'Americana Summer' Decorating - Using Vintage Treasures

Hi Friends, 

 I'm so glad your here! 

Today, I'm so excited to share how I have decorated the top of my bookcase for 'Americana Summer' in my entryroom.

In this vignette I have brought in my vintage red lunch box a few vintage hens and a few other collections.

I have use a vintage USA Trivia Game box as a base, a few vintage 'Ball" canning, a embellished aluminum bell cookie cutter

I also included a Vintage-Inspired Patriotic Assemblage , I made last Summer, also a vintage George Washington reader.

adding another layer with a Vintage Bingo Card and another one of my vintage hens.

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Center vignette

I really like using this vintage silver-plate mug to hold a handful of red posies

I framed a free print of a Eagle, I found on Pinterest

I'm using a vintage crock bowl to house a few boxes of Sparklers and a vintage 'Milk-Glass' vase with a couple of Fabric Posies.

An 'Old Reader's Digest' I found last summer, a few Diy Firecrackers in a berry basket.

This vignette is setting in a yellow Coca-Cola wooden crate. I also used my wooden children blocks to add a little color along with handmade sign to represent Freedom!

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On the right, this vignette

I've brought in my vintage 'President Johnson' commemorative Plate.

a vintage Ball canning jar with red, white, and blue porker chip,

a couple of vintage blue bottles

also showing a resent vintage find this amazing Wooden Cheese Box, a 

Vintage Bingo Card.

I hope you enjoyed a little peek of some of my patriotic vignettes for Summer.

 Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to stop by to see some of my Summer vignettes

 

 I would love to hear how your decorating your home for Summer.

 So until my next post...... 

May God Bless You and Your Family,

 I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Sharing my Summer Cottage Garden

Hi Friends,

 I'm so glad your here! 

Today, I'm so excited to share a few blooms happenings in my cottage garden.

All of my perennials are in full bloom.

Poppies, Salvia, Irises,

Dianthus and Lambs Ear

Holly Hocks and the orange California Poppies reseeded themshelves,

Blue Lark Spur is also a wild flower that reseeds it self,

the Clematis is  another perennial, looking healthy this Summer, no blooms at this time, maybe later this month.

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 Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to stop by to see what my Summer Cottage Garden is looking like in the month July. 

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 I would love to hear what you have been during for Summer. 

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 So until my next post...... 

May God Bless You and Your Family,

 I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

I Found Some Awesome Vintage Treasures! - Weekend Yard Sale

Hi Friends, 

 I'm so glad your here! I went to a yardsale this weekend and just wanted to share what I found.

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I actually found many items to expand a few of my vintage collections, but today I want to share a great find!

 

 'White Ceramic Hen Napkin Holder with egg shaped Salt and Pepper Shakers' ($3.00)

I'm not sure if this one is newer there is no markings and the shakers have plastic stoppers

You all know I pick-up 1940-1950's Hens/Roosters when I find them at a reasonable price.

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I do have a vintage 1960's Hen Napkin Holder without the Egg Shakers.

It has a mark on the bottom...

It's a slight larger...

Similar feather details...

What do you think?

I have styled the Hens in the Kitchen above my cabinets.

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I also found these plate holders in a box of miscellanous items. The gentleman threw the large plate holders in for free!, I'll be putting them in my stash for later use. This measured for a plate close to 12"

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Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to stop by to see what treasures I have found out thrifting this week. 

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 I would love to hear what you have found thrifting and how you style it in your home. 

 So until my next post...... 

May God Bless You and Your Family,

 I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Sharing a Simple Americana Project for Summer!

Hi Friends, 

 I'm so glad your here! 

Today, I'm so excited to share a super simple project to add a touch of Americana.

I've been collecting Vintage Aluminum Cookie Cutter for some time as you know. I saw a similar project on Social Media and decide to create the idea in my style

I choose to use the star and the bells Cookie Cutters from my collection

 I had a sheet of Patriotic Words I had printed and paper stained from my Patriotic Ephemera 

Assemblage project.

I've also have been thrifting quite a few bundles of Ric/Rac

I tied a couple of strand of Ric/Rac on the handle of the cutter and put a spot of glue to attach the label and a small plastic star from a patriotic bead neckless

to finish off the project

Let me know what you think about this cute simple project for a touch of Americana.

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Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to stop by to see what has been going on at 'My Little Colorado Cottage'. 

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  So until my next post...... 

May God Bless You and Your Family,

 I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Weekend Vintage Finds-Vintage Wooden Mail Sorter

Hi Friends, 

 I'm so glad your here! 

I went Yard Selling this weekend, I was on the hunt for Shelves and Cubbies I was not disappointed I found 4 potential projects! 

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I found a vintage Mail-Sorter

it's missing some of the dividers, but I don't care, I believe I can make my own we'll see.....

Look at the Dove-Tail Joints, super nice! I paid $5.00.

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The next two shelve are smaller, I paid $2.00 for the pair

I'm planning just painting these and used them for a few of my vintage bottles to display.

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This cubby is a Shoe Caddy, for $3.00

my thought is cutting it in half, and making a couple of spice cabinets. We'll see how this project will go

 Let me know what you think of my ideas?

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Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to see what is happening at "My Little Colorado Cottage"

 

So until my next post...... 

May God Bless You and Your Family,

 I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Americana - Inspired Summer Vignettes - Some of My Vintage Treasures

Hi Friends, 

 I'm so glad your here! 

Today, I'm so excited to share how I have decorated my Fireplace Mantel for Summer. Using many of my Thrifted Vintage Treasures.

I've put one of the Patriotic Assemblages 

in a thrifted Vintage Pottery Mug with a logo of the "The  of United States of American 1776-Constitution Old Ironsides"

In the back I found a Sheet Music Book titled "God Bless America", which I thought blends in with the Americana theme really well.

I also wanted to incorprate a vintage Glass a Vintage Glass-Frog to use to display minny the American Flags.

I really like this little vignette.

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A few year back I found this amazing metal tray with a picture of Mt. Rushmore, so I like to add it in to the Americana mix for my Summer Decor.

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Back in the 90's, I was living in a small fishing town and had to cross the 'Tacoma Narrows Bridge' every day to go to work in Tacoma, WA.

One weekend I was shopping at a local Flea-Market and found this awesome 'Vintage 1950's Commemorative Plate' and of course, I needed to purchase it for $4.00 ( it was in perfect shape at the time.  Sadly over the years it has been broken.)

but is still a very awesome piece and looks great in my Americana decorating.

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In the vintage window frame in the center of the fireplace mantel, I've hung a thrifted 'Grapevine Star' with Pip-Berries and a strip of Homespun Fabric.

Also, I made another simple 'Americana Craft Project' I made, is the small fabric banner, using gingham fabric I have on hand and fabric glue

Also in this vignette I added this

Patriotic collage cards

in a thrifted vintage 'Hull Planter', with a few pip-berry floral picks,also my new items a wooden "Kraft Cheese Brick Box"

This small vignette I added a thrifted Vintage Book "History and Rhymes of the Lost Battalion" along with a few handmade items.

I have added another Patriotic Assemblage in one of my Vintage Pewter Mugs

on top of a 'Vintage United States President Trivia Game Box' I found out thrifting.

The lastest United State President list is President George Bush our fourty first President.

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Another vignette on the fireplace mantel I have a "Last stand" etched glass mug filled with Rusty Patriotic Flags and hand made cloth posies

with a hand-made wooden American Flag in the background.

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Lastly, on the far right of the mantel I have group together a few thrifted treasure for this 'Vintage Americana' vignette

Setting on top of a thrifted 'Red Stripe Cookie Tin', I filled my Vintage Milkglass Wedding Compote with a breadloaf pan, some vintage tinsel, a red painted star, a blue candle, a diy firecracker and a little sign.

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 Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to stop by to see what treasures I have found out thrifting this week.

 I would love to hear what you have found thrifting and how you style it in your home. 

 So until my next post...... 

May God Bless You and Your Family, 

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett