tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23422297134939179042024-03-12T21:27:17.834-07:00Ironstone and PineIronstone and Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04786696719222689306noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2342229713493917904.post-35774585066392894192012-03-09T10:18:00.000-08:002012-03-09T10:18:18.592-08:00White Ironstone Dishes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
On one of my many junkin' jaunts a few years back, I came across a mismatched set of this white ironstone china...........<br />
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If I recall it was going for a song......so who am I to turn down some more white dishes?!!</div>
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It's very plain and simple, with a pretty scalloped detail to the edge.......</div>
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There were 10 dinner plates, some salad plates, and two different sizes of a type of berry-dish....</div>
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I cannot even begin to tell you how often I use these smaller bowls......they are the perfect size for sides, applesauce, milk for the kitties (yes)......I am constantly reaching for them......</div>
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The pattern is a familiar one to me, we had a small platter when I was growing up that I blogged about <a href="http://ironstoneandpine.blogspot.com/2011/05/yes-i-am-ironstone-addict.html" style="color: blue;">here.....</a>, I kind of blamed this platter as the start of my ironstone addiction.....:)</div>
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Ever since then I seem to find stray pieces of this pattern every now and then, it seems to be quite common..</div>
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Especially the platters.....I've managed to accumulate a few of those, mainly the smaller sized.......</div>
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And one day I found a good sized serving bowl by itself, which I was very glad to have and put to use......</div>
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Although they aren't what I would consider delicate, they do show signs of being well-used.....some probably from my doing, as I use them frequently.....but that's OK.....I don't mind chips.......</div>
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There are no marks on the backs of the plates or bowls, but the platters do have "USA" imprinted on the bottom......</div>
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I have never been able to find out anything about these dishes and I am hoping maybe someone can tell me about them.....since they do show up from time to time I have to wonder, were they a promotional item? A give-away like they used to do if you bought so many boxes of a certain laundry detergent??</div>
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I've inquired at a few places, but so far I don't have a pattern name or any background on them......</div>
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I would love it if anyone out there is familiar with them!!!</div>
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Thanks to all for visiting the blog today, and here's wishing everyone a wonderful weekend!!</div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">devon :)</span></div>
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<br /></div>Ironstone and Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04786696719222689306noreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2342229713493917904.post-89490119185147305182012-02-23T18:55:00.000-08:002012-02-23T20:57:06.612-08:00My New Roomate<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Anyone who knows me knew I had been on the prowl for a vintage dress form. Trouble is, they are so hot right now, so scarce it seems, and so expensive!! I pretty much gave up finding one close to me, and that left me having to pass on others that only offered pick-up or an additional hefty shipping charge. I had watched enough on eBay to get an idea of what it was gonna cost me, and I drooled over many that I had to pass on. Last month I found one on Etsy and went for it........meet "Louise", my new roommate......<br />
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Does anyone else out there get daring with a rather, ahem, expensive purchase when it gets close to one's birthday? I told myself that this was one thing I really wanted, that no one in my family would know how to find (or shell out the money for) to surprise me with. I made myself wait a day, then asked the seller a million questions (he was so super patient, he offered to place a reserve on her for 24 hours while I took more time to think it over) I think the clincher on this particular dress form was this.....<br />
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It took me no time to see that as a sign, since I was born in 1961. Thank goodness for Visa......here she is!<br />
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She's missing her finial on top and the foot pedal, but I can still raise or lower her by hand.........<br />
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I am so glad I bought her, she has the perfect staining I was hoping to find, and just a few wears and tears to her.........<br />
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I'm having so much fun dressing her and piling on the pearls........I have some vintage clothing I plan to put on her, but so far I can't bring myself to cover her up...........<br />
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Is it silly to react this way? It took me a long time to find one and decide to buy it, and I am so happy that I did, she is everything I wanted in a room mate, and she's my age too!<br />
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Thank you for stopping by the blog today, I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!!!<br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>devon :)</i></span></div>Ironstone and Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04786696719222689306noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2342229713493917904.post-38872847079171115272012-02-15T08:11:00.000-08:002012-02-15T08:13:13.831-08:00Goods for the Vintage Kitchen<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I thought I would show off a few of the things in my Etsy shop today.......I went through a phase where I collected a bunch of unique things geared towards a retro kitchen, and as many of you know there are LOTS of goodies out there to get that look if you so desire..............<br />
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Love this, before the days of mega blenders and food processors.....this only does lo and hi.......<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;"> there's an actual two sided vintage toaster underneath this cute cover...........</span></div>
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flour sifter...........gotta love those tulip graphics.........<br />
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depression glass reamer<br />
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There's something so cheerful about the vintage kitchen things they used to make......it's so easy to put a little charm in your day to day living with one or two period pieces perched on a shelf or actually doing it's job as a storage container or a tool to cook with. I hope you'll come take a peek at a few of the things I've got listed.......if you see anything you like by way of this blog let me know and I'll take 10% off! <br />
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One more thing I wanted to mention, as many of you know Blogger is doing away with the old "following" type of format we're all used to when we want to follow each other. Now they're using a system called "<a href="http://www.linkyfollowers.com/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">linky followers</span></a>", and I hope if you aren't familiar with it you click on the link and check it out. I've installed it on my sidebar and hope that you all will sign up so that you might continue to follow my posts. Thank you all so much for your interest and support of my online musings!!<br />
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I wasn't fortunate enough to appreciate antiques and vintage items when my grandparents were still alive, although I do remember certain pieces like the old armoir that held toys.........or certain delicate looking trinkets on shelves. And even though there was a basement full of tools that any man would've envied, there was never a trip to "grandmother's attic" when I visited. I have imagined this scene lots of times from reading books and being a vintage junkie........there's a huge Victorian attic with lots of forgotten treasures hidden in the dark.......and there was always a chest. You know, the big old chest that had linens and a wedding dress and quilts and tons of stuff put away in it, just waiting for someone to discover many years later. So even though I never had a personal experience of finding such a thing on my own, I seem to have started one just out storage necessity.........<br />
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I realize I am very blessed with this piece, because even though it isn't from a grandmother or a great-great grandmother, it is an antique that my husband and I acquired a couple of years ago when his sister sold her house in New York, and with it some priceless antiques. This thing is ancient......<br />
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Since I'm a collector and have always had more than I have display room for,<br />
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There's a small collection of Steiff animals that I got as a child........<br />
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and a doll of my mother's, I always call her "Mary Jane"......she sleeps on the doll bed my grandfather made for me when I was little............<br />
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And I know this is kinda unsettling, but when I was about 6 I had a beloved<br />
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My idea was to somehow put these dressers on a shelf up high around her room, they're really kind of hard to display when you have so many. But the collection didn't happen overnight and I never got the shelf up. Eventually I knew she was way more crazy about animals and horses being in her room than old vintage dressers..........<br />
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and while she turns away to go look for a box of something plastic to play with, her mother will get to experience the fun of going through an old chest in the attic!!!<br />
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Here's wishing you all a wonderful week!!!<br />
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P.s. I've been adding to my Etsy shop lately, hope you will all take a look at the link on the sidebar and check out the vintage finds at <span style="color: #3d85c6; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/livininthepast">Livin' In The Past </a></span><i style="font-weight: bold;">!!!</i></div>Ironstone and Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04786696719222689306noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2342229713493917904.post-83937829619524062162012-01-31T07:51:00.000-08:002012-01-31T07:54:56.823-08:00In the Deep Midwinter...............<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>devon :)</i></span></div>
</div>Ironstone and Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04786696719222689306noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2342229713493917904.post-61253426374155667012012-01-23T10:03:00.000-08:002012-01-23T10:07:23.016-08:00Woody Loves Brenda<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I've been spending the morning redoing my computer room/office area where I spend a large portion of my waking moments :) One of the pieces in the room is a large, heavy bookcase/shelf unit (?) that I bought a long time ago at the Lakewood Flea Market in Atlanta, before they shut down. There was a man there who made furniture using old doors and windows, and when i saw this piece I had to have it.<br />
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He had taken old door frames and put it together like a big bookcase.......<br />
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Poor Woody, he's not much of an artist........!!<br />
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My plan is to eventually reorganize my files and drawers and use the shelves as storage, but in the meantime, I needed to fill them with something.............<br />
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I took the top shelf and made it a "baby-theme", using vintage photographs, books, shoes and sterling, and the lamp that I made in this <a href="http://ironstoneandpine.blogspot.com/2011/07/bright-idea-for-lamp-no-pun-intended.html"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">older post..........</span></a><br />
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So I'm still working on it.........It will be more useful once it holds a lot of the stuff<br />
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I guess I'm like a lot of people.....once I get all the Christmas decorations packed away I'm usually looking at having to redo a lot of rooms in the house; Bookshelves, tabletops, the front foyer.........in our house the whole family room is rearranged to make a spot for the tree, and furniture is moved to accommodate it . But now everything is a little hollow........I usually put things away in boxes to make room for the Christmas stuff, so now I have holes I need to fill, and new vignettes to work on. The red transfer ware china has to be put back and that means the pine cupboard is going to need some attention. And it's this time of year, when I have all this empty "palate" in front of me, that I long for a new look in the house. And it's usually the same look I'm after.....<br />
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The following pictures belong to and are off the <a href="http://nancyfishelson.com/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Nancy Fishelson</span></a> design page........<br />
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One thing I noticed in her design is that she uses a good amount of greenery to<br />
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So the other day I went in search of some greenery of my own,<br />
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Ivy's a natural choice for me............I just love it, the way it trails and spills out of containers.............<br />
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I like to take old drawers and try to use them as planters.........this one's really narrow though, the pots were almost too small to squish in!! Stoneware bowls make good containers too.........this is one of my favorites......<br />
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Ferns are a good choice, they have that airy quality about them......<br />
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And I'm a sucker for Creeping Fig plants, I love the look of the leaf.........<br />
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And I got two of these small topiary's from my local Kroger for 6.99 each!!<br />
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So if I can keep these lovelies alive (always a struggle for me :) ) I might be able<br />
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Over the years I've managed to accumulate more than an ample share of items that lived former lives as functional servers, but now make great containers for Christmas decorating. <br />
I had wanted to put some holiday greenery out on the porch and went to my<br />
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For as long as I can remember this copper pitcher sat on the hearth of my family<br />
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token tea kettles and watering cans<br />
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This wooden caddy gets a lot of use all year round<br />
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rusty tin pails make for a great primitive look<br />
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So at least now I've got a few more Holiday accents outside.......<br />
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I wanted to share a few more of the pretty things I found while out in the stores earlier this month........all of these things were picked up at either Wal-Mart, Target, Hobby Lobby or Michael's craft stores. Every year it gets harder and harder to resist, things just seem to be getting more and more beautiful (and affordable!!)<br />
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Sweet little owl..............<br />
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a delicate angel<br />
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and some beautiful small accent picks for packages<br />
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Michael's has some beautiful reindeer pieces<br />
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But I fell in love with a couple of items from the same "family",<br />
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One of my favorite things didn't come from a local store though,<br />
I have one of those old Victorian "hands" pieces,<br />
I think maybe they were used as ashtrays at one time.....<br />
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Wow, I have been having so much trouble with posting all week..........does anyone else have trouble previewing their blogs?? I lost two posts earlier this week, but i think I've gotten a way around it, so without further adieu (YEA!!)<br />
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I'm off to a late start (for me), but last week I did a little decking of the halls around my house. Last month I was in my local Ross store and saw this little cupcake stand.........</div>
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</div>Ironstone and Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04786696719222689306noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2342229713493917904.post-11332010314797910542011-11-28T11:47:00.000-08:002011-11-28T11:51:49.329-08:00They Started It<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> Here's hoping everyone had a nice family oriented Thanksgiving!! Now, onto decking the halls!!<br />
