Late Summer Mantel With Sunflowers Accenting Vintage Bottles

 Hi Friends,

Today I'm changing up my fireplace mantel for late Summer.  With sunflowers, black and white homespun, a crow here and there.

I left the blue framed rooster picture on the vintage window frame, I love this picture!

I brought in a few of my hens from my collection.  This year I have adding touches of Spanish moss, I think the moss gives a more primitive/rustic farmhouse vibe. 

I  just the the added touches of blue and green I also pulled in vintage toy blocks a pottery piece my oldest daughter made in school years ago.

I also included some vintage bottles, a couple of aged books, old tobacco tin.

I really like how my mantel turned out this summer, with the sunflower garland layered with the age light blue jean rag garland with a black and white home spun mixed in.

Thank you so much for stopping by, so until next time May God Bless You and You Family today.

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Decorate with me....... Small Area of the Living room with Some of my Collectibles

Hi Friends,

Today I'm playing around with a vignette on a book shelf in my living room.  I gather a couple of my vintage chickens, some of my gramma's measuring cups, a jadeite salt shaker, a metal recipe box my son Mod Podge way back in high school, one of my brass candle sticks, a couple of vintage cookie, and a dark green depression glass salt shaker.

So lets see how I rearrange these pieces to find the prefect arrangement.

Changed it up a bit by adding a rusty tin for a riser

I'm loving this little vignette I put together for summer.

Thank you for stopping by.  Let me know what you think?  Is it the milk glass vase or the brass candle stick?

Until the next time .....

May God Bless You and Your Family.

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Thrift Haul - I Found A Few Vintage Book

 Hi Friends,

I have another great haul from a local thrift/antique store. Oh the books I found are amazing!

Little golden Mother Gooses, Woody Woodpecker and My little book of poems.

But then I saw this Lassie book this is a first. I so thrilled to find this book it brings back memories as a kid watching the T. V. show

I found this grab full of bits and pieces of craft items I was so thrilled for just $1.75.

The next cool book I found titled "George Washington"

I can't wait to display this book with my patriotic décor.

Also the Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, and The Treasure Hunt

were great finds for me. Oh by the way I paid a $1.00 a piece for the books.  Yes I felt the price was a little high but I don't intend to resale the books.

I had so much fun today thrifting.  I'm always on the look out for books that have be (band) to add to my collection.  You just never know where these books will turn up. 

Thank you for stopping by. I hope you enjoyed my vintage book haul.  Until next time.....

My God Bless You and Your Family.

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Sun Flower DIY Project

Hi Friends,

This week I have been working on a little project using wooden sun shapes fun picture frames from the Dollar Store.  

I painted the wooden suns yellow and then added some black and white checked gingham fabric.

 

My vision was to use buttons for the center of the flower (sun) frame. It seems I always have a good stock of old buttons. 

So I took a look through my button stash, and found a set of five for each flower (sun) frame.

I heated up the dandy glue gun to attach the buttons to the center to make the frame look more like a sunflower.  I think all four flowers turned of very cute.

Have you made a diy for fall? Until the next time.....

May God Bless You and Your Family,

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett