This and that, What's in your drawers?

This first picture of clothing labels is from Juana. She's got a nice stash of labels. Stop by her blog, part spanish, part english.... http://lita-gattochepesca.blogspot.com.

I have a small stash and of course am working on more....I would like to have more of the vintage labels.

So....."What's in your drawers?"

Glitters, a little more sparkle!

Valerie B., of www.thesumofallcrafts.blogspot.com, says "Being a total magpie at heart I love everything that glitters. I am automatically drawn to all that is shiny so it's no surprise that I love glitter. Technically there is more then just glitter in this drawer but it all is in the same family so it all lives together for now. There is also mica flakes, cracked ice, and real glass chips as well as very small confetti."

Does anybody have any Stickles? Margaret makes greeting cards and loves to use a little Stickles here and there.

I've started collecting some of the glass glitters. I love the look of glass glitter in and out of the jars! If you have glass glitters what do you store yours in? Something fancy or functional?

So, What's in your drawers? We're all anxious to see what you have!

Cultural Curiosities

These of course were staged. They are from one of my own drawers. Some in the "too special to use" category. A lot of these are made from real bones!

The first pic is fibers, shells, beads, bells, metal thingies. They are probably made in Mexico. The others are made from bones and some wood and leather. The longest piece is about 5".

I actually picked these up from an estate sale. The woman did some amazing textile work and traveled all over the world. If I would have had an extra $1,000. to blow that day, I would have been in heaven.

Bottlecaps

Carolyn, aka "vintagepix" of vintagepix42.blogspot.com, sent over this picture. "Because I live in Wisconsin my bottle cap collecting has outpaced my bottle cap usage at this point. I don't drink beer, but last year my husband did a documentary on Wisconsin craft breweries (http://www.99bottlesdocumentary.com/) and almost any party we go to, I'll end up with a bottle cap or two stashed in my pockets. (I've got separate storage for unused/uncrimped bottle caps.)"

Come one, come all!

Come on you guys! You don't have to do a lot of preparation to take your pictures! HaHa! That is funny isn't it? But really. I know I would spend 45 minutes getting one little cigar box ready for a picture. In the meantime we are all waiting! Take a couple of pics for now and then when you have 45 minutes, then do the staging and photo op.

Thanks to all of you who are submitting pictures! Be on the lookout for yours! We might even learn some cool storage tips! We'll also see that some of us are crazy hoarders. Not me...

Dead things...bones, bones, chicken and bones...

Lisa Vollrath of Ten Two Studios has been kind enough to share some photos of her drawers with us! Now she isn't one of the little people by far, but I'm not complaining!

I'll have to share my favorite drawer first! Dead things, skulls and bones! Here is what Lisa has to say about this drawer...

"I call this my Dead Things Drawer. Inside, you'll find plastic skull beads in all different sizes, a couple of small plastic skeletons, bones that have been cleaned and dried, some snake skins, and assorted plastic bugs and snakes. Any time I'm working on a piece that's dark and creepy, this drawer is open."

Thanks for sharing Lisa!

So, What's in your drawers?

BUTTERFLIES

I have a box of dead butterflies. My grandma had a huge collection of framed butterflies. I salvaged all of the ones that were falling apart and ones that had been collected from outdoors. I also have a nice little stack of butterflies in cellophane packages. COOL. I'm going to make some resin pendants with some and put some others in a collage.

So, What's in your drawers?