Happy Birthday Jake

My little sweetie turned 4 yesterday.......... Here he is in his birthday finest having his favorite treat!

Vintage Quilts and French Linen

Here is a darling clutch that I found and purchased from Hens Teeth Art. This is all hand made of vintage french linen and 1930-40's american feedsack patchwork quilt. Viv has also done some hand embroidery and put some vintage french MOP buttons on it. For more beautiful vintage art, you can find Viv at her blog, and then from there you can visit her Etsy store. http://hensteethart.blogspot.com/ (make sure you click on the photos to enlarge so you can see all the details!)

My Space...........

I found these cute rice paper lighted garlands in town and thought that they would look nice draped on my vintage medicine cabinet. This space has become home to some of my new treasures. The embroidered brooches and the artwork is done by Cathy Cullis, a mixed media artist and poet. You can find her at http://cathycullis.blogspot.com/ , from there you can find out about her projects and find her Etsy store. If you click on the first picture for more detail, you can see my beloved tree pendant and my new necklace called Sweet Mountain Tranquility, made by Kristi Marcille Smith, a wonderful silver artist. This necklace just reminded me of the wonderful times I had in the Olympic mountains with Greg. You can find Kristi at http://silversparrowdesigns.blogspot.com/ and again from there you can find her etsy store, and you can even listen to some great music while browsing her blog............. love my cozy house!

dolly

I was inspired to post Dolly here after seeing an acquaintance post her Raggedy Ann doll on Flickr. I found Dolly in an antique shop when I was around 4 years old or so. My Mom and Dad always went antiquing on Saturdays and Sundays. I learned from an early age to love it. Well I remember picking her up and loving her and next thing I know Dad bought her for me and she came home. She was very vintage then and I am now 51. I wish that I knew her story, who made her and when, and especially what other little girl loved her. Well Dolly is still loved!

Staying in For the Next Few Days

Jake has the right idea! Stay in bed and rest, that's what I will be doing, well maybe not spending the day in bed, but not leaving the house unless I have to. I had to leave this AM to get special cat food for Luigi, my Mom has him and he has digestive issues. (which is why I can't keep him with all of my other kitties) and to get prescriptions for Mom and Dad............ well of course it was icy and I fell, AGAIN. My second fall in a few weeks. I am really hurting, nothing broken or sprained, I'm just sore, feel like I've been beaten. So maybe I can do some crafts or rearrange some more. (small stuff only) This is the top of my bureau, I am trying to "lighten" things up. I love my old medicine cabinet.

woven glass jewels

I wove a necklace of czech, vintage, and other various glass beads, as well as a few pearls. This is similar to one of the ones I made for the pay it forward. I just thought that I might like to have one!

Glassware

I have been busy cleaning, rearranging, and purging! I dug out my depression glass and vintage glassware and decided to display it in my kitchen. The green depression glass is something that I have been collecting for ages, I decided that I might as well use it, such a pretty shade of green! The crystal clear saucers and ruby red cups were my Grandmother's, as well as the little blue dessert cups. My Dad told me that she would save her pennies and buy a new cup and saucer when she could. They were inexpensive pieces from some sort of a 5&10 store in Brooklyn, but they were poor in those days. So I know she treasured these, as she worked hard to get them, I remember them displayed in china cabinet when I was young. So here they are now in my kitchen, i love how the colors just brighten everything up!