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I've always been a very visual person..........if I see something that calms me or brings me pleasure just looking at it, I'm very likely to copycat the same look in my home. A decorator I am not, and that's probably another reason why certain images stay with me. Case in point: Some years ago (9? it's been awhile), the December issue of Country Living Magazine did an article on a farmhouse in New York State. It was done up in a simple holiday style, very homey and comfy. What I really noticed and immediately fell for was a picture of a cupboard with a collection of Red Transfer ware china............boy, did I ever............here's the picture:<br />
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It looked amazing to me in the cupboard, and I had to find out more about it. The article said it was called "Home Sweet Home" An American Subject from Currier and Ives by Homer Laughlin. I went straight to work..........and back then it meant I went to ebay<br />
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This beautiful china was full of different scenes based on the well known prints of Currier and Ives, that fabulous collection that was so popular around the turn of the century. Some of the different pieces included<br />
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Georgia Washington on the teapot<br />
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Patriotic- That's Ben Franklin flying his kite on the sugar bowl<br />
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Well known locations, this one is called "Harper's Ferry Virginia",<br />
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And just pretty pastoral scenes of what America probably looked like over 100 years ago. Little by little I started collecting.........a plate here, a cup and saucer there............and just loving every piece for not only looking so pretty as red and white transfer ware always does, but for having those little pictures on them. Here's some of the detail<br />
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Some of you may remember when I moved out the sideboard earlier this fall and moved an old pine <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6fa8dc;"><a href="http://ironstoneandpine.blogspot.com/2011/10/new-treasures.html">hutch in the dining room</a>.</span> This opened up some serious display opportunities!! I was envisioning those red plates at Christmastime in the cupboard, just waiting to get them out of their current storage place in the side cabinet<br />
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I picked up some cypress boughs that I bought at the nursery when we bought the tree, sprayed them with a preservative, and tucked them in-between the china<br />
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It's still under construction, needs more greens and I plan to put my weather vane horse on top. Only thing was, when I pulled all that china out of the cabinent, it looked really really sad and empty! Never fear, i just threw in everything else that was lying around needing a place, until I can tackle another display!!<br />
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Every year in the fall our church organizes an event that includes an item donated by someone in the congregation. For the cost of a raffle ticket you can buy as many as you want and take a chance at being the winner. A couple of years ago a woman in our church was giving one of her handmade throws as the raffle item. My heart rate went up the day I saw the blanket that she made- an absolutely gorgeous, heavy cable knit throw...............<br />
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I told my husband to buy me raffle tickets towards the throw as a chance for a wonderful Christmas present. He did, and I didn't mention to him that I threw in a few more bucks on my own. I wasn't sure how popular the raffle was going to be, or how many white-throw fanatics were in our small church. All I know is that I thought I bought a good amount of tickets that year in hopes of not only helping the church but maybe increasing my odds...........<br />
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Well, do you know when that drawing was held a few weeks later that there was someone else in the church that wanted the throw as much as I did, and he, an elderly gentleman, bought even more raffle tickets than me!!<br />
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I told Janet, who made this beautiful piece, how sorry I was that I didn't win it, because I loved it so much. She said she was really surprised this other person tried so hard to get this one because he won the one she made for the raffle LAST YEAR, that he wanted a matching one for his other twin bed! <br />
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Yes, I am a Christian, but I don't have to tell you that I got a little, er, upset when I heard that, after all he already had won a similar one the year before! Well, Janet was such a sweetheart, she told me if I wanted to buy the materials for her she would make me one for myself. She does these blankets in the cold months to keep her hands busy...........and keep her legs warm when she and her husband take drives to visit their daughters in other states. She said she makes about one or two a year, and that it's gotten to where now her daughters tell her they don't need her to make any more for them. She was very gracious, asking me what color and what kind of pattern I liked. I was so excited that she was willing to do this, I told her to just do one like the throw she did for the church raffle............or anything similar.<br />
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about two months later I was cleaning up the church kitchen after services when Janet and her husband walked in with a large bag. Inside was my throw that she had done just for me, in all it's popcorn glory and loveliness...........<br />
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It sounds silly but I literally started to cry a little, I was truly overcome. I knew casually that she had said she was making one for me, but until I actually saw it and held it and felt it, I hadn't really expected to feel so emotional when it was given to me<br />
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And do you know that this wonderful woman wouldn't let me pay her for her treasure...........when I pressed her to let me do something she just told me to give a little something for it to the church and that would make her happy..................<br />
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It's been a couple of years now since I've had my blanket; Every fall I bring it out and when I do I'm reminded of how generous and unselfish people can be, and I am always touched by her gift to me. I have a blue and white quilt that my mother made for me a long time ago, and when I touch this I get the same feelings as I do with the quilt. I know I am fortunate to have another beautiful heirloom with a story to pass down in my family, and in the meantime a VERY cozy and beautiful handmade throw!!<br />
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Thank you all for stopping by the blog.............wishing you all a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday!!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large;">If I get to a movie early enough I can pretty much eat</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">my entire bag of popcorn before the movie starts</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large;">I'm terrified of snakes and have a fear of heights</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large;">Good antique places make my heart race and I lose all track of time</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large;">I've become addicted to Ghost Adventures (thanks to my daughter)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large;">My van is a constant mess inside, it's really awful </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large;">(but hey, it's a </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large;">barn car...</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large;">it's supposed to be that way!)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large;">I am terribly sentimental when it comes to "things"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large;">it's hard for </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large;">me to part with the most simple items if they have meaning....</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large;">but I'm getting better....and my house is getting cleaner :)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large;">I love driving in the country and looking at houses and farms,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large;">I find it very relaxing</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large;">So I suppose that passes for 7......at first I thought it</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large;">was going to be hard to think of a few, but</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large;">now I'm finding it's really easy and have to stop! (of course I've</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large;">got a list of "loves" right over there, on the right sidebar....so that's</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large;">kind of cheating but they were there first! :)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: large;">So now it's my turn to choose other blogs for the award....and I'm picking:</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia;">Julia at <a href="http://theblissfullycontentlife.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: blue;">Blissfully Content</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia;">Cheryl at<span style="color: black;"> <a href="http://sweetyoungjourney.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: blue;">Sweet Young Journey</span></a></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia;">Michella at<span style="color: blue;"> </span><a href="http://www.michellamarie.com/"><span style="color: blue;">Michella Marie</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia;">Destiny at <a href="http://farmhouse-vintage.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: blue;">Farmhouse Vintage</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia;">Rebecca at <a href="http://walnutandvine.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: blue;">Walnut and Vine</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia;">Andrea at <a href="http://townandprairie.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: blue;">Town and Prairie</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia;">Kary at <a href="http://myfarmhousekitchen.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: blue;">My Farmhouse Kitchen</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia;">Debi at <a href="http://sevengatesfarm.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: blue;">Seven Gates Farm</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia;">Maura at <a href="http://lillyanna-lilaclanecottage.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: blue;">Lilac Lane Cottage</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia;">Mary at<span style="color: blue;"> </span><a href="http://wwwframedandtagged.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: blue;">Framed and Tagged</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia;">Gina at <a href="http://www.cottag3.com/"><span style="color: blue;">Cottag3</span></a><span id="goog_1476972636"></span><span id="goog_1476972637"></span><span id="goog_337404415"></span><span id="goog_337404416"></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia;">Stephanie at <a href="http://southerncharmcottage.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: blue;">Southern Charm Cottage</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Ruth at <a href="http://whitewhimsy.blogspot.com/" style="color: blue;">White Whimsy</a><span id="goog_1158719706"></span><span id="goog_1158719707"></span><span id="goog_624090153"></span><span id="goog_624090154"></span></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">These are some of the blogs I have recently discovered and followed</div><div style="text-align: center;">as a new blogger; I find them to be beautiful, creative <span style="color: blue;">VERSATILE </span><span style="color: black;">blogs</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">written by some interesting and talented women. I hope you will</div><div style="text-align: center;">take a look at their posts and consider following them during your days online!</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thank you again Tina for a great idea, it's a wonderful way to get to </div><div style="text-align: center;">know one another around the blog world!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Have a Fun Weekend everyone!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Devon :)</span></em></div></div>Ironstone and Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04786696719222689306noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2342229713493917904.post-85248038514751843752011-10-10T14:18:00.000-07:002011-10-10T14:29:31.516-07:00My Best Bloggin Buddy Lisa and her Incredible Designs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>I think many of us know one of the best things about blogging is the friendships we make with people we would most likely never meet otherwise.......it's wonderful how someone will track you down after a post or a comment and you find how much you have in common, and the next thing you know you are buddies outside of the blog world, sharing a friendship hundreds of miles away. Such was the case with my friend Lisa. I had happened to see one of her button stars on another blog a while back, and immediately put in my order. LOVE this star..............<br />
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It was so pretty in person I made sure to let her know........and before we knew it we had started a correspondence with each other. She checked in on my blog (and paid me some immense compliments...!) and let me know her web site <a href="http://www.bilanciadesigns.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Bilancia Designs</span></a> would soon be up and running. I couldn't wait, Lisa designs and creates some of the most beautiful and unique stationary and dried floral arrangements I have ever seen!<br />
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When I told Lisa I was going to embark on a new venture and open a small booth at an antique mall, she was so excited for me, and she offered to make me some custom cards and tags as a "booth-warming" gift. What a sweetheart she is!! I gave her my information, (I had decided to call the booth "Vintage Whimsy") and she did the rest. This past weekend I received a box full of her wonderful and talented work........I am so excited I just had to share it!!<br />
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personalized gift tags with gorgeous ribbons...<br />
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The most unbelievable customized calling cards......<br />
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Look, just LOOK at her handwriting!! And she does this freehand!<br />
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Fun vintage-style stamps....<br />
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I love this one with it's buttons......<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Aren't they just great and unique? I absolutely LOVE what this girl can do!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She also does a line of seasonal-related designs; Here are a few with the</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Halloween theme......</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gotta love it....look at the eyes on the cats! and the pumpkins!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She also enclosed a gift tag to put with a bottle of wine....it came with it's own</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">little burlap wine bag!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Obviously a 50th wedding anniversary gift from a child or children to their parents............way, WAY long ago! I'm a sucker for rare and one of a kind pieces like this, dated from a different era. Not only is it unique, but the details are amazing and beautiful. I believe those are little cherubs dancing around on the plate?<br />
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My idea is to use it as a sort of candle holder or display piece.........here's a look at it holding a strand of vintage pearls that was another treasure I found the other day at an antique store-<br />
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I love the old jewelry pieces, look at the clasp on the pearls.....<br />
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Although not an Etsy find, I saw this beautiful silver cream and sugar set at an antique store near me the other day......<br />
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Normally I'm not to drawn to silver service pieces like this......but there was something about the sugar container that reminded me of a little loving cup<br />
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On a different note, I was finally able to do a little rearranging yesterday with the help of my husband.......a couple of years ago my sister in law from New York State sold her house and told anyone who cared to come up with a U-Haul was free to pick whatever they wanted. Even though we lived a good 1000 miles from her at the time, I didn't have to persuade Mr. Ironstone to drive up there and take advantage of such a generous offer. He knew as well as I did that she had some amazing pieces she was happy to share with her family since she was scaling down and moving to the city. He brought back a beautiful pine farm table (used for many of my pictures here on the blog, like above with the Bride basket) And also this gorgeous old English Pine Hutch. Believe it or not the hutch has been sitting in my garage with a protective cloth over it ever since he brought it back. We just never really had the time or desire to rearrange things and bring it into the house. Now, though, I'm ready to do some painting and make some changes in time for the holidays. I decided (with some sadness) to take out my mother's inlaid mahogany sideboard (don't worry, it's going into storage for now, not to the auction block) and bring the hutch into the dining room. <br />
