Cottage Vignette with Thrifted Finds

I am pretty sure cottagecore is not anything new, but was alive and well in the mid seventies when I was a kid. I drew mushrooms and mice all of the time and loved thinking about forest fairies. So, putting together recently sourced items and some of my original art in a little vignette took me right back to my childhood. 

The red mushroom print is an original of mine. My daughter gave me print making supplies and this mushroom was the first lino block I carved. I am framing some of the prints to sell. 

This vintage crewel that I just found gives me all of the seventies vibes. The rainbow is perfect for the cottagecore look.

I found the old leather binocular case (and binoculars) at a local flea market. The case is pretty busted up, but the red interior was perfect with the other red items. I added some moss and mushrooms that I made from tangerine peels to the lid. 

The worn leather adds warmth and texture to the vignette and helps to ground it. 

The wall pocket with yellow mushrooms on it is a vintage find and is made for scissors. But, it also makes a perfect planter or vase. The red flowered quilt is the back of two 1970's, handmade quilts I recently thrifted. I am pretty sure nine year old me had a long, quilted skirt made out of this exact fabric.

The book the wall pocket is sitting on is a German art book, I loved the cover and I think it adds more texture to this cottage grouping.