Love the green jadeite set. Don't make the mistake of scaping/removing the vintage ladies...especially if you are going to put them on your site for resale and not for your own use. Keep the character and allow them to be "themselves". They add value to the set and, in a world of plain and bland, they would make the right person very happy indeed :)
I brought a ceramic rabbit at my local thrift store. The women wrapped it in paper and as she turned back towards me, she hit the side of the counter with the rabbit. We unwrapped and the ear was broken off. It was a clean break. She felt awful. I said, don’t worry, I’ll just glue it back on. I did and to camouflage it even more, I made a small wreath of flowers and glued it around the rabbits head. It looked adorable and you couldn’t tell the ear had been glued back on!
Yes, it's needlepoint! I know it might be old fashioned, but I have several. I started making a few, my mom saw them & went to town making them as well. I lost her in '18, but have all the ones she made 💗💗
I was yelling at my screen telling you to take the dog planter!! Lol i'm a vintage kitsch reseller. My heart was beating so fast! Ahhhhh don't get rid of the pinups on the jadeite shakers 😢
I found a ceremic bird with it's tail broken off.....beautiful teal color to match my bedroom decor.....I brought it home and glued the tail on and you can never tell it was broken. I would have had that rabbit with the broken off ear.....so easy to repair.
When you see chipping it’s so easy to take spackle and build it back up. Especially if it’s not something that is vintage expensive if it’s just cute, you can restore those so easy.
I like the salt and pepper shakers just how they are! That’s what makes them cool. Lol But I like eclectic stuff and also I’m a sucker for salt and pepper shakers. Ha
When you use florals in that dog, you wont even see that chip. You can sand it down some. Try using straight acetone to get the girls off. I loved those green shakers.
Don't remove the pinup girls from the jadeite set! They are unique and can be expensive! Also, the funky cardboard thingy you saw in the beginning is a cat scratcher toy.
I bought a tooth ornament for my son a few years back. I started a tradition when he was born for Christmas, I buy him a new glass ornament that symbolizes something he has done or achieved. The tooth ornament was given to him after he lost his 1st tooth. I make sure to write the year on the ornament. Last year, I bought him a chess ornament, the knight piece because he joined the chess club at school. He learned how to play all on his own at just 9. One day, he will have his life story in ornaments that he can put on his own tree one day. I have started to write down what each ornament symbolizes so that he will know the story behind each one. Your comment about a dentist wanting the tooth ornament made me laugh.
When you have pieces that are moving to much there is a bracket in the shape of a triangle that you can use. It will set together the sides of the wood. You put them under the tables or chair legs. The bracket are good for wood and metal.
I have sometimes used air dry clay to fix a chip on something. It usually works pretty good on wood items. Then I just paint it to match with acrylic paint and a small paint brush. Perhaps that would work on the ceramic doggy vase. You could form the piece, glue it on with E6000 and paint it.
I would take a razor and remove the stickers off or use soap to hell to get it off without damaging the glass. But i did see that there worth more with it on! Good luck
Love the pin up salt and pepper as is!!! just my opinion, but consider leaving the graphics and displaying it rotated… if not an option… acetone and a flat edge blade would probably work.
Those salt and pepper shakers are from the 50s I think. I looked them up and they’re going from $15 to $30 depending on who’s selling them. Don’t take the decals off. I think it would ruin their value.