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

Thrifting for Vintage Home Décor

 

Hi Friends,

 I had a day off so I thought I'd go thrifting! to my local thrift store.

I found a few items that I think  will blend into my vintage farmhouse décor.

The red rimmed tray and the rocking horse I'll be saving for my Christmas décor. I'm thinking adding red/black check fabric for a Christmas vignette. 

This wonderful platter I'm going to put in my kitchen

I looked up the markings on the bottom and found out this platter is Sienna Ware the Crescent China Co with the  'pink flower 1920 pattern'  I just thought it was pretty and I paid $2.00.

I started this vignette with a few of my salt and pepper shakers and a vintage creamer from the 1950's the creamer I have had for .... I don't remember how long.

I purchased another vintage dish this one is quite a bit smaller and oval shape. According to the marks on the bottom of the plate, it is from Knowles, Taylor & Knowles china in the 20's .  This little dish will also find a place in my kitchen.

I played around with another little creamer I thrifted this summer and added another set of salt and pepper.   I like how the pink in the creamer ties in better with the pink flower pattern of the platter.

Thank you for staying and see what I found and how I place the thrifted items in my home.

Until next time.......

May God Bless You and Your Family.

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Decorate with Me - Thrifted Little Red Truck

 Hi Friends,

I'm so glad you stopped by! Today I'm decorating my hutch with a summer vignette using a little red truck I just found out thrifting.

I found the little red truck at my local thrift store it did have a emblem on the side I just gave this little truck a good washing and the emblem came off filled the bed with fir cones and it's ready to go.

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For summer months I like to bring in the black & white check home spun and a jean rag garlands to border the top edge of the hutch, this season I also added a leafy vine I purchased from the "Dollar Tree Store".

I gathered a few items from around the house that I have thrifted this summer.  This little arch window mirror I found had a planter on it which I took off sanded it a bit to make it look weathered.

 

The handled wooden box I thrifted this summer and stuck a few sunflower in as you can see.

Kids alphabet blocks, coca cola tin, the cute little ceramic hen I believe I found thrifting last year.

I like how this little grouping turned out.

Until next time.....

May God Bless You and Your Family.

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

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

Late Summer Mantel With Sunflowers Accenting Vintage Bottles

 Hi Friends,

Today I'm changing up my fireplace mantel for late Summer.  With sunflowers, black and white homespun, a crow here and there.

I left the blue framed rooster picture on the vintage window frame, I love this picture!

I brought in a few of my hens from my collection.  This year I have adding touches of Spanish moss, I think the moss gives a more primitive/rustic farmhouse vibe. 

I  just the the added touches of blue and green I also pulled in vintage toy blocks a pottery piece my oldest daughter made in school years ago.

I also included some vintage bottles, a couple of aged books, old tobacco tin.

I really like how my mantel turned out this summer, with the sunflower garland layered with the age light blue jean rag garland with a black and white home spun mixed in.

Thank you so much for stopping by, so until next time May God Bless You and You Family today.

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Decorate with me....... Small Area of the Living room with Some of my Collectibles

Hi Friends,

Today I'm playing around with a vignette on a book shelf in my living room.  I gather a couple of my vintage chickens, some of my gramma's measuring cups, a jadeite salt shaker, a metal recipe box my son Mod Podge way back in high school, one of my brass candle sticks, a couple of vintage cookie, and a dark green depression glass salt shaker.

So lets see how I rearrange these pieces to find the prefect arrangement.

Changed it up a bit by adding a rusty tin for a riser

I'm loving this little vignette I put together for summer.

Thank you for stopping by.  Let me know what you think?  Is it the milk glass vase or the brass candle stick?

Until the next time .....

May God Bless You and Your Family.

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Thrift Haul - I Found A Few Vintage Book

 Hi Friends,

I have another great haul from a local thrift/antique store. Oh the books I found are amazing!

Little golden Mother Gooses, Woody Woodpecker and My little book of poems.

But then I saw this Lassie book this is a first. I so thrilled to find this book it brings back memories as a kid watching the T. V. show

I found this grab full of bits and pieces of craft items I was so thrilled for just $1.75.

The next cool book I found titled "George Washington"

I can't wait to display this book with my patriotic décor.

Also the Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, and The Treasure Hunt

were great finds for me. Oh by the way I paid a $1.00 a piece for the books.  Yes I felt the price was a little high but I don't intend to resale the books.

I had so much fun today thrifting.  I'm always on the look out for books that have be (band) to add to my collection.  You just never know where these books will turn up. 

Thank you for stopping by. I hope you enjoyed my vintage book haul.  Until next time.....

My God Bless You and Your Family.

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Sun Flower DIY Project

Hi Friends,

This week I have been working on a little project using wooden sun shapes fun picture frames from the Dollar Store.  

I painted the wooden suns yellow and then added some black and white checked gingham fabric.

 

My vision was to use buttons for the center of the flower (sun) frame. It seems I always have a good stock of old buttons. 

So I took a look through my button stash, and found a set of five for each flower (sun) frame.

I heated up the dandy glue gun to attach the buttons to the center to make the frame look more like a sunflower.  I think all four flowers turned of very cute.

Have you made a diy for fall? Until the next time.....

May God Bless You and Your Family,

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Thrifting for Vintage Farmhouse Décor

Hi friends,

 I've been thrifting again and WOW! the things I found! I was so excited finding some of these treasures.

This little mirror I will be adding to my mirror grouping in a guest room.  The crocheted little dress I will be displaying also in the guest room.

I have been collecting nesting boxes here and there for a while so I picked up a trinket box.  It will need to be painted painted and maybe some embellishments added not sure yet. 

The nut cracker and melon spoon I will add to a basket.

These yellow and tan covered books will be added to my stash for later use possibly this fall décor.

Later the same day I went to out local antique store and picked up these interesting trinkets. 

The mason trowel was $3 the little oil can was $5, the rooster I think is part of a weather vane? was $1,  the whale ornament was $1. 

 I was digging in a box of tools when I found this interesting bottle opener it had a price of $8, which is over what I would spend, but I thought this was very unique and I will keep in my collection of barware.

Oh when I saw this glass candy bowl, I was in awe.  My grandmother had a dish just like it, always had small hard candy in it, oh the memories.

I've always have my eyes out for little perfume bottles.  

I believe I spent not more than $1 to $3 for each one. 

The little bottle that has a lid was so cute even though it doesn't have the original top.   

I will be putting these little bottles on a tray to sit on a shelf in the guest bath, I think or the guest room vanity.

Every where you look in social media I see Junkets picking up little basket to hang on shelves, so for $.25 

I picked up the two little gold basket that I will be painting and the larger basket was $.50. 

I also thrifted the wood nut bowl, I do have another one so I can use it as a riser in my fall or winter décor.

Some weeks there's not much out there, but I feel I found some great treasures this week.  Super excited to incorporation them into my décor.

Thank you for stopping by. Until next time ...

May God bless you and your family.

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett.