A Little Sneek Peek

Just dropping in to give you ladies a little Sneek Peek at what I've been working on.....These sweet pretty stockings, and more to come, will be listing on both my Ebay and Etsy sites soon, for "Christmas in July" I have to tell you that I LOVE creating these stockings! I'd make them year 'round if I could :)



Until next time sweet friends!!

Fabulous Giveaway I won!

Hello and Happy Monday everyone ~ I can't believe that this month is almost over, and it will soon be July! Where or where is the time going? June has been a rather busy month for me....doing LOTS of work outside with our landscaping...we have 1 more area yet to work on, then it will be all done! We've also had 3 Graduation Open Houses that we have gone to, and my Nephew, Jon is home for just over a week; he's in the Air Force, and stationed up in Alaska. We'll all be getting together this Sunday (July 3rd), for a cook-out over at my brother's house, so looking forward to that :)

I wanted to show all of you this fabulous giveaway a won from Linda, over at Queen Bee Cottage.....I wasn't the first person chosen, but the original winner never got back with her with her info, so she chose another winner, and it was ME!! And look at all the goodies....



This fabulous white tray with crowns....



3 Vintage Jello molds and this adorable Vintage baby shoe made into a pincushion....



A Gorgeous German rose tray...



The glass cloche and sweet Spode plate...



Thank you so much Linda for hosting such a fabulous giveaway during the Cottage Charm Giveaway event ~ I just LOVE everything!!! If you've never visited Linda's blog, just click HERE to wisk you away :)

Goodwill Cabinet Makeover

Hello everyone, and Happy Wednesday ~ or Hump-day, lol :) I'm going to hurry and get this post done, as we have yet another one of those pop-up Thunderstorms bearing down on us ~ it's been the pattern since yesterday! I finially got the cabinet all made over that I posted about finding at Goodwill ~ I gave it a light sanding, had hubby add the beadboard to the back, then got her all primed and then painted my favorite Linen White.....and tah dah!! Here she is :)



Remember how she looked before....



I've got some of my pretty rose china and teacups placed on her, but am still kinda playin' around with it...



The mirror on top is a fabulous find I purchased from a seller on Etsy, PurpleFlowerFairy ~ she's a fellow Michigander, and she has some wonderful items for sale in her shoppe!



Yup, that is one of sweet Rebecca's sweet handpainted bunnies on top :)



I'll be posting about a wonderful giveaway that I won soon, so I hope you come back to check out the fabulous goodies I received :)

Until next time sweet friends!

Photos of our Landscaping and other stuff

Oh my, I can't believe it's been 10 days since my last post! Goodness ~ Well, I've got some photos to share with all of you ~ We've been doing a lot of work in our landscaping around our house; planting new pretty perennials, staining our side deck, putting in a new brick walkway off our front porch, and adding a smaller walkway off from that.

First, I want to show some photos of what's to come on Ebay, and some pretty finds I got today....

This is a pair of shabby style lamp bases that will be listing soon on Ebay..



Earlier today I went to a local consignment shoppe called The Corner Closet, and found this pretty pair of soft pale blue valances with gorgeous lace ~ I have these hanging up in the windows in my sewing room....




And I found this wonderful Victorian style small lampshade, that fits perfectly on one of the vintage lamps that I found last month at the Flea Market ~ I love the pretty ribbon rosettes!...



Below are photos to show you of our landscaping that surrounds the side and front of our house ~ you'll see 2 photos of the new climbing rose that I planted recently (and boy does it smell heavenly!), some of the beautiful Foxglove plants, our Rhododendrons, and the pretty Calla Lillies that I planted this spring.



Here you will see our new brick walkway, as well as the new stone path....



And here is our side deck with it's new Redwood stain...we need to put 1 more coat on, but need to wait a few days after we get thru these rainy days we are going to have...







This is my "Garden within a Garden" ~ inside of it are my Bleeding Hearts and my Astilbies...









I hope you've enjoyed seeing some of the photos around our house ~ we've still come some more work to do ~ more white stone to put out, and new Red Bark mulch to touch up in areas, but it should all be done in plenty of time for my daughter's Baby Shower, which will be August 6th ~ I'm planning to have it on our side deck, so please pray that the weather will be beautiful!

Until next time sweet friends!! Have a wonderful week everyone :)

Pretty Vintage Rose Plates on Ebay

Happy Friday everyone!! I'm soooo glad it's the weekend finally ~ I've spent the last couple of days since my last post working on cleaning up my sewing room and taking photos for the "Where Bloggers Create" party for next month, and I'm exhausted, lol :)

Below is a photo of 2 pretty Vintage rose plates that I have just listed in my EBAY SHOPPE, and I hope you will take a little time to hop on over and take a peek ~ these are perfect for the rose lover in all of us :) Both of these plates are handpainted, with one of them being signed, and both are from Germany.



I want to wish everyone a wonderful weekend ~ until next time sweet bloggie friends!

