Vintage Cozy Vignettes for March - Using Thrifted Treasures

Hi Friends,

Today I'm using some of my latest thrift finds I have pulled together some vintage vignette.

styling some of my vintage treasures.

This wonderful little copper wall lantern.  Also Ill be displaying wooden thread spools in the plastic thread spool holder

In the guest room I placed the vintage wooden swivel frame with the black and white picture on the vanity along with two other black and white photo I've saved from the past.

The bead came from a grab bag for $2.00 I think.  The brushes and mirror was a gift from a great aunt of mine. The fun perfume bottle I found on a trip to my mothers last summer.

Another place I like to place little vignettes, are on the red crackle shelves in the den. The vintage vase I have had along, the the cool green scrap I thrifted a couple of weeks ago. Of course you know I have my cigar box collection for many many years, I just love them.

 the sister vase I just purchased I grouped with a pair of shoe forms I found at my local thrift store two separate visits.  The table scarf hanging on the rod I found last summer. I had packed it away until Spring!

Thank you so much for stopping by to see how I have styles a few vignettes around my house for March.

May God Bless You and Your Family every day.

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Patriotic Touches to the Hutch for July 2021 - Decorate with me.

Decorating the Hutch for July

Welcome Friends,

 I chose stars as my focus this year.   I've been collecting metal and wooden star from Dollar Tree home décor item to repurpose.  My though process is to sand the glitter add some red, white, and blue paint to the star and scatter the star through out my décor as accents.

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I have added a few thrifted items I have collected and a couple of DIY's

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a little Spanish moss a diy burlap ball a few diy stars, thrifted aluminum drinking cup a vintage canning jar filled with vintage buttons,  I added some homespun and red and white flowers to a gallon glass jug I thrifted from a yard sale. 

I don't think I will ever get tired of  using black and white checked touches.

the yellow hen and carved horse were thrifted

Here are a few of this years new items repurposed stars painted in standard red, white, and blue acrylic paint by delta, I purchase at Walmart.

I also added pip berries picks.

A couple of little American flags.

Thank you for stopping by my Little Colorado Cottage today, I hope I have given a few ideas of ways to add thrifted items to your July décor.

So until the next time.....

God Bless You and Your Family,

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Rustic Farmhouse Styled Mantel for July

Hello Friends,

Today, I'm styling my mantel with items I have had a long time, some recent thrifted treasures, a bit of Spanish moss, floral, home spun cotton scraps and a few DIY's.

Here on the mantel are a few thrifted vintage bottles with a little floral, I added a vintage Sir Walter Raleigh tobacco tin with floral and a small doily with red crochet edges.

 The assortment of star are a diy and the little wooden fire crackers in the terra cotta pot were part of a garland I thrift last summer.

The framed hen picture is a gift from my oldest daughter. I'm loving it so much I hung it on the vintage window frame over the fire place.

Here on the mantel are a better view of two of the vintage bottles with homespun tied around the neck of the bottle and some floral.  

Also, a couple of the vintage hens that I'm always adding to any vignette.  Oh did you notice another diy? the USA wood block.

I think it started last year but I'm adding black & white check banner and floral moss to my vignettes, I really like that added touch.

This wicker star basket I thrifted a few years ago from my local thrift store I just added some floral a little bit of Spanish moss pip berries and a couple of boxes of sparklers, a diy block of wood with the word pride, the little vintage liberty bell was given to me by my late grandfather, some vintage wooden kids blocks to spell out USA, and a vintage atlas canning jar with some homespun added to the neck of the jar.

I did a little juggling items around for better placement. 

I think the vintage rooster under the framed picture looks nice.

Thank you stopping by today. I am really liking how the mantel is looking this year, it make me smile.

God Bless America!

Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Christmas Tradition - #4 Vintage Christmas Cards

 Hi friends,

Today's project is getting my Christmas card list out 

As you know I like to thrift, so many of my Christmas card are either end of season sale or thrifted through out the year. 

Cards I have already received so far this season

I need to get the 'Red Sparkle Ribbon' with the cute 'Ginger Breadmen clips' hung up.

Over the years I've slowly misplaced these cute 'Ginger Breadmen Clips' and this year I found this cute felt 'Christmas Tree Clips', I believe at 'The Dollar Tree Store'

This is where I placed the Christmas Card - 'Red Sparkly Ribbon' on a wall that separates the kitchen and entry room.

 

Now I can place the Christmas cards I have been receiving this Christmas Season on this festive 'Red Christmas Sparkly Ribbon'.

I'm loving the new felt Christmas tree clips I have added to the 'Red Sparkle Ribbon' 

To display my Christmas Cards that I have received from my family and friends, this season.

Thank you so much for stopping by to check out.....

 My Christmas Tradition - #4 Vintage Christmas Cards

Until the next post....  Christmas Tradition - #5

May God Bless You and Your Family, during this 

'Wonder Festive season'

Vicki a Colorado Junkett.

New Spring Farmhouse Wreath Using a Thrifted Wicker Paper Plate Holder

 

I painted the wooden letters with espresso brown acrylic paint from WalMart

using the I Love sign I painted the back with moss green acrylic paint 

I used Aleene's Tacky glue to attach the wooden letters.  Digging through my craft stash I found this galvanized Happy word I  of pulled off another sign purchased from Dollar Tree.

Using a chalk pen I outlined the letters in Spring and went around the edge of the moss green rectangle board.

The sign wasn't setting in place very well so using a glue gun and three jenga blocks

I did a simple bow with burlap ribbon and a little black rickrack

This project was very simple, but I think it turned out nice and I used items I already had in my craft stash.

Thank you for stopping by, come again to see what kind of project I'll be doing next.

God Bless You, Vicki a Colorado Junkett

A Rustic Vintage Heart Shape Keepsake Box

 Hi Friends,

I'm starting another project for my February home décor. 

I'm adding rustic vintage farmhouse touches to this cute heart shape box that I paid $0.50 from my local thrift store haul last month.  And needed a make over.

My inspiration came from Wendy at White Sparrow Living  she did a remake of a heart shape box similar to this cute box using fabric to cover the box. 

So I have this red stripe fabric, I purchased at a local quilt shop last year and thought this might go with my décor for February.

I traced the lid onto the fabric to cover the lid

Then I cut a stripe of fabric to go around bottom side of box and soaked it in coffee ground tea over night.

Liking how the coffee stain looked on the bottom stripe of the box

As an after thought, I also brushed the top of the box with some of the coffee liquid with a small paint. 

 Added some lace ribbon from Dollar Tree around the edge of the lid.  

For some embellishments, I made a few book page roses and added a little button to the center of the rose.  

I felt I needed to add a little more so I cut heart shaped from burlap and a book page added some raffia and twine.

Thank you for stopping by to see another item from my local thrift store that I have remade to fit my vintage farmhouse style.

Until the next project...

God Bless you and your Family,

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett