Olive Out Best Images 2013

From Vintage Toys post in May here.

I thought I posted this image in Southern Farm House but you can find a similar one here.

I bought a new computer in the spring and locating my images is building my character. 

Enough said.

Wire Cloche {gilded shells} here.

By the way our island has been viewed more than any other topic 

I have written about or photographed here on Olive Out.

The  mailbox image is one of my favorites indeed and tugs at my heart. 

It is from Tied To A Place here.

The island again. I almost did not buy this rack, whatever it is, but it works. 

See it here in Kitchen Island With Vintage Dish Rack.

The gallery wall in it's early stages. It has expanded. 

Find it in Gallery Wall here.

Ridge Antiques has become a huge part of my life thanks to my dear friend Beth. 

I love this stack of crates in Bob's booth read Primitives and More here.

Friendly Village China In A Toolbox here.

Blogging has been tougher for me this year than any other but I am not stopping. 

I love each of my readers and all my blog brings to me in inspiration and encouragement.

Next post will be my 2013 flower images.

Please read my post sponsored by Kaplan and Blogher here.  

Spend "thirty minutes" with me in the center I worked in as an R.N.

joy and peace

Olive

Bottlebrush Trees Take Two

Bottlebrush trees have been placed on the three drawer antique chest. 

The gallery wall has had some additions since you last saw it.

This bottlebrush tree is likely from the early 1950's.

 I picked it up at a garage sale. It was a fabulous find.

Gremmie is sitting in front of the "nekkid" tree with not enough lights. 

She is more important to us than a decorated tree.

This bottlebrush tree is new and I am not crazy about the base. 

I have placed it in a tarnished monogramed bowl.

I recently purchased this tree at an antique store in Madison, Georgia. 

It was not expensive. I placed it in an old piece of pottery.

You can see more of my bottlebrush trees lashed to vintage trucks here. 

Don't miss my post "Thirty Minutes In The Day Of A Registered Nurse" about meningitis here.

Thank you for your sweet sweet comments about South Korea Girl in my last post.

Happy Christmas

Olive

Gallery Wall Part Two

Building a gallery wall is a little bit like having the measles.

 It's infectious.

The pictures are spreading rapidly around this corner.

I picked up the two small vintage frames, to fill the empty frame, on Saturday at a junk shop.

These two pictures were added to the right wall recently.

 I framed the one on the left myself. 

I picked up that pretty gold frame (it had an ugly picture inside it) 

and knew it would work with that oil painting I had had for some time.

  Always keep your eye open for frames regardless of what is in them.

Stay tuned as I have blank wall space on the right corner wall.

To see the Gallery Wall Part One click here.

I am on a mini vacation and am blogging from a fast food chain.

 Having problems too.

 I lost an entire post.

I hope you are having a terrific week.

joy and peace

Olive

Gallery Wall

 Adjusting the gallery wall oil paintings, prints, and frames has been

 an off and on summer passion. 

Not that I measure. 

Joe would use a level and a ruler. 

Every picture or painting is a thrifty find save for the central white matted one.

 The Talented B and I found the alabaster lamp in a junk shop. 

I had no cash and she sweetly paid for it. 

It is a good idea to have cash on you while thrifting. 

I have a more-is-more-style. 

I am not finished with the gallery wall or corner.

 It has gaps.

 I would like a pair of small oil paintings inside the vintage rectangular frame. 

 I am always looking for old oval frames.

 This is the other side of the corner and it needs more something.

That is CC at age three.

In Olive Out news I am doing fine after the procedure yesterday.

 I am staying in the house and being entertained by Gremmie and Shelley. 

Thank you, my peeps, for your comments and emails.

 Linking@Be Inspired

 joy and peace

Olive