Gathering for Vintage Marketpalce

Vintage Marketplace at our store is just over a week away,
and I have been busy, busy, busy gathering all sorts of treasures.
Look at these treasures.
Anyone know what the little book says??
I think it is Swedish.
Other item in pic is an old doorbell.
You have to turn the crank to make it 'ring'.

Old pencil sharpener, and 2 ink bottles.
just love the oldness of it all.
How many little kids have sharpened their
pencils on this one sharpener alone?

Oh another little old trunk.
It's about 9" wide.

cool old latch.

oops. sideways handle.And that strip of tin around the box is very different.
Inside, equally cool!

Another old sewing machine.
Hmmm. Is that 4 or 5 I have now?

Just love this end design.

And another old typewriter.
(this one is gone, but I have 3 others).

Blessings all
Have a super week.

barbara jean

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Patina Green, and Rusty Day

Haven't seen any 'green' memes in blogland,
so having one of my own.
Seems I have been finding a lot lately
with this color of green. Lovin' it!
Above" perfectly rusted, green, unique tin.
It is scalloped around it.
Can you see it??

Little green garden claw.

Small patina blue/green rake.

Old tins, and bright twine.

Rust and patina garden critters
Love these!!

And when is old, too old??
Or maybe I should say too worn.

broken handles OK?

Tattered and worn OK??

This is a small trunk, about 15x9 or so.
I just love it.
More pics to come.
click to enlarge for detail.

Sweet blessings friends.

Barbara Jean
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Vintage Inspiration & Vintage Black Friday

Here are some fun ideas for Fall displays.
A rusty tin filled with artificial flowers.
Put a bit of sand in the bottom to weight it down,
then stuff some old music paper in the can to hold them in place better.
And see the crow nest on the black metal chair?
Draping tea stained cheesecloth around softens everything.

You can fill a box with unrelated goodies.

You can put anything orange or black or fallish
colors together to make your fall display.
Like this old black fan.
See the crow's nest pumpkin in the picture above?
It is on a heavy iron candle holder.
Elevating things makes them look even better.

Here is a black clock and some bronzed baby shoes.
Fun filler for your display.

And here is some really great Vintage Black Friday.
I got this trunk. Really old, Grandma's trunk.
And in the trunk, were lots of treasures.
I'll show you the black ones today. =)
Talk about old books.
These covers were completely worn off.
Just tied on with a ribbon.
But the insides were like they had never been opened.
The one on the right is black.
It is an 1859 William Wordsworth Poetry book.
And look at this.
Pulled them out and....
I think these must have been Grandma's shoes too.

This trunk was filled with treasures.
I'll show you more another time.

Some of you have seen the "Friends" Collages I do.
Here is a new take on it.
"Sisters"
Click to enlarge. =)


Thanks for joining me today.


blessings

barbara jean