Well Hello Excitement! I’ve Missed You!

Well Hello Excitement! I’ve Missed You!

Hey there my Lovelies! You didn’t keel over from the shock of seeing a post from me, did you? ...

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A Fabulous Design Star!

A Fabulous Design Star!

Confession. I stopped watching this season’s HGTV Design Star around the third or fourth ...

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My Therapists Have Whiskers

My Therapists Have Whiskers

One fine Sunday in July, hubs and I went out to breakfast. On the way home, we spotted a yard sale ...

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Gilt. Aged Golden Goodness.

Gilt. Aged Golden Goodness.

My nesting gene has lain dormant the last few years, a function of limited space and limited money. ...

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Life as Dominos

Life as Dominos

One thing leads to another. Meeting so-and-so led to this-and-that, this-and-that led to meeting ...

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Stressful TV

Stressful TV

Okay, TV producers, showrunners and programmers, enough. I can’t take it anymore. Uncle, ...

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Tuxedo Lace to Knit

Tuxedo Lace to Knit

Random favorite vintage pattern. The abbreviation “n” here stands for ...

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Category Archive for: ‘Collecting’

Breakfront

Gilt. Aged Golden Goodness.

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My nesting gene has lain dormant the last few years, a function of limited space and limited money. Then I [...]

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Crochet Ladies Dress 1

Used NOT As Intended

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Ready-made paths aren’t for us creative types. Dart out into the rough – that’s what we like to do. We [...]

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New Use For Vintage Tray

Reusing Vintiques Makes Me Happy

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Vintage trays are a hot, hot, hot collectible.  I’ve sold so many in my space at the antique mall.  YES, [...]

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Perles In A Jar

Perle In Jar

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Shiny, soft, brilliant color. There’s nothing like vintage perle cotton … kept in an old marinated artichoke jar.  The dryer [...]

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Vintage Magazine 2

Connections to the Past

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I believe I’ve mentioned before that I collect patterns — leaflets, books, magazines, and even digitally now.  The form just doesn’t [...]

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Purse Clock

Picture Pink

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The last time I browsed our antique mall — I know, I know I’m supposed to be selling NOT buying [...]

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Moms Sewing Box

Mom’s Sewing Box

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Some little girls get into mom’s makeup and jewelry. I was into her sewing box. Along with the treasures within, I [...]

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Salt Shakers 3

Lovely Little Things

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It’s a rare object in my house that simply sits there. When you live in a small space, there isn’t [...]

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Santa Under Cloche

Der Belsnickel of Pennsylvania Dutch

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Perhaps it’s my German and Pennsylvania Dutch heritage that draws me to these rather stern versions of St. Nick. Whether a [...]

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Our Tree 2008

O Tannenbaum

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Our modest little table top tree, loaded with entirely too many ornaments — just the way hubby wanted it.  Believe [...]

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