006-04:002009-07-27T00:42:51.314-04:00

Yay, oh... I mean oh so sad!! My kids go back to school tomorrow. I think I am supposed to be sad because I like my kids being home, playing & just being outside and just being "kids"and ~ but really, when I'm excited about them going back to school tomorrow.... NOW, I'll be able to get soemthing done around here.... i am making my list & now it's getting longer & longer - now, I just need to DO

Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886028228909774373noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792100020844844284.post-7585943306387645472009-05-04T12:56:00.009-04:002009-05-04T14:12:15.378-04:00

When I got to Spring Daze last weekend, it was rushed as usual... I tried for weeks before to prepare, but still, I am ADD & can't figure out how to prioritize, I guess. When I got there, there were already people at my booth & many items were not priced... some didn't have clasps... I thought, oh nooooo ~ but I always try to bring my pliers, clasps, beads & definitely price tags.It ended up

Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886028228909774373noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792100020844844284.post-78590173230917742852009-05-03T13:07:00.003-04:002009-05-03T13:23:10.466-04:00

I love getting the mobile phone pictures from my husband showing what they are doing while at Y-Guides camp... there are 3 pictures ~ above is Balin & Caleb finishing the 5K and below is going bed Saturday night - they both look tired. Blain & Caleb as they arrived on Friday at 630 - Camp Sea Gull

Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886028228909774373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792100020844844284.post-65120089288441702032009-03-22T21:47:00.005-04:002009-03-22T22:47:47.815-04:00

I just wanted to get something up here on my blog - so here are some pictures of few item's I've made recently. These ones below were inspired by my sweet friend & artist Alice! Thanks Alice. You are so talented & amazing I look up to you in so many ways. Alice also makes jewelry with vintage pieces... I just looking through all her beads & vintage pieces ~ I drool at all her jewelry she has

Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886028228909774373noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792100020844844284.post-38307435355148463292009-02-27T10:35:00.002-05:002009-02-27T10:39:55.697-05:00

(I received this in an email & thought it was such a great prayer)'Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values. We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.

Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886028228909774373noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792100020844844284.post-89093745766459517112009-01-10T13:07:00.007-05:002009-01-12T21:19:22.796-05:00

I tend to work best & have more creativeness when there is a big pile of jewelry and rhinestone pieces at my fingertips... but, I am going to try this... "organizing thing". We're getting ready for Disney (leaving next Friday - at 3 am - hopefully the kids will sleep during some of the 11 hour trip - ah, who am I kidding??) ~ and so I am trying to get organized for it all, including other parts

Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886028228909774373noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792100020844844284.post-61714366637119187522009-01-03T14:27:00.005-05:002009-01-10T13:59:31.274-05:00

... À toi, pour toujours means "Yours Forever" in French! I hope I got that right... I don't know French at all!!I am making a wedding gift for someone & of course, it's all last minute!! This is a time when I think I can truly call myself an artist since I am really all last minute & ADD ~ I have so many projects started, that have never been completed!! What's with that and artists anyway...?

Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886028228909774373noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792100020844844284.post-23821685892465027482008-11-21T10:28:00.006-05:002008-11-21T10:36:38.051-05:00

This is Carter ~ a friend 's daughter... isn't she a natural? Don't just just love that hair? Obviously, the photographer is very gifted ~ http://whiteboxweddings.squarespace.com/

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I did a show recently at new friends house ~Meg ~ she makes journals out of vintage scraps. http://vintagescrapsbymeg.blogspot.com/ I absolutely just love her things ~ she inspired me to make some that are different. I am not sure if you can see in my photo, but I also made vintage bookmarks with little bits of charms. As you can see, I LOVE roses - I also love hydrangeas. And I love this

Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886028228909774373noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792100020844844284.post-56444323175246075172008-11-09T19:24:00.001-05:002008-11-09T19:24:22.976-05:00

Vintage jeweled Silver Serving Pieces Originally uploaded by mylulabellesI haven't blogged in so long, it's embarrassing to just start out with someone else's photo - but I LOVE these! I thought about starting a new blog & just deleting my current blog, but then, I would have to start all over again (and what a pain that would be - not to mention, if THAT would ever happen- LOL) - so here I am

Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886028228909774373noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792100020844844284.post-9652413315188723682008-07-19T21:50:00.000-04:002008-12-10T14:24:00.737-05:00

Okay, this is a record ~NO posts in 2 months & NOW ~ 2 posts in ONE day ~Here are some photos of what I have been making lately - the model below is me ~ you'll notice that in some photos, I have these awful blotches on my chest ~ on other photos, I have "rubber-stamped" over my "blotches"(or age spots ~ or whatever they are).

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Ok, I have been putting off posting - lemme just say, is there any way to get more hours into the day? Or this already a done deal? I don't know how all you bloggers post everyday... are there any secrets to it? Do you actually set aside time to blog? I have 3 kids & I am a stay-at-home mom - why can't I just find 15 munutes to carve out of my day to post something??? I will say, I MUST have

Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886028228909774373noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792100020844844284.post-86256871044511644862008-05-20T09:50:00.004-04:002008-12-10T14:24:04.969-05:00

These 1st necklace (2 different views of the same necklace) are made from a vintage rhinestone brooch, vintage chandelier crystals, crystal quartz & silver tone rings & chain. I need to measure this, but it's approx 18 inches long.The next one below is similar... it has all the items above, but also has soft pink potato pearls. The vintage crystal brooch was repurposed to become a pendant. it

Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886028228909774373noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792100020844844284.post-81808805782773422002008-05-07T06:57:00.004-04:002008-12-10T14:24:06.048-05:00

Like all crafters (or artists... I have a very difficult time calling myself an artist) - I have a hard time deciding on what to craft next... I go from making vintage jewelry to funky jewelry, to painting, to soldering... to now digital scrapbooking. I am not new to digital anything, but I am learning about more & more in photoshop about this whole process. I've been working with photoshop

Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886028228909774373noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792100020844844284.post-59123499418793329922008-05-05T22:35:00.010-04:002008-12-10T14:24:07.434-05:00

I have had these photos of Tracy's for a week - and I have so much going on, it's just tough to try and fit it all in, in ONE day!! today was absolutely crazy. More about my day after Tracy's pics!!This 1st photo is something Tracy made - picket fence pieces & old shutters. I could see this at my house, but where in the world would I put it??? Here's another "shutter" piece - made into a jewelry

Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886028228909774373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792100020844844284.post-42521327961314274832008-05-01T07:34:00.005-04:002008-12-10T14:24:08.376-05:00

Is that a PINK door I see??I was at SuzAnna's yesterday taking a lot of photos of all the work they are doing. It's coming along! They are adding a new addition & adding more vendors... here's 3 photos for now...I have a crazy day today, but later, I'll post TONS of tasty eye candy!! Tracys' things & many photos of Beautiful things, inside & outside plus photos of Sam's new farmers market area.

Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886028228909774373noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792100020844844284.post-11544308155509530802008-04-18T22:27:00.006-04:002008-12-10T14:24:10.412-05:00

...too bad I didn't take a closer photo of this clock - it has so much detail & character. there is not a close up of these vintage crystals, but they are very pretty.Look at these beautiful vintage pink roses... anything pink is beautiful to me! vintage door door knbs - great paper weightsAnother amazing trip to Tracy's house... I have LOTS of pictures to share. Tracy is constantly in the mode

Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886028228909774373noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792100020844844284.post-98747071734282792008-04-09T23:50:00.008-04:002008-12-10T14:24:10.880-05:00

This what I have recently made... bobby pins with vintage settings & pieces... and these vintage looking business card holders - embellished with vintage findings....

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If you've never been to SuzAnna's in North Raleigh... you've got to go... it's so much fun! Plan on spending a lot of time looking... there is SO much fun stuff to see and you wouldn't want to miss anything!! An amazing world of architectual items, garden items galore, vintage jewelry, shabby chic items, furniture - all types of antiques & it's packed (in a great way)! Here are some photos of

Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886028228909774373noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792100020844844284.post-52637011943722101292008-04-04T15:06:00.003-04:002008-12-10T14:24:13.257-05:00

These are some bottle bracelets I have made - some have already sold. These are great toadd to a gift (especially for someone who loves antiques)hang from a bottlehang from a window to catch the sunshine coming throughhang from a lamp, just to embellish...I just think they are fun & funky... and different! I sell them & my new funky jewelry at Suzanna's Antiques in Raleigh. If you've not been

Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886028228909774373noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792100020844844284.post-84538141782337481492008-04-03T23:38:00.001-04:002008-04-04T00:12:41.059-04:00

Here are more photos of Tracy's - SuzAnna's Antiques...

Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886028228909774373noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792100020844844284.post-12401864668871894632008-04-03T23:22:00.000-04:002008-12-10T14:24:14.333-05:00

I went by Tracy's house today... I was in the area & needed to take some info to her. I love going to her creative home. Have I said yet that's she's incredibly creative??! Well, she is, and someday, she'll be discovered! Afterwards, I went to her space at Suzanna's (Antiques, Raleigh). Here are some photos of some of her things...

Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886028228909774373noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792100020844844284.post-86327593073300507242008-03-30T16:13:00.001-04:002008-12-10T14:24:15.138-05:00

Here's an idea of what jewelry I've done & what I am in the process of...

Lorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09886028228909774373noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8792100020844844284.post-62207592333848872832008-03-29T12:17:00.000-04:002008-03-29T12:22:56.736-04:00

Ok, so I am really, really new at this blogging & hardly know what I am doing... This "blogger" makes it very easy (so I am told)... we'll see!!I am creating this blog for my friend Tracy McC & I. She is amazingly creative! We have wanted to start a business together, just creating... we are not sure what yet... shabby antiques, pretty pink things, furniture, vintage jewelry & lots of bling! I

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