Twelve of My Favorite Vintage Vignettes of 2022

 Hi Friends,

Today I just wanted to 'High Lite' some of my awesome, vignettes using amazing thrifted finds from my list in 2022.

I found so many wonderful vintage items this year, it's really hard to pick my favorite treasure.

Amber glass pieces is one of the items I look for, most pieces are easy to find and reasonably priced I pay between $1.00 - $5.00 

This particular Aunt Jemma Bottle was $20.00!

First Vignette in January 2022

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I never run across vintage Valentine Cards,  

so every year I try and make my own Valentine Cards from vintage clip art.

This year, I was very fortunate to find a few ACTUAL Vintage Valentine Cards! 

Vintage Finds

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I really like this vignette, I like the mixture of the natural basket and carved horse and the metals, tin scale and pewter mugs along with the soft texture of my homemade felt shamrocks.

March on the Hutch Decorate With Me

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I love the contrast of Copper, Black Enamel and White in this vignette.  

When I picked-up these enamel doorknobs a year ago, the price was $1.00-$2.00, now the price tag is $10.00 and up!  Truthfully I past by Copper because of the priced, These brushed copper pieces were $5.00 and under.

Vintage Thrift Haul-Enamel Doorknobs

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Last, Spring I got in the creative mood and hand embellished a few $1.00 birdhouses to use as décor around my home.

I really love how, every thing came together on my mantel.

Early Summer on the Mantel

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I leave my Patriotic shelf as is, I will add seasonal touches here and there.

I really like finding vintage enamel, I have a few wash basins in different sizes and blue glass and will add patriotic pieces when I come across them

Vintage Patriotic Vignette

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Here is another glance at my mantel for Summer, Love how the display turned out.

 I have always like pewter & silver-plate pieces like I have mentioned several times in this post (lol), when the price is right I snag them up.

Vintage Pewter and Silver-plate on The Mantel

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I loved using the thrifted vintage clip boards this year in a few of my seasonal displays. 

Again, I think I like the hint of rustic touches with all the colors I use in my home décor. 

Red, White, and Blue

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This vignette is another favorite of mine, because of rustic look, of the  metal, wood, and glass, seem to work together, in my mind.

I feel it has a little whimsy with the pop of yellow sunflower..

Vintage Thrift Haul

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I'm very pleased with this vignette

 I was so excited to find this set of suit cases for $25.00.

 It's taken a while, but I have found a place to use these amazing suitcases on a piano bench in a spare room.

 I love how all the pieces fell into place, for this Christmas vignette.

Friday Thrifting - Looking for Vintage Tins

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This vignette on top of my Hutch, is so fun! 

I love how the handmade scarecrow project turned out so great! 

The pheasant panel was such a super cool addition to this vignette, also, loved using all the dried florals.

All of the colors in this vignette screamed Autumn!, I think.

Autumn/Fall on the Hutch 

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I really enjoyed putting together the mantel vignettes for November.

 I just loved how the pewter platter looked on the vintage window frame. I have been trying to add fullness to my vignettes this year, no bare spots.

 This vignette brings Joy and Thankfulness  to me.

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Wait! ONE MORE!

I'm so Happy! That I found a base for this awesome China Hutch and am loving styling the China Hutch with many of my vintage collections!

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Thank you so much for stopping by, I hope you like a few glimpse of My Little Colorado Cottage vignettes of the past year 

I would enjoy hearing from you.

So until my next post .....

may God Bless You and Your Family in The New Year!

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Friday Thrift - Looking for Vintage Thanksgiving Décor

 Hi Friends,

My plan is to get started pulling out some of my November décor this weekend. 

I stopped in at local thrift to look for Thanksgiving treasure. 

I found a few Fall-ish treasures .

Four vintage "Mallard Ducks low ball wide bottom whiskey cocktail glasses $1.50 each

aren't they cool looking, to use in the Fall months?

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I also found a Avon 1981 Chesapeake Flying Canadian mug/stein for $3.00 would have liked to find a few more, but for now I think Ill add this mug to my Mantel display

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I do not normally pick up white and blues pieces, however, this mug has rooster and hens print on it it doesn't look blue in the picture more black print, I paid $1.00.  

Has rooster/hen print on both sides, I'll be using this mug for coffee in summer.

Stamped on the bottom - Classic Ceramic California pantry 2002 made in China

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The small pine cone wreath I paid $1.00 I'll save it for Christmas décor next month, maybe add a little red pip berries, what do you think

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I've seen others on social media picking up brass birds and since I've decorated for Fall with fowl, I thought I take a chance at $4.50 and brought home this solid brass quail paper weight.

on the bottom there is a sticker made in Korea.

What do you think did I pay to much?

