Remodeling a Vintage Farmhouse in the Middle of the Country
The other day we had a yard sale.
We sold a claw foot bathtub and an old trunk and a Ho Ho Ho pillow and two chairs missing spindles and a bunch of old trophies and a yellow train track set and box full of cassette tapes.
High dollar stuff.
Aren’t you sad you missed it?
And during the frenzy of shopping activity…..
……my mother told everyone about my blog.Continue reading
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Have you ever been talked into buying something at a store before?
Something that you knew you really didn’t need.
Something you didn’t really even want.
Except….
*sigh*
Except…..there was this saleslady.
Do I even need to go any further?Continue reading
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Yesterday I Twittered my way through 359 miles of vintage silver and milk glass and antique furniture and Christmas decorations and bicycles and junk…..oh….the junk.
And I tweeted all about it because I wanted you to be there with me.
Because I know you would have laughed when we saw that man pushing a dog in the stroller.
And I know we would have sighed when we saw that incredibly overpriced architectural piece that would have been perfect in my bathroom and that I know I should have gotten….but I was way too cheap. And I really wish you would have been there because I know.
I know.
I just know you would have convinced me to buy it.Continue reading
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I love silver for collecting.
I love silver in a white urn.
I love silver with dinner…..but most of all….
I love silver for wearing.
Each year at Christmas we have a homemade gift exchange. This year I gave my family necklaces created from vintage silver spoons. We simply detached the spoon from the handle, sanded it down and stamped it.
There were many entries this year, including a burlap pillow adorned with tiny, tea-stained cottonballs and a nativity set created out of acorns.
It was a grueling and arduous contest, but in the end….
….I declared myself the winner.
Seriously.
There was no contest.
Who could top a necklace that started out life as a piece of vintage flatware?
So when the tissue and ribbons and wrapping paper were cleared away….I just knew somewhere there would be a mirror ball trophy calling my name…..
….if I could only get the nativity set and the pillow to agree.
To see my other stamped spoon projects….click here.
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Some people collect stamps.
Some people collect insects.
Some people collect 1960′s Italian glass decanters.
As for me, I am an avid, undying fan of vintage silverware.
I collect it all….
….forks, spoons, soup ladles, servers, pickle forks, sugar spoons, iced teaspoons, meat forks, ice cream spoons and on and on.
Why?
I think each piece of silverware tells a story.
Stories of dinner parties and ladies in flapper outfits, tinkling bells for the next course.
Stories of dignitaries and newlyweds and special occasions.
And just like in days of old, I want my silver to tell its own stories…stories for my children and grandchildren.
And oh…..the stories my forks and spoons could tell….
….but enough about my silverware….
…..tell your spoons and forks to visit me and we’ll dish 
PS What do you collect?
PSS Wishing you a Merry Christmas Happy New Year!
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