New Year Finds

Happy New Year!!!

What a year it was too..

and to quote Adele (my favorite singer)

nothing compares, no worries or cares...

regrets or mistakes, they're memories made...

New Year  finds...

Amy, her MIL and I went

to The Sharing Center

 this morning...

Scored on the SS S&P shakers,

purple bottle, melmac rose dishes...

I have a really cool neighbor that scraps metal and when

he finds garden stuff he brings it home for me.

He found this crock...can't believe someone

was throwing that away!!!

The 1956 leather bound dictionary and

green tool box will be at the emporium sometime

this week!

The $1.00 chipped John Haddock & Sons blue bowl was a

great find to my mosaic collection

and

the vintage light fixture is so retro...

it brings back memories.

It will be for sale at the emporium too.

Retro leather coat

at a great price!!

the crude looking shelf was

FREE....perfect

for displaying some of my items.

The table will be painted and the

large Vermont picnic basket will

also end up at the emporium.

And after trying to figure out how to re-arrange things

around the house it was time for a long nap.

Linking up to Nifty Thrifty Tuesday

 ANTIQUE EMPORIUM

Mon-Sat...10-5pm

Sunday...12-5pm

I will be there tomorrow taking care of business!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Hugs...Sylvia

Merry Christmas...

The cookies are baked...

The snowmen cookies are melting

 Some of the presents are wrapped...

the train is running...

 Tazzy is smiling...

Princess is on her favorite rug...

Sam was caught sniffing the presents...

looking for his bone.

May you all have a very Merry Christmas

Hugs,

Sylvia

Vintage Window

An old window I found at

the flea market several months ago...

with red and white enamel ware.

Merry Christmas...

Sylvia

Linking up to Common Ground...

Vintage Inspiration Friday

Mantel and Santa at the flea

It's Wednesday...

Flea Market day...

asked my hubby to go with me...

the man is NOT a morning person!!!

(Mental note to self...do not invite him again)...lol

The same decor was kept on the

mantel...just added  fun and festive

decor.

Sweet, dear, grumpy in the morning hubby

was able to drill the glass knobs onto

the mantel for our stockings.

Poor Santa...he has been trying to find a good home for

the last month...sadly, he was too pricey for me to

buy at the time.

BUT...

Today was our lucky day!!

The price was right and he

finally gets to come home with me.

The Christmas cups are still in their

original box and

the Inarco lady head vase will

be joining my collection.

I love, love this teapot...

it's robins egg blue, enamel and has

a marking at the bottom.

The only thing it needs is the glass knob

at the top.

The lace table runner was a great find,

sure will look great in my living room!

Today is our first official Christmas day vacation...

so far so good.

Have a Merry Christmas..

stay safe!

Sylvia

Pine cone in a Cloche

Woo hooooo...

a couple more hours and I will

have every one home for two weeks.

I love, love, love when we are all

home, hanging out in our pj's

enjoying our free time.

No worries...No hurries...

My friend Amy gave me this beautiful

ginormous pine cone for

Christmas....

it barely fits my large cloche!!

I love it!!!

Off to bake Christmas cookies...

Merry Christmas friends...

Sylvia

Linking up to Nifty Thrifty Tuesday

AND

Announcing the Annie Sloan American Tour and Chalk Paint Giveaway

at Cottage Attitudes

Merry Christmas...

I hope you have been enjoying this

festive season...what can I say..

I love this time of year!!!

This week flea and thrift finds are...

A romantic chalk ware couple...breaks and all!

Yes? she asks breathlessly....

waiting...

mean ol' looking monkey with

4 cute little elves

sitting on a vintage robins egg blue tray.

I grew up with a Chrissy doll...you could control

the length of her hair...

remember her? 

Let me introduce you to

Dina...her hair does the same thing!

Never knew she even existed.

My Chrissy has a new friend.

 a 1959 Santa Holt Howard ceramic pitcher

As I was passing by a vendor I saw

these little cuties waving me down...

Heeyyyyy, over here...

is what I heard... 

Oh my....I gently picked up 1965 Santa...

and the 1965 reindeer...

and 1991 mouse in the hat...

and 1968 Big Elf...

and 1993 singing angel with her 1988 sheep...

and the 1961 New Year baby...

and the 1986 Shepherd...

and Ms. 2008 Fourth of July Mom...

They were all so happy when I picked them up...

I was so happy when the vendor let me have them

for a song!!

My Annalee collection has grown...

Have a wonderful festive weekend

my friends!

Sylvia