My Out Door Happy Place

Hi Friends,

It's another glorious day here at My Little Colorado Cottage. 

This is the cottage gate to my happy place, my garden. 

  

Today I just had to show off a few blooms in garden, these blooms make me happy!

This wired milk crate is one of my yard sale finds this summer and I thought it would be a great planter for annuals.

My yard is always a working in progress.  Some of the perennials I planted last summer are coming up nicely this year.

I'm going for a kind of rustic,  kind of cottage, and kind of rural feel to my outdoor living space 

What do think?  Thank you for checking out my outdoor happy place.

May God bless you and your family.

Have a wonderful day! I'm Vicki the Colo-Junkett

Late Summer Vignettes in my Kitchen - Using Vintage a Tin, Box and a Box Grater

Hi Friends,

I've been putting together a few late summer vignettes in my kitchen.

I have added sunflower to a vintage America Cheese box I have placed on a shelf above my kitchen cabinet, that I found at a auction years ago.

I also added some sunflowers to this beautiful blue tin I received form a friend a few years ago among a few of my vintage hens and roosters collection.

I hope I have given you some ideas and tips on how to display some of your vintage collectibles.

So until next time,

God Bless you and your family.

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

 

GrandMa Mode

With the grand kids here it is very hard to have time for being creative but I thought I let you know what I have been doing.

Last year my garden boxes were taken over by bind weed 

so I decided to dig the dirt out of the boxes and line the boxes with old carpet, I'd had been storing for a project like this.  Next I put new dirt mixed with two bales of peat-moss

So we will see how the garden does this year.

Have a Wonderful Day

Vicki

Rustic Farmhouse Shamrock DIY for March

 Hi Friends,

Today, I'll be doing a little project with felt to make some bowl fillers or ornies to add to my March décor this season.

I always have felt around, when ever I'm out thrifting I always pick up felt. So many things to use felt for.

I found this pattern from a craft book I have and cut out the shamrocks

Using cotton balls, I use for stuffing the shamrocks 

With embroidery thread I sew the front and back together

This is how they turned out.

 I hope this little tutorial has inspired you to make a new diy for you March Spring  décor.

Thank you for stopping by to see what I have been up to, so until next time.

Colo Junkett

A Few Easy Winter Vignette Ideas - Using some items from my Vintage/Country Collections

Hi Friends,

Today, I'm sharing a few easy décor ideas I am using for vignettes this winter season in my home.

  This brass spittoon I picked up at a auction many years ago sit by my front room window all the time to hide string light connections so I always try to keep some kind of floral displayed in it. I just added a few dry stems from clematis vine in my garden, a bunch of red leaf eucalyptus stems some dried broadleaf  plant and of course white pip berry.

I'm sure you have seen this Sir Walter Raleigh tin I have had in my collection for ever, it seems. I use it in a vignette almost every seasons. 

To a vintage wine crate on a corner shelf, I added pine cone, a few cinnamon sticks and a couple of branches of red eucalyptus wrapped with red and white pip berries.

I'm so glad you stopped by to check out a few ways you may use some of your vintage boxes or tins to put togethers an easy display for winter

So until next time friends, May God bless you and your family.

I'm Vicki the Colo-Junkett

Merry Christmas

Hi Friends,

                          Merry Christmas!

What a wonderful time of year! Today I'll be sharing My Christmas tree in the living room decorated for Christmas.

Also in my living I try and decorate my home entertainment center for the seasonal holidays

This year I went all out this using vintage stencil, vintage ornaments and sparkly through out the living.

Thank you for stopping by to check how I decorated my tree for Christmas.

May God bless you and your family.

I'm Vicki the Colo-Junkett.

It's Starting to Look a Little Christmassy in the Kitchen

 Hi Friends,

Today I'm excited to share how I'm decorating my kitchen for Christmas.  My though process is Christmassy, sparkly, silver sparkle, red poinsettias.

In my Christmas tubs I found the very thin vintage tinsels.

I just added red poinsettias to the tinsels and look how great it turned out with some of my vintage containers.

I'm super happy how everything turned out.

So glad you stopped by, May God bless you and your family.

 I'm Vicki the Colo-Junkett

Early Summer Blooms

Hi Friends,

Today I'm taking a walk through my backyard.

 So glad you stopped by today, I hope looking at the summers blooms brings a smile to your face.

May God bless you and your family,

I'm Vicki the Colo-Junkett

Vintage Christmas Tinsel all Around

Hi Friends,

 I really enjoy decorating for Christmas, I kind of went  over board with the tinsel and glitter this year.  I had a bunch of vintage tinsel I found in one of my Christmas tubs, so I strung it all around the house. I think because our winters are cold, long and dreary, did I say cold?

Thank you for stopping by, and checking out what I am up to.

God bless you and your family.

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

A Christmas Tour of Some of my Vintage Santa's

Hi Friends,

I thought I would show you some of my vintage Christmas decorations

 I've been collecting diy village piece for a few years.

I didn't really go all out, because we are planning to go to North Dakota and Wyoming to visit our kids for Christmas.

Just a little vignette on the round end table in the living room.

My husband like to sit out his Aladdin lamp for Christmas time it gives off an nice Ove ounce at night

above my entertainment center turn hutch I have strung green sparkly tinsel

A corner of the living room I have a little vignette of Santa

This year I'm using red poinsettias' as the flower of the month

It doesn't seem like a lot this year, but like I said we will be going to visit our kids this Christmas

Thanks for stopping by to check up on what I have been up to.

God Bless you and your family!

Until next time I'm  Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Vintage November Décor

Hi Friends,

I really enjoy decorating for Thanksgiving, I kind of go over board with fall color, I think because our winters here in the NW are cold, dreary and did I say cold?

This ceramic cornucopia I thrifted many years ago.  I have added old Indian corn that I also found thrifting, then I have purchased pumpkins and fall leaves and have collected the pine cones to fill in the ceramic cornucopia.

I have added fall leaves and pip berries to a few of the vintage finds I display above my kitchen cabinets.

 

Fall flower and pip berries arranged in a wooden whiskey box.

Another cornucopia with fall flowers I am not usually into sparkle or shiny but this year I used a few of the bronze flowers in this arrangement.

Here is a basket filled with pine corns sitting next to the fireplace hearth. (Side note: I'm always collecting pine cones.)

Another thrifted basket I use in my décor throughout the year filled with more purchased fall flowers

I love putting out turkeys I have only two would love to find more vintage turkeys.

Here is a California prune box I thrifted a few years back it sits on top of a kitchen cabinet year round. I just change it out seasonally.

A thrifted basket with this adorable fall liner.

Here is the other turkey figure this is a planter.

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

So until next time I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett