Tag Archives: vintage

November 20, 2014 · 7:50 am

Postcard from a three year old mind….

….in 35 year old jeans

‘a girl!?!?!……….I wanted a boy named Peeta Pwaka’ – (translation: Peter Parker aka Spider-Man)

Homepieces

No visit to Texas is complete until I have been to Homepieces in McKinney! Always on our itinerary when visiting family in Dallas, Vicki Woods’ shop never disappoints – filled with vintage treasure, gathered and curated by the amazing owner. Just off the main square of this quintessential Texas town, she gathers a tempting array of architectural fragments, vintage furniture and collectibles, ironstone, and repurposed objects – all with an eye for fabulous patina and great design.

A number of her pieces have found their way into our home………!!!

Cut and Paste

I awoke this morning thinking of Valentine’s Day…….a day with a built-in excuse to send loving thoughts to family and friends. Remember the days of cut and paste, not on the computer…cutting red hearts with blunt-end scissors, then pasting on white doilies with thick white paste from big jars that we all liked to eat!!! I suppose you have to be of a certain age………

So…….I went in search of bits and pieces to cut and paste together

of course in those days we never put pink and red together……

vintage envelopes found at a flea market

-to be personalized, then sent with love-

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August 9, 2013 · 7:48 am

…..and yet again…..

At the risk of over- indulging myself, and over-stepping my bounds with you, I simply felt it necessary to………

do it one more time!

inspired by a salad bowl and plates purchased in St. Remy in Provence

vintage flower frogs

French flower buckets

French cream cheese box

more French and English plate tattoos*

*credit to mike madrid

and the color of fishing net floats carried across the Pacific on currents from Japan, found on the shores of Alaska

Are you inspired????

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August 8, 2013 · 8:33 am

and again……….

So satisfying to make a positive change to my dining room! In fact, so exciting that I decided to try another iteration………..

this time in brown

English transferware

the logos stamped on the back of the pieces are nearly as interesting as the pieces themselves

even nature provides just the right colors in the form of Sycamore pods and starfish

amazing crazing

a different color, a different look

what might you gather together to create something fresh and new in your home???

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August 7, 2013 · 7:41 am

New again……..

As anticipation has now turned to recollection and reflection, we begin a new chapter in our lives. Change is an integral part of and constant ingredient in the human condition.

So embrace the seasons of life!

My response is to change and grow with the seasons. What more fun way than to change up my surroundings and make them new again. All summer I have worked outside in anticipation of the wedding, so today I decided on a fresh look for my dining room and set about gathering blue.

English transferware