Fall Has Reached my Kitchen-Vintage

Hi Friends,

I'm doing a little styling today, with the thrifted items I picked last week.

 I added the little brown cheese crock to this little vintage vignette in my kitchen above the cabinets

 This little crock brought back memories of my Dad buying soft cheese in little crock like this, when I was a kid.

The wooden spoon are a thrift items I have picked up recently.

I shopped my house a little and found the dark brown planter I had displayed on a shelf in the den.  I pulled out a few of my fall cookie cutter to fill it.

I've had the bean pot displayed on this shelf, I just added foe bitter sweet and a dish towel.

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

May God Bless You and Your Family.

I Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Primitive Farmhouse DIY Felt Crows

 

Hi Friends,

Today, I'm going to try my hand at constructing a felt crow to add to my late summer décor.

I of course went to Pinterest and found a couple of free patterns and then just kind of made my own.

This is how my crow turned out with this pattern from Crow/Raven Pattern @ Silver Ravenwolf 2013. Minus the wings, because I'm thinking real feather or felt?  not sure yet.

Another felt raven pattern I found was by my3monster.com that had great instructions

This is how they turned out

I used some wire I had  to make feet for both the crows.

Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope I gave you some inspiration to give a new project a try.

So until next time....

My God Bless You and Your Family

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Thrifting for Vintage Farmhouse Décor

Hi friends,

 I've been thrifting again and WOW! the things I found! I was so excited finding some of these treasures.

This little mirror I will be adding to my mirror grouping in a guest room.  The crocheted little dress I will be displaying also in the guest room.

I have been collecting nesting boxes here and there for a while so I picked up a trinket box.  It will need to be painted painted and maybe some embellishments added not sure yet. 

The nut cracker and melon spoon I will add to a basket.

These yellow and tan covered books will be added to my stash for later use possibly this fall décor.

Later the same day I went to out local antique store and picked up these interesting trinkets. 

The mason trowel was $3 the little oil can was $5, the rooster I think is part of a weather vane? was $1,  the whale ornament was $1. 

 I was digging in a box of tools when I found this interesting bottle opener it had a price of $8, which is over what I would spend, but I thought this was very unique and I will keep in my collection of barware.

Oh when I saw this glass candy bowl, I was in awe.  My grandmother had a dish just like it, always had small hard candy in it, oh the memories.

I've always have my eyes out for little perfume bottles.  

I believe I spent not more than $1 to $3 for each one. 

The little bottle that has a lid was so cute even though it doesn't have the original top.   

I will be putting these little bottles on a tray to sit on a shelf in the guest bath, I think or the guest room vanity.

Every where you look in social media I see Junkets picking up little basket to hang on shelves, so for $.25 

I picked up the two little gold basket that I will be painting and the larger basket was $.50. 

I also thrifted the wood nut bowl, I do have another one so I can use it as a riser in my fall or winter décor.

Some weeks there's not much out there, but I feel I found some great treasures this week.  Super excited to incorporation them into my décor.

Thank you for stopping by. Until next time ...

May God bless you and your family.

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett.

Weekend Thrifting for Treasures

Hi Friends,

Weekend thrifting at my local thrift store, I came home with a few treasure.

I'm always on the lookout for rolling pins wooden trinket boxes, little salt box houses, candle sticks, pewter, old silver items, salt and pepper shakers, and fabric items (hot pads, dish towels, yardage, placemats ) etc.

I found a rolling pin for $5.00 "CHECK"!

A pewter platter for $4.00

some little salt box houses, so cute "CHECK"!

Who knew about these small brass bowls, I do have brass candle sticks and a brass bucket so maybe I'm starting a new collect? "Who knows".

This cute little kids spoon caught my eye, I have a small collection of vintage spoons.

A wooden trinket box "CHECK"!

I found some great items! Next post I'll let you see how I display them around my house. 

Thank you so much for stopping by to see what I have been up to.  

So until next time....

May God Bless You and Your Family.

 I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett 

Treasure Hunting for Vintage Farmhouse Décor

Hi Friends,

I'm on the hunt once more for vintage farmhouse décor.  Thank you for stopping by to see what I found.

