Sharing My Garden, It Gives Me Joy!

Hi Friends, 

 I'm so glad your here! 

Today, I'm so excited to share what's growing in the garden!

I started vegetables seeds back in April in gallon milk jug and it's time to transplant the vegetables into the garden.

cucumbers

corn

green pole beans

watermelon

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In the garden boxes planted last fall

kale

onions
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In the flower beds

white iris and in the back-ground sunflowers

Hens and chicks and sunflowers

blue salvia

 Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to stop by to see what I have been doing in the garden week. 

 I would love to hear what you have been doing this week. 

 So until my next post...... 

May God Bless You and Your Family,

 I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Vintage Tobacco Accessories to Add to My Collection

Hi Friends, 

 I'm so glad your here, Today!

 

I'm so excited to share a few new pieces I found to incorporate into my Tobacco Accessories Collection.

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The first treasure,

 is a Climax Golden Twin plug tobacco tin, I'm thinking Circuit 1910-1920 a P. Lorillard Company in New York

ON THE INSIDE LID IT READS...

"To the gentlemen who likes a mild sweet chewing tobacco, this handy little piece of excellent quality, well be very attractive. Many chewers will take advantage of the opportunity it affords of buying a full pound box, then insuring a home supply of the tobacco in it's original freshness and perfect condition."

* there are 12 - 5 cent pieces in each box *

The tobacco tin also has a partial - 1 Pound Indian Tax Stamp - on the side of the tin.

I gave $15.00 for this tin which is a little pricey me.

However these kind of things I probably never find in my small town, but you never know. 

I love the added color the tin brings to this grouping.

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Second treasure,

is a 'DC Cigar Promotional Variety Box'. 

That had been recycled into a sewing box. I won the bid at $21.03, which is also a bit high priced for me. 

The box was cool, and I have all this extra sewing notions, 9 wooden spools of thread a thimble, around 18 bundles of color thread, packet bias tape and lace and two vintage sewing needle packs.

I don't think the box is vintage, but it looks great displayed with my other cigar boxes.

Lastly,

A bundle of small 'Match Boxes'.

these small match boxes date back to 1940's. 

I won the bid of $2.00 each.

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 Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to stop by to see what treasures I have found this week. 

 I would love to hear what you have found thrifting and how you style it in your home. 

 So until my next post...... 

May God Bless You and Your Family. I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Vintage On-line Auction Thrifting

Hi Friends, 

 I'm so glad you stopped by today!

As you know I've been busy with gardening. Monday I decided to take the afternoon and finish a few posts I've been working on.

 I'm so excited to share a few fun treasures I received from a On-line Auction last week.

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1st,

item I won the bid was this great 1966 Milton Bradley vintage 'The Lone Ranger' gameboard and spinner $6.25. This sure did bring back memories of my past.

I knew exactly where I wanted to display this gameboard...

In a spare bedroom that my grandsons stay when the visit.

Then,

I bid on a bag of Cowboys and Indian figurines, for$3.25

 I also, place the figurine in the grandsons room

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There were a couple of Valentine card I won the bid on, the lacy card and paid $4.25 for the card.

The card with the cute Boy and Girl under a umbrella was $3.00

I'll be using these cards in my February décor next year.

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Lastly,

 I bid on a mystery box for $15.00. I know your thinking WOW that is a high price. Well, it is for me but look what was in side this 1950's Child Size Shoe Box.

Look at all the Fun Trinkets!

Vintage greeting cards - 1972 Michigan Lotto card - 1974 Raggedy Ann miniature playing cards - Vintage wood Bingo markers and card - cute little metal toy airplane - 1972 Hallmark Lulu pin - Black Hawk type-writer tin, an other miscellaneous treasures.

I can wait to use these trinkets, here and there through out my little vignettes.

This awesome Centennial Bracelet was also, in this Mystery Box.

Couldn't find any information on this bracelet, but a very cool trinkets.

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 Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to stop by to see what treasures I have found out thrifting this week. 

 I would love to hear what you have found thrifting and how you style it in your home. 

 So until my next post...... 

