January trip to a few of my favorite stores Thrift Store, Antique Store and a retail craft Store

On our winter break I decided to visit my favorite stores in my three block long downtown. This is what I found!

Four 6 inch trees from a local craft store clearance. I think they were priced at $1.50 each

Quart Ball canning jar in green $4.00 from local antique store.

Kerr canning jar - lavender color $ 24.00 I thought kind of pricey but haven't seen a canning jar this color and it came with a lid.

Also at the antique store I found these wood votive candle

holder for $2.50 a piece.

Salt and Pepper Shakers to add to my collection from the antique store $ 6.00.

At my local thrift store I found Valentine items 

window clings $.50 each

stuffed fabric heart with a wire handle $.50

Metal candle holder $ 3.50

Paper heart hanging $.25

Heart shaped twig 10 in wreath $.10

A wooden 12 in heart $.50

Tin cookie cutter $1.00

A bag of cupcake picks for $.50

Thank you for stopping by,

Vicki

Frosted Pine Cones DYI / Winter Decor

Winter Decor DYI. 

I'm getting ready to put my winter decor together and the first place I go is to Pinterest to get some ideas, I saw a lot of Snowy, Frosty, icy, touches. 

I had some left over Frosty Snow from some other project.

 I have lots of pine cones.

I got out the white paint and painted the edges of the pine cone and rolled the pine cone in the Frosty Snow flakes,

I think these snowy pine cone turned out nicely.

Thank you for stopping by.
Vicki

Happy New Year!

Not a traditional New Year Menu

We decided this year to set up an appetizer buffet and kind of snack through out the day and just watch movies and play games.

Relish tray of midget sweet pickle, black and green olives and sliced tomatoes, and cream cheese stuffed celery.

 pigs in blanket ( little weenies wrapped in a crescent roll)

Everyone enjoyed the beef links in a blanket  we baked 48 weenie bundles and there was not a single one left.

Thanks for stopping by, hope all of you had a wonderful New Year Day!

Vicki 

Santa Collection on the Mantel for Christmas 2018

The Christmas Mantel

This year I decided to display my Santa collection on the mantel in the den. My Santa collection totals 23 in all at this time. Some are old and some are new, I've been collecting for many years, always searching yard sales and thrift store, and sometimes antique shops.  I just never know when I'll come across a Santa that I must add to the collections.

I also, added my collection of Santa mugs

I hope you enjoyed seeing my Santa collection.

Thank you for checking in and God Bless, Vicki

Colder Temperature ?

This summer has been in the nineties since the 1st of June which is warm for NW Colorado.  As I have mentioned my garden has not been very productive.  The cool weather plants like lettuce, spinach,peas just sprout and either they were eaten or the heat burnt the seedlings. 

                      

One of the tomato plants have tiny green tomatoes

Zucchini is growing well

In the box garden I planted purple pepper and banana pepper, you can see a banana pepper growing on the plant in the middle.

I planted these pots the first of June and see now in August the watermelon plant has started putting out vines.  I think it is to late to expects a watermelon from these plants but I'll continue watering and shading them to see what transpires.

Peas

Green beans

Thank you for stopping by! Hope you enjoyed my update of the garden. I'm looking forward to putting some of these vegetables on my supper menu.

Have a great week.

Vicki the Colo Junkett

Hello August and Baking Day!

Baking Day!

Today I have decided to use up the last of the shredded zucchini and pumpkin I froze last autumn.

I have some help to day.  This batch is pumpkins muffin from the Jack-o-lantern pumpkins I froze last fall.

 These muffins are made from the zucchini we grew in the garden last summer.

Here we're making some bite size zucchini  muffins for on the go.

Thank you for stopping by. I hope you enjoyed seeing what we were baking today.

Have a wonderful week.

Vicki - The Colo Junkett

July thrift haul

Special finds at a yard sale

A box of bottles

 An old ketchup bottle?

I found four of this style bottle in the box

This bottle has a nice aged patina and see the measurement line

This gallon jug has measurement line and also has the aged patina

 These two green bottle are what caught my eye on the box, I'm always on the look out for color glass.

The Pepsi bottle was an extra added surprise!

I hope you enjoyed the thrift items I found this month, I'm pretty excited with my finds this month.

Til next time,

Vicki-the Colo Junkett

Menu for 4th of July, 2018

Hi Friends, 

Happy Independence Day!

What we ate on the Fourth of July

Macaroni salad and Potato salad

crock-pot ribs, yummy!

Shrimp and pineapple kabobs ready for the grill.

 Ready to serve up!

Our community opt out of doing firework this year it has been so dry so we stayed home and enjoy BBQ.

How did you celebrate the fourth of July?

Thank you for stopping by

Vicki the Colorado Junkett

July Garden Update

It's the first of July and the weather has been in the mid-nineties which is a little hot for zone 4

The leaves on the tomatoes plants are getting burned

1 zucchini plant is doing great

I have five tomato and three pepper plants covered

in the garden boxes.

This is a second planting of Watermelon seeds

I'll give another update around the end of July to see how my garden is growing this summer.

Vicki the Colorado Junkett

Hello July

Hi Friends,

Time to add a little red, white and blue.....

 to get the patriotic décor vibe on.  

Please stay and decorate with me!

Dug out the Red, White and Blue tubs

Last year I purchased quite a bit of sparkly garland

 star picks, shiny beads and a few flags

more florals.

Flowers from "The Dollar Tree" are my go to for filling in the gaps in my vignettes.

This year I'm really lik'in the faux mercury glass pieces "The Dollar Tree", is putting out this year

metal stars are a must for my out door patriotic decor

Well it looks like I have my weekend planned. Until next time.

May God Bless You and Your Family,

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Have a Wonderful Day!