A Marshall's Gift Card

What is a girl to do when her hubby gives her a gift card to Marshall's for Christmas??

{She found out right quick!}

She heads for the nearest store and spends it! lol

I had seen these spools of ribbon and trim in TJ Maxx and Home Goods before Christmas
and loved them, but did not purchase any.

I was trying to be good and I am downright proud of myself :)

I also picked up this gray throw.

With everything half off you can get twice as much..

WIN, WIN!!

Blessings~

Oh the things we do...and redo!

I recently purchased two shelving units for my studio that are made out of barn siding, painted white and then distressed. I love both of them! One has a vintage screen door on the front to close it off and this one does not.
So you know what that means...I had an excuse to rearrange my studio all over again!

This is an old vanity that I have had for several years that was in the back porch entry way, but I put my chippy, new, old table there and brought this one in here. I purchased it at a garage sale for $2.00. 

Even the floor lamp doesn't escape some vintage lace treatment. 

One of my ribbon centers and my inspiration board.

The lighting in this room stinks. I had to jump through hoops to get halfway decent photos!  I reallyyyy need to take a photography course to find out what in the heck I am doing. LOL! 

One of my stacks of vintage tablecloths, pillowcases, lace etc. 

One can never have too much vintage lace. :)

I found these iron fleur-de-lis several weeks ago at Hobby Lobby in their 90% off pile so I had to add them to my studio.

A wonderful lavender sachet that came from Little Cottage Shoppe. I ordered several of her Jeanne d' Arc scarves that she was selling at half off and she included this in one of my packages. Love it! 

This is the cabinet with the screen door on the front...love it! 

A closeup for you of my berry box filled with goodies that I purchased from Becky over at Timewashed! I LOVE the detail and care that she puts into each package. I really need to hang these up so they can be seen. Of couse I haven't actually used anything or even opened anything that I bought from her yet. Do you do that too? I just love pretties!!

My inspiration board with some fun goodies on it.

I love little button cards with the buttons still attached. 

One day while looking through Pinterest , I was inspired to round up all my old salt and pepper shakers and fill them with glitter. Sure makes for a pretty picture. :) 

More glitter love... 

Pretty boxes...this particular day the lighting was extra horrible with shadows and everything. hee hee  

Little metal tins that I found at a garage sale a few years ago for 25 cents each. I LOVE THEM, but sold most of them and all I have left are these two. WHAT was I thinking?? Oh, the life of a creator and seller. 

The crowning touch...my Goodwill chair!! I didn't have to do one thing to this except wipe it down cause I always do that. It is PERFECT in this room. I took out the huge, BLACK, clunky, rolling wheel computer chair and put this in and was instantly a happy camper! We rolled the black, ugly chair out the door to the roadside with a free sign and the neighbor snatched it up! She said her daughter is thrilled with her new desk chair. :) I love to share, don't you? 

Here we are again...back at the beginning. ha ha!! Guess I didn't need this in here again.
I hope you enjoyed your tour of the south end of the studio/computer room. One of these days I will get the other end redone and show it also.

I will say this about "redoing" things. This room was a porch when we moved here back in 1982. The inside walls {that we covered up with paneling and then wallpapered} are a light gray board and batten!! Every day I would like to rip this paneling off and have those walls showing, but I just haven't gotten around to it yet. Maybe one of these days. It also has a cement floor underneath the berber carpet...gray...oh the things I could do with that. LIVE and LEARN ...or so we hope. Ha! Happy weekend!!

 

A Melancholy Mood?

 As I gaze upon this pretty candle my heart is at peace... even with all that is going on in the
 world. I could very easily be in a melancholy mood , but that doesn't do me any good so I
sit here and pray for God to change the hearts and lives of people who seek to destroy us.

{mel-an-chol-y...Sad, gloomy, or depressed}

Praying that you have a beautiful and peaceful weekend ~

Vintage Goodness ~

I love antiquing~

Show me a thrift store or an antique store

and once I go in you may never see me again.

Okay, I might come out once in a while

to eat, but otherwise forget it ~

Loving antique buttons, laces... Ribbons...

Pottery...

Books...

just about

anything

old~

I fell in love with the lace covered mason jars

that Robin Brown had at her wedding.

I thought I would try it.

I didn't want to glue the lace

on the jar in case I want to use it for something else.

I can see these hanging on a porch

looking so pretty at night time all lit up.

Have a "vintage goodness" kind of day today.

Blessings~

Vintage Hats and Grandbabies

I just had to share a picture of my little granddaughter along with my vintage hats. She loves to wear this hat when she comes over and it fits her just perfect. It isn't old, but when I was adding the pictures of the other hats I just had to include her. Isn't she just precious? Love her so much!

I got these two old crocheted hats at an antique mall a couple days ago. The ribbon is almost all gone on the one hat, but I love the color of it. The other hat came without a ribbon, but I have lots of vintage ribbon and I can add one. Have a wonderful Wednesday! Blessings!

Antique Lace

I learn something new every day. I had never thought about scanning lace until Dawn over at The Feathered Nest showed a picture of old lace she had scanned. So I tried it today. I am not an expert by far, but I had fun trying. It seems to showcase the lace better than just taking a picture with the camera. I purchased all this lace yesterday in Defiance, Ohio at a place that is going out of business. I was thrilled to find it. Enjoy and Happy Wednesday!