Vintage Wooden Ironing Board

 Hi Friends,

I stopped by my local thrift store today after work. I was looking for vintage Easter, but didn't find any thing, however I did bring home a treasure that I have had my eye on for sometime.

This vintage wooden ironing board has been at my local thrift store for practically three months. Is in great shape and has a new cover and pad it had a price of $15.00. I thought that price was a little high so I have been checking prices on the internet and decided that $15.00 wasn't a bad price.  As you can see it came home with me.

I am thinking about incorporating the wooden vintage ironing board in my tiny laundry area. But I'm  also thinking about using it for a plant stand in the living room, not sure.  That post will be later I think....??

Thank again you for stopping by, I would love to stay in touch.  So be sure to scribe.

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

Country Rustic Bunnies and Chicks

Hi Friends,

Easter is next weekend, so I'm changing up the spring décor a little, by placing a few bunnies and chicks and eggs baskets around the house.

The fabric bunnies I have had since my daughters were little. and just  put them out in my Easter décor every year.  A couple of years ago I changed up the floral bunny by soaking the bunny in coffee , Thought was to age the bunny a bit to look more rustic. I'm not sure if I pulled it off , but it's still cute. 

When I'm out thrifting I always look through the children books. You just never know what you might find.  Children books are on my list of things to look for.

 

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I hope to inspire you to get out and thrift, you never know what treasures you will find.

Thank you for stopping by,

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

Rustic Fabric Shamrock March Project - For a Farmhouse Touch

Hi Friends,

This weekend I decided to invest some time to make a few shamrock ornies. In the past, I have made green felt shamrock ornies...

Today I'm using old white muslin fabric, that I have coffee stained, black checked gingham, and green cotton print fabric from my stash to make fabric shamrocks.

black gingham checked Shamrocks

green cotton print

Tracing my pattern and cutting out the shapes and gathered all the shades of green embroidery thread I had and decide which shade I liked best

Using this stencil I picked up at Walmart

and using Ceramcoat's English Yew Green acrylic paint stenciled the farm stripe on side of the shamrock shape

I used cotton balls to stuff the fabric shamrock ornies and stitched around the edge with embroidery thread

What do you think? I like how they turn out, and will be a interesting addition to my décor.

Until the next time, My God Bless You and Your Family.

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Vintage Winter on the Hutch - Thrifted Treasures

 Hi Friends,

Today I'm spreading the wonderful treasures I thrifted during my Christmas break.  One of the newly purchased converted oil lamp, still looking for a shade and chimney, but I'm so excited that it works and I'm please with this purchase.

I love putting these adorable snowmen into my winter décor, that my stepdad carved many years ago. 

I used a wicker basket this year, to group a twine cover bottle, a pewter mug and pine cones to the center of this vignette that I have thrifted.

These three little snowmen I thrifted this year, I think they are so adorable, that I had to place them in my winter décor some where on the hutch.

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This little vignette has the wooden bowl I thrifted a couple weeks ago.  I love the look of pine cones and berries for a cozy farmhouse feel, for winter.

Thank you for checking in. I hope I gave a little bit of winter decorating inspiration to your day.

May God Bless You and Your Family,

I'm Vicki a Colorado junkett

Rustic Snowflake For Winter Décor

 Hi Friends,

Today, I'm just crafting a very quick and simple snowflake made from twigs the tree out back , to add a rustic piece to the mantel.. 

I grabbed a few limbs for the cottonwood tree out back, sized up the sticks and arranged the stick like a star by stacking one on top of each other glued them together.

I had thought about gluing the plastic snowflake on top of stick star but, decided to just add the center piece.

I feel this quick DIY turned out quite nice it definitely added some interest to the mantel.  Thank you so much for checking in to see what I have been doing this week, so until next time.

May God Bless You and Your Family,

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

3 Christmas Vignette - Just a few Vignettes I love setting up this Time of Year

 Hi Friends,

I've got out another tub with some our favorite Christmas collections. Today I'm setting up three vignettes that I set up every year.  And also added to them when I come across missing pieces.

The first vignette is probably my favorite.  'Santa's Misfit Toy's', vignette based on the movie "Rudolf  the Red Nose Reindeer", it's one of the many must watch Christmas  movies, that I do with my kids and grandkids.

The lighted tree I purchased at a home décor party back in the eighties.  The figurines, some vintage-some not, I have collected over the years and add to this beloved vignette.

Another collection I like to set up each year is a little village in the snowy woods, with ceramic houses that have found at Walmart, sold as a craft project back when. I have been collecting large bottle brush tree to make the woods.

This year I found a red rimmed tray while thrifting, of course, and decided it would work great to house a vintage nativity set that I have had for many years.  I covered the bottom with green tissue paper and arranged the figurines for this cute vignette.

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out some of my Christmas vignettes.

May God Bless you and your Family during this wonderful time of year!

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Vintage Santa's Collection

 Hi Friends, 

I found the tub with my vintage Santa's, so today I'm decorating the top of my hutch with my ever growing collection.

I have been collecting Santa's for many years at least 30, I'm guessing.

I pick up older Santa's when I see them.  This year I believe I found four this summer thrifting.

Here is the Mrs. Clause That I picked up at the local thrift store for $1.50 

In this picture are the bubbling light strand I found at a yard sale this summer for $4.00 they had two boxes and they work kind of it hard to get the light up right so it will bubble.

In this picture the little Santa in the tree is new to me I believe I paid $1.00 for it and the ceramic Santa blowing a horn.

In this photo at the bottom left corner a new standing Santa and a cute Mrs. Clause with a imprint that says Japan.

Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed my Santa collection.

May God Bless You and Your Family,

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Rustic Patriotic Front Porch for July

Hi Friends,

Thank you for stopping by My Little Colorado Cottage, today I had a few moments today to get outside and change out my front porch.

I moved my blue bench from the back yard to be place in front of the my living room window to fill in the gap and add color.  I really like the bench here. I have left the milk cans, galvanized buckets, and wire milk crates out front. And then I just added some florals and little patriotic flags.

 

I also left the Spanish moss wreath I made for spring and changed out the sign. The red, white, and blue banner I have had for many years, I get them out once in awhile.

I hope, I gave at least one idea to help you with your patriotic decorating this summer.

May God Bless you and your family.

Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Red White and Blue Patriotic Touches Around my Backyard

 Hi Friends,

Today I'm adding patriotic blooms to the planting pots around my back yard.  Thank you for stopping by!

The daises are in bloom against the chippy fence that separate the yard from the garden.  I have had the patriotic banners on the fence for many years

I bring out these thrifted metal planters from my Mom many years ago and put them on the deck for summer. Today, I stuffed in the bottom of the planter with some burlap and patriotic colored florals I purchased from Dollar Tree this year.

This year I hung up two hanging basket added some florals and greenery on either side of my patio.

In my garden I have wooden box with  rabbit wire to display my collection of metal trinkets I pick up.  I added florals to the wooden box.  

Do you see the rusty pulley or the rusted bulb shovel?

My God Bless you and your family,

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

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