Vintage Inspiration Friday #29: Going Green for St. Patty's

To celebrate

St. Patrick's Day

 I thought I'd grab a few of my favorite green things.

Watering cans come in all colors at my house.

I have plenty of the plain zinc kind,

 but I always love me some accent color for the season.

So for Spring, I snipped a few branches of my monster forsythia out back

and brought them in to force.

This little chair was one of a set of table and chairs that was

a present for my 2nd Birthday.

My brother and sister used it too,

so I only managed to get one of the chairs.

 I found this precious little book last year;

(published in 1933)

my favorite shade of green,

french gardening graphic,

and perfect for my vintage "garden book" collection.

This is one of the photos inside.

Ivy and miscellaneous Spring stuff

in one of my carriers.

Uh oh...look who's here!

Out for a tasty snack of forsythia.

The girls love Spring too!

And now for some inspiration fun from last week:

Be sure and click for some great ideas!

Primp

Freckled Laundry

Tarnished and Tattered

Mittens

Today I'm joining in on these great parties.

Hope you'll join in the

Vintage Inspiration Party!

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so everyone can share in the fun!

and if you've been featured then there's an ap for that!

I may not get to leave a comment with everyone this weekend

but I'll be coming by.

Thanks so much in advance for linking up for the party!

I had a washer malfunction, which led to purchasing a new washer, dryer,

and while we were at it, a new dishwasher.

(dang these things are expensive!)

I've been without a washer since Monday...eeeck!

And then...

since the appliances were out

I've been painting and redoing my laundry room!

Don't know if it will make the blog cut,

but it sure has been overdue.

So have a fun weekend;

I have my work cut out for me!

love you all,

Debra

p.s. I'll try to get out the rest of the wonderful photos from Leola's this weekend

Out and About for Some Spring Inspiration

I always look forward to the Holiday Open Houses in our area.

We have some great shops who go all out for their Spring Open House week.

Leola's in Ozark is always tops on my list for never fail inspiration and fun.

Here are just a few of the photos I took that are all about Spring and "white".

I'll be sharing more soon for

 Vintage Inspiration Friday.

So many fun and Springy ideas for your house and garden.

I'm linking up all this fun with

Jill at Gypsy Brocante

for some great ideas for your porch

Marty at A Stroll thru Life

for some great ideas for your table tops and vignettes.

 Kathleen at Faded Charm

for some white goodness and inspiration.

Mary at Very Merry Vintage Style

Share the Love

Type A Decorating

And Kim at Savvy Southern Style

cause all this fun sure has the WOW factor.

Hope you're off to a great week,

it's cold and rainy today with a chance of snow,

but close to 80 by the end of the week!

love you all!

Debra

Vintage Inspiration Friday #28 What can I do with that...?

If you're like me, and a junker at heart,

then you can't let a great find pass you by;

even if you don't know WHAT it is or what you could do with it.

A few years ago my hubbs located these

glass and hardwood whatchamacallits at a swap meet.

The first thing to be said was that OK,

... these are cool,

...what are they?

...what could we do with them?

...why are there only 3 of them?

After doing some investigation on the Internet,

I found out these rectangle boxes with glass inserts,

are old door window insets.

When I was young we lived in a house with these stairstepped on the front door,

sort of like this one, except our door was a blue gray.

(google images)

I try to grab every "Bird Book" and print I can find. The illustrations and information, especially if they are vintage, just fascinate the nature lover and artist in me. Soooo, my love for bird prints and old junk got married!

Below is my vintage Lefton birdie

Our rooms downstairs are more rustic with a lot of wood.

The mantel is really huge and with the red brick it's difficult

to keep the rooms from being too dark.

So I try to keep white and light on the mantel.

Some of my ironstone has found a happy place there and it just doesn't want to leave.

other birdie figurines from Czechoslovakia

I can't tell you how many times I DIDN'T make that purchase

that I later kicked myself for.

Go with your gut...

if something grabs your attention,

you'll usually find a use for it someday!

And speaking of birdies and Spring

can an old wire birdcage get by as a "cloche"?

joining Marty for Spring Cloche Party

And now for some wonderful inspiration from last week,

One of my favorite people,

Rebecca at a RE Purposed Life

Spring Wreath

Sissie's Shabby Cottage

Retro Pillow

Shanty Girl

Chippy Door

The Shabby Chick

Happy Spring

Honestly, there are so many wonderful posts just full of inspiration.

Thanks so much, all of you who link up for the party!

I'll be joining these great parties this weekend.

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We're having our Spring Open Houses this weekend,

hopefully, next post I'll have photos!

Have a great weekend,

love you all,

Debra