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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

The Marketplace: Etsy and Boutique Showcase

Hello Everyone,

time for The Marketplace!

Here are some great items listed from last week:

Original Artwork Sheep Painting

from Nita at Mod Vintage Life
LOVE these, Nita!!

and a Happy Pig

Pearl and Rhinestone Tiara Hatband

from Tarnished Royalty

Vintage Pair of Gray Painted Roosters

from Oliver and Rust

Summer Infinity Scarf
from Primlace

Vintage Linden Rhinestone Clock

from Curtains in My Tree

Staffordshire Soap Dish

from Junkflirt

And today's Sponsor Spotlight is on Michele's Glass Bead Treasures.

"Welcome to Michele's Glass Bead Treasures! The hand made pieces are a result of my combined enjoyment of needlework, "little" things, sea glass, stained glass windows, flowers, and sparkling jewelry. All of these items are hand stitched and are of my own design using beautiful glass (some of them vintage!) and crystal beads. Also, I have on this site vintage finds found while visiting thrift shops, estate sales, and other fun places that I think others may want and enjoy."

Spring Blooms Vintage Heart

Embellished Perfume Bottle

Lot of Three Vintage Ladies Watches

thanks Michele!

Hope you'll link up to three of your individual Etsy and Online Boutique items. Please have a link to the individual items if possible. If you have a blog post about some of your items that's great too. Please just be sure that your link is about items that are FOR SALE. You don't have to have a blog to join in, but if you do, I'd love you to grab the image above for somewhere on your sidebar, just to let your readers know about this selling site. (nice, but not mandatory). Thanks for joining in, I'm always happy to have you here!

Remember this link is open all week, so stop back by later to check out new listings.

Have a great week,

Friday, June 7, 2013

Be Inspired #143 A New "Farmhouse Porch"

Hey Everyone, time for Be Inspired
the place to share what's been inspiring you this week.

I love this "Farmhouse Style Front Porch"

from Kristen at Sophia's

This is Kristen's mom's new construction home with a great nod to Farmhouse Style. The wonderful red wicker chairs and baskets of flowers highlight that amazing red front door. What fantastic curb appeal!

Red Industrial Light fixtures

love this house!

Who of us haven't walked right past a credenza just like this, not even thinking about what kind of transformation it could have? You'll want to see the "before" of this great makeover!

Television Console Before and After

from Laurel at the North End Loft

Karen brings out the red, white, and blue for Patriotic Dress Up

at Brayton Homestead, her beautiful Massachusetts home.

I've bought and sold many of these vintage drop leaf tables, but I'd never thought about turning one into a perfect little French Style DIY Potting Table. Take a look at this makeover from Janet at the Decorating Diaries.

Cindy at Dwellings "married" this wonderful cupboard with a snazzy little green Hoosier cabinet bottom to come up with a perfect kitchen display piece. She then filled it with her collection of Roosters. cock-a-doodle do!

And for a yummy Summertime dessert how about these

CooLicious Lemon and Lime Cookies

from 155 Dream Lane.

Epic Linen is our sponsor of the day. They carry wonderful linen kitchen items, beautiful tablecloths, curtains, and also a line of linen fabrics by the yard. Hope you'll run by their shop and browse around.

Hope you'll come link up your inspiring posts this week. Please have a link back to Common Ground within your post to be featured. If you've been featured please feel free to grab the image below.

and check out these other fun Friday Parties

thanks so much for joining in,

have a great weekend!

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Vintage Botanical Window

If you're like me, then every once in awhile, you get the urge to move things around. Changing furniture arrangements won't work here, (believe me, I've tried), so I have to change up smaller things; new vignettes, different accessories like pillows and tablerunners. This week I had that urge, and it landed on this great old window with original botanicals that I put together a few years ago. I dragged it around the house looking for another spot for it, but when I had worn myself out, I brought it back here in the Living Room right where I found it.

It just "fits" this space...

So I decided to share it again with all of you, since so many of you are new followers. A few years ago I found a college notebook probably from sometime before the 1930's filled with these individual sheets at a local flea, and grabbed it up. They sat unused for awhile, thinking I might frame them individually. I still may do that with some, but I picked out a few for this great old window that I'd had for awhile in the garage.

(I've had a few people inquire if I would sell any of the individual sheets,

but I just cant' part with them)

We have ten chairs that go with our Dining Room set; more than we could ever use. So when I was on my white painting spree a couple of years ago, I decided to go ahead and paint out two of them to flank the sofa table. There's a part of me that would love to paint the whole Dining Room set, but I just haven't been able to make that leap.

(roses from my birthday a few years ago)

This is a hard spot to photograph because of furniture placement...

Here are closeups of a few of the individual panes of glass. Each specimen sheet is categorized and labeled in old type and taped. Over the years they have faded to a perfect study in neutrals; delicate blossoms and stems have separated, but each one is work of art to me.