Winter White Mantel

After putting all my Christmas decor away, I was trying to come up with something still wintery to adorn my mantel with. I brought back out some architectural pieces that I had put away while I had my Christmas village and bottle brush trees up. Then I added some lovely vintage post cards featuring snowy scenes and a frosty tree and snowman. I love this old post ~ so versatile!

I bought this frosty tree at a Christmas craft sale of a friend of mine and I bring it out every year and can leave it up for several weeks!

Pine cone candle under glass.

Serene winter scene.

My sheep painting isn't very wintery, but the colors were right for the look I was going for!

I'm linking up for the first time in quite awhile to the White Wednesday celebration over at Faded Charm.
Don't forget about my giveaway too!! Plenty of time to get your name in the hat!!!

My New Love!!

Happy December to all!! Christmas will be here before we know it and I have so much to do!! I have been busy primping and preparing for a Holiday market that I'm doing on Sat., but I'd rather be doing all my holiday decorating instead! But, I couldn't resist adding some Christmas embellishments to my new love...my new cupboard!!
It is absolutely perfect for this spot and I couldn't be happier with it!!
It has tons of storage and I have already filled up the base with dishes and serving pieces!

Here she is in all her glory ~ I'll just take you on a little tour...shelf by shelf!!

These last few photos are some of my favorite items that I've been working on and will be featuring in my booth at the holiday flea I'm doing in Germantown, WI this Sat. next to the Pilgrim Antique Mall from 8 to 3 pm!

My ornament wreaths have been selling like crazy and I'm on the hunt for more ornaments!

I like to give some of them a dusting of "sugar glitter" !!

I have 2 of these gorgeous vintage ornaments-one in green and the other gold! Love them!!

Found this pickle jar at St. Vinny's with no cover, so I added some Christmas adornments and like the results!!


Since I have alot of white stuff in my new cupboard, I decided to join in the White Wednesday linky party over at Faded Charm!


Check out all the other wonderful blogs who have joined in this weekly celebration of white!

Farewell White Kitchen!!

I haven't participated in White Wednesday in a long time, so I thought I would share some pictures I took of my kitchen in its former state of whiteness!We are deep in the midst of a major kitchen remodel if you aren't a regular follower of mine! We have been living in a mess for about a week and a half, but we're making progress slowly but surely!!
When we built our house 30 years ago my kitchen cabinets were very dark and about 15 yrs ago I decided to paint them white. It was quite a job, but well worth it as it really lightened things up !! This kitchen has had some decorative face lifts over the years and was still rather pretty. But these pictures do not show all the daily wear and tear of 3 kids and a few dogs over the last 30 years!!

This penninsula is now gone and will be replaced with a free standing island!

This is the current state of affairs--ain't it purty???
The color you see near the ceiling is my new paint color. I call it "sandy mustard"!!!
The floor is in really bad shape and I can't wait to have it GONE!! They will be tearing it out on Friday!!

I will admit that I'm going to miss my pretty red wall just a little, but it was time for a change!

The china hutch is staying, but is being moved to a different wall and will be replaced by a bigger cupboard that I bought last Dec. with this remodel in mind!! The antique store owners are friends of mine (thank GOD) and have been dear enough to hold it for me all this time! But it was just perfect for this spot and as they say "best time to buy an antique is when you see it!"

Edge of the dining room looking into the living room.

The hall to the left goes to the bedrooms and bathroom.

My new cabinets are being delivered tomorrow and will go in next week after they tear out the old floor. Things will be looking very different real soon and I can't wait to share it with all of you!! So stay tuned!


I am linking up with Faded Charm for White Wedneday as I bid a fond farewell to my white kitchen...it has seen alot of happiness and tears in this home of ours!!

Autumn Whites

I love white pumpkins and I often use them to add some fall flavor to my everyday decorating! I tucked this little "baby boo" inside a cute little bird cage that my daughter found for me at a thrift store for a quarter!! Thanks Kim!!
I think this will be fun to play with at Christmas time too!!

More baby boos on my green majolica plate.

Little autumn touches with some of my favorite ironstone pieces!
I love this stack of little butter pats!

I put this crackled paint paper pumpkin in a wood bowl and surrounded it with rose hips and other fragrant spices.

I'm joining in this week with Faded Charm's linky party celebrating White Wednesday!!

Make sure you head on over to check out all the other beautiful whites!

Thanks for stopping by!

Flea Market Whites!

For White Wednesday this week I'm sharing some of the white things I'm taking to the flea market on Saturday. I have been busy making some junk jewelry and this re-purposed necklace is my favorite!!
I'm taking some vintage jewelry as well, including this fab 50's beaded bracelet!!

This acorn shaped match holder has such a fun touch of whimsy!!

I decided to part with these two clocks and I love how they look with this framed hand!

The skeleton hand was a recent purchase from one of my favorite dealers at my all-time favorite antique mall--The Pardeeville Antique Mall! You can find Sadie N Stella here on Etsy! If I don't sell it, I think it will fit in great with my other Halloween decor!

Taking along this gorgeous old photo album with wonderful photos inside!

I have quite a selection of old photographs and cabinet cards too!

I've been primping, packing and pricing like a mad-woman for the last few days!
I hope it's a buying crowd on Saturday!!

Make sure you stop over to Faded Charm and check out all the others sharing their whites for this week!!

Thanks for stopping by, come again real soon!!

White Pottery!

My collection of pottery, mostly McCoy pieces, is one of my oldest and probably my favorite of all my collections!There are so many different types of Mc Coy that I decided to narrow it down to the ivory matte glaze with an embossed design. Some examples of pieces that may or may not be McCoy ~ but I like the way they fit into the collection!

This is my all-time fave ~ the hard to find butterfly pattern!!
Love it!!
... another small butterfly and some leaves and berries.



This vase has such an unusual shape and a pretty berry and leaves pattern!

Here is a view of my entire collection...

housed in a pretty old shelf that resides in the nook next to the fireplace in the living room.

During the Christmas season, I trade up the pottery for my little paper houses and bottle brush trees...and I love it all!!

I'm sharing my white pottery to celebrate the love of white with Faded Charm for White Wednesday!
Thanks for stopping by!

Julie

Tiny Whites

They say that good things come in small packages! Well, I would have to agree with that! Some of my collections have tiny little parts that are my favorite things in the whole collection! Like this little piece of pottery that stands a mere 3" tall ~ so sweet!
My pincushion lady (which by the way, I dropped once and had to glue back together!) But she survived and I like to tuck her into my vignettes!
This little sheep is a reproduction and reminds me of my greatest case of "sellers remorse"!!
I once found a med. sized ziploc bag of German Putz sheep-some of which were a fairly large size-for just a few dollars at garage sale! I sold all of them and made some really good money, but I would give it all back to get those sheep back!! They are getting so hard to find and are very expensive!

Darling little vintage spool of crochet cotton...

transferware creamer...

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dolly-sized creamers

My favorite transferware pattern in yummy brown...

and a single serving salt button bouquet! Sometimes just a simple, little embellishment goes a long way in a vignette! I am sharing these with you today for White Wednesday with Faded Charm!! Thanks for stopping by!!