Vintage Inspired Early Fall Decorating

Hi Friends, 

 I'm so glad your here! 

Today, I'm so excited to share 

 Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to stop by 'My Little Colorado Cottage'. 

 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

Late Summer - a Touch of Seasonal Vintage Whimsy

Hi Friends, 

 I'm so glad your here! 

Today, I'm so excited to share a few Late Summer vintage touches to the 'China Hutch'.

I love using Sunflowers for a 

Late Summer vignettes

Pulled out a couple of my FireKing coffee mugs, to add a little vintage touch to my Coca-Cola collections.

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The Gumball machine has wooden shape blocks from my school days, just the right color for Late Summer transistion.

For a little Whimsy, I added a couple of Black Crows, I've had in my Halloween Tub for many years.

another vignette of whimsy is the vintage fishing gear I used in my tackle box

I hope this gives you some inspiration and a few ideas how to style your vintage collections

 Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to stop by to see what has been going on at My Little Colorado Cottage.

I would love to hear how your decorating your Home for Late Summer. 

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 So until my next post...... 

May God Bless You and Your Family,

 I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Happy Fall! Rearranging the Mantel

Hi Friends, 

 I'm so glad your here! 

Today, I'm changing up the Mantel using 

yellows, oranges, greens and a touch of white. 

I thought my vintage green metal tackle boxes would look great on the mantel to hold the apple and a few vases filled with a few dried sunflowers and faux florals.

I also placed my newly found Fire King coffee mugs, at a yard sale this Summer, filled them with crab-apple from my yard.

I love how a few of my vintage emerald green and milk glass vase look in the mix, a vintage chalk-board, dried sun flower also from my yard this year.

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I got the inspiration for adding corn stalk leaves and corn husk to the mantel from a wonderful blogger Brooke Johnson. She also has a you-tube channel with the same name.

I made this sunflower swag with twig from the yard and a bundle of faux florals, plus a bunch of corn stalk leaves from my garden and tied then together. I love how the swag turned out. 

The picture frame is a new item and I printed out a picture of a sunflower from my yard this year. pick apple in the green mug

I just love how the mantel came together using my thrifted treasures and adding a few of touches of nature.

 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. 

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 I would love to hear how you'll be decorating for Fall in your home this season. 

 So until my next post...... 

May God Bless You and Your Family,

 I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Fall has moved onto my Hutch - Decorate with Me -Thrifted Vintage Décor

 Hi Friends,

I had some time today to add a few fall touches to the top of the hutch, by bringing in a diy pumpkins sign, I made last fall.

 Using Waverly Antiquing wax I added a little weather aging to this faux pumpkin and I harvested some poppy seed pods from my garden and painted them.

A thrifted lunch box and oil can was added to the top of the hutch for some rustic charm.

I need to add a rooster here and there. and I have been collecting amber bottles, my collection is increasing.

I love to add bittersweet, sunflower

black/white check homespun

Harvest-  seeds, wheat  

The wheat is new this year I thrifted two large bundles about a month ago so I added a clump to the large clear jug.

My God Bless You and Your Family!

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

A Few Rustic Late Summer Touches to My Front Porch

 Hi Friends,

Today I'm working on sprucing up my front porch for late summer, by bringing in the sunflowers a little green foliage to the vintage milk cans.   

I love adding black and white buffalo checked ribbon here and there to added the farm house feel

I have added a few burlap ribbon to add a rustic touch to the front porch.

I added a new welcome sign to my summer front porch this year from some old shelving I had painted red.  Using some Dollar Tree supplies, this is how my welcome sign turned out.

Just a few little touches to my front porch, and my front porch is ready for late summer.

I like how it all turned out, thank you so much for stopping by to see what I have been up too....until next time.

My God Bless You and Your Family,

I'm vicki a Colorado Junkett

Front door wreath

September DIY Sign for the Front Porch

 

Hi Friends,

This week I have been changing out, or should I day adding a sign to the front porch area.

I found a dis-guarded piece of scrape wood planks on my wood pile

Did a little sanding to get the bottom white coat to show through.

While at Dollar Tree I found this sunflower applique  and loved the sunflowers.

The welcome applique I though would look nice, but it was kind of small.

So I ended up using some stencil lettering I had in my stash.  Using brown acrylic paint I dabbed the stencils.

I cut out the sunflower and decopodged the flowers on to the board.

This project was fairly easy once I decided what materials I wanted to use.  I think this sign turned out very nice, to put out on my front porch.  Let me know what you think in the comments.

May God Bless You and Your Family,

I'm Vicki a Colorado junkett

Summer Sunflowers in the Back Yard

Hi Friends,

Today I want to show off sunflowers that are growing in my back yard.  Sunflowers make me happy and

there are more plants getting ready to bloom.  I just can't wait, my back yard is my happy place in the summer.

 

Thanks for stopping by my little Colorado Cottage.

May God Bless You and Your Family!

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Sunflowers Late/Summer-Changing Décor

Hi Friends,

I have taken down the Fourth of July décor and starting to put up late summer décor, sunflowers crows etc.  I like summer so much and we have such a short summer that I feel it's okay to stretch summer décor into September.

cigar collection vignettes

country style spitoon

vintage white milk glass

vintage cigar box

vintage lunch box

green vintage books brass country candle stick

May God bless you and your family, I'm Vicki the Colo-Junkett