New Pretty Embellished Handtowels and a Goodwill find

Happy Wednesday everyone!! It's gonna be another hot and humid day here in Michigan, so I'm spending most of my day inside our house with the Central air on, lol :) I wanted to show you ladies the 2 pretty embellished handtowels that I have now listed on Ebay ~ you will also find the link to my Ebay listings over on my right sidebar. ~ I also wanted to show you what I found Monday while visiting one of my local Goodwill stores...these sweet Vintage glass hobnail lamp bases!! Aren't they so wonderful! One of them I will be using in our Kitchen, and the other will be used in my sewing room. Speaking of my sewing room, I need to get busy and start cleaning that room up to get it ready for the "Where Blogger's Create" party!! So if I'm not around too much, you know why, lol :)





Thanks so much for stopping by, I love your visits and sweet comments, and appreciate them so very much!! Have a wonderful day everyone :) 'Till next time sweet bloggie friends :)

Re-arranging pretties in my Cabinet

Good Thursday evening to all my sweet bloggie friends :) I thought I would show you some pictures of my shabby Vintage cabinet that I have in my Dining room, that I have done some re-arranging of the china that I keep inside of it ~ First, I have removed the glass doors, to make it more open, and much better to see all the lovely china on it's shelves ~ Then I removed everything inside, dusted off the shelves, and re-arranged all the pieces and placed them on different shelves. I've also added on the top and the bottom shelf a Vintage filigree mirror, placed in the back, center, to add some interest and dimension to. I'm really liking how it all looks...what do you think?



Here on the top shelf I have placed my Lefton China pieces on, and some of my favorite teacups ~ hanging on the left side is a hanging Lavender scented Sachet that I created a while ago....



On the middle shelf I have one of sweet Rebecca's beautiful pillows taking centerstage, and I must say, this one is my favorite that I have of hers, as I just love the beautiful Vintage linen fabric in the center with the gorgeous pink roses ~ and of course, some more pretty rosey teacups and Teapots.....



and on the bottom shelf, yup, more pretty rosey and pink teacups, and a stack of pretty vintage rose plates, and a berry bowl set, embellished pink candle, and pretty pink vase....




I hope you have enjoyed seeing my Cabinet Re-do....I hope to get to work on that Vintage wall cabinet I purchased at Goodwill, which I showed you in my previous post....once it's all finished and up on the wall, I'll be sure to post about it for you to see :)

Hope you all have a wonderful upcoming weekend :) We have an Open House to go to this Sunday. Until next time!!!

Flea Market Finds & Goodwill Treasure

Good Wednesday & First day of June everyone!! Goodness, I can't believe it's June already ~ time is just going by too fast. Today I thought I would show you the treasures I found when we went to Burlee Park on Memorial Day ~ This park hosts a Flea Market 4 times during the warmer months; the first being on Memorial Day, then on July 4th, the first Sat. or Sun. in August, Labor Day, and the first Sat. or Sun. in October. Memorial Day is the busiest one to attend ~ I swear, there were THOUSANDS of people there! And LOTS of vendors selling all kinds of stuff ~ some good, and well, some not so good. I did manage to find a few treasures to bring back home with me.....

First, I want to show you what I carried my treasures in.....we have 2 of these metal carts, and Sunday I literally threw together this cute liner to place inside of it....never made one of these before, so I kinda "winged" it, lol :) I think I did a pretty good job, but I do wish the cart had a square bottom, as it would have made it much more easier to make!



Okay, first up is this cute little pair of Vintage glass lamps....I was a little leary of purchasing them, not knowing if they were going to work....first thing I did when we got home was plug them in, and yup, they work just fine..YIPPEE!!



a cute metal candle holder....I've since painted a single layer of white on it, and I think I like it much better :)



a Vintage Aqua blue Ball mason jar, with it's original glass top...



a couple of pretty hankies and linen doily with crochet edge...



here's a close-up of the pretty white hanky with it's sweet details...



and lastly, some pretty vintage crochet trim that I can use on some new embellished handtowels that I will be working on in a few days....



Yesterday, I visited one of my local Goodwill stores, and look what was waiting there just for ME! Isn't this vintage shelf fabulous!! I've seen these kinds of shelves before in photos in magazines, and have wanted to find one for me, well, now I have one...WHOOT!! WHOOT!!. I hope to work on it this weekend; get it painted cottage white of course, then try to figure out just WHERE I'm going to hang it in my home.....my walls are FULL!! Don't fear ladies, I know I will be able to work it in somehow, LOL :)



lots of places to display some of my pretty rosey plates and teacups on this FAB shelf!! ....



Here is a sneak peek at some great items that I will be listing soon on Ebay...I worked on these sweet Embellished Vintage Glass Shakers yesterday, and hope to get them listed in a day or two.



I'm also offering my Silverplated tea set that I've had for a little while, which I had painted pink....



Well, that's about all for todays post ~ I've got some things to do this morning, then I'm off to the local Antique mall to see what treasures may be waiting for me there :) Hope everyone has a wonderful day :) 'Till next time sweet bloggie friends!!