Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Hubby said it with Flowers







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I was speechless.

but, "I Love YOU too, to the Moon and back!"


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Monday, February 13, 2017

Junkin' Finds February 2017 or Tale of Two Teapots





Junkin' in February has been good, not in quantity, but in just GOODIES! I have been on the look out for tea pots, I have at least six coffeepots, and only just last year acquired one teapot. This is lovely, and easily holds 4 cups. The pattern is Manor Vista. The colors are rich, the pot has no chips or dings.


It does have some crazing---?


The mark is contemporary and the pattern was made for Montgomery Ward sometime after 1962. Style House (trademark) was a line of home furnishings made for them by various manufacturers. This teapot is clearly marked and Made in Japan. It's a pretty pot and blends nicely with other
vintage transferware patterns much older.




Johnson Bros, 12" platter (Johnson Brothers) in Devonshire Pattern - Brown Multi Color - a very popular pattern made between 1930 and 1970 in England. Very popular pattern, this has tiny fissure on edge, probably from manufacturing as it is sealed in the glaze. Love the rich colors, but this is crazed, but makes a gorgeous display piece. 


Another teapot---this time a silver-plate pot over copper. Really in great shape underneath the 'patina', I will have a hard time deciding whether to polish this or not. This is also a large 5-6 cup pot, totally functional an must have been lurking in the bottom of some dining storage cabinet. 


Nothing is loose, dinged or crooked. And it has 4 hallmarks on the bottom.


I tracked this down---and is an exact match. 


The teapot is silver over copper and if any of those companies--it is pre-1935-6.


Definitely worth the price I paid for it, the inside is still in great shape with no pitting.



The tray isn't in as good of shape...large 13" round and heavily embossed patter and trimmed in rope motif. Some rough spots, I paid a pittance, so it will may not get polished either. WmRogers, was a good piece in its time.




 This find is a Petit Point on Silk Netting purse---just hanging in a booth and on sale. Reduced 30% and then a store sale on top of that. Needless to say---there isn't too many of these pieces around. I found the purse fitting on a tapestry needlepoint purse, that was dated by the owner from the 1930's. I think this maybe a bit newer, was probably done from a kit of some sort.


I have captured the detail of the stitching and the shadows, show the netting. Honestly I couldn't even stand doing cross-stitch on big fabric. Love all the violets, clustered. The inside of the purse appears to be a fine, tight weave ribbed shantung. No marks or labels. 



As pristine and as beautiful this piece is, I think I will list it in my Etsy shop.
Even though violets are my February birth flower. 


This dressing table box from the 50-60's is satin, clean and a lovely green, which insists on showing gold.



I normally don't buy this sort of of statue, but she was such a sweet reminder
 that Spring is around the corner.


Create, Bake, Grow & Gather

I've been digging in my vintage jewelry stash. These are unmarked except for a stylized C on the ear clips. Honestly the quality of the plastics from the 1950's-60's is amazing compared to now. 
This necklace is iridescent milky pink beads with a set of earrings to match. They are graduated in size and on waxed cord. Everything is molded now and has mold marks and just isn't the same. 
You get the feeling human hands have never touched 
our new products.




Though, this isn't my style (would be great Rockabilly) and is destined for the shop. 


MY FIND OF THE YEAR.... I don't even care what this is....I love it. 15 3/4" Platter, Pale blue clay with a fabulous transfer reminiscent of Holland. The Windmill and surrounding buildings are very similar to the ones I visited in Denmark.


The little girls playing along the river/canal and tulips in the foreground. 


And it is marked as this, Tulip Time Made in England by 
Johnson Bros. This is a discontinued pattern and was made 1962-77. 
I really love it, and will keep it, price---at Replacements--109.95 

I paid--$7.50 minus 20% store sale!

Be still my Junkin' Heart!



Oh, I have 6 of those for 50 cents each!

Happy Hunting! 

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Sunday, February 12, 2017

Love is ALL Around



We don't decorate for every holiday, but Love is All Around our home, everyday.

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Kisses abound in the kitchen.


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Open Hearts serve...a dish perfect for treats here. 

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The back stairs, says it all,  "Home is where the heart is."

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My only purchases for Valentine's day this year---two sets of measuring spoons from WorldMarket for my daughters-in-love, 6 vintage Jell-O molds from the 1950s or so for 50cents each at GoodWill, a Mrs.Fields vintage tin, I will fill with goodies for our Grand.

I will make crispy treats--in the molds with sprinkles---and everyone will feel the love.
Baking here is done with lots of butter, and lots of LOVE.



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In the living room, the obvious LOVE all around is not always subtle. This statue a gift from my husband when he used to travel for work. The candlestick was a wedding gift from great-great-great-or more family hand-me-down, hallmarked back to the 1700's.

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This card from my son. Nothing shows LOVE more than your children growing 
to be caring and thoughtful adults. 

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Another fixture of LOVE  in our home, the Jule Haerter from Denmark. 
Though it reflects Christmas, 
to me it means LOVE all year round. 
More family photos are in the living room, all precious to our hearts.

In the hall, a shelf with old toys welcomes all ages. 

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A treasured, hand-stitched Raggedy shows off his heart and the sentiment, we are celebrating.

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Hard to read, but none the less loving, I Love You!

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Long story---my son loved frogs as a little boy, he's transferred that to me---by gifts over the last 30 some years. I have 'croaking LOVE all around me, several in the main bathroom. 
More than a dozen in the yard. 

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In the master bath is a framed Rilke quote about the lesson of LOVE, a gift from a friend. 
I read it every day at least once.

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A plaque with hooks, hopefully saying the truth...I try.

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The master bedroom is filled with old things. My great grandmother's LOVE of Pansies, 

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My mom and dad, and one of her treasured glass baskets.

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This odd piece of German unmarked porcelain, a favorite of my mom's filled with feathers from a treasured family trip.


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A sweet book, gift from a friend. A quote from inside says it all.
"I never knew how much like heaven this world could be, 
when two people LOVE and live for one another!" Little Women, Amy

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Out on my dresser for the month is my heart jewelry and the mermaid piece from Hans Christian Anderson's, Little Mermaid. In the original tale, the mermaid sacrifices all for the Prince, who then marries another and she becomes foam on the sea.

Vintage pieces, a pewter Jule Heartier, acorns on porcelain set with pearls, a bakelite heart, an 80's contemporary heart, and beaded bracelet from the 90's.


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A the cosmetic bag, a gift from my d-in-love and my mom's dresser mirror---a gift of LOVE from my dad.


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Cupid on a brass lid to a crystal cut glass jar, circa 1880's. 

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An old Valentine, I LOVE to use to cover the black TV. 

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It's beginning to fade, but I think I will copy the design for a fabric drape over the television. 

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My husband's office has an old Grandfather's cup==and a plaque from the early 1970's about LOVE
I'm blessed with a real romantic for a husband...he will watch, "Sleepless in Seattle" and the original "An Affair to Remember," with Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr with me an infinite number of times.

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Our engagement dinner, 1967.

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He made this collage for me way back when----all the photos are pre-1985. It hangs in his office. 
I always forget it is in here, and then wonder who all those girls are?


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We will celebrate a 50-year marriage, next year(2018)---really, it's hard to believe. 


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Our extra bedroom, or Grand's room as it is beginning to be called is filled with antiques, toys, and books.  Here my grandmother watches over all in a photo from the 1990's.


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This sweet little quote picture was from a friend. It's from the 1920-30's. Two words have faded at the top, You and I.  LOVE the sentiment and the stylized artwork. The background is metallic gold---seasoned and in the original frame.

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The Grand has the Barbie houses in here, toys and her stash of  toy jewelry. Here is one of her creations of beads and "Tangled" Princess in a necklace. I do love how Disney Princesses have become more self-reliant, and not just something to be rescued and possessed. 
That has changed from my childhood.

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Lurking on the shelves, drawers and closets are 
old Valentine's and "I Love You" cards from our lives of over fifty years together. 
Maybe even one or two belonging to a parent or grandparent. 
A sweet bear bank, my mom purchased with LOVE for an unborn grandchild. 

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So I don't decorate for Valentine's Day because...

Love is all around our home, everyday.

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