Sunday, July 31, 2011

Glass Cloche Cake Snack Plate Home Decor Repurposed

Glass Cloche Cake Snack Plate Home Decor Repurposed.
Welcome to Second Time Treasures, and glad to have you here. Below you will notice pictures that are before, and after of some items I have repurposed. I have not listed them for sale with my Artfire Store yet as I am still working on completed inventory projects before posting them. Until that time, I thought I would share a little bit of what I have been working on. Hope you enjoy:)


Sorry, did not get complete pictures of the before with this project repurposed, but hope you can see what was done. I used a glass bowl with a fluted rim, a glass Homco candle holder for the base, and a large white lace with a mauve colored ribbon pulling it together with a tied bow. 

Here is the completed Glass Compote Candle Holder Repurposed Home Decor that was reconstructed by Me. The "skirt" around the neck of this bowl area could be removed, and also applied to a small mini lamp shade too. 

Here is a Glass Vase, and a Glass Candle Holder that holds the skinny slim candles.

Glass Cloche With Green Vase and Pink Flowers was repurposed by Me. I glued the glass candle holder to the bottom of the glass vase making it a Glass Cloche to adorn any room in the home. Along with the for inside the cloche I used a green glass anchor hocking mini vase, and some pink flowers from my own supply making the small bouquet.

I have listed these Mikasa Plates with about 3 different venues, at different times, and they have not sold. I do not wish to throw them out, and I do not want to give them away either. So, I have repurposed them for use in your home. 

2 Tier Plate Dessert Cookie Snacks Chips and Dip. Item has many uses, and many possibilities for many occasions too. I used the dinner plate on bottom, attached a salt shaker of a different brand with same background color, and speckled design. Attached a matching saucer plate, and have added the dip, or sauce bowl to be used too. The yellow bowl is not attached. Removing it would only add another use of this tier plate being displayed.


Showing the same 2 Tier Plate with the yellow bowl sitting next to it. 




I have enjoyed making these pieces this week, and am anxious to work with more, and repurpose more as I separate more of my inventory for this purpose. Thanks so much for visiting with Second Time Treasures today, and hope you enjoyed your visit. You are always welcome to leave comments, share with us all, ask questions, and so on. Take care everyone, and have a wonderful weekend!:)

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Welcome to Second Time Treasures Blog

Hello, and Welcome again to Second Time Treasures! Glad to see you here, and happy that you passed by to visit. 

If you are following me you will notice that I am slowly making some changes again with this blog. I have done the name change....Use to be Passn It On. Also, at the top you will notice that 2 of the tabs when clicked take you to a new page. When you see LilacsNDreams with the page banners along with the tab name, please do not get excited. That is my name I have used since 2004, and to keep things a bit simpler I have redirected you to those pages for this blog as well. Hope that is understandable how I have tried to explain it. Give the tabs a click to see what I am referring to if you will:)

I hope this finds everyone having a great morning, day, evening which ever it may be for you. Also, I would like to quickly note that I belong to different social networks....I love meeting people, and being involved, and learning things with them too. Anyway, the one site I belong to called Treasure Seekers Unite has a new platform, and it is really looking good. Members are signing up and joining. The site is for sellers, buyers, collectors, and so on. A little bit of everyone. Place to meet others who might share some of your same interests, and with the groups you can become more involved. Share some things, you know:) When you get a chance, stop by to give them a visit, and become a member as well. Would be happy to see you there. While there maybe consider joining my group I have started, and administering there as well called Re-Treasure. Hope to see you there everyone!:)

Thanks for visiting with Second Time Treasures, and hope you enjoyed your visit with me. Thanks so much for being patient with me as I work with changes on everything. I appreciate it all. Take care everyone. 

Monday, July 18, 2011

Welcome to Second Time Treasures Formerly Passn It On

Hello everyone, and glad to see you here!:)

Whew! If you will please bear with me one more time....I am making some changes with ALL my blogs, trying to make them work together, and bring them in together a bit more than what they were. With this one you will notice I have changed the name with it....fits more with what I am working on doing, and changing things to. Some blogs of mine have been canceled, and some have been added.....as pages for my main blog. As ya'll know, that is where I have been spending a lot of my time is with my main blog....it's for my business, and generates the traffic for me that is growing too! I am excited because for me it is an accomplishment. 

When I started things online with selling I just kind of stepped up to it, and just did it. Over time I have been learning things, researching things, and reading things. I decided to slow myself down a little bit, and re-evaluate things a bit more. So, I have stepped back a bit, decided to work with my blogs more, and my website, and try to get my views and things up with that. I have not listed anything new for my stores....as of yet. Summertime is always slow for me. It gives me a chance to do what I am doing now, look things over, see what I need to change, and decide what directions I am going. 

I LOVE vintage, collectibles, and always will. I enjoy selling them, and am always learning great things, and meeting great people along the way too. But, things haven't been fully settled with me. I felt there was more I wanted to do, and just did not feel completed yet. Over time I have watched, read, reviewed, and soooo enjoyed everything shared by soooo many crafty people out there! Kind of some of the "Child" coming back in me. When I was younger I use to paint things, create things, sew with grandma's sewing machine, and over time grandma would bring me silk flowers she would find on sale, or maybe bring some other things of scraps of material and different supplies she would find on sale. I now know I should have listened to her quiet hints to me. She seen something with me then, and I soooo wish she was here to see things now, and see what I have been working on, and planning to do! 

So, I intend to keep selling vintage, collectibles as I do enjoy it. But, along with it I also will be implementing things with repurposed, reused, upcycled, and items reconstructed by me. I am no expert, and learning as I go. But, it occupies my time, I am enjoying it, and it has been comforting to work with some things so far. I hope to be doing more with supplies, and things I have here now. Working on my schedules of things, and trying to get back into the "groove" of what I do....selling:)

Thanks for being patient, and bearing with me through all of this. I really appreciate it. Please, check out my main blog of LilacsNDreams. See the pages that have been added to it, and some of the rearranging of things I have also been doing. Working on trying to bring it all together.....one step at a time:) Thanks for visiting, and please visit to keep updated. Know that you are always welcome to leave comments, and share with any of my blogs, and pages. Take care everyone!:)

Monday, July 4, 2011

Have a Wonderful 4th of July Everyone


Woo Hoo! Happy 4th of July Everyone! Hope you are enjoying the day, having fun, and please. . . remember to be safe too. When you can, take a minute to remember why we celebrate, and how we got here too. 

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!