A tisket a tasket hey BOO BOO!

Greetings Happy Homebuddies!

Would you believe it got to 51 degrees F, we got out of Dodge, and drove south to Amish country, where I must tell you the snow was much prettier than hear in the hood.

Birds were singing, sun shining, warm enough for a light jacket or not one at all. This temperature in the middle of summer would be considered cold; everything is relative isn't it.

It was a lovely day overall, and the beauty part no traffic.

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So we stopped at our favorite antique store. I've been looking for something to keep my crochet thread in. I don't like keeping with yarn. I thought about an Amish made basket, I do have one and keep my yarn in it. When it is full, I don't by yarn. I'm there now. 

Looking around the antique store were many baskets, mostly I would say were very overpriced and not overly special enough to pay. My husband spotted one a nice basket, $100. No, not the one. I looked at a few here and there. I saw just the corner of this one peeking out as there were things stacked upon it. 

I carefully removed the items, and found this lovely vintage picnic basket $15. It will hold all my threads very nicely. I thought about who may have owned it, the pic nics they took as a family and what might have been in the basket.  Fried Chicken? Bisquits, maybe a pie. What fun times they must have had. I wonder where the picnic basket traveled to.  

That is my story & I'm sticking to it. Thread going in it today. I'm making chicken soup, we've got a sick one in the family even with all this cold. And, I've got some curtido fermenting. 

Curtido, Fermentation Post

~Be of Good Cheer~

The Bread tray finale

Hello Happy Homebuddies!

A brief posting about the Filet Crochet Bread Project.

I'm calling if finished from beginning to end! Very happy with the results, but what I wanted to show is how I decided to display it. 

This is the tray which I ordered from Ebay, I took a picture of it, but it kept coming out blurry?

It is made of wood and rattan. A very nice vintage piece.

Filet Crochet Bread Tray Post

I did re do the scallop edge to make it less ruffly an bulky. It is a little less so, it needs a pressing not to stretch the fabric, but to tamp it down some.

This will be for display and not functional. 

~ The joy is in the making~ 

 

Decluttering, Liberace, & a vintage find.

Hello Beautiful Homebodies!

How are all of you?

I hope a lovely and peace filled Christmas was yours.

We had a nice holiday, did things a little differently due to schedules and work, but it was lovely.

The weather has been nice, warm in the 40's ish, and they predict almost 60 by the weekend.Enjoying that for every day it is not icy or freezing is a bonus and we inch toward spring. Christmas is past and snow is no longer required. 

My husband and youngest son were off the day after Christmas, we decided it would be nice to get out of "Dodge", with the weather above freezing it was a safe bet we could get to Amish Country without getting stuck. I think this is the 1st  year we've ever done this, usually the weather is not accomodating. 

It was pleasant, not alot of tourists, traffic was light...very nice. 

So off we went. We had a lovely lunch, stopped at a bulk store, and a favorite antique place where I was just browsing, and didn't plan for a purchase, I just wanted to see what was there. 

I had made it through the entire place right until the end...

and I found this lovely. 

A stunner, I love the vintage chandeliers, this is as close as it comes.

 .I wasn't going to get it, it is rather heavy &  the age old question....where I that going to go? My husband took it off the shelf, and as he always says, I don't want to circle back when you change your mind, I have done that a few times. 

I call it "Liberace",  some of you might remember him, with the grand piano & he always had a candelabra on the piano.  

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Today, decluttering the spare room, and have a nice bit of items for the charity shop.

Something in....Something out.....alot of somethings out....

Our tree is still up and will be until Jan 6 or 7. I packed up everything else already, it just feels cluttered although I put out less and less. Our home is small and all of it gets a bit overwhelming after a while. I put out the decorations earlier than I do the tree. First up, First down.

If I don't talk to you before the new year, Happy, Blessed New Year to you all.

I'm all mixed up on what day it is, oh bother!

~ The joy is in the making~

Faith

 

 

Consignment Shop

 Hope you are all well, tucked into your corner of the world. Where I live we are entering Fall/Autumn, it is without question my favorite time of year, followed by Spring. Some of you are leaving winter behind and transitioning to springtime. A beautiful time of year.

I dropped off a few items at the consignment store today, the one I was banned from after I bought this very beautiful & very heavy, and very antique dresser.  You can read about that purchase, and the farmhouse table of my dreams They were beautiful pieces, and I don't for one moment regret the purchases, and the prices can't be beat for the value.

Antique Dresser

Antique Dresser 

Farmhouse Table for real

Antique Drop Leaf  

So, as I said I dropped off 4 pieces (artwork), been in the basement way to long and I decided they could be loved by someone else. I picked up 3 items, the lot of them $12.00. This is one of the places which the prices drop 1% every day. I cannot resist poking around and seeing what is there, I usually come home with something. 

