Once upon a time...

there was a twelve year old girl who inherited a little round fragile pretty thing with holes in it from her great-grandmother, along with several other treasures. She was told by her grandfather that it was called a pommander and that she could put smell good stuff in it and hang it in her closet. Well, she didn't do that, she put it on her dresser where it sat with other various items that a twelve year old collects: jewelry, perfume, knick knacks, etc. It never went into the closet, as a matter of fact it never held smell good stuff either, it just sat there looking pretty.

Years later, when the twelve year old grew up and moved on, the little pommander continued to sit on the dresser, but it was lonely. Lonely for the company of others like it. And the girl, now woman, knew what she had to do, she had to find it another. And that she did. Because as you know, the girl likes treasures and searches high and low for the perfect one. She never passes up something that held a history, that was once loved long ago by someone, that has been abandoned and forgotten...she feels sorry for all those lovely little items that once belonged...so one became two

And then there were three

And more joined in

Each one different, each one fragile and each one beautiful

And now, the first little pommander is no longer lonely and she and her friends will live happily ever after!

P.S. Look what I got!!

Very cool and given to me by Clarissa Emily at alittlestonehouse.blogspot.com

And now it's my turn to pass it on...so stayed tuned for my choices!

I'm sorry...

for being away for a little bit....But I was on spring break...AND ....hard at work doing this:

Kitchen redo for mom and dad....got rid of some wallpaper that was long overdo in seeing the trash can and added a wonderful crisp clean white with just a touch a texture....the parents LOVE it!

When I wasn't hard at work, I managed to find these:

Vacation isn't any fun without a little vintage treasure hunting...I picked up some lovely little additions to the home and added some to my Etsy shop.

I'm already hard at work on my next post.....I promise to be back soon!

I make stuff...

Lots of stuff!
I grew up on a farm. And part of the farm life involved BURLAP! Feed sacks, gunny sacks, grain bags, whatever you want to call it...I loved them, then and now! I have been using burlap in my decorating for years...so imagine my aweshocksurprise when I bust into blogland and tada...burlap is big! It really is a wonderful asset to decorate with...the earthy smell, the rustic look, the rough texture and the endless possibilites of crafty projects that can be pulled off with burlap.
Sooooo to celebrate burlap love and spring's arrival, I thought I would share a fun project with you.

Get yourself some grapevine all rolled up like so

Cut out some 4 x 4 squares of burlap and then unravel the ends a bit

Glue them to the grapevine any way you want

Distress a wooden letter

Glue some flat moss to the burlap squares and then glue your letter (after the paint dries) to the moss

I decided to make a cute little birds nest out of spanish moss and then added that the mix

Of course every nest needs some cute little clay eggs so I glued those into the nest, waited about a half hour, gave it a once over, added some more glue to secure everything and waaaalaaa

You've got yourself a beautiful wreath to welcome spring and all who visit your humble abode!

Happy spring and now...
get out there and create something!












Linking to....

See what I mean....

about collecting.....!!!


I stumbled across this awesome collection and couldn't help myself!

Ironstone dishware, circa, who knows, but it's old...

And as much as I love it...

It will be going up for sale soon!

Vintage, Classic, Nostalgia and Character all combined in one beautiful set of thriftstore dishes...

So get out there...lots of treasures just waiting to be discovered!

Happy hunting!

I collect stuff....

A LOT OF IT!!! Did you know that about me? Well, I do! And have been a collector for many years, everything from jewelry to clothes to shoes (my husband would say waaaaay too many) to vintage dishware, textiles, fabrics, silverware, Hobnail anything,

jewelry boxes and well, just anything old!

Not worth money old but aesthetically pleasing, take me back to the good ole days old. If I could of had a choice, I would have been born in the teens or twenties, instead of the seventies.

I am a thrifter...meaning I will look any where for a treasure and every now and then I snag a great one, one that earns a place among all my other coveted goods. Sometimes a plate may have Homer Laughlin stamped on the back or I stumble across my Daisy-dot Marcrest pattern, those always stay with me.

Others are just chippy, crackled, rustic, cracked, goodness. I love to imagine the history of treasure, where it started, how it made its journey thru time, who loved it before I did and how was it used. And I even like to think that whatever treasure that I find...chose me to find it...with a nostalgic knowledge that only a vintage piece can have...it knew that it was going to a good home.

If you want to pick a vintage treasure for your own, check out my Etsy shop, just click on the link on the right side of this blog.
Happy treasure hunting!

A few of my favorite things.....

Vintage and rusty,

gnarled and old,

rustic and simple,

historic and treasured,

homemade and handmade,

forgotten and found,

vibrant and wild,

patina and chipped,

 handed down and tossed out,

restored and repurposed,

perfect and loved.

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"

 To what do you behold?

Sorry!!!

Thanks for looking but my site is completely under construction...um well,  you can already see that, but I promise to have it up and running again soon!

Until we meet again..
Crowwoman