In between holidays

I haven't put away all my winter decor yet and here it is almost Valentines Day!


I have a red glitter LOVE banner {Wendy Addison} that looks exactly like
the one pictured on the card above, but I haven't dug it out yet.

I tend to forget where I put things and then it takes me awhile to find them.
Anyone else do that? I fear it is getting worse the older I get.

 I vow to be more organized someday.
 

I told you...mixing Christmas with Valentines. HA!

I really ought to take the greenery and pine-cones down today.
 I love the very old little glass bell that is on this piece of ironstone.

Did I ever tell you that I got this piece of ironstone on the RTE 127 sales last year for

ONE DOLLAR?

It was in a box along with other old bottles and it was the find of the day.

Dirty and sad looking, but I cleaned her up. No chips, but some crazing and a little
discoloring. Kinda like me..lol

This is a piece that I picked up at the Goodwill for another dollar.

I used to find a lot of goodies at that store, but now not so much.
 It is a GOOD DAY when I hit the jackpot though.

These little butter pats were also found on the RTE 127 sale for $1.00 each.

They had a huge bin of them. I have since thought that I should have bought more.

{Hmm... ONE DOLLAR seems to be the going rate on this post}

I found the four bowls underneath the one on top at the Goodwill and they are ironstone as well.

I think they were 50 cents each, but we will say 2/$1.00. *SMILE*

Another little piece of LOVE that I have added to my decor. 

I won't tell you what I paid for this pitcher, but it was the same price as other items
in this post...*wink*wink*

Well, this post started out about holidays and somehow it ended up telling you about all my
dollar treasures.  That is what happens to me a lot. I start one thing and find several other
along the way that get me sooo distracted. It is a fun distraction though so I will embrace it.

How about you? Do you decorate for Valentines Day? Have you started?

I would love to hear about it.

Blessings~

Creation of a tattered garland...

I saw a garland on facebook that someone had made and it gave me the motivation that I have been needing
to make one. I have been wanting to do it for a few months, but just never sat down and started before this,
so start I did and am I ever glad!

I am loving the way it turned out!

The sky is the limit on these fun beauties! Any color, any fabric, trim etc.

long...short...old...new...

A work in progress in my dining room

How fun would these be hanging outside in the summer

just because...
OR ...for a garden party, in a potting shed, on a porch ...anywhere really!! :)

I do believe I will be making more.
I want to make a soft pastel one soon and I can't wait to see how it
turns out.

A few of them just might land in my Etsy shop as well so be on the lookout
if you are interested.

Happy Sunday!

Capturing beauty through cell phone images

Hubby and I hopped in the car and wandered around the countryside last Friday. We headed for
Blissfield , Michigan where I love to go antiquing. I was hoping to find some old jewelry pieces
for my altered bottles, but I didn't find anything except pure
 BEAUTY.

These first few pictures were taken on my cell phone at Blissful Living.  If you are ever in the area,
this store is a MUST see.  It is always so gorgeous. All this white and aqua just drew me in.
LOVE the aqua and white together.

I could take this hutch home with me if I had the place to put it {and the funds}

Another gorgeous piece!  Does it get any better than this? 

What a pretty display of old lace.

Mercury glass, silver and aqua...what more could a girl want? 

Loved this old suitcase display 

I also found Tattered Gypsy's booth in one of the antique stores and I took a
few pics. Isn't the chest above amazing??  Love it! I found out later that she was working in
her store {that will open soon} just down the sidewalk! Had I known I would have stopped
and chatted with her.  

I fell in love with these adorable hats...now if I only had someone to buy one for. ha! 

Love the stools that she makes. This one has Jeanne D Arc living wrapping paper adhered to the top. 

I hope you enjoyed my little tour. I can't believe the photos turned out as good as they
did because I do not have a fancy phone. Just a basic model so I was happy to see that these
came out crisp and clear for the most part.

Happy Monday!! 

Swan Song

definition:

a final gesture or performance, given before dying

{in this instance given by me before diving}

Hanging this bliss banner was my swan song of the day.

Immediately after hubby took this photo,

I started down off the ladder and fell in the

most ungraceful way you can imagine.

Shot clean across the aisle and into a post

rolling all the way!!

Scraped up my shoulder a little, but not bad for

the way I felt as I was flying across the aisle. I thought, "Oh my goodness I am going to

whack my head"...absolutely nothing I could do

to stop this motating body no matter how hard

I wanted to.

Thank God no one was in the aisle and saw me do this! That in itself was a miracle! The antique mall was

full of people and all I thought about was how stupid

I must have looked! lol.

On a lighter note:

I made these very large tissue paper pom poms from

a Martha Stewart kit that I had purchased at Big Lots

months ago for $2.00.

I wanted to pretty up my booth so we took this

ladder up today after church and I hung them up.

Love how they look!

{so at least the day wasn't all bad}

Hubby took this photo too.

Put my camera in that man's hands and he is just

off and running. He was playing with the color

accent feature in the above shot.

Hope you are having a wonderful Sunday.

Blessings~

Vintage Bicycle Before and After...part 2 ~

I posted this bicycle right after I got it fixed up this summer,

but I have had several comments about it lately

so I thought I would share it again.

This is what it looks like today.

I love how the greenery and flowers have grown so much

over the summer...

...and the vinca grew down to the ground~

The above photo and the next two were taken just

after I attached the basket and planted the flowers

earlier in the summer~

I purchased the basket at a garage sale for either 50 cents or $1.00...can't remember for sure...lol ~ My freshly painted bicycle... thank you hubby!

Original state of bicycle before painting...

I

Love

how it turned out! Blessings~

Weekend Project ~ Painting My Beloved Desk White

This desk was built for me by my father when I was still a youngster at home and I love it not only because of the style , but because it was made by my father whom I love dearly.

A little history about my desk...after I got married my dad and I loaded up the desk in his truck to take it to my house. My parents live on a very curvy road and as we were driving down the road and around one of the curves, I watched out the back window of the truck in absolute horror as my beloved desk tumbled out of the truck and pieces of it went flying everywhere! I did not think it would ever be the same, but being the great guy my dad has always been, he took it back home and fixed it and brought it to me all intact. It did have it's dings here and there, but it was together again and it was mine! That was very special to me as he could have just thrown it away, but I think he knew how much it meant to me.

I have wanted to paint it white for some time now and this weekend I decided to go ahead and do it. I love how it turned out and all the cubby holes that I get to fill up with treasures. I took a few quick pictures, but trust me more will be added to the nooks to fill it up. Have a blessed Sunday ! :) Shimmer and Glitz~

Buttons , buttons and more buttons ~

LOVE this vintage dress and hat~

Goodies on my desk ~Little corner of my world~

I LOVE these handles! It had different handles , but one was broke so they needed to be replaced. My daughter gave these to me after she took them off of a desk that we gave her years ago. I also distressed the desk to make it shabby looking, but it really doesn't show up in the pictures too well~

My desk after priming and painting~

My desk before I painted it~