Red, White, and Blue - Touches to my Vintage Country/Cottage Summer Décor

 Hello Friends,

Today, I'm shopping my home for Vintage-Rustic décor to make red white and blue vignettes through out my house for the month of July.

I like to add flags, diy wooden stars, pip berries picks and red white florals into my vintage summer décor.

In a corner of the living room, I have a bookcase with a cabinet that I house my salt and pepper collection. 

The vintage red lantern is a new thrifted item this year, looks nice in this Coke- Cola vignette.

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On top of a recently thrifted vintage picnic basket, I placed a clear glass flower frog on top of a bread pan for height, to display a group of flags.

I also incorporated the amazing pottery mug I picked up at my local thrift store

 

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On the entry shelf, I used a few pieces of my milk glass collection for the RED, WHITE, BLUE into this vignette.

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On the top of the hutch I just rearranged a few things. Added small flags and red, white, blue stars.

I want to thank you for checking out the blog, please check back any time to see what's going on.  I'm trying to post at least every two weeks with thrift haul and a vignette to show off the treasure I found.

And of course seasonal  decorating in and outside my home.

Until next time........

May God Bless You and Your Family,

Vicki

Patriotic Mantel

 Hi Friends,

Fourth of July is fast approaching and I'm just a little behind on putting out my RED, WHITE, and BLUE.

On the fireplace mantel in the family room, I will not be changing it to much.  I took down the chicken wreath and added a rustic diy wooden star.

Took the pine cones out of the silver-plate basket and added diy wooden stars, vintage red flag and metal star cookie cutters

added a few small American flag

Thank so much for checking out the mantel decorated for the month of July.

Please check back again, I post every week with thrift hauls, vignettes to show off founded treasures in my seasonal decorating inside and outside my home.

So, Until next time.......

May God Bless You and Your Family,

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

What can I do in the Garden in June ? Enjoy the Blooming Perennials in the Garden.

 Hi Friends,

I'm out in the yard today, (My happy place) enjoying the beautiful poppies in full bloom. 

Weeding is never done - think I have mentioned before that our spring has been below 40* at night for the month of April and May and seems to rains for several days each week.

This past week the evenings are warming up with thunder showers in the afternoon. So, I've tried to get out for about an hour in the morning and weed.

Iris are blooming also, aren't they beautiful? I need to weed this bed also, maybe I'll get to it in a couple of days.

Another part of my back yard, I have the red dianthus and violet salvia in bloom. The Iris in this area didn't bloom this year not quite sure, I may have split this bundle last fall.

The sweet peas seem to be happy in the straw I started last year with growing a few cucumber and pumpkin plants last year in the straw bales and they did fine. I've added wire fencing to the pallet for the sweet peas to climb on.

Pumpkin plants are doing well, also I need to be thinking how to get a trellis ready.

I just thought I'd give you a peek of what I have been up to the back yard.  When the weather is nice I love to putter around my yard.

Thank you for stopping by,  So until next time....

May God Bless You and Your Family,

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

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Vintage Thrifting in Another Town - Found Some Great Treasures!

 Hello Friends, 

I got out of small town this last weekend and enjoy having a variety of antique shops to rummage in.

The first antique/ thrift store was "Wilsons Estate" this shop had a great selection of furniture, a few very nice dinning room china hutches average price $75.00 to $150.00 (we took the car on this trip or I might have brought a china hutch home with me) 

They had a variety of all kinds of treasures but a little bit sparse. It might be possible this store had recently opened, however, I was able to find a few cherished things.  This is what I bought home.

A big selection of postcards 4 for a $1.00 I'll be putting some of the post cards away for and spring.  I used

I picked up a vintage wooden pestle for a food mill masher? for $4.00.

 I place the pestle on top of the kitchen cabinets with a longer pestle and a food mill. 

The screened funnel here on the shelf, I used as a kid separating the skins of apricots for canning we called it a juicer.

I thought the hand held lemon or orange juicer, $3.00 was a great price and I didn't have one.

I've seen several collectors on social media pick up these Anchor Hocking cruets while thrifting. 

My Mother had a set for oil and red vine vinegar. So of course when I spied the set for a $1.00 each!

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The next store was "Redeemed Treasures" of the past it had been in business around 7 year the clerk said this store was more like a mall with I would say fifty venders and a good variety of vintage treasure.

The winter scene post cards($1.00 each) I will be packing away until winter.

I just can't believe two I bought another hand held lemon/orange juicer ($1.60), lol, so now I have two (crazy). 

I also placed the green handle biscuit cutter ($4.00), as you can see next to my many aluminum cookie cutter. I will need to find a bigger container for all those cookie cutters I love so much.😊

I was super happy to find a Prince Albert cigarettes' tin at a reasonable price of $3.20 or I thought it was a good price. I nestled the Prince Albert tin in with a few of my other tobacco tins and brown bottles.

I don't know why I picked up this cute small "Hull" pitcher ($4.00), I don't really collect Hull pottery. I do think the small pitcher looks nice with the brown pottery I have above the kitchen cabinets.

I really don't have much of a vintage doll collection, but this cute pair of farm dolls had a great price of $5.00 for the pair. I placed these very darling dolls on a dresser in the spare room.

When I saw three Colorado souvenir ash trays in a club shape, a diamond shape, and this spade shape ash tray($3.99 each) a little pricey for me to buy all three. 

I felt the spade shape was the one to display with my other Colorado souvenir ash trays.

Little silver-plate cup ($2.50)and souvenir spoon ($2.00) is on the shelf with the other silver plate treasures. 

It was a toss up, should the cup be in the grand kids room? displayed as a kid items? or display this cute silver plate cup with other like pieces?

Here it is on shelf with other liked treasures.

I really didn't need another green vase. The green vintage Randall bud vase is super cute ($3.00), I love green emerald glass, so there you go.....

 I place this cute emerald green bud vase with my small collection of green bottles. Loving the copper treasure with the green bottles.

I'll be holding on to the insulator wooden screw pegs ($3.00 each) for a while, I have a project I have been wanting to do in the back yard garden. 

I have been collecting vintage insulators and when ever I find a insulator wooden screw pegs, I pick them up, I was happy to have found three ($3.99)for the bundle.

I'm looking forward to get this project done this summer.

I picked up this  nickel plate Rayo oil lamp for $18.00, my plan is to upcycle the lamp to electric. 

I have two other lamp I added the bulb socket and electric cord to, I'm still looking for a few pieces to complete these lamps - shade, shade ring, collar, etc.. 

It was great to get out of town and get a new perspective on life out side my small town and of course finding new stores to go thrifting and antiquing!

I want to thank you for checking in.  I hope to give you some inspiration to go out thrifting, you just never know what kind of one of a kind treasure you will find.

 If you like the thrill of thrifting what are items you look for?

 Please check back any time, I'm trying to post at least every two weeks, with thrift hauls, vignettes of where I show off my thrifted treasures, and a few peeks at my seasonal decorating in and outside my home..

So, until next time......

 

May God Bless You and Your Family, 

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Vintage Silver-Plate and Pewter Touches on the Hutch - Decorate With Me for June

 Hi Friends,

Today, I'm decorating the hutch for June. 

All I did was, packed up the rustic DIY rustic bird houses, diy bird nest and eggs.

I kept all the white faux florals, 

Gathered up my collection of blueish vintage Ball canning jars to display on top of the hutch.

I moved around the white milk glass bud vases into different vignettes,

brought in some silver-plate items like the large platter, pedestal candy dish, and a pewter mug to the top of the hutch.

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I stack the chrome/gray color, metal fishing box on top of the two green tackle boxes that were already on top of the hutch.

In the fishing box I gathered silver-plate cutlery my dad gave me and a couple of metal embroidery hoops.

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added a wore-out blue jean diy garland to the top of the hutch

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This vignette did not change much I added a pewter mug and pewter saucer and a Towle sterling silver candle stick.

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This vignette didn't change much, I rearranged the hens around a bit.

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I hope that I'm an inspiration to you to go out and thrift. You just never know what you may find.

I want to thank you for checking in, please checkback any time, I'm trying to post at least every two weeks, with a thrift haul and vignettes of where I have used my new vintage finds.

Until next time.............

May God Bless You and Your Family,

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Vintage Vignette using Thrifted Silver-Plate and Pewter on the Mantel for June

 

Hi Friends,

Today I'm re-styling the mantel for June,  I replace the nests with eggs and the diy bird houses with vintage pieces that I've had for many years from around the house.

I love using this diy CountryFarmhouseWreath through out the summer months. You may remember seeing this wreath displayed in my May post "Early Vintage Summer on the Mantel". 

I gathered a few thrifted green books to add more color and interest.

 I love using this very sentimental piece of pottery in vignette, because my oldest daughter made it, when she was in middle school about 20 years ago.  

The pewter platter in the back of this vignette was thrifted last fall.

A couple of silver-plate pieces I pulled from other parts of the house to add another layer to the mantel

In this area of the mantel I rearranged the Hens a little and placed a vintage glass door knob on top of the thrifted books.

If you remember the dilemma I had over this awesome horn mug.

 for a while at my local vintage thrift store trying to decide whether I should pick it up or not.

Silver-Plate platter are just a nice vintage treasure to have, their very versatile to use in a vignette. But the nice use of this large platter is for cookies at Christmas time.

If your interested in the diy tutorial of either of the garland check out my post Black and White Check Garland.

I want to thank you for checking in, please check back any time.  I'm trying to post every week with a thrift haul vignettes of where I show off the treasures I find and a few pic's at seasonal home decorating in and outside my home.

Until next time.........

May God Bless You and Your Family, 

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Vintage Galvenized Buckets and Florals for the Front Porch

 Hi Friends,

Today, I am pulling out all of the galvanized buckets from the garden shed, to be used for flower planter in the front porch area.

I've been collecting galvanized buckets one at a time all year, when I see them I normally try and pick them up if their under $5.00 for buckets.

I have also been picking up larger terra cotta pots when I can find them for under $5.00 .  This brass bucket I have had for many year I usually place by the fireplace filled with pinecone I have gathered

I usually try and grow all of my plant from seed, however, this year our month of April and may have been cold rainy this year nights have been in the high 20's low 30's even my milk jug plants are a little behind.

 I started sowing seed in milk jug the first week of May and these are the zinnias I planted over a month ago. Very delayed zinnias I'm thinking! 

So I went to my local Wal-Mart and was pleasantly surprised that some of the lovely geraniums were half off, $2.00 a plant so, I bought a flat of ten geraniums

The weekend  after the last day of school I dropped by my storage unit looking for items I could use for summer décor. I had for gotten about the wash tubs I had here is one of them. 

The lovely wire potato basket and the large white enamel red trim wash tub I found at a auction many years ago and has been in my storage unit.  

This is my summer front porch as of June 1st.  I'm sure it I'll be changing a few things as the month of July moves closer.  I might add a few flags I don't know quite yet, I think I need a focal point not sure what it should be.

I hope I have inspired you to use some of your vintage collection to decorate your home for the different holidays or season

I want to thank you for checking in , please check back any time, I'm trying to post at least every other weekend, with thrift hauls, vignettes of where I show off my thrifted treasures, and a few pic's of my seasonal decorating in and outside my home.

So, until next time......

May God Bless You and Your Family,

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett