Showing posts with label Vintage Black Friday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vintage Black Friday. Show all posts

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Vintage Watercolor Prints

I showed one of my Mary Gold Mother's Day Verse Prints.
Today I thought I'd share my other three prints that are "Marygold".




They are usually hanging in my bedroom hallway where the light is poor,
so I brought them into my new favorite spot;
my dining room.

( I'm just loving the new paint and paper!!)

Below is "Love's Siesta".



Mary Gold was a painter and watercolorist from the teens and 1920's. Many of her subjects use a black background depicting nighttime. They have the same lovely ladies, dressed in crinolines in romantic settings.





Below, is "Arabian Love".




So sorry for the glare on these, the glass is so reflective.

"The Mother" was a Mother's Day gift to me from my
sweet younger daughter several years ago.
I was so surprised, and I credit her for starting my
passion for Mary Gold.



Say Hello to my really old wire plantstand.
The original yellow paint is barely visible,
but so yummy!

 


I'm linking up with Vintage Black Friday
at the French Cupboard.


My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday


over at My Favorite Things.



at Bargain Hunting and Chatting with Laurie.



My head is better, but still bruising, some swelling
 and I need spackling for my "divot".

I've been in hiding for the last few days.

It felt like a broken nose,
with an all-week headache to go with it,
but hey...
what can you do for that?

I'm surviving!

Hope you all are staying "boo boo free"


love ya,
Debra

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Easter Cloches

I hope you can stand enjoy
just one more Easter Decor post.
I didn't realize I had so many things,
 until I started going through
my cupboards and bringing it all out.




You all know I'm just a "Holiday" kind a gal.

I've been saving a few little friends
 for the Cloche Party at Marty's.
I found these at a friend's booth
 at Spring Creek a few weeks ago.
Old chalk Easter rabbits and a chicken.
I scooped them all up as she was just putting them out.
Oh yeah, right place, right time!




This is my German glass glitter rabbit that I found
a few weeks ago at my friend Kristi's space
(you'll get to meet her soon)

I had to buy three,
one each for my daughters...
and of course one for moi.




He's one of my new Favorite Things.

and of course "Sweetface" has to be
 included in every Cloche Party.
He's a little spoiled, you know what I mean?

I couldn't leave him out of Show and Tell!



And of course Spring isn't Spring
unless I have a bird-nest...
(or ten)



I stacked my wire flower frogs up,
then thought they looked like a wedding cake.




This little fella appears to have been
trapped by a Bird Nest cloche.

Hope he has some chocolate in his little basket.
I might let him loose for that!


And to celebrate Good Friday and Easter,
I have my Vintage Black Bible
 from my grade school years.
with a bottle I altered.


(here's the Royal Treatment Give Away Crown!)







I'm linking up for Marty's Cloche Party




at The French Cupboard






If you haven't entered my Give Away
The Royal Treatment,
to win that fabulous crown,
and leave a comment on that GiveAway post.


Sending hugs and blessings
for a wonderful Easter Weekend!

love,
Debra

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Vintage Black Friday: Give Back Week and Black As an Accent Color

I'm so glad that Vintage Black Friday has returned. This is the 2nd installment of the monthly party to be found the first Friday of each month.

I'm not a decorator by trade, but I've learned a few things over the years about decorating. Having moved to several houses in my adult married life, I've learned that it's important to have furniture and accessories that are "mix and match". I call them "Garanimal Furniture". Going back to finding clothes for my girls as toddlers, there was a brand carried at Sears that was completely interchangeable. Each piece fit nicely with any other item in the line. That has been an idea that I have adapted to decorating. Keeping a few "colors" and accent pieces that are totally interchangeable. I get bored with my surroundings and like to change things up frequently. If I can't move or change out furniture, then I like to seasonally mix up accessories and vignettes.


Print and vintage frame found in the powder room,
but in the Dining room for better natural light.



I keep a color palette of varying hues of khaki, sage green, and gold, with hints of dark red. Gold or brass is my accent metal, and I also use black in healthy doses as an accent. Some of these items you've seen before, but today I'm using them to show how accent colors can unify and bring continuity to a home. I love white and neutrals and having white woodwork, I am bringing in more white painted furniture, but I also love color. I guess I would say I lean toward English and French Country. Vintage and antique pieces add to the foundation.


Lampshades and a clock on the Living Room mantel.






Decorative painted French box on my black writing desk


Old rustic church pew


Hat boxes in the Entry on a French gilt table.




Kitchen print with black frame


And a variety of black tole trays on the kitchen counter



A tiny print in the powder room


And a new black distressed clock
 that is usually found in the family room



These are just a few of the black accessories
 I have used in my home to help bring it all together.

Please run over to The French Cupboard
and check the McLinky to see the other
Vintage Black Friday participants.


If you haven't yet entered my


please click and leave a comment
on the post from March 1.



Thank you for all the sweet and funny Birthday Wishes!
Each one warmed my heart,
 and so many made me laugh.

And thank you to all those
who posted about my Give Back
and joined as a follower.
I'll be over for a visit soon!

Have a wonderful Weekend!
Debra

Friday, February 5, 2010

Vintage Black Friday No. 1



Vintage Black Friday

is here again
and I almost missed it!

Jill, from Gypsy Brocante's
wonderful Friday Party from last Fall
is returning to the French Cupboard,
the first Friday of each month.



I found this wonderful turn of the century graphic
a few years ago at a local flea market.
It's original glass was broken,
so I paid a small fraction of what it was worth.




I had the glass replaced, and saved the original piece
then recycled it into smaller sizes.
I couldn't throw it away.
It was all wavy and bubbly.




This usually hangs in our stairway,
but the lighting is poor,
so I had to bring it to the Dining Room.
Sorry the glare is so distracting.

                  



I love the black frame and background,
and those sweet "lily of the valley".


I love the sweet sentiment.
It is a prayer to me.
God Bless Our Homes



I'm so excited that Black Friday is returning!
 Click the link to the French Cupboard
 to see the rest of the party-goers.

Have a wonderful Vintage Black Friday!

love,
Debra

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