over 100 years ago

It really took alot back then to process orders for seeds......

All that to get this.......

Etsy store stuff.

I just love those old seed books and catalogs.  I can sit and look at the images for hours.  Can you believe I saw one of these Maule books listed on Ebay for over $200......Really???  my daughter Jessi and I were looking and laughing at some of old 1903 magazines I have.  The ads are a hoot.  Gain weight ads (unlike todays, lose weight) ads to cure the "fits".  What the heck are the fits???  My grandbaby Eliana could use some of that!

There is some great ephemera in these. 

Not the greatest scanned images.....but ya'll are welcome to them if you like. 

Some stuff for the Etsy store,

And my fascination with lamp shades and hankies continues!

Have a great week ya'll.......

things I made

I made a few things....the doilies were made from old doilies that the centers were too stained, so I took a  lesson from Carol's tutorial at The Polka Dot Closet, and made them pretty!

I have been experimenting with Annie Sloan chalk paint.  Not really sure if I like it as much as alot of people have been raving about.  I have tried it on an old oak chair and had to paint it twice for it to cover. I;ll show it later on.  And I painted this lamp just because they say you can paint glass! 

I used an image from Graphics Fairy and transferred it on with mod podge when I was done. 

Before........not so great.

After.........!  Kind of cute.  It will look better in a shabby shade.

It looks better in person.....


Me and my honey planted some pretty posies in our flower bed last weekend.  (hope all this awful rain today doesnt wash them away)  This bed had old dead and dried up shrubs.  The neighbors said that the 110 degree heat last year killed them.  So we dug them out and planted these!

This is our first Spring in the new place.

OK, thats all.  thank you for reading my post.  God Bless ya'll.

Diane

A shout out........

to the very nice folks at Vogelsang Antiuques Emporium.  JJ and her son Mike were so kind when I dropped by for my very first quart of Annie Sloan's chalk paint. 

JJ showed me some of her work and let me tell you, it was all fabulous. 

I have some beginner projects I am going to try and will show you the before and after later!  Wish me luck!  I can gardly wait.......

So if you are in the area of historic Rosenberg Texas, drop by the downtown area and give JJ and Mike holler.

: )

disappointments and accomplishments

I got so frustrated with Lowes this weekend.  Me and hubby went on Friday and bought a qt of touchup paint to finish the bathroom.  One gallon was not quite enough...good grief..so I started going around the door frames and closets frames.  I said to honey. "doesn't this look lighter?"  He said no ,it's just still wet, lets see when it dries,  Well  I also had used the quart to  touch up some areas that didn't fully cover with the roller.

After an hour I went to check it....Yikes, it's a different color.  So after calling Lowes and reporting my predicament 3 times to 3 different people, they were very kind enough to give me a new gallon. Thank God, Valspar is expensive at $32 a gallon.....Anyways, I was so frustated by the fact that I need to repaint, I quit for the weekend and decided to work on some things.  UGH

I don't know why but I have this thing about frames.  I have now covered 7 or 8.  The ones using old hankies look so cute and summery. 

You can see this and some other items in my   Etsy shop. 

 
This cross was made a while ago, I decided to sell in my shop too.  I have a hard time letting go of those buttons.......lol

bathroom make over

You know we bought this house in November.  After holidays I finally have been able to start on the master abthroom redo.  Ugh......Let me tell you.....I am no spring chicken anymore!  This is hard work!

Hubby has cancer, so he does what he can, but it's mostly up to me to get er done.....

I cannot define the wallpaper well enough.  it is everywhere in this house.  Pink too.  shades of pink everywhere.  even pink drawer knobs.  I like pink.....I don't love pink.  Sorry to all you pink lovers!  tee hee....but, back to the bathroom.  It had wall to wall carpet.  nice carpet I must say, but not in the bathroom.  And  our master bath is big.  the counter top is 9.5 feet long just to give you an idea.

So here is the before.....

You can ssort of tell the wallpaper has little pink and blue wreaths all over.  what an ordeal that removal was.

but here it is, a work in progress.  I laid the floor myself.  got tendonitis in both wrists from it.

The flooring is floating planks Luxe vinyl faux wood flooring by Armstrong.  Got it at Lowes. 
The wall color is Butter Cookie. Isn't it pretty! Had to paint around the toilet and tub so we could install the new toilet.  But it's getting there. 

I will take a picture when it's done.  so far, we are 1 month into this project and still counting!

: )


 

Beacon bear

Back last June or July I went to an estate sale.  After reading the about the sale items, I knew I couldn't miss this one.  It was an estate of a former fashion designer and interior decorator.  The listing said "fabircs" and being that I am a potential fabric hoarder, I had to go.

Oh my God.  I can tell you that when I walked in my legs went weak! I started shaling.  there was so much stuff......indescribabe....I went back 3 times!  Husband thought i'd lost my mind.

But enough of that.  There, perched atop a pile of cloth was this cute little bear.  I knew by looking he was well made and snatched him up for a mere $5. 

 
Once home I was looking through my loot and took a closer look at him.  He appeared to be made from Beacon blanket fabric.   I listed him in my Etsy shop.  He stayed there for a little while, then I buyer.  woo hoo.  so as I was preparing my invoice and packaging, I took a closer look at where this little Beacon Bear was headed. 

So my daughter and I looked it up.  Yes indeed, that is the Ralph Lauren we were thinking of.  The very nice lady told me they were really excited to see my little bear. 

And yes, Ralph Lauren has a line of Beacon fashions too.  Maybe they used this little guy as inspiration......who knows.

This is old news, but I still try checking every now and then to see if Ralph Lauren m ade a Beacon Bear for sales!

A night at the ball.......

Millie found the courage to join in on the fun!  She demurely and shyly found her way over to The Polka Dot Closet to meet new friends. 

She is hoping to be noticed in these old rags of tattered lace and silk slips.  Maybe a dance with one of the men, if Anita Man will share!