I love the vintage bowls, this one is so bright & perfect for Fall.

I already have one of these in light green. I've never seen one like this usually they are a solid color in carnival glass, light green, burgundy, all so pretty.

 The third item was a wine decanter, it was in the dish drying rack when I took this picture. The stopper looks like a ...... wait for it.......glass doornoob.  I have one already, and my son was looking for one, so he can have the older one, and I'll keep the new one. The doorknob stopper would be so lost on him. 

 

Still decluttering, and being very mindful of what I purchase, where it will live, and most importantly will it have a function. 

 

That's my story for today.....I'm sticking to it.  

 

 

The very vintage dresser

Oh I just love it!  I have never ever seen drawers so wide and long.

At the Shoppe

Ornate Carved legs

Love this keyhole

Inside the drawers, they are all laqured, sides and all, also on the outside (sides)

The foot of the dresser, (in the van)

This was wrapped up and in the drawer.

There were 6 screws in the paper, wrapped up in 1945

In her forever home Oh those glass drawer pulls💓 Remember Aunt Clara from Bewitched? She collected doorknobs, I can relate. I love the old doorknobs especially the glass ones.

The top of the leg

I didn't get a picture of the mirror frame, there was no mirror, and that is fine. There are 2 pieces very ornate fish which I suppose went on the sides of the mirror. A wee bit to much for me, 
 

 

I've been banned

from shopping at the Second City store. My youngest tallest has banned me from stopping, consider stopping, or even looking in the window as I drive by.

I bought just one more lovely. I think I told you in story post about the farmhouse table, and how I really needed a dresser, and everytime I go into that shoppe I come home with anything but. 

My eldest son was looking for a nightstand table, so I suggested we stop there, as he usually has one or two nightstand tables, prices reasonable, and the quality is better than "W".

 It happened again...we were looking for his table, and I found my dresser. 

Never fails! I looked at it, I didn't measure it and tried to stay focused on his purchase. He found a very nice wooden trestle table with the lamp attached 5.00. Every day the price is dropped 1% on every item in the store. 

We left, and came home with his table. 

I woke up at 2:00am thinking about this dresser, for you see it has glass knobs, that is what captured my heart. I was worried that somebody else would snap it up. The store opened at 10:00 am, I was there at 9.45 am, I dropped my eldest son off and work and went straight to the shop about 1/2 mile away.

It was still there....And as I write this it is in the back of my van, and will be brought into the house I hope this evening. She'll get a nice cleaning with Murphy's oil soap, and some Liquid Gold spray.

Mahogony. Glass Drawer pulls, good condition. Some dings which give it character....The man who owns the shop said it is from the 1920's, has the skeleton key holes, and carved feet. 

$186 out the door. The price on the sticker was 245. It's been there since Oct 7.

I'll get you some pictures for the next posting. I'm done now. The two items which I really wanted turned up, coincidence? No I don't think so. We have no room in the house for any more than we already have. But it was a fun ride I can tell you that.

Let their be light

I thank all of you who popped over and left comments about the little red wagon.

It can be purchased
 here

comes in red, blue & green. 

I received a comment about the lamp on the table from Lady Locust, who has an interest in lamps.

We purchased this lamp went we went to Amish Country last year for our anniversary. I like to stop at the Antique Place, sometimes I don't see anything, and sometimes I find things which are not up for discussion. This lamp was one of those times. 

Ah the Roses. Lovely. So I thought  I would post a picture of just the lamp,

It's hard to tell in this picture, but the background is green, a light spring green.
It is a beautiful piece.The picture does not do it justice.

A breezy sunny day today, I'm thinking this weekend will be goo to plant the tomatoes in the garden, they are getting lanky in their newspaper pots.

Peace 

Let their be light

I thank all of you who popped over and left comments about the little red wagon.

It can be purchased
 here

comes in red, blue & green. 

I received a comment about the lamp on the table from Lady Locust, who has an interest in lamps.

We purchased this lamp went we went to Amish Country last year for our anniversary. I like to stop at the Antique Place, sometimes I don't see anything, and sometimes I find things which are not up for discussion. This lamp was one of those times. 

Ah the Roses. Lovely. So I thought  I would post a picture of just the lamp,

It's hard to tell in this picture, but the background is green, a light spring green.
It is a beautiful piece.The picture does not do it justice.

A breezy sunny day today, I'm thinking this weekend will be goo to plant the tomatoes in the garden, they are getting lanky in their newspaper pots.

Peace