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Just a short post to wish you all a Happy Memorial Weekend.

Mr. Nook and I will be taking a little trip to

1000 Islands over in very upstate New York at the Great Lakes.It is our Anniversary (22 years)

We hope you are able to make some plans with family and friends. Have a picnic somewhere with each other. Thanks for stopping by. Michele

VINTAGE PINK AND PLANTS

Mr Nook and I spent the day (last Sunday) exploring and yard and garage treasure hunting. First though, we went to dinner Saturday evening at our friends house, Mary and Roger's. Mary gave me this ivy plant, thanks again Mary!At one yard sale I purchased this large bottle for $1.00, yup, one dollar. I love this.. This vintage yellow cloth.

The clear colored bottle the lady offered it to me for free, I thanked her very much, love it. The vintage pink child's dress I purchased for $5.00. I will be embellishing this little lovely, stay tuned....

The pink cloth and burlap I purchased at JoAnn's to do a tote bag project, stay tuned as well for this.

Love the very pretty wallpaper boarder.

I look forward to using this in some paper projects.

Actually the wallpaper and the materials do go good together, I will probably use all three in a project, too.

This vintage holiday apron was .25 cents, good price hah?

I think this is a vintage linen towel used to make an apron. I will enjoy this during the holiday.

I was pleased with all of my treasures.

I am linking up to the following parties:

Very Merry Vintage Style-Share The Love Wednesday

Savvy Southern Style-Wow Us Wednesday

Thanks for stopping by.

Michele

EPHEMERA BOOK KITS IN ETSY SHOP

New ephemera book kits posted in my Etsy Shop

I so enjoy putting together ephemera book making kits. I have a lot of vintage and antique paper items, books and such that I have collected from our local auction house. If you love paper for ephemera bookmaking, scrap booking, journaling or collaging then this just may be for you.

Thanks for stopping by.

Michele

A WEEK OF VIGNETTES #7

Welcome to "A Week of Vignettes" #7

If you have come back to the party, welcome back.

If you are new to the posts let me explain; I've been trying (through all the rain) to get our porch ready for the summer season.

I have posted a vignette each day this week so far. If you would like to see vignette # 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 just click on home at the end of this post where you will see them all at once. This is a round (dining room) table where we eat our meals during the summer months. This table is just by the door that leads into the house.

I love to offer up a vignette on this table, it is a great spot that greats our visitors.

If you are a regular follower to my blog you have seen this area decorated many times, during holidays and such.

Using a vintage minnow bucket I arranged dried flowers (from my friend Barb's garden).

Also tucked in there is an antique beeskep. A canoe made from white birch tree bark holds more pine cones. A black wooden sign that reads "Welcome". A very little birds nest is a beautiful touch don't you think? Did I mention I love to use all things from nature?

An extra vignette I've added in this post.

The wooden stand was made for Figgy for her wedding in 2006. It still has some of the twigs and fun curly twigs.

It is covered with red lights that look so nice in the dark.

The black game board was handmade for the game aggravation, this game board has been around, dare I say 30 plus years...

A vintage yard stick and a wooden boat look great in there, too. A lot of the things that one may find tucked in here and there, are items that has belonged to family members, I love to have these items around for the happy reminders that they are.

Did I mention I am obsessed with creating vignettes out of everything??

Stayed tuned for tomorrow.

Thanks for stopping by.

Michele

A WEEK OF VIGNETTES #6

Welcome to "A Week of Vignettes" #6

If you have been following, welcome back.

If you are new to the post let me tell you; I have been busy have a great time getting our summer porch ready for the season. I have been posting a vignette daily. If you would like to see posts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 click on home at the end of this post to see them all at once. This vignette greets our visitors when they come up onto the deck before entering the porch.

A large planter filled with silk greenery and a basket of sea (lake glass) and found tiny glass bottles from the beach. In the basket is more pine cones and tree bark. The garden lantern sits upon the rail and lights the way for our friends and family. These are just added photos of a few bird houses I have around the yard. I love to collect bird houses... This one is a gas station. The birds have to have places to live, too. Stay tuned for vignette #7 I have joined up at Inspiration Friday at Common Ground Thanks for stopping by. Michele

A WEEK OF VIGNETTES #5

Welcome to "A Week of Vignettes #5

If you have been following this week, welcome back.

If you are new to the posts then let me tell you; I've been working on getting our summer porch ready for the summer months.

I am obsessed with creating vignettes on nearly every surface there is.

I love bringing the outdoors in with using pine cones, greenery, tree bark, sea glass and many other items. These items are some of my favorite things in life... If you would like to see vignette #1, 2, 3 and 4 click on home at the end of this post, it will take you to all of them at once (just keep scrolling).

Using a tin wash bucket I filled it with potting soil and planted some clippings from plants I already had. The greenery toward the back is silk. I added the little resin bird and the rooster. I also added a solar light so it lights up at night as a night light for the porch. If you are interested in seeing more of my vignette obsession stay tuned.

