Top Three from "Be Inspired"

That time of the week again...

Here are the top three visited links from last week at

  Be Inspired.

Kathleen from Faded Charm 

shares how she styled a beautiful bouquet 

of white tulips in her wonderful kitchen.

Erika from Be Book Bound shared a home down the street 

that is decorated with some wonderful collections.

and we toured a small London B and B apartment 

with Mary from At Home on the Bay

Thank you everyone, who comes by 

to link up with the party,

which is now open to all "inspiring" posts.

I appreciate each one of you!

Hope you'll join in tomorrow for

xoxo,

The Seed Box Antiques at The Dallas Gift Market

Many of you know that I post a "shop blog" for my friends Brian and Meloney Russell of The Seed Box Antiques in Chadwick, Missouri. They don't have a brick and mortar shop any longer, but sell at many of the big events throughout the year. (Round Top, Remnants of the Past, Bottoms Up monthly sale in Kansas City, and Urban Market in Houston) They are into their third year setting up at the new area of the Dallas Gift Market for cash and carry vintage items. Here are a few photos of their space that Meloney just sent me. If you don't know them, click on over and browse through the posts. You'll find tons of great inspiration!

 Totally love this idea for Paperwhites in the cement urn.

(Pretty sure I'll be borrowing this)

Brian makes these wonderful industrial light fixtures

and specializes in some amazing zinc top tables.

If you like a shabby/vintage/industrial vibe,

you'll love their blog.

The Marketplace is still going strong,

be sure and drop back by throughout the week

to see what new links have been added.

just scroll down to the next post.

xoxo,

Welcome to The Marketplace

Hi Everyone, hope you had a great weekend!

Are you thinking "Valentine's Day" yet?

Time to see what kind of fun items are here this week. If you're new here, this is a linky for anyone that has an Etsy Shop or Online Boutique or website. You don't have to have a blog to come join in. You can link up to three of your individual items that are FOR SALE, or a post about what you are selling, but please only about items that you have for sale. Here are a few from last week.

Love Crocheted Pencil Holder

from Creative Carmelina

Paisley Infinity Scarf

from Primlace

Vintage Enamelware Colander

from GizmoandHooHa

Crocheted Flowers Headband

from Sewella

Embroidered Heart Pincushion

from Evelyn and Rose

Vintage Grain Sacks from

The Brown Shed

And today the Sponsor Spotlight is on 

Rose has wonderful original Die Cut images that are framed.

Look at this little sweetie for Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day Die Cut Heart

(Love these next two "nature" items)

Vintage Bird Figurine on Tree Trunk

Quail Egg and Moss Mini Terrarium

Thanks Rose!

Glad to have you drop by today.

Remember, this link is open all week,

so come back by often to see what new items have been listed.

Have fun shopping!

Cupboard Love

  Hope it's not too early to share a little
cupboard love

 from the Holiday Cupboard. 

Last month, before Christmas, I mentioned that we had stopped off in Washington, Missouri, a quaint little river town on our way home from St. Louis, to visit a few antique shops and have lunch at a wonderful little inn.

Just the day before we left town, I had said that I'd wanted to dress the Holiday Cupboard in red transfer ware for Christmas, but just didn't have enough dishes to make a nice display. Well, guess what was waiting for me 200 miles away? A small set of red in my favorite Johnson Brothers pattern, Old Britain Castles.

With those extra dinner and salad plates I was able to add a few of my basic white and then a few chintz pieces (Staffordshire, Tudor Roses by Meakin) to bring it all together.

So when I put away all my Christmas,

 I just went ahead and made the cupboard up for Valentine's Day.

This is my little Lefton Candy Dish with Cupid.

and a new paper mache sweetie.

This is a collectible hand made and painted ceramic mold from a family company called Laxa Family USA, which depicts the symbol of the Lamb of God with a center flower pot with heart and flowers. I've had this for years, and bring it out to enjoy each Valentine's Day.

 I don't have the rest of my Valentine things out, but since this has been up for awhile, I thought you might enjoy my first display with my new transferware. Now I'm on the lookout for more!

Hope you're having a good weekend, we just got back home from another doctor visit for my hubby in St. Louis. We visited a few antique spots, but I only grabbed a couple of items. I'm trying to curb the clutter around here, so I think I'm getting more particular in what I buy. I've been cleaning out my closets today and I have four huge bags of clothes. yikes. I think I'm going to go curl up with a cup of tea and my new Southern Living Magazine. (yes, I'm a southerner at heart...)

xoxo,