Patriotic 'Assemblages' - Vintage-Inspired Summer Craft

Hi Friends, 

 I'm so glad your here! 

Today, I'm so excited to share a few vintage inspired, 'Assemblages' that I have crafted for my 'Patriotic Summer Décor.'

I had quite a few of the aluminum JELLO molds

I had leftover prints from "The Graphic Fairy.com" that I used in the Patriotic Collage Cards last month.

I added popsicle sticks on the back of the embellished prints

and floral foam block in the molds to secure the prints without using glue.

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I've been a bit obsessed with vintage-inspired Patriotic crafts lately, but I think they're very fun to make. 

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 Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to stop by to see what I'm crafting this week. 

 I would love to hear what you have found thrifting or crafting for your home décor. 

 So until my next post...... 

May God Bless You and Your Family,

 I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

I Found a Couple of Great Finds - Vintage Thrifting Friday

Hi Friends, 

 I'm so glad your here! Today, I'm so excited to share a few treasures I found this weekend at a couple of yard sales.

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The first sale,

had a lot of Christmas light, ribbons, wrapping paper, and arranged florals and small trees, all modern Christmas décor, so I passed it up. 

However, I did notice a under-bed Rubbermaid tote for $2.00 

Thought the Rubbermaid tote is worth the $2.00, right?

I also got a bag of miscellaneous tissue paper.

and quite a few pre-made red bows for the $2.00's.

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Also, at this sale I spied another vintage piece of Tupperware for my daughter, 

for $2.00 a Sheet Cake Caddy

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Then,

across the street was a sale and I picked up 9 Terra-Cotta planter saucers all for $1.00!

I'm using a few of the saucers with the Terra-Cotta planters on the front porch.

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The last sale 

I stopped at 

on Friday, had many tools, duffle bags, tool caddies, electrical items, cement trowels, building materials, etc.

I brought home a few fun finds....

I thought this Klein Tool Caddy $1.00 will be great as a flower planter

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also two tool bags on a belt for $3.00.  I'm going to use as a caddy for my garden tools and gloves

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I couldn't leave this cute Kerosene Lantern for a $1.00 

I'm not sure if I want to paint it red or not, what do think?

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a Receipt/Invoice Books and Carpenter Pencil for $1.00

I'll be using pages from the books in my the collage cards, I've been enjoying making for my holiday décor.

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two small Cans of Stain $1.00, I picked hoping to weather protect the the garden chair, will see? 

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 when I run across a heavy duty Duffle Bag at a reasonable price I try to purchase them, I use the bag to hold sleeping bags for camping, sometime I can get up to 3 sleeping bags in one duffle bag!

 I paid $3.00 for this bag.

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This weekend I did not find many vintage treasures, but that's how it goes sometimes. 

There's always next weekend!

 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

Crafting Again - Rustic Cottage Country Patriotic Flags

Hi Friends, 

 I'm so glad your here! 

Today, I'm sharing another craft I have been working on for my Patriotic Vignettes.

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I'm using the same fabric I used for the "Fabric Posies'

(fairly simple craft).

I cut 6" by 4" rectangles of the strip material and 2.5" by 3" rectangles of the star material

hand stitched the star material to the striped material and used tacky glue to attach the wooden skewers

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

 

 I would love to hear if you have been crafting, thrifting or gardening lately.

 

 So until my next post...... 

May God Bless You and Your Family, 

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Friday Vintage Thrifting

Hi Friends, 

 I'm so glad your here! 

Today, I'm so excited to share some interesting treasures I found at my local vintage/thrift store, all of this for $23.20

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'The Three Musketeers' book I sat ,here on the shelf with many other vintage children books I've collected.

The 'Three Musketeers copy right 1958 was a great find for $5.00

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I have been watching the bag of 4 vintage hard wood caster for vintage furniture plus 3 more for a total price of $4.00, that I have been watching for some time.

I found three single casters and threw them in and offer $4.00 for all seven wheels and the owner was okay with that price. 

COOL!

I thought they would look great in a jar, box, and even a toy tractor-trailer.

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The bag of buttons were a great find I thought for a $1.00, because they have been quite a bit higher in the past , Like $5.00!

Look at these buttons the are amazing, I'm wondering if the cream color buttons might be made of shell or bone?

And the black buttons 'Bakelite'?

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This green vintage trinket dish was super cool, was really hoping it might be Uranium Glass, unfortunately not uranium glass for $3.00.

for the time being I'm using the vintage green dish to hold the new button for display, that I paid $3.00. 

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I spotted this cute creamer with birds! very cool! I'll be using this creamer in my Fall décor

Made in England $5.00

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I loved these three crocheted pot holder blue for Summer, orange trim for Fall, and yellow trim for Spring. The hot pad are very nicely made, love this find, at $1.00 each.

I kept the blue trim pot holder for for my Summer Décor 

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I found two more 'Cookie Cutters'!, Ill be displaying the spaded cookie cutter with my other aluminum cookies cutters. I paid $0.50

 The Count Von Count, cookie cutter I paid $0.25, will be boxed away for October, so cute.

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The bag of hair pins for $2.00 are super cool , but I chose this bag for the cute Duck Burette.

I wonder if the the brown hair pins are 'Bakelite'?

These super interesting group of hair clips are cool for $2.00.  

Look at this cute little duck hair clip.

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I found another piece of green glass for $1.00 wondered if it had some uranium, but it didn't BUMMER!

I've got it displayed on the Hutch in a cubby.

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Three more treasure I forgot about!

A terra-Cotta Planter with tray for $1.50 that I'm using on my front porch.

AND 

A amazing treasure! vintage

Brass Water Nozzle, for $2.00

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I hope you enjoyed seeing some very interesting thrifted vintage treasure I found.

 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 and how I have incorporated them into 'My Little Colorado Cottage'.

 I would love to hear what you look for when your out thrifting and how you use it in your home. 

 So until my next post...... 

May God Bless You and Your Family,

 I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Patriotic Vintage-Inspired Collage Cards For Summer Décor

Hi Friends, 

 I'm so glad your here! Today, 

I'm so excited to share a few Vintage-Inspired 'Patriotic Collage Cards'.

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I printed out free Vintage-Inspired clip art, bit and pieces of patriotic embellishments, I've gathered over the years.

Using three different background cards -  a Flag, thrifted Bingo card, and a free print from 'The Graphic Fairy.

I just started making 'Patriotic Collages Cards' with the embellishments that I had collected.

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This is how a few are looking. I happy with the way they have turned out.

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Here are a few vignettes in the Den, where I added the vintage-inspired 'Patriotic Collage Cards'.

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 Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to stop by to see what I have been up to, I'm slowly changing up the Mantel with my 'Patriotic Summer Décor'.

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So please check back next week to see how it is all coming together.

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 I would love to hear what you have in mind for your 'Summer Décor', do you craft holiday décor? How do you style it in your home?

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 So until my next post...... 

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