Loving Whites, from the past

Here are a few of the little things I love.... from old posts.

little baby shoes, old buttons, and some of my tea bag roses.

Here is a free tutorial for the tea bag roses

 

And here is a finished baby shoe filled with tea bag roses.

You can also use baby shoes for nests...

(this link also has how to age a baby shoe.)

Here is some tea stained paper.

Tutorial HERE.

These are some bird nests my students made.

I wil be teaching more classes on these as it gets warmer outside.

So much easier outside....so messy. =)

This is a vignette of one of my hand created pin cushions using a candle holder,

(see the buttons in the bottom?)

and a bit of lace, with some baby shoes.

Be blessed,

Barb

 

Country Whites Weekend 

I Love Green

Fun green displays in the kitchen of the store....

a paddle from some thing of other,

cast iron lid to maybe an old stove??

on back left is green shoe shine box....with 'stuff' in it.

Jar, tin and other assorted goodies....

click to enlarge...

little match holder (looks like drawers...cute)

box of treasures, green and other....

old egg scale (sold)

sieve, and Tea Books my daughter did layouts on.....

close up of old green canisters....

a vintage golf book....cause it has green on it.

 

and here are some yellows... oooh. Easter coming up.....little yellow geese???

 

and some what nots....

metal trivet, biscuit cutter set, and a coffee grinder....

Thanks for coming by.

blessings

barb

I'm joining Angie at Knick of Time Tuesday

Todolwen....Awesome Blog & Gal

Hi all,
Aren't these little butterflies and flowers adorable???
They are by my friend.

Her name is Karen, and her sweet blog is.

Todolwen.
http://todolwen.blogspot.com/

Be sure to check out her tutorials also. cuuuute!!! 

Here are a couple more pics from her place. 




This is her free felted bird nest tutorials.
I soooo want to try this.

.

and check this out....

can you guess what it is????

Not telling, but it goes with a nest..=)

Hope you will go by and visit, and tell her I sent you.

Just sharing the bloggy love....

blessings all

barb

Some Reds for You

Kitchen reds..

Did some rearranging at the store..

Bits of this and that..

Tins...always fun..no matter what they are or were used for.

 

Cool 1970's Cracker Jack tin, and the lid and crank part to an old butter churn.

Cool even without the jar....

One whole shelf unit of reds here, and scattered throughout the room

Usually cannot pass up reds. =)

and this mystery piece. 

Just picked this up. Love it but don't know what it is, or is to.

It is about 2' long, and 18" wide and 4" tall.

If you turn it over on the other side it has hearts on it.

Can you see them??

Any ideas?? what it was or what fun thing we can do with it?

Thanks all for coming by.

Blesssings

barb

A new DIY site

Found a new place....and lots of fun stuff there.

It is MY PERSONAL ACCENT
"Interactive DIY Blog" 

which means you can post your projects on there too. 
They have a lot of cute projects, and tips they have learned along the way.

 

Here are the sweet gals that manage it.
Jill and Angela..
They have a FB page also,
and have links to their pinterest page on their blog.
I'm sure they would love for you to come and look around,
 and leave them some bloggy love.

Thanks all for coming by

blessings
barb

Thinking Outside the "Wire Urn"?

I'm not sure what you call these "containers".

but I call them wire urns......

I love this one; unique, cream, a tiny bit shabby...

I use them for lots of things in my little store.

This one has been full of rolled up music, or dictionary pages, or filled with doilies.

Or just sitting with nothing in it it is lovely.

But I decided to try something new....

I turned it upside down to use it as a "cloche" of sorts.

I put a doily and one of my handmade nests on top,

an old clock face, and "other treasures" inside at the bottom,

and laid another nest (in a coin purse) at the base.

Also added one of  my little Tea Bag Rose Bouquets.

It is so fun and different. Love it!!

What else could we put under there?

Or maybe it would be a great base for a cake plate....

Here is just a bit of something from home.

I do not decorate much here, but have some special pieces I like to play with...

tea pot,

  old lock and keys....white buttons I love....

and another nest. Can you tell I love nests???

OK, that is all the fun for today.

blessings

barb

Blissful Whites Wednesday is one of my fave days in Blogland.

Timewashed has a beautiful blog!!!

 and lots of creamy dreamy whites around her home.

And on Wednesdays we all post pics at her place too.

enjoy! 

French Room Changes

Did some changing around at the store.

In one corner, and old radio cabinet turned display...

 A little tea area for our customers to have a break and a visit.

Love the folding screen with lace on it.

Lot of light comes into this room in the afternoon.

 closeup of tea area and chairs I painted and upholstered seats.

 My husband's Grandmother's secretary,

 saved for our granddaughter when she is ready for it.

 a little shelf of treasures...

and some random fun finds...

angel pin  sold

 these items sold. sorry.

stove sold. sorry.
 

Thanks for visiting today.

Blessings

barb

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