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I just picked up one, there were a total of four, I just don't collect to many plates, I really don't have room, LOL, I collect to many other treasures.  

isn't it a awesome salad plate with a pair of quails for $.50

on the back it was stamped 

Furnivals 1913

 Quail

Made in England

R&N 8 477

Should I go back and get the other three? I could use them as desert plate at Christmas? Maybe.

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Lastly, found a great necklace $2.50 it's real heavy (maybe cast) with light blue stone or beads on the edge of the leaf.

 The circular brooch for a $1.00, I'm thinking I could attach a stone or picture on it.  

My only granddaughter loves dressing up and clip on earrings are easy for her to use so I picked up this pair for $1.00

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Thank you for stopping by "My Little Colorado Cottage" to see what I have been doing this weekend.

I do hope I have given you some inspirational ideas of what I look for or how I incorporate thrifted found treasure into my home.

I would love to hear from you and let me know what you collect and how you display your collection.

So.... Until my next post.......

May God Bless You and Your Family,

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Thrifting For Vintage Treasures

 Hi Friends,

Went yard sale thrifting this weekend, I went to six yard sale in my little town, mostly picked up blue jeans for grandchildren, but I did find a few vintage treasure.

The best thrift item I found this weekend, I felt, was two small boxes of insulators 24 and four wooden mounts for $15.00! 

I paid around $0.50 a pieces, I know a great deal right! Better than the $2.00 - $5.00 at the local vintage thrift store.

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I was thrilled to find at a yard sale, milk glass pieces, there were bud vase for $.50 similar to what I already have. 

I was surprised to find for $2.00 for the larger "pedestal wedding compote" made by E.O. Brody- Cleveland, OH (I had to look it up).

The other pedestal piece is a Anchor Hocking open lace pedestal candy dish for $1.00, so excited to find these two pieces at a reasonable price.

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This cute brown glaze pot with lid I picked it up and realized the pot is Hull, oh my goodness but the lid came from a small cheese crock. LOL

The funny thing is I have a cheese crock with out a lid unfortunately, the lid is to big for the cheese crock I have, I'll keep looking. LOL!

I hadn't realized the chip on the Hull pot :( 

Oh well, can't even tell up on the kitchen cabinet shelf I love the pot paired with the creamer I found this summer.

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Spotted  a super cute divided glass dish for $1.00. I haven't seen this style of Hazel Atlas depression glass before, I had to look up the pattern - Sunray. I'm using it for the new jewelry $1.00 a pair, (I picked up at this yard sale) on the guest room vanity.

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I did pick up 4 hankies two white and two had  embroidery designs, my visions is using them as dollies, for $.25 each.

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The sewing notions went into my sewing stash.  The little handled basket is hanging on a shelf peg for now, I'm thinking about staining it a bit darker.

 

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That's my haul, I hope I gave you some inspiration of treasure that can be found when thrifting and how I have incorporated the treasure into my home.

 I hope to work on the insulator project this week and let you see what my vision was.

 So until next time.........

May God Bless You and Your Family,

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Thrifting at Local Vintage Thrift Store

 Hi Friends,

One of my favorite store was open on Sunday, so I went to see what I could find for under $10.00.

Last time I stopped by the prices has seemed to double.

I did find a few things.

The flower pot this summer have been a couple of dollars witch is a good price I think for vintage flower pots. I paid $3.00 each this trip.

The little ruler was marked a $ 1.00. I added it to the apple box on the corner shelf in the office nook.

 I placed a green apple on top of the rusty bucket to accent the green hue on the bucket, paid $1.00.

I've been kind of collecting small copper lids, lol,  trying to find one that fits the copper tea pot on the kitchen shelf, I thrifted sometime back. I paid $2.00 and now have 4 copper lids.

I used to collect clear press glass dishes about twenty years ago and have a small  collection that I used at Thanksgiving time like covered butter dish, divided relish plate etc. that is  boxed up.

But, this little dish is to cute! for $3.00

I want to thank you for checking, I hope you found some inspiration from the the things I find and how I incorporate the treasure into my home collections.

Until my next post........

May God Bless You and Your Family,

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Vintage Thrift Shopping at a Few Yard Sales This Weekend

Hi Friends, 

I went thrift shopping at a few yard sales today. What I purchased was vintage dolls and fabric, Why? you might ask, well the price was right. Each box was a dollar, so if I keep one thing it's cheaper than the thrift store in my area.

Some of the fabric I will use in some of my DIY's and I'll gift the pieces of fabric to friends that I won't use.

Most of the dolls are vintage and in very loved shape.

 I quickly added some simple clothing on the dolls in order to show you this little collection I thrifted this weekend.

I haven't decided if I'll keep any of these dolls I may 

At the Bottom of the doll box there were some souvenir dolls in pretty good shape.

I want to thank you for checking back, I'm trying to post at least every week of what I've been doing every week.

So, Until next week......

May God Bless You and Your Family,

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett