Have I mentioned that my tastes run toward the eclectic?

While perusing a favorite haunt lately for a side table for my bed (yes, I found one!) this beauty caught my eye....the price was ridiculous in a good way. I purchased it.

Bonus pink silk inside...so pretty.

Unlike many of these victorian celluloid boxes, this one is remarkably unscathed.....lucky for me.

Another item I've always lusted over....an original Dandux canvas cart on wheels....so many possibilities. Dd and I went to one of our huge St. Vinnie's that we hadn't been to in a loooong time. They were lined up out front and I was determined to ask an employee if I could buy one of them. But wait, what's this I see? A price tag on each and every one of them? Surely my eyes deceive. But no, they each were priced at $29....but since they were yellow tags they were an additional 25% off!

Some had rips in the bottom but this one was in great shape except for the stains.....I think they're supposed to have those anyway, right? I'll do my best to clean them off and have no idea where I'll put this monster but I do love it so!
I'll figure it out.
It was a happy thrifting day!

Warning, this post is all over the place....kind of like my life!

Let's start with my pretty wallpaper lined trunk discovery....
can you believe I looked at it and left without it? Me either....but I did which means I just had to go back a few days later and buy it.

How do I love thee, let me count the ways.
Perfect size, not too big, not too small.
Gorgeous wood inlay giving it a victorian look (which it is).
Sigh, vintage wallpaper....SOLD. I'll take it and 10 rolls of that paper please! What, you don't have any more? Figures!

A gorgeous eiderdown...love it. Small size, just right to cuddle up with.

Hey, it looks great in my new trunk!

Discovered this magazine the other day....so utterly charming.

An antique ledger that I'm working on that will be in my shop soon.....with a decidedly 'French' flavor.

What I've been up to......

This is but a very small fraction of what I've been up to.

This is the first day in 3 weeks that I haven't had a sore throat. Yay!
I went through a terrible spell of being sick. Laying about in bed, not leaving my house (not even getting dressed, shhhh!)
Then my dd got it. She's missed this entire week of school.
So I've been feeling a bit better, having had this illness for a few weeks now and am on the mend thank goodness. So since I've been house-bound I've been creating. Mostly with my vintage wallpapers.
But I've also been using my sewing machine and have had a lot of fun creating for my shop.
Admittedly some of my creations will remain with me.
That's just the way it is. Some things I make I'm not ready to part with right away.
My shop has been very busy (thank goodness) so it keeps me hopping.
I've also been contemplating some other business ventures in different areas such as consignments and so on but not thinking that will work out for me right now.
I'll be back very soon to share some new treasures with you.

In the meantime, have a marvelous weekend!

My most favorite Valentine card in the world~~~~~~~

Dreamy, right? It's a Nister card and fairly delicate. I added the maroon ribbon in order to hang it in my studio.
Wishing you all a positively lovely Valentine's Day!

A new button box creation and a fun swap~~~

It's a wallpapered button box! I love making these little boxes so much....just take a simple papier mache box in whatever shape you like and put some lovely vintage wallpaper on it...it's transformed!

This photo shows the one I just made and one I made a few years ago. I put a small hole in the lid to house my string which I seem to use every day. You can also put some ribbons or seam binding in it.

I spotted this shabby wallpapered box in a lovely etsy shop. I could never in a million years have enough of these boxes! They are the perfect storage in my studio.

This shop owner was a dream to work with and we actually ended up swapping items to each other and it was so much fun.

She's happy, and I'm happy.
Off to create some more boxes...hope you're staying busy!

Staying put.....and not by choice.

So we've had freezing rain today on top of all the snow. We decided to go a very short distance to have lunch at a favorite restaurant.....opened our garage door and our cherry trees lining our driveway have so much ice on their branches that they are literally a foot from the ground! Backing my car into them would surely damage both them and my car so we're staying in.

Brrrrrr.......

More brrrrrr.....I tried to capture the amount of ice that is covering our wrought iron fence.

Pretty icicles all the way down....

We're watching the olympics (well, some of us are). I'm getting antsy so have decided to get started on a project that I've been wanting to do for a long time now. I bought this wooden house at a thrift store a few years ago now and while it's perfectly charming as-is I know it can be so much more.

I have big plans for it......

This is a piece that will remain in my home when finished. It's quite large and I think it will be a cool statement piece.
I hope you're all staying warm, next week I'll be back to share my latest obsession. I think it's almost time for an intervention!

Oh my goodness, what is all this white stuff I'm standing in~~~~~

I know I put a spoon under my pillow last night, and I even turned my p.j.'s inside out....it worked, it worked!

And it's such a lovely, fluffy snow too!
Happy, happy!

Some sweet finds of the day....

Today was a no school day for dd so we took advantage of it, meeting my dh and some friends for lunch....then we went shopping. I found this sweet pink handled hand mixer and paired it with a bowl I already had. These are listed in my Etsy.

This is a great retro cookbook, complete with color photos that was from the 1940's.....another great kitchen find.

Can't forget this beautiful 100 drawer hardware store cabinet. Only wish it were mine!

But I must admit to this being my favorite find of the day! Such a pretty tin for your vintage laundry room display. All of these are listed in my shop already and I have more to come.
Stay tuned!

Totally and utterly smitten with these......

Does anyone know what these were/are meant to be used for? Are they just a collectible or do people take these to church with them? I should know, being Catholic, but I realized when my dh asked me, "What are they for?" that I really had no clue.

 I took a day just for me yesterday and went to visit my sister at the coast to do some much needed shopping. Can I just tell you that after all of the cold and fog we've had for the past couple of weeks it felt like springtime over there! It was 57 and sunny....bright sun and a wonderful breeze. I wanted to stay!
We hit a lot of the antique shops and a thrift and in one of them I found these and was so happy.

Is this not beautiful? It's in mint condition!

Love the combination of felt, ribbon, and the angel on this one.

Darling with the pink bow. And amazing that some of these are still on their original cards.

Happy, happy! I have plans to do special things with these!