Some of my favorite posts from 2011

I've noticed some of you are doing a little post with some of your favorite posts for the year so I decided to give it a whirl too...

One of my favorite finds was this crochet lace...the entire bag was $2. I rolled the scalloped piece into a giant rose...

A big surprise was this old iron baby bed found at an antique store for $20...I still think the price tag was a mistake! But a nice mistake for me...

This 1920's silk satin (in perfect condition) wedding gown that was a steal at $35 which included the picture of the bride...

One of my favorite pictures was this one of the keys, lace and buttons...

One of my favorite projects was Mr. Wild built 2 benches for me that I then painted shabby...

This lovely bit of silk ribbon flowers from the 1920's...

My door that I just love!!!...

Jars of lace and an huge old clock face that is still one of my favorite pictures...

And the best for last...I love my vintage camper!

Wishing you all a very Happy New Year and that everything this coming year will be just perfect for you!


Linking to;
 Faded Charm for White Wednesday
The Brambleberry Cottage for Time Travel Thursday
From My Front Porch To Yours for Treasure Hunt Thursday
2805 for Potpourri Friday
Common Ground for Vintage Inspiration Friday
French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday
The Charm of Home for Home Sweet Home

Vintage Toy Trucks and Ice Skates

I'm back in Minnesota and finally doing a little bit of late decorating around the house...

I picked up a pair of old ice skates, added a little mica glitter and some of the bleached bottle brush trees...

I love this old aqua truck...Mr. Wild found it in his stuff in the basement so I cleaned it up a little and filled it with vintage glass balls...

Or add a little pink to that aqua...

I think I like the aqua/pink combo. 

Remember those old tin foil type ornaments? (The pink snowflakes in the background) There are 3 layers with staples in the middle. They were meant to be 'bent' open but they are so fragile that they will eventually tear so I'll leave them 'as is'.

This old Buddy L truck was mine, yes...I was a tomboy. Give me a good tree to climb or a couple of trucks so I could build roads and ponds in the dirt and haul stuff around and I was happy. 

Now my old red truck can haul vintage bottle brush trees!

I 'borrowed' the idea of the red books from Sandi at A Cottage Muse and added one more green book.

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas,  Happy Hanukkah,  Happy Holiday!

Thank for stopping by!

Linking to:

My Salvaged Treasures for Christmas in July!

Coastal Charm for Nifty Thrifty Tuesday
Faded Charm for White Wednesday
Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesday
From My Front Porch to Yours for Treasure Hunt Thursday
The Brambleberry Cottage for Time Travel Thursday
2805 for Potpourri Friday
Common Ground for Vintage Inspiration Friday
French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday
The Charm of Home for Home Sweet Home
My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday

Vintage Christmas Mercury Glass Ornaments

I'm still in Arizona...it's cool, wet and raining! But I'll bet the desert will be in full bloom with beautiful golden poppies, purple owl clover and pink penstemon this spring if this keeps up.

I started to collect the old mercury ornaments last winter just before Christmas. I LOVE this stuff...I mean I REALLY LOVE this stuff! I piled carefully placed most of it on the floor before I left so that I'd have a Christmas type post while I'm here.

For Kathleen's White Wednesday a few silver mercury glass, old tinsel garland, glass bead garlands and a few vintage bottle brush wreaths...

As much as I love the silver...I love all of this color too...

I found a blue glass bead garland that was still in it's wrapper from way back...I'll just leave it that way.

I love these gold star burst type ornaments made in Japan, most all of these are either Japan or a few are from Germany.

The large purple Silent Night along with most of the larger ornaments were found at a yard sale here last spring, a big box full for $3!

Okay, I think I have enough now that I see it all piled up like this....no more unless it's a really cheap price! This little collection looks like it got out of control when I see it like this!!!!!

I also made a couple of trips to my favorite junk man here in town and I found some treasures. I have to leave them here until I drive back in a couple of months but I'm going to take pictures and post about it after Christmas. Good thing this guy has no clue about the stuff us girls like! I really got some awesome cheap deals that I can't wait to show you.

Until next Tuesday....hope you all have most of your shopping finished!

Thanks for stopping!

Linking to;
Coastal Charm for Nifty Thrifty Tuesday
Faded Charm for White Wednesday
Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesday
From My Front Porch To Yours for Treasure Hunt Thursday
The Brambleberry Cottage for Time Travel Thursday
2805 for Potpourri Friday
French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday
The Charm of Home for Home Sweet Home
Common Ground for Vintage Inspiration Friday
My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday

How about a little glitter on those bottle brush trees!

 This is what makes blogging so much fun! The friendly people we meet!

I was so surprised one day last week to find an email from Diane in Wisconsin.

She had seen my post about bleaching bottle brush trees and she decided to not only bleach them but she went further and added glitter.

Diane also got really creative on the bases...this is an old porcelain light fixture...

She used old milk glass jars and added sheet music and string...

And for the wee little trees she used tinker toys!!! How clever!

 Now for the 'How To'...

Diane said after the trees were bleached and dried she brushed them with watered down glue and then sprinkled them with glitter!

So easy! Now I need to do this too. Just think, you could use any color glitter if you wanted pink trees or blue trees...the colors are endless!

Thanks Diane for sending the pictures and how to do it! When you decide to get into the blogging world, let me know and I'll be your first follower!

As for me...I'm in sunny southern Arizona for 2 weeks and almost freezing...who turned off the heat here!!!! Or is it because of all the frozen snow birds coming here cooling it off. At least there is endless sun, very clear blue skies and no snow.
I'm getting my dad's little winter house all set so he can stay here until spring.

And so far, one Christmas decoration that I made a few years ago.

Linking to;
Faded Charm for White Wednesday
Ivy and Elephants for What's It Wednesday

Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesdays
The Brambleberry Cottage for Time Travel Thursday
From My Front Porch to Yours for Treasure Hunt Thursday
Common Ground for Vintage Inspiration Friday
The Charm of Home for Home Sweet Home
French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday
My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday