Computer/Craftroom Walls

No...this is not getting my Valentine Swap completed.  No Siree..it is not.

This is the wall I'll feast my eyes upon as I walk by to sit at my stool at the craft table.  I love olden china pieces I can find for a buck or 2..even $5.  I have collected all of this over 20 yrs.  I am still on the hunt for a box burried in the garage with the last bits of my china pieces that were on a wall in my previous craft room.  I can't wait to find it all so I can finalize a few spots thru-out my home.  I will add until there is no space left here.

Wanna get close up to a few walls??  No...I do not have time for this!!  lol

  This is what I see if I look towards the entry way when the boys holler...MOM?!  I also get a kink in my neck at the computer when they Holler...Mom.where are you?  And, I jerk my neck from the computer that is on the wall next to/under this wall. 

Look at this..is it SWEET or what?  It was my Hubby's lunch box at some point.  It did have 1/2 of the handle on it but it literally crumbled off.  Wow...talk about Old School!..Vintage!!  They have gone from metal to plastic to nylon thru the years.  My oldest won't carry anything but a plastic bag to throw out when he finishes eating.  I cannot send a re-freezable ice pack or anything of value with him.

Got this from a sweet Blogger but I have not seen her anywhere lately.   I was collecting black and cream Toile for quite a while.  Same reason I have the Toile clock to admire right in the middle of this display. 

Do you LOVE vintage post cards as much as I do?  OMG, I can spend too much time at Antique Malls pouring over every single 1 to get my favs..even when there is no a/c.  This has a special cover on it..hence the glare.  It reads Happy New Year in glittery letters with a purple bloom.  I have a set of 2 round framed prints of Beagles that I covered over with scrapbook paper and added fav post cards.

And...behind my head would be this platter.  I have it front and center.  I got it junking after Christmas for $2.  It reads Joy to the World.  I thought it a great reminder of my Christmas blog and inspirational for Memes and give-aways and swaps.

I'm sure there will be more to share soon.  Now...where is that box???

edit:  I did complete my banner...Yay!  Will share that soon too.

Gotta pop over to The Colorado Lady for Vintage Thingy Thursday


Bloomin,
DeniseMarie

 

 

knock me over w/a feather

I'm excited today!!  Got a package in the mail...way faster than I expected it.  Sweet Bee Cottage has an Etsy from her Estate sale finds.  She found me a perfect piece and didn't even know it.

It is a beautiful transferware/ironstone platter.  I've never seen a piece quite like this.  I love Transferware and drool over the patterns I see.  This hit the mark for the tablescape I'm building.

If you love her too...You recognize her packaging that matches her newest header.  Sweet lil Bee tag buzz'n by.  She included a recipe from her home (isn't that the coolest idea?) and a note for me.  

I'll share my Spode Woodland pattern soon but I have more pressing matters!!

Why do I swap?  I get so nervous!!  Everyone is so extremely talented that I get all butterflies in my tummy and scared they won't love my creations.  I am trying to put together a banner for my Val. swap and gotta get it in the mail ASAP.  I just need a wee lil last inspiration to pull it all together.

 

I missed the deadline to put an entry into the Dollar Tree Val Party at DebbieDoos.  I had a youth retreat here and couldn't pull myself from the house full of teenagers to do a post. lol

 

1 of the things I'm doing when I send out Valentines is send a set of Spring flower seeds to my Grandma in Oklahoma and MIL in North Carolina.  I got the seed packets 4/$1.  I can't send my Grandma in Massachusetts a set because she is in the middle of moving homes with my Aunt.  They get to move Coastal.

 

Happy Rednesday at Sue Loves Cherries


Yikes.....Bloomin'
DeniseMarie

Goodwill find & fix

I am not intimidated by good quality Goodwill Textiles!!  I found this pillow roll a few weeks ago.  It is lacking any closure but that did not stop me.

I had gone thru a large number of boxes from my craft room and we threw stuff away.  Hubby made me part with gift bags that were worse for wear.

 

I let them go but not before carefully cutting their bag handles off so I could salvage them.  Here is a pair of those bag handles perfectly used as closure for my new pillow roll.

 

Bloomin, DeniseMarie