Thrifting for Vintage Farmhouse Treasure at My Local Stores

Hi Friends,

Today I shopped at my local budget center and a local consignment/antique store.  I came home with some wonderful treasures.

At my local budget center thrift store I found

These  wooden candle stick are just what I have been looking for.

I have been watch the sheet music this store had a price of $3.00 for each book.  today the price was a 

$1.00 each! what a deal, so I picked up a patriotic book for my displays in summer and the Jabberwocky for Halloween. The Guitar book is for my grand son that is learning how to play.

Today I also shopped at the local antique/consignment shop.

I found some great items today, but I think this pepsi bottle l with the laundry sprinkle nozzle is my favorite find this week for $7.50

I was so excite to find so many wonderful treasure this weekend. I'm glad you stopped by!

So until my next post......

May God Bless You and Your Family.

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Decorate with me - Fall Farmhouse/ Vintage Mantel - Using Thrifted Items

 Hi Friends,

Today, I'm easing my mantel into fall.  Using some farmhouse/vintage décor that I have thrifted, the last few months.

I love my black and white gingham garland that stays on the mantel year round. To ease into  fall on my mantel I placed a thrifted copper tin, some books, amber bottle, a crow I've have for many years

A thrifted crock I left the sunflowers found this summer and added pip berries a diy ceramic pumpkins

amber bottles with sunflowers, I left the moss, added a faux pumpkin to the vintage cigar tin

To the left side of the mantel I added a little orange ceramic pumpkin that I gave a face lift to and a copper accent pumpkin I picked up a couple of years ago a thrifted crock with sunflowers and a black crow.

Thank you so much for stopping by.  So until the next time....

May God Bless You and Your Family.

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Fall October Harvest has Come to the Front Porch

Hi Friends,

I've have some time this weekend to spruce up my front porch for the harvest season. I have envisioned pumpkins, mums, sunflowers, cornstalks, a few twigs of bittersweet, etc.. 

So here I go.....

So, I left the sunflower from my late summer porch décor, trying to hold on to warm summer vibes.  Our night temps are in the mid 20's nowadays.

I exchanged the blue bench for a wagon that my daughters had when they were kids.  I purchase four odd shaped pumpkins and three small pie pumpkins to fill up the wagon. I was so excited to be able to use a few pumpkins from my garden this year. It always a gamble. The little green pumpkins in the wagon came from my garden.

I also purchases four mums pots from Walmart this year to add more orange and yellows to this vignette, they haven't done real well with the low night temperatures.

The milk cans and wire milk crates are treasure I have thrifted many years ago and are kept on my front porch year round.  

The cornstalks are from my garden this year.  

I added the thrifted tool box tray I found a couple of weeks ago while thrifting, against the vintage wire milk crate.

Thank you for stopping by.  I really like how my front porch turned out this year.

So until next time....

May God Bless You and Your Family

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Fall has moved onto my Hutch - Decorate with Me -Thrifted Vintage Décor

 Hi Friends,

I had some time today to add a few fall touches to the top of the hutch, by bringing in a diy pumpkins sign, I made last fall.

 Using Waverly Antiquing wax I added a little weather aging to this faux pumpkin and I harvested some poppy seed pods from my garden and painted them.

A thrifted lunch box and oil can was added to the top of the hutch for some rustic charm.

I need to add a rooster here and there. and I have been collecting amber bottles, my collection is increasing.

I love to add bittersweet, sunflower

black/white check homespun

Harvest-  seeds, wheat  

The wheat is new this year I thrifted two large bundles about a month ago so I added a clump to the large clear jug.

My God Bless You and Your Family!

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Thrifting for October

 Hi Friends,

Today I stopped by my local thrift shop to see if I could find and vintage Halloween décor, but to my dismay I didn't find anything.

I did find a grab bag for $1.50 full of stick on mustaches.  I did find a few items for a costume idea I have, two nice throw blankets, another grab bag with funny glasses.

As you can see I did find a little copper canister for $2.00 and a bag of Styrofoam balls for $075

This grab bag of Halloween items was also $1.50

Not much of a haul, but some times that happen. Anyway, I think I can use some of the item at Halloween time we'll see.

Until next post......

May God Bless You and Your Family.

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Fall Has Reached my Kitchen-Vintage

Hi Friends,

I'm doing a little styling today, with the thrifted items I picked last week.

 I added the little brown cheese crock to this little vintage vignette in my kitchen above the cabinets

 This little crock brought back memories of my Dad buying soft cheese in little crock like this, when I was a kid.

The wooden spoon are a thrift items I have picked up recently.

I shopped my house a little and found the dark brown planter I had displayed on a shelf in the den.  I pulled out a few of my fall cookie cutter to fill it.

I've had the bean pot displayed on this shelf, I just added foe bitter sweet and a dish towel.

Thank you for stopping by, So until next time.....

May God Bless You and Your Family.

I Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Primitive Farmhouse DIY Felt Crows

 

Hi Friends,

Today, I'm going to try my hand at constructing a felt crow to add to my late summer décor.

I of course went to Pinterest and found a couple of free patterns and then just kind of made my own.

This is how my crow turned out with this pattern from Crow/Raven Pattern @ Silver Ravenwolf 2013. Minus the wings, because I'm thinking real feather or felt?  not sure yet.

Another felt raven pattern I found was by my3monster.com that had great instructions

This is how they turned out

I used some wire I had  to make feet for both the crows.

Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope I gave you some inspiration to give a new project a try.

So until next time....

My God Bless You and Your Family

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Thrifting Out of Town - My Hunt for Vintage Bottles

Hi Friends,

 This month I was able to get out of town to visit grand kids and had some time to do some thrifting, at three thrift collectible stores.

  I was so excited to find bottles, and more bottles of all sizes. I just could not believe the great deals I found!

The aqua ball jar was $4.60 not bad price I didn't think. The milk bottle was $5.50 which I thought was high because there wasn't a label.

A grab bag for $2.50 of miscellaneous trinkets was a good deal I think, besides I can always use extra Monopoly pieces.

 

The amber bottles were $1.00 and the larger bottle was $3.00 not a bad price either. I was surprised to find this Phillies cigar box in such good condition to add to my other cigar boxes.  Lately my mission when thrifting is hunting for perfume bottles and on this treasure hunt I found quite a few little bottles.

I plan on making a arrangement of cute perfume bottles on my 50's vintage vanity in the guest room.

I was so excited to find some of the tiny bottles that were in a grab bag for $2.50

Thank you for checking in today and seeing the wonderful treasure I found.

May God Bless You and Your Family,

I'm Vicki the Colo Junkett

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