Country Farmhouse Vintage Styled Mantel for February

Country Farmhouse Vintage Mantel

Hi friends, 

This year I brought out some of my projects from the past and some vintage pieces I have collected over the years.  As you can see I am still liking how the black and white fabric adds a little bit of farmhouse feel.  A thrifted milk glass, a couple of diy sign projects, fabric hearts, red bird, paper heart touches and dried roses.

In this area of my mantel I added a few vintage bottles a couple of diy heart projects from a couple of years ago, heart shape tea cake mold and a tea stained red strip fabric garland to compliment the black and white check homespun.  the little girl is a vintage valentine print. I just love using vintage prints through out my home décor. 

Here on the mantel I added a farmhouse salt shaker hen I picked up at a yard sale, a vintage Hazel Atlas quart jar and some homespun tried around the zinc lid. I put some of my dried roses my sweet husband gives me on my birthday into a mercury looking jar, I picked up at Dollar Tree. A vintage vintage print and two diy heart project.

I have another vintage rooster That I have collected a candle stick I thrifted last year added a jar on top with pip berries an d tied some homespun around the neck of the jar.  A few kids alphabet blocks is added for whimsical touch.

I brought out of my stash a vintage tea pot and put more of the dried roses and added some more homespun the white hen I picked up in January at a thrift store it wasn't marked, but I believe it adds a nice touch to my Valentine mantel. Standing in front of a diy moss cover twig heart I thrifted and upcycled.

The heart box I thrifted last February and upcycled with a vintage look. The "Follow Your Heart" sign is also a diy I made to look farmhouse.  The silver plate candle stick is another thrift find. 

I hope you enjoyed how I styled my mantel this year. My husband gets me roses for my February birthday along with Valentines Day, of course I dry them, so I have quite a few bundles of roses to add to my décor this year.

Thank you for stopping by My Little Colorado Cottage to see how I'm styling my mantel for February.

God Bless You,

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

Thrifting for Treasures

Hi Friends,

February is here again and I have the itch to visit my local thrift store.  My main reason is to find some discounted Valentine items, but if something catches my eye I may bring it home.

 Years ago I decorated with copper items but they were super expensive.  Lately I have seen copper items showing up in the farmhouse décor, so I picked up these copper jello mold  for  $2.00 each.

I figure I can never have enough paper heart dollies for $0.30 around, with kids in the house.

I don't think this valentine package is vintage, however when do you ever see Woody the Woodpecker item?  So I had to pick this item up for $2.00.

I picked up these very darling hot pads for 25 cents a pieces

A metal box either a cash box or a fishing box, but how cool! I paid $5.00.  Not sure how I will be displaying these items, but will keep you informed.

Thank you so much for taking your time to stop by and see what I have been up to. 

Until next time, God Bless You,

Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Vintage Winter Décor on my Hutch

Hi Friends,

This year I want to add a lot of red ribbon and berries. 

I always add pine cones and greenery into my winter décor, along with a few vintage collectibles.

This year, I also brought back a few of the DIY's projects I have made in past years.

In this cubby vignette, I brought back the Stay at Home sign I made last January.  

Using some of my alphabet blocks spelled out 'WINTER' and 'COZY'. 

On a small silver plate tray I combined the famous a Budweiser Clydesdale horses coffee cup with a string of beads, red berries tiny pine cones. 

Also I shopped my house and found a biscuit tin, Solitaire coffee tin. 

Also in this cubby, I added a deer antler, a blue vintage lunch box and red thermos. 

Another diy project a faux birch-bark candle sitting in an blue enamel cup. 

A vignette isn't complete without a vintage rooster from my collection.

 I decided to add a pewter mug I thrifted and stuck some tree limbs with fir cones to add some interest.

Here I added a few of my cigar boxes, 

using my vintage blocks to spell out cozy, and of course a few chickens, pine cones.

I really enjoy decorating my hutch this year for winter. Over all I think the hutch looks great! However, when it came to decorating the hutch I ran out of green picks. 

So, note to self for next year-- pick up more green Christmas floral picks.

Thank you so much for stopping by to check out what I have been up to, Until the next time....

My God Bless You and Your Family,

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett. 

Rustic Winter Décor - Transition from Christmas to Winter in the Den

Hi Friends,

Setting up my fireplace mantel first, get the creative juice's flowing for me.  This year I thought about bring out more of the red black buffalos checks and woodsy feel for the foundation of my winter décor.  In past years I've done red birds, snowmen, or icy, snowy winter with snowflakes.  

On the mantel I place two trees on either side that are sat in galvanized buckets.  That are cover with red/ black buffalo checked scarfs all of these items I bought at Dollar Tree.

I also added a few vintage bottles, pine cones and a milk glass vase with red berries.

In the center of the mantel I added this Baby it's Cold Outside, sign I crafted last winter, along with a few of my vintage canning jars.      

A thrifted cardinal plate from last winter, and of course the black/white and red/black checked ribbon and pine garland that I love to add to the mantel.

Also in the den I found a place for the cast metal candle holder, I thrifted this month, 

 A glass flower frog that was handed down from my grandmother, one of my cigar boxes filled with pine cones and greenery weathered sticks from my yard.

On one of the shelves in the den is a vintage blue lunch box to display my collection of glass door knobs, greenery a few pine cones and red berries.

On top of the Pepsi crate I placed a vintage white mug with a little greenery and red berries and an chrome plate pocket warmer with a red bag that I found in the trunk.

In the Pepsi crate I changed a few things, added a little blue bottle and a children's tea saucer and a little greenery and berries.

 

Over in a corner of the den, I placed wool blankets in the wooden "Black Label" box on top of the trunk, 

I also pulled out some of the games we play with the kids for time to time, some of the cold days in winter. 

I like this arrangement, I made up for Christmas, using a vintage tobacco box, some pine greenery pine cones and this very large hurricane chimney.

I thrifted the hurricane chimney several years ago and didn't know how to use it. I really like how this center piece came to gather. 

Thank you for stopping by.  I hope you enjoyed seeing how I decorated my mantel for the winter months.

Until the next time God Bless You,

 Vicki a Colorado Junkett.

Saturday Thrift Haul

Hi friends,

I had a few minutes Saturday while I was shuffling grandkids to their activities to drop into my local thrift store.  This is what I found, to my surprise it was half off day!

What a glorious day for thrifting!

Thank you so much for stopping by to see what I have been up to.  So until the next time, God Bless You.

Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Taking it Down the Christmas Tree

 

Hi Friends,

It is always sad for me when it's time to take down the Christmas tree.  We put this tree up I believe December 20th and kept it nourished with water.  Where I live the air is so dry and we do have a fire burning most of the winter month, the tree was very dry when we took it down last Sunday.

Another one of our traditions, I like to fulfill is to leave our tree up until after New Years and then take it down over the weekend.  

However, this year we spent the  New Years weekend with my mother, and arrived home late Sunday night, just didn't get the time to get to the Christmas tree. 

So many wonderful treasured hand made ornament by my kids and grandkids

Looking at this Kmart box I got these made in America glass ornaments on sale for $1.77

Carefully wrapping up in tissue and packing up the new ornament from the grand children and placing my old collection of ornament away for another year.

 

I hate to see the tree go, but I also enjoy getting more space back in my living room

Thank you for checking in to see what project I'm working on today

May God Bless you and your family,

Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Christmas Dinner Table Scape

Hi Friends,

The table is set for dinner

 The tablecloth was a yard sale find and is actually for a round table, I had seven years ago.

 I love the tablecloth so much I just made a few tucks, so it fits this rectangle table.

The  cute place mats were a thrift find from my local thrift store a couple of years ago,

the super cute green holly leaf napkins, my Mother made for me one Christmas past. 

Because the table cloth is so busy, I don't always do a center piece, for Christmas. 

 I'm using a Little Red Truck, S/P shaker I'm not sure where I found this cute pair.  

The Santa S/P set I found at The Dollar Tree Store a few years ago, I mainly use the S/P cuties as décor.

The Santa napkin rings was a thrifted yard sale find, I believe last summer, there were six in the box.

I do like eating by candle light on Special Occasions, (the grandkids like it too)

My table scape is very simple (remember, I have grandkids at my home for Christmas)

Thank you so much for stopping by......

May God Bless You this Christmas Season.

Vicki