I am linking up to Treasure Hunt Thursday at Blue Creek Home

go on over for a visit you just may be inspired by something there! See you tomorrow. Thanks for stopping by. Michele

A WEEK OF VIGNETTES #4

Welcome to "A Week of Vignettes" #4

If you've been following this week, welcome back.

If you are new to the posts let me tell you; I've been busy (between all the rain we've been having) trying to get our screened porch ready for the summer season.

I think I may be compulsive with my areas of vignettes, I love making them.

This one is my favorite.

Sitting on a vintage child's school desk is a white picture frame.

A large pine cone wreath sits on top of the frame.

A piece of tree bark with a hole sits with a bird resting in the hole.

A bird house made from tree bark, pine cones and white birch tree bark. Lastly, my two wooden drawers I purchased when at the World's Largest Yard Sale in Warrensburg New York with my Figgy. You can see that post here.

If you would like to see vignette #1, 2 and 3 just click on home at the end of this post, this will bring you to all of them.

Stay tuned for more vignettes this week.

Thanks for stopping by.

Michele

A WEEK OF VIGNETTES #3

Welcome to "A Week of Vignettes #3.

If you have been following along thus far, then welcome back.

If you are new to the week of vignettes then let me tell you; I have been busy getting our summer screened in porch ready for the summer season.

I have posted vignette #1 here

vignette #2 here

you can also see last years picture of the porch at these posts.This white wooden basket I purchased last year at JoAnn's on clearance. I lined it and filled with potting soil. I added a terra cota pot with a ivy plant in the soil. I added mini garden tools to the planter. I filled the vintage coffee container with wine corks and added a pillar candle. You will find an antique wooden shoe spreader in the grouping.

A beautiful red bottle for a splash of color, and a brass candle stick holder.

Thanks for stopping by.

Stay tuned for more "A Week of Vignettes"

Michele

A WEEK OF VIGNETTES #2

This is post #2 of my week of vignettes.

I am in the process of getting our screened in porch ready for the summer months (if it would stop raining I could finish).

Here is my second vignette to share.

The olde chair I have had for several years. I purchased this at our local auction house for $2.00, yup $2.00 bucks.

A large piece of drift wood, a piece of bark with the name of the island we live on. A very large pine cone and a jello mold full of sea (lake) glass. Notice the vintage piece of soda bottle glass?

Figgy and I love to go on the beach and search for glass and treasures. It is time to do this once again, once the lake level goes down some.

Another piece of bark with the name of the lake we live on.

All of my treasures are tucked into this large vine basket.

The vignette above the olde chair is from the first post, you can see that post here, see last years picture of the porch here, too.

Stayed tuned for another vignette tomorrow.

Thanks for stopping by.

Michele

A SNEAK PEEK OF A WEEK OF VIGNETTES

I would like to apologize to those that tried to come for a visit a few days ago and was unable to leave a comment. If you did leave a comment it was probably lost. I hope the Blogger people have things straightened out, MANSAKES!!!

I've been attempting (between cool temperatures and rainy days) to put our screened in porch together for the summer. I so love decorating our porch....

This is our porch, a picture from last year. Each year I like to change things up and create new things.

This vignette is one of several I created so far.

If you are a follower of my blog, you may recognize this amber colored bowl, it is the light fixture that was on our very vintage ceiling fan. The fan has sense gone to the dump.

I filled this bowl with some silk greenery, a large piece of white birch bark (I love birch bark), a basket made from tree twigs, pine cones (another favorite of mine) and a yellow bird looking over everything.

I love decorating with items from nature, I think it gives my home a rustic feel.

This coming week I will post "a week of vignettes". Stay tuned for all the fun.

Have a great Sunday.

Michele

A MORNING WITH MY FIGGY

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

I am sorry I have not done a post in what seems like forever.

We have been in the middle of an emergency with flooding here on the island we live on. I had not left the island in two solid weeks in fear I would not be able to get back on. In addition to this I was busy at work (town offices) during the emergency situation. The waters have receded some, things are better now.

I was able to go into town to visit my Figgy for Mother's Day. This house is a gift she gave to me.

Figgy knows what mama loves...

We spent a few hours together alone at an antique and craft show. I purchased this photograph of this bear, she is so beautiful, don't you think? I was able to start a little cleaning of the screened in porch. This is my favorite minnow bucket that I decorate for most of the holidays and summer months.

A few weeks ago I joined in on a Mother's Day Brooch Swap over at A Swap For All Seasons.

You can go on over and see all the other brooches posted, if you like vintage brooches this may be the place for you! My swap partner is Sylvia, you can visit Sylvia here.

I just love my brooch and the pillow she made for me.

THANKS Sylvia!!

This is the brooch and vintage doily I gave to Sylvia.

Back to the show...

DOn't you just love this mailbox??

This stack of boxes is covered with Children's book pages. I am interested in making one of these myself.

Does anyone remember these?

I love notions...

I sure do wish I had one of these!!!

This puppy looked so lonely, but not enough cash to bring him home.

A couple of pics on the flood.

This truck is on a road.....

After our visit to the antique and craft show we had a lovely brunch with the boys.

It was a wonderful Mother's Day!

Thanks for stopping by.

Michele