This Norman Rockwell America book was such a great find it has so many amazing pictures.  I will probably incorporate this wonderful book on my coffee table 

 I was lucky to pick up some old elementary books.  I love the old graphics so I will be adding these books into my library

I thought I really got a deal on this bag of cookie cutter when I got home I found I had a few copper cutters and cutter with a green handle so cool.

I also purchased these vintage Christmas nic-nac

Look at this set of wooden boxes for Lillian Carter catalog. I've been on the look out for these wooden boxes to display around my home and also use as storage.

I believe these kitchen curtain are hand embroidered not sure how I will use them, but I will save them for my April décor I think.

I found some great farmhouse items today and very excited to incorporate them into my every day décor.

So until the adventure, God Bless you and your family.

I'm Vicki , a Colorado Junkett

Rustic Spring Front Porch Décor - Rustic vintage for Spring

 Hi Friends,

Spring is here, out on my front porch.   

My thought process this year was to incorporate burlap, buffalo checked ribbon, a little Spanish moss vines, twigs and a couple logs into a rustic farmhouse look for my front porch.

I keep the vintage milk cans and wire milk crates out year round.  So all I did was add the items I had envisioned. 

Then some spring daffodils, pussy willows and a couple of vintage galvanized buckets.

I'm pretty please how this all came together.  It is still quit cool here mid 30's during the day. 

I think the yellow daffodils show hope of warmer days.

Thank you so much for checking in to see what I've been up to.  Until the next post.

God Bless You and Your Family.

Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Thrift Haul for March Décor

 Hi Friends,

Today I made a trip to our local consignment store. On my list today, I still am looking for small trinket boxes, vintage green ware, of course rolling pins and crocks and vintage books.  I felt blessed on some of the items I did find.

This green plater for $2.00

Very nice avocado green from the seventies vase I think will look nice in my March- Spring décor. 

This caught my eye because of the rooster design. As you can see its a wine bootie for $1.50. Ill be using these possibly for water glass coasters or I may frame them.  Not Sure?

Cheese cloth I always pick up when I see it,  So many uses, arts & crafts, and also cooking.

I came across this map of the United States puzzle for $1.50 and thought I'll save this for July décor probably as is I have no idea at this time if all the pieces are in the box.

I found this magnetic Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head board  for $ 2.00. I am going to put this in the travel activity bag  for grandkids.  

I have been looking for these cute strawberry boxes and then I found "FIVE"! For $1.50! I believe I'll be saving these for spring décor.

I feel so bless, I have a celluloid vanity dresser set and this mirror is going to look great with the other pieces I have

I pretty excited to have found a couple of new pieces

 to incorporated into my March / Spring décor.

Thank you for stopping by today, so until next time...

May God Bless You and Your Family.

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Rustic Style Valentine Vignette Using Recent Thrifted Finds

Hello Friends,

Today I'm showing how I put together this vignette using a few of my vintage thrift haul finds.  Also a gifted vase from my mom, I added dried roses I kept from my birthday last year  and a checked ribbon around the neck of the vase.  

I brought this metal box with a inset for $5.00

I found this Walter Lantz, Woody Woodpecker valentine sticker card box never used for $2.00.  I believe this came out in the early 80's from Mello Smello Company out of  Minneapolis, Minnesota. I incorporated the box and a valentine card to the vignette.

The Royal Lace paper hearts dollies were a great bargain for $0.30, so I included tow of them as a back drop.

I did add a tea stain red stripe homespun rag garland, a small vintage square bottle that I stuffed with red berries and deco podge a label on the front. of old jar I've picked up here and there, and a twig heart.

This vintage  vignette turned out so nice.  

In the metal box I add a couple of handmade felt red hearts I made several years ago, a metal charm I thrifted and added fabric and some thrifted wooden beads I made last year.

This vase was a gift from my mother quite a few years ago and I added dried rose that my wonderful man gave me for my birthday.  And of course I need to add a touch of black and white check to every vignette. Hanging along side the clear vase is another strand of vintage wooden beads I thrifted a couple of years ago.

This little vignette turned out nicely I believe to add a little touch of Valentine celebration to my rustic farmhouse décor.

Thank you so much for taking the time to see what I have been up to.  So until the next time, God Bless you and your family.

Vicki a Colorado Junkett