May God Bless You and Your Family,

 I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Early Summer is Here A Busy Week Gardening

(Apple Tree in Blooms this Week)

Hi Friends, 

 I'm so glad your here today!

As you have probably notice I have NOT made many post here on 'My Little Colorado Cottage' in the past couple of weeks.

Last week was a busy week for me, I'm trying to get my garden beds ready to plant. Starting Memorial Weekend through the first week of June.

(Milk jug I planted seeds Mid-April)

 I'm so excited to share how my garden is looking now!

(Bush Beans)

Pickling Cucumbers

I sat up a tri-pod for the Sweet Peas

Sweet Peas

Baby Roma Tomatoes

 Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to stop by to see how my vegetable garden is coming along. 

 I would love to hear do you garden?  

 So until my next post...... 

May God Bless You and Your Family,

 I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Went 'Vintage Thrifting' This Weekend, I Found a Really Interesting Treasure

Hi Friends, 

 I'm so glad your here! 

Today, I'm so excited to share a thrift haul from my Local 'Vintage/Thrift Store'.

Last time I was there, I left behind a set of little Bundt Pans.

I can't pass-up these very adorable jell/custard cups to add to my fast growing collection. LOL!

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I picked up a very interesting rust-crusty Iron Rest for $2.00! 

I used some W-D to see if I could make out the manufacture it has a upside down triangle. 

After some research, I'm thinking the iron rest is made by 'American Beauty Iron' company

I'm slowly gathering treasures for a small make-over in my small laundry-room.

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As you know by now, I normally do not pass up Terra-Cotta Planters. 

This pot with drain dish was $4.00, I didn't think that was a bad price. I've place the planter out on the front porch area and added Marigold seeds.  

I added this planter to my collection on the front porch

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I also found 2 Pool-Cue Balls for $.50 each. for now I've placed the cue balls in a truck bed, but hoping tp find large jar to put the cue-balls in,(maybe a basket).

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This was a small haul, however I found some great finds to add to my vintage cottage décor, for under $10.00!

 Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to stop by to see what treasures I have found out thrifting this week. 

 I would love to hear what you have found thrifting and how you style it in your home. 

 So until my next post...... 

May God Bless You and Your Family,

 I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Vintage Treasure Hunt at My Local Thrift Store

Hi Friends, 

 I'm so glad your here! 

Today, I went hunting for vintage treasure hunt to my local budget center. 

I'm so excited to share a few vintage items that I found......

I went through the vintage glass and was unable to find anything new.

Next, I dug through the tubs of doilies and discovered this cute yellow trimmed doily.

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I looked through the photo albums and found four more.

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Also, found this great Artisan Crafted wooden picture frame. This frame looks like it might have been a burned wood project.

I added a clipping from a vintage song book I have in my craft closet, but I'm not sure if I like this print in the frame, I'll think about it and let you know if I change it out for a different print.

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I picked a few more sewing items 

a small bag of buttons for $.75, a great variety of colors, plus a few metal buttons. I added the buttons to the big jar in my little sewing nook.

two bags of bias tape, I put some of the bias tape in one of my vintage Ball canning jars, along with red, white and blue tape on cards.

Looking through the bin of thread eye-spied a spool of blue embroidery thread, I was thinking to mix in to the Patriotic/Summer Décor', this year.

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Lastly,

I found three very cool vintage books...

The 1st book,

 was first published in 1939 - 'Mystery at Martha's Vineyard'

more of a Novel

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The 2nd book,

   a 1955 reader digest with a couple of very interesting colored advertisements.

I believe I'll be using this book in a July vignette,

 I think it will look great.

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The 3rd book,

is a 1944 "Sunset's Kitchen Cabinet Recipes" book, volume three

the graphic's in this book are so fun!

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That is my thrifted vintage haul this week, I hope I inspired you to get out and thrift. 

I think I found some super awesome treasure that I'll be able to incorporate into my décor this Summer.

  

Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to stop by to see what treasures I have found out thrifting this week. 

 I would love to hear what you have found thrifting and how you style it in your home. 

 So until my next post...... 

May God Bless You and Your Family,

 I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett