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Saturday, November 18, 2023

Friday Thrift Haul Looking for Vintage - Community Budget Center


Hi Friends, 

 I'm so glad your here! 
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Today, I'm so excited to share a vintage Christmas haul!
I have a project that I would like to make this season with small glass ornament, this grab-bag of ornament had a few vintage glass round ornaments, I paid $2.00.

I think tinsel is a must at Christmas time, $1.50 and I found some more small glass ornaments, for 50 cents each.

2 small wreaths at $1.50 each and a cool vintage ceramic planter for $1.25.
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a fun grab bag for $2.00,
the ruler caught my eye, but at closer look I saw the children's baking tins
The yard stick had been cut down :(
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I paid $1.00 each for this pair of 'Bloody Mary' glasses, they will be a nice gift for a friend.

These cute 'Interpur' candles were 50 cents each


vintage string light replacement large bulbs, for $.50 will look great in a jar or basket vignette


Super cute ceramic Lefton holly shoe for $1.00, that will look great with a berry pick 

the adorable cheese/butter spread knife with a Nut Cracker handle was not priced (not charged).
The of course, I couldn't leave behind the crochet doily for $ .30.
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Lastly.....
I actually found a few putz houses! I couldn't believe it There were four total!
The little house had a price of $12.00 which was a little more than I wanted to pay.
The church is wired to light up, I paid $12.50, I just couldn't leave these adorable house behind, However,
I was told to come back Tuesday for 50 % off Senior Day
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 It was definitely a fun day at the thrift store. Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to stop by to see what treasures I have found.
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I would love to hear what you have in mind for Christmas decorating. 
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 So until my next post...... 
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May God Bless You and Your Family,
 I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Vintage Thanksgiving Turkey Collection

Hi Friends, 

 I'm so glad your here! 

Today, I'm so excited to share my small Turkey collection, these Thanksgiving treasures have been found thrifting over the years.
You have probably seen a few of these adorable Turkey's in a few of my older post.
I will continue to be on the lookout for vintage Turkeys to add to my collections
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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 about some of your collections and how you style them in your home. 

 So until my next post...... 

May God Bless You and Your Family,
 I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Saturday, November 11, 2023

Thrifting for Vintage Inspired Christmas Treasures


Hi Friends, 
 
I'm so glad your here! As you can see I'm starting to gather up some Christmas Treasures.

Today, the store seemed not well stocked, but I found a few interesting Christmas treasures!

First treasure I found were  Christmas tins,
I paid a total of $2.75 for this group of 5 tins, which are going to look great in my Christmas vignettes this season.
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I also found a bag of colorful crochet cotton thread for $1.50, I really like using these cotton thread spools for risers or to add color in my vignettes.
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A super find I feel, is this bag of "Made in the USA, Satin Sheen ornaments for $3.00


I feel I found some awesome items at a great price today.
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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. 
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 Until my next post...... 
May God Bless You and Your Family,
 I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Autumn Among My Vintage Collections


Hi Friends, 

 Today, I'm so excited to share how I'm adding some Autumn touches to some of my vintage collections.
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This Fall season I'm using pumpkins, acorns, pinecones, fall pip-berries and color leaves.
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As you know I love thrifting for vintage treasures, and I really like picking up vintage jello molds ...........

........in this cubby I made a little pumpkin using two molds for the pumpkin and a vintage glass drawer knob as a stem
 I do love milk glass, usually priced fairly and easy to find (my collection is growing).

I have always enjoyed finding vintage canning jars, they are reasonably priced at $2-4's and not to hard to find.  My favorite jars are the lavender color jar, they are a little harder to find.
Over 30 years ago I started collecting "Hull's" brown drip pottery.  The year I was married (1980) I had a nice table setting gifted to us from my mother-in-law. I used it for many years. 
Unfortunately, I gave it away.
Now I'm collecting it again, go figure?
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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


Sunday, November 5, 2023

Upscale Old Faux 'DT' Pumpkins


Hi Friends,  

Today, I'm so excited to share how I'm adding natural pumpkin vines to "DT" pumpkins.
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I grew pumpkins this year ,however the season was short and all I have is a whole lot of vines. 
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So, I decided to use the vines and upscale a few 'DT' pumpkins
Here are the vines I collected to add to "DT" faux pumpkins.
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Here's how I have incorporated the amazing upscale pumpkins into my 'Fall Decor' here on top of the hutch.

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A couple of pumpkins were put on the mantel

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 Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to stop by 'My Little Colorado Cottage'. 

 I would love to hear what DIY's you have been crafting. 
 So until my next post...... 

May God Bless You and Your Family,
 I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Saturday, November 4, 2023

Friday Vintage Thrifting - So Many Sewing Notions



Hi Friends, 

 I'm so glad your here! Today, sharing what I found at my local vintage thrift store

This particular day, it didn't seem like there were any new and reasonably priced treasures to be found!

A second time through, I notice a large basket of grab bags in the sewing area.

This bag looked interesting for $3.00. Is that a little sewing basket?
Isn't this little basket cute?  
Inside this cute basket were odds & ends
fabric swatches, buttons, packet of sewing needles, tiny brash safety pins,
measuring tape, 6" ruler and a metal shoe horn with advertising!
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some other items in the grab-bag were wooden thread spools, a tweezer, coarse black thread, spool of pink ribbon, buttons, and a little seam ripper
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 Second grab bag for $2.50 .....
Had more sewing notions
rick-rack, pocket liners, thick black thread,
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a nice bundle of red and white ruffle lace trim,
 vintage black and red type writer ribbon,
1-inch elastic waist band on a card, 1/4-inch elastic bundle,
and a interesting 'Moppolls' instruction sheet.
I remember back in the 80's or 90's this craft project was a favorite in all the craft fair shows.
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Also in the grab-bag....
was this cute little 1960's Childs Sundress Pattern




Also a pattern to embroider the flowers on the front of the dress

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The favorite of this grab-bag is the Cross and Crown Quilt pattern with templates!


I was so glad to have the opportunity to stopped by my local vintage thrift store today.
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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 have used or styled it in your home. 
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 So until my next post...... 

May God Bless You and Your Family,
 I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Vintage-Inspired Fall Decorating - Making a Few Changes on the Hutch



Hi Friends, 

I'm so glad your here!
It's time to change-up the hutch in my entry-room for Autumn.
As you can see I left the picnic basket and stuffed it with fauz pumkins some bitter-sweet and a diy felt crow.

I have choose to use kind of bright color, orange yellow, green and a bit of red. Also incorporated a few new thrifted vintage treasures

Brass planters, 

diy, jello mold Pumpkins

faux pumpkins with upcycle stems,

a new pair of Hen & Rooster S&Ps

thrifted faux acorns

thrifted 'Fire-King' mug
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I gathered up a couple of the Fall colored Thermoses
to add to the mix.
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 Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to stop by to see how I have changed up the top of my Hutch with some thrifted items for Fall. 

 I would love to hear what are your go to items to use in your Fall decorating. 

 So until my next post...... 

May God Bless You and Your Family, I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett