Perfume Bottles

Joe and I have been shopping at thrift stores today.

This morning we priced and boxed items we are selling at three consignment stores near our old house.

Here are some perfume bottles I especially like.

This one is lead crystal and to the right of it is a vintage apothecary jar I found at the estate sale on Saturday.

The perfume bottle on the left was made in Czechoslovakia.

Sometimes when we are out thrifting a theme emerges and today was one of those days because at Habitat for Humanity ReStore we found perfume bottle stoppers.

They are adorable and if I am not mistaken I have two little perfume bottles sans stoppers at one of the consignment stores I sell at.

The wood tissue boxes in the background are from Italy.

The strange aspect about me liking perfume bottles is I detest perfume as it gives me a headache but the quality and beauty in these bottles is hard to deny.

I want to keep them all.

Can you blame me?

Linking with:

Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesday's 

may joy and peace surround you

Olive

~free gift wrap idea~

Wine bottle paper bags as wrappings.

From Trader Joe's.

Joe and I visit Trader Joe's when we go to Athens, Georgia and at Thanksgiving I picked up these beautiful bags, free, with bottles of wine. 

Ask for the wine not to be placed in the bags, at the check out counter, and keep the bags flat and pretty. 

The wine at this store is reasonably priced too.

We do not exchange gifts with anyone, or buy gifts for that matter as we are blessed beyond measure, so this is sort of all made up but I had fun doing it.

The tissue is not tissue but that paper that stores (Goodwill in this case) use to wrap breakables. 

We do buy toys for kids that our church directs to two local neighborhoods.

There you have a free gift wrap idea.

You can always put wine in the bag but why do the expected?

Linking with Kim at Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesday's.

Tidings and Joy

Olive

The Tall Tale Of The Rusty Bucket

Joe and I went to a flea market on Saturday. 

Ninety-eight percent of what was there was new junk from China. 

Not our vintage kind of goodie. Until, about three rows down the flea, I saw some lighted chandeliers. I told Joe we must make our way over there and I could hear him thinking "Oh no, oh no, not chandeliers." The store and it was a a small store essentially was filled with white painted furniture, vintage furniture with original finishes, mirrors, books, urns, and much more. It was like finding a pearl in the trash.  I was thrilled and you might be surprised at what I bought from the owner. I know Joe was.

I bought this old rusty bucket, with three holes in the bottom of it, for about a squilllion dollars. The shop owner said it is a well bucket and maybe it is. Joe had walked away and when he saw the price tag and confirmed that is what I paid he died a thousand deaths. He said "She probably picked that old thing up beside the road." I said " Maybe she did but I wanted it and it will look wonderful on our buffet. Trust me."

And so it does look wonderful on our buffet, filled with Black Eyed Susan seed heads. Joe agrees about the wonderful looking part now despite the financial issue.

I talked to the shop owner for a long time and encouraged her to explore the internet, blogs, and Etsy. She and her husband buy unclaimed storage units in Atlanta. That is a huge amount of work and keeps them busy. She has great style and I wish I had my camera with me.

That is the tall tale of the rusty bucket. 

♣♣♣

For the purposes of this tall tale a squillion equals twenty dollars.

I am linking with Kim at Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesday's.

&
Sherry at No Minimalist Here for Open House Party.

may joy and peace surround you

Olive 

Orange Heat For Halloween

Halloween is in full force in the dining room.

Orange has turned up it's heat here. 

In the living room all is white but not here.

 

 

 The copper cauldron is from last year but everything else we found this summer and fall.

We bought the Hemingway Hurricanes by Southern Living at Home at a garage sale Saturday. 

They were new in the box for ten dollars each.

I was happy to pay that price as I know how expensive they originally were. 

I really should sell them but I am keeping them.

 

Could these candles be any cuter?

I do not think so.

The polka dot creatures are called Kiddo Jack and Kiddo Kat and came from the Tuesday Morning store. I like them a lot because I almost never buy holiday decor from non-thrift stores.

Everything else including the copper cauldron is from second hand stores or garage sales.

This is how the table looked before we found the glass hurricanes.

This is the other side of the cauldron and our pumpkin filled cloches.

Do you decorate with orange for fall and/or Halloween?

I am linking with:

Kim at Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesday's.

Marty at A Stroll Thru Life for Table Top Tuesday.

Sherry at The Charm of Home for Home Sweet Home.

Linda at Coastal Charm for Nifty Thrifty Tuesday's.

may joy and peace surround you

Olive

Gifted Antlers

Antlers and white pumpkins.

 

 

A family member gave us these antlers and we admire their natural texture and form, much as we admire the cute little form of the pumpkin. This is kind of a masculine and feminine mix.

The family member was puzzled as to what we were going to with them. We will send him a link to our blog so he will be puzzled no more. Thanks bunches M.L.

Joe and I picked up the vintage clock two weeks ago at a garage sale for one dollar. 

The color is just right.

The mini white pumpkins, in the cloches, are from the Tuesday Morning store this summer.

I am linking with:

Kim at Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesday.

&

Sherry at No Minimalist Here for Open House Party.

may joy and peace surround you

Olive 

The Bed That Came Before The House

This is the bed that came before the house we dreamed of and talked about off and on for years.

It sat in the hall at the old house for at least a coon's age.

Waiting for a house, waiting for a bedroom.

We were going into town early one Saturday and happened upon a garage sale. The sales are not usually very good near our old house but this one was exceptional.

I asked the very young, college age, girl how much was the bed, highboy and bedside table. 

She said $150.00.

I had no idea where they were going or a plan or anything but dizzy thoughts at that point.

Joe smiled, winked, and went and got the truck.

The bed is a reproduction but for fifty dollars we love it in the blue guestroom of the yellow house {I still need to paint this room}. It clears the ceiling of the small room by one half inch! The highboy will not be going in this room for now.

This petite rocker came from an estate sale at a huge Victorian house two houses down from the old house. We stood in line at 5:30am to get it and a few more items.

We brought this chaise all the way from Pennsylvania where it came from a garage sale. The room is crowded with it here but we love it and do not wish to part with it. It is an awesome place for a nap.

The large print over the bed is "Confederate Christmas" and came from a thrift store. The rumpled duvet cover { I am not ironing it} is from Pottery Barn and came from a garage sale for ten dollars. The shams are behind the pillows.
I am so over having every little thing perfect for photos. This is how we live, a little rumpled dragging in dirt from our garden, imperfect all the time, and happy.

I am linking with Linda at Coastal Charm for Nifty Thrifty Tuesdays.

&
And Kim from Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesdays.

grace surrounds us

Olive

Patio and Deck at the Yellow House

The patio at our yellow house is a place of contentment for us.

We often eat here or have coffee in the morning.

The patio set is vintage and becoming chippy. It seems to have been pink once upon a time.

This is the flower garden I am adding plants to all the time. Must stop soon.

Here you can see the deck and rain drops on my lens. Oops.

A partial shade garden.

The deck, with it's picnic table which is really a potting table of sorts.

We never eat at that table because it is in full sun.

The chaise is nice very early in the morning for reading and bird watching.

A sedum in a strawberry pot. Sedums are easy and fun to grow in our hot summers and can be left out in our mild winters.

I hope you enjoyed our patio and deck because we use them as outdoor rooms that extend the inside of our house.

I am joining Kim at Savvy Southern Style for her Summer Porch and Deck Party.

grace surrounds us

Olive 

Summer Hearth

The hearth in summer is wickedly fun to decorate.

Let's see what's up there today shall we?

All my green things straight up and turned over.

The handled flower basket was found this weekend at a garage sale. The center copper urn was a gift from a friend. The remaining items are all from recent estate sales.

I love that the basket has a galvanized container inside it so that I can arrange fresh flowers in it.

I am partying here:

 

grace surrounds us

Olive