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I guess it's only fair to show the other half of the room while all this was going on........don't want anyone to think I'm not capable of a real mess.......this all came out of the sideboard that was taken out (it's mostly my mom's crystal that was kept in there).....<br />
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(yes, that is an English saddle on it's end.....mine when I was 11.........I'm still trying to figure out how it got in here but I think my daughter must've had something to do with it :) )<br />
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Finally, I would love to say thank you again to Maura of <a href="http://lillyanna-lilaclanecottage.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Lilac Lane Cottage</span></a> for the lovely house sign I won in her giveaway a few months ago from Ramsign<br />
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Thank you Maura! The sign is beautiful and is only temporarily on the fence post until I can get it hung over the front door!!<br />
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Thank you everyone for catching back up with me, I appreciate your visit and comments so much!!<br />
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I've had the best time combing thrift shops and prowling Etsy........but with a garage full of lake-related stuff I'm going to have to put the creative-feminine urge aside and focus on tagging and moving things into my new booth. I'll be sure to get some pictures up, hoping to start moving things in either Thursday or Friday<br />
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So glad to be posting again......... hope all you peeps are doing well and will stop by for another visit now that I'm back at it!!!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>I had all these creative ideas to get started on once school began............<br />
and now the camera is somewhere in the Canon warehouse, with a tag on it<br />
that someone will eventually, someday, take a look at<br />
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No Siree, not a happy camper.............<br />
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Finally I couldn't take it anymore (I know, I know, such blog drama), I had to post <i style="font-weight: bold;">something</i>.........<br />
So thank goodness for saved files............I can dig back into better camera days and post some oldies.....<br />
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So that's what I did..........<br />
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To get my fix........<br />
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Hopefully I will be back with camera in hand soon.......please come back again and visit!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;"><i>devon :)</i></span></div>Ironstone and Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04786696719222689306noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2342229713493917904.post-28059324399172015392011-08-08T08:17:00.000-07:002011-08-08T08:17:18.902-07:00I'm on Etsy!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I finally got around to opening an Etsy shop today..........summer was too busy and I wasn't home much, but school started in Georgia today so it's back to work!<br />
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It's a little bit of this and that I've collected <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is something new for me, I've got a lot of things I've collected</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and am ready to part with....I'd love for you to</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">come visit me at Livin' in the Past on Etsy!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div></div>Ironstone and Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04786696719222689306noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2342229713493917904.post-79010957640678195552011-08-01T18:23:00.000-07:002011-08-01T21:00:51.890-07:00Hey Baby!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Recently I got into using antique pictures of babies and children around my house..........this of course is nothing new, the vintage crowd discovered a long time ago how wonderful the sepia and black and white photos looked with the off white shadowy style of decorating......<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wonder what it was like to take your children to get their pictures</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">taken way back when......were they good, did they squirm??</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I really like the ones with animals....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">like this one with the horse (of course)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and this dear sweet child with her beautiful kitty...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">if you're fortunate you're blessed with lots of vintage</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">photos of family, and those of course become favorites</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">my guess is that even back then having a photo portrait </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of your child or children taken was pretty much like it is today....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the moms would fuss over the hair</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> and the clothes, small bracelets and necklaces were common, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and many a parent probably had to deal with a fussy baby... and hope that in a split second an endearing image would live on forever</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div></div>Ironstone and Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04786696719222689306noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2342229713493917904.post-17527242700269194942011-07-12T20:57:00.000-07:002011-07-12T20:57:59.959-07:00Bright Idea for a Lamp (no pun intended!! :) )I've been trying to clear out some of my flea market finds lately, scaling down and trying to figure out what I can part with (I'm hoping to open an Etsy store soon) and what I'm just not ready to let go of. I've had this sweet little girls dress for awhile now.........it's always just kind of hung here and there on it's hanger and not really gotten it's full appreciation...............<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I took it off it's spot on the wall and took another</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">look at it..........it's a sweet little thing......</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hmmm.......I looked around.......I've got this </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">cute little lamp that gives off very little light, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">almost like a nite-lite. I bought it thinking I</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">was going to use it in a bathroom for some</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">soft lighting, but I really loved it and wasn't ready to</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">put it in a place where I couldn't really enjoy it.....</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am so excited about using these two together........the pictures don't</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">really do it justice but it looks really cute!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The pattern on the shade shows up more at night,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but in daylight it silhouettes the dress more and the shade less</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh well......I thought it was a good way to enjoy the</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">two in a "different light" (ooohhh, bad!!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Going to post this up with the White Wednesday </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Group over at <a href="http://fadedcharmcottage.blogspot.com/">Faded Charm</a>......</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hope everyone's having a wonderful week!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Ironstone and Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04786696719222689306noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2342229713493917904.post-89563078621921264162011-07-07T10:26:00.000-07:002011-07-07T10:34:43.977-07:00Dreaming can be SOOO addicting!I am the first to admit I am an old house lover......I love looking at them, touring them in books and on the Internet (many of the blogs can hold me transfixed for a very long time!).......pretty much dreaming of how much I would love to live in one, and if it were in disrepair the challenge of bringing it back to life. Luckily, or unluckily for me, there is a turn of the century farm house not too far from where I live that has been empty for a few years. It is off the beaten path and shares it's country neighborhood with some, er, less desirable tenants. The only person who would probably give her a serious look will be someone who appreciates and desires all the charm that only an old homestead can give. Someone like me........only I can't entertain that thought at the moment. I would love to though, and in the meantime, she sits not far away and allows me to roam her boundaries and peek in her windows..........and dream when I need that old house "fix".<br />
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I give you the Farmhouse...............<br />
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Isn't that a dreamy view tucked in<br />
behind those amazing trees? This is from the back<br />
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Something about this side picture just makes me associate<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">looking at the rear at the present kitchen/side</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">entrance.....can you just imagine the potential</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of enlarging the kitchen and maybe</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">building a screen porch?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But wait......there's even a small barn in the back!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Be still my beating heart...........!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">rough, yes....but structurally sound, nothing that a</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">little work and effort can't make better</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So there, this is my current dream house....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it's not mine, but it might as well be...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've already got the brown broad fencing</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">up for the horses, there's going to be a small</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">goldfish pond in the back under the shade,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and a bright white picket fence is going to</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">enclose the front of the yard which will eventually</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">be reseeded and bordered by wildflower beds and white hydrangeas</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks for allowing me to share my dream with you today!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div></div>Ironstone and Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04786696719222689306noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2342229713493917904.post-13536245086121647532011-06-29T10:42:00.000-07:002011-06-29T10:47:42.634-07:00Simple Whites<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Teaming up with Kathleen at <a href="http://fadedcharmcottage.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Faded Charm</span></a><span style="color: #ea9999;"> </span>for the White Wednesday group; I looked around the house and had some fun with some simple things that are white, and took them outside for a chance at better light. Enjoy!!<br />
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