giggleface studios

Inside the Little Green Suitcase

A Paris Street Market is over for the season! It is always such a treat to go once a month kid-free and browse all the great stalls, filled to the brim with treasures. I think this was my most successful trip of the season. Look at my new Little Green Suitcase I scored for $3. I had to ask twice because I wasn't sure I heard right. But the best part...the inside!

As I opened it, I gasped with delight! Pretty paper, lovely mirror, clean and in perfect condition! I carried this through-out the day adding all my wonderful finds. Do you want to see?

Look how sweet these ric-rac flowers are on this flour sack dishtowel. Something I am going to have to try myself.

A practically new child's flower press. I can't wait to take this out and try it, and it's so much lighter than a phone book! My sister made me a flower press years ago for my birthday and I used it quite a bit. I really should dig it out of storage and see what I pressed!

This quilted bird ornament smells so sweet and yummy, and makes me hungry every time I pass by it! It is dipped in a cinnamon scented beeswax.

I can never pass up trims and ribbons, and these unopened packs of vintage bias tape were only .25 cents.

See, everything fits snug as a bug in my pretty Little Green Suitcase!

Today is Brought to You by the Letter...T

This is what I have been working on 'Today'. I saw this quite awhile ago, and just now got around to making one. It turned out 'Totally Terrific'!

It's so bright and cheerful, and it uses all of the wonderful scrap fabrics I've been 'Tucking' away!

I used this 'Tarnished t' button that I found saftey-pinned inside a great skirt I found at the thrift store. I'm pretty sure it stands for 'Tracey' or maybe even 'Thrifty'.

If you are 'Tempted' to make your very own scrap wreath, visit Lindamade for directions. You don't have to be limited to just fabric scraps...any scraps will do, like ribbons, selvedge edges, lace, or even a vintage sheet!

...So 'Tantilzing' isn't it?

It Takes a Village!

I stumbled upon something so wonderful while thrifting with the family this weekend! At first I wasn't sure what I had found, because there were three large bags of blocks with windows and doors, and another tucked underneath with brightly colored triangles, trees, and cars. After turning the bags over repeatedly looking for a price I realized that it was all part of a set,and I found the box it belonged to...completely flattened and in bad condition and a fabric playmat (27x32"). It read in bright colors PLAYSKOOL VILLAGE!

With a few flutterings of my lashes at My Honey, it was mine...$30....SCORE! My heart was dancing for joy!

The kids fell in love with it as well, and they like to combine other toys and trinkets in their villages. I spent a good hour designing and moving things from here to there, and back again until everything was just so. Here is what I came up with, but mind you the possibilities are endless as to what you can build.

These are some plans/suggestions for different types of buildings.


Birds eye view of Playskool Village (a.k.a Giggleville)


School of Everything Crafty, Village Inn Restaurant (with the orange roof), and the City/Police Dept.


Welcome to the Neighborhood!


Train Depot, Chug & GO!, and Cathedral


Giggleville Round-About with Gnome Dome Monument


 NorthEast-SouthWestern Metro Fire Department


GF & S (Giggleface Studios) Railroad delivering trees and a new Gnome Dome!



I am so lucky I picked up this cookie tin earlier in the day! It holds all of my village blocks perfectly, just like...it was meant to be.

*I am having a hard time finding out any information on this Playskool Village set, so if you know of anything please shoot me an email or comment! I do know that it dates pre-1974.

Home Sweet Home

I found this sweet jewelry box while thrifting bright and early this morning!



Take a peek inside..Isn't it the cutest thing you've ever seen?



I'm not sure of the tune, but my little ballerina dances beautifully!

Happy Weekend!