SAILING SHIP AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA

I AM LINKING THIS POST TO SALLY FOR BLUE MONDAY AT http://smilingsally.blogspot.com/ . THIS IS A PAINTING THAT HANGS OVER MY LIVING ROOM SOFA. IF YOU HAVE VISITED MY BLOG YOU KNOW THAT I LOVE BLUE WHITE AND BROWNS. THIS PAINTING HAS IT ALL. I AM NOT CRAZY ABOUT THE GOLD FRAME IT IS IN, BUT HAVE NOT FOUND THE PERFECT "THRIFTY" FRAME FOR IT YET. I HAVE HAD IT FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND IT ALWAYS HANGS HERE IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER. IN THE FALL IT WILL BE REPLACED WITH MY CANADIAN LOGGING PAINTING. IT IS SIGNED M.S. DONOHUE AND IS DATED 3-81, SO IT IS ABOUT 29 YEARS OLD. I PURCHASED THIS AT AUCTION FOR ABOUT $20.00. IT DOES NOT FIT THE FRAME  EXACTLY AND I THINK THAT TURNED SOME PEOPLE OFF FROM BIDDING ON IT.  MUCH TO MY DELIGHT. THANKS FOR STOPPING BY AND BE SURE TO VISIT SALLY FOR MORE BLUE MONDAY TREASURES.

GRANDMOTHERS SILVER PURSES

THESE ARE SOME OF MY GRANDMOTHERS TREASURED SILVER PIECES THAT SHE GAVE ME MANY YEARS AGO.  THERE IS A FLAT SILVER PURSE WITH CHAIN WITH A MONOGRAM. THE INSIDE IS DIVIDED INTO TWO SECTIONS WITH A COIN HOLDER IN THE CENTER. THE SMALL COMPACT IS SILVER WITH AN OPENWORK BASKET DESIGN AND BEHIND THE DESIGN IS BLUE/GREEN GLASS THAT MAKES THE DESIGN SHOW UP. THE MESH PURSE IS VICTORIAN WITH A GORGEOUS EMBOSSED DESIGN. IT REMINDS ME OF THE LIDS ON THE OLD POWDER BOXES FROM THAT SAME ERA. I DISPLAY THEM IN A GLASS TOP TABLE TO PROTECT THEM.

I AM LINKING THIS POST TO SILVER SUNDAY AT http://thegypsyfish.blogspot.com/.

HE SHOWS ME THE WAY I SHOULD GO

MY GRANDPARENTS COUNTRY STORE

I AM LINKING THIS POST TO VINTAGE THINGIE THURSDAY AT http://coloradolady.blogspot.com/ AND SHOW AND TELL FRIDAY AT http://romantichome.blogspot.com/ AND GARAGE SALEN PARTY AT  http://debbie-debbiedoos.blogspot.com/ BE SURE TO STOP BY AND SEE ALL THE  ITEMS THERE TODAY.

MY GRANDPARENTS MOVED TO WASHINGTON, DC DURING THE DEPRESSION SO MY GRANDFATHER COULD WORK IN A CONCRETE FACTORY. SHORTLY AFTER THE DEPRESSION THEY MOVED BACK TO THE AREA AND HE BUILT A LITTLE HOUSE WITH A DIRT FLOOR AND A SMALL STORE THAT HAD ONE GAS PUMP. IT WAS ABOUT MIDWAY BETWEEN WHERE I LIVE AND THE COUNTY SEAT. REALLY IN NO WHERE LAND. THEY JUST SOLD THE ESSENTIALS LIKE BREAD, MILK, FLOUR, FEED AND OTHER SMALL ITEMS. THE STORE WAS NOT MUCH BIGGER THAN MOST PEOPLES OUTSIDE STORAGE SHEDS TODAY. THEY HAD THIS STORE IN THE 1930'S. MY GRANDMOTHER WORKED THE STORE WHILE MY GRANDFATHER DID HAULING. HE HAD SAVED MONEY TO BUY AN OLD DUMP TRUCK. IN THE LAST PHOTO IS A PICTURE OF A BASKET THAT SHE BOUGHT FROM A TRAVELING SALESMAN TO GIVE TO HER MOTHER FOR MOTHER'S DAY WHILE SHE WAS WORKING IN THE STORE.IT DATES TO THE 1930'S AND  IT IS STILL IN PRISTINE CONDITION. MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER MUST HAVE TREASURED IT SO THAT SHE DID NOT USE IT MUCH. THE OTHER ITEM THAT CAME FROM THE STORE IS AN OLD PLANTERS PEANUT JAR. AFTER THEY GAVE UP THE STORE MY GRANDMOTHER WOULD STORE HER SUGAR IN IT. WHEN SHE PASSED AWAY IN 2007, SHE WAS STILL KEEPING HER SUGAR IN IT.  THE LAST ITEM IS A WOODEN PEPSI CARRIER,  ALSO FROM THE STORE. SHE KEPT HER CLIPPERS, WIRE AND OTHER FLOWER RELATED ITEMS IN IT. IN THE 1950'S THRU THE 1970'S SHE ENTERED FLOWER SHOWS AND SHE KEPT EVERYTHING SHE NEEDED IN THAT LITTLE CARRIER. I TREASURE THESE ITEMS BECAUSE THEY MEANT SO MUCH TO HER. THANKS FOR STOPPING BY AND HAVE A WONDERFUL THRIFTY DAY!!!

WHITE WEDNESDAY WITH HAEGER AND USA POTTERY

I AM LINKING UP THIS POST WITH WHITE WEDNESDAY AT http://www.fadedcharmcottage.blogspot.com/ .                                                             

I AM A FLORIST AND I LIKE TO COLLECT THE HAEGER AND USA POTTERY THAT WAS MADE FOR THE FLORIST INDUSTRY. MOST OF THE PIECES I HAVE ARE FROM THE 1940'S THRU THE 1960'S.  I LIKE VERY STREAMLINED SIMPLE PIECES, EXCEPT MY SWAN. I GOT "HER" BECAUSE SHE REALLY LOOKS GREAT WITH SEASHELLS. CHANGING OUT EACH SEASON AND ALWAYS USE NATURE ITEMS IN MY DISPLAYS. SUMMER IT IS SHELLS. FALL I USE MY EXTENSIVE ROCK COLLECTION. THAT IS ONE OF THE FIRST COLLECTIONS I STARTED AS A LITTLE GIRL. I KEPT A BOX UNDER MY BED WITH PRETTY ROCKS THAT I WOULD FIND ON MY OUTINGS. YOU WILL SEE SOME OF THAT THIS FALL. WINTER I LIKE USING BERRIES AND ESPECIALLY PINE CONES. SPRING I USE FLOWERED BRANCHES. THE SIMPLE LINES OF THE USA POTTERY AND HAEGER LOOK GOOD NO MATTER WHAT I DISPLAY IN THEM. BE SURE TO GO TO FADED CHARM AND CHECK OUT ALL THE LOVELY WHITES THAT WILL BE POSTED TODAY. P.S. THE PRINT IN THE PICTURE IS AN A.AKINSON FOX PRINT. I SCORED BIG TIME ON THIS ORIGINAL PRINT IN ORIGINAL FRAME AT AN AUCTION A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO FOR $30. I BELEIVE THE TITLE OF THIS ONE IS "ALONG THE GARDEN PATH."

A TREASURED BLUE PLATTER

I AM LINKING THIS POST UP WITH SMILING SALLY'S BLUE MONDAY AT http://smilingsally.blogspot.com/2010/08/blue-monday-blue-note-cards.html. BE SURE AND GO VISIT ALL THE LOVELY BLUE POST THAT WILL BE THERE TODAY.

TODAY I AM SHARING WITH BLUE MONDAY MY TREASURED BLUE PLATTER THAT MY GRANDMOTHER GAVE ME MANY MANY YEARS AGO. IT IS A STAFFORDSHIRE PIECE AND THE TITLE IS "LADY OF THE LAKE". IT IS VERY LARGE AND VERY PRECIOUS TO ME. I HAD TO GO OUTSIDE AND GET THE STEPLADDER TO TAKE A PICTURE OF IT ON TOP OF MY CORNER CABINET. I RARELY TAKE IT DOWN BECAUSE I AM SO AFRAID OF BREAKING IT. I DID NOT MEASURE IT WHEN I WAS "UP THE LADDER", BUT IT IS A LARGE TURKEY SIZE PLATTER. SHE HAD GOTTEN IT AT AUCTION I THE 1950'S.

VINTAGE BEDROOM CHANDELIER $5.00 !!!

I AM LINKING THIS POST UP WITH RHODA'S TODAY'S THRIFTY TREASURES AT /http://southernhospitalityblog.com/.
I AM ALSO LINKING THIS TO NIFTY THRIFTY TUESDAY AT http://linda-coastalcharm.blogspot.com/.

I AM SOOOOOOO EXCITED. I HAVE BEEN WANTING A CHANDELIER FOR MY BEDROOM, BUT WASN'T WILLING TO PAY THE BIG PRICES THAT WERE BEING ASKED. I WANTED SOMETHING SIMPLE AND GARDEN LIKE. I WENT TO A CHURCH SALE AND THERE SITTING ON THE FLOOR IN FRONT OF ME ASKING ME TO TAKE IT HOME WAS THIS GREEN TREASURE. AND THE PRICE $5.00. YES THAT IS RIGHT $5.00. IT HAD A BOX WITH IT WITH ALL THE MISSING BLING, SO WITH A LITTLE CLEAN UP AND MAYBE SOME WHITE PAINT, I HAVE MY CHANDELIER. SCORE!!!