A whole year has gone by.....

Hello Friends!!
It has been so long!!!
I am trying to get all my eggs in one baskets when it comes to blog, website and Facebook.
For those that like to follow along , please feel free to head over to our
Olde Tyme Marketplace facebook page and like us over there and you can also visit our other blog:
www.oldetymemarketplace.blogspot.com.
I am also on the hunt to find some cool old fencing like this to make one of these lights!!
Hope all is well !
I won't wait so long from now on!!

My New Favorite Feed Sack

Hello Friends!

I just had to share with you the absolute most adorable feed sack that I came across recently.

It's my new fav.The colors are faded and the little goldfinch still has a faint yellow to him and the thistle he's perched upon is still a bit lavender.

As soon as I saw it I knew I had to get it.

It was a bit more than I usually spend on a feed sack so I had to justify it by telling myself that I have never seen one like this {EVER} and if I didn't get it I would think about it for the rest of my life. Sooooo I went ahead and bought it and instead of Panera for lunch, I happily noshed on a $2.00 Deal Meal at Taco Bell!
Ole!!

Clay pots...

I am nuts about old clay pots. Makes me wonder why I love some of the stuff I do. The good thing is , I know I'm not alone!

Spring is almost here!!

To help get your gardening groove on...hop on over to my other blog Olde Tyme Marketplace and check out some good reads!

I'm Addicted!

To things with drawers!

Look at this post and my last post!What is that all about???

Should I seek help?

Thanks for reading.

:0)

The "B" List.....

I was just going thru my "inspiration file" and noticed how many of my fav's begin with the letter"B"!

Burlap .....

Birds.....

Ballard Designs ....
Burlap Tote.....


Bee Skeps....

Buckets.....

Beds

espicially a Bed with a Bird!

Butterfly Cuff...

Bingo cards.....

Bells.....

Black Toile!

I could have gone on too.....

birdhouses

blueberry pop tarts

buttons

banana cream pie

baseball

birdbaths

bluebells

barns

baskets

boxwood topiaries

barn cats

blackboards

bobbins

bottles

birdnests

and

Blessings!

Hope your days is filled with a bunch of those!

OATMEAL IN THE BEDROOM?

I recently gave our guest room a very over due make-over. You can go on over to my other blog Olde Tyme Marketplace to see the results.

The tweeking however still contines, which to me is the funnest part!

This morning I was bloggin and I looked over to my stack of feedsacks (yes they share a room) and I saw this HUGE Quaker Oats one that made me think hmmmmmmm....

that bed really does need some more pillows ......soooooo before I went to work today I put this baby together and love how it turned out!

It took like 10 minutes. You gotta love easy schmeasy projects like this!So this is how I ended up with oatmeal in the bedroom!

I really like the texture element it gives the room as well as a bold graphic that still has a subtle way about it if you know what I mean. Am I making any sense here? At all? Hello?

I am happy! Plus there is one less thing in my craft/computer/spare/storage room.
Which happens to be next on the list for a make-over of it's own.

AMERICANA INSPIRATION!

I came across this awesome feather pillow....

made in London by charlottecasadejus and LOVED THE NEUTRAL look of our ole glory!

Such a great look! I want one!

Happy 4th!

Some Garden Favorites.....

I got the opportunity today to work in the garden a bit and got to thinking about some of my favorite things in the garden............concrete garden statues....
glass garden cloches......

birdbaths....not to mention all the birds!!

stacks and piles of old clay pots....

different sizes and shapes of topiaries..........

and I LOVE wire baskets! I love to store in these and to plant!

(all these photos are custosy of the web)

These are just a few of my many loves out in the garden.

What are your favorites?

For whatever reason, I am completely drawn to Bee Skeps.

Gotta get me a few of these for the garden!!

Have a BEE-UTIFUL DAY!!!

GREEN INSPIRATION!

One of my New Years resolutions last year was to really focus on using my own bags when I went shopping! Happy to say that it does take a little while to form the habit but I did it! I have to admit that using these cute bags is hardly a chore! It is a win win any way you look at it! I ordered these bags (above ) this past year from Ballard Designs. They are nice and big and BURLAP!
I am loving the shape of this one..............

Juicy even got on the bandwagon...thank goodness...I LOVE this one!

How cute is this? Vintage crossstitch design....again Love it!

I have this bag too~ but mine says FRIENDS DON'T LET FRINEDS TRASH THE EARTH!

I couldn't agree more. I encourage you to start using your own bags. You will be so surprised at the amount of plastic bags you will avoid and in return, save trees and more! Give it a try!

BURLAP BLISS!!

this bag..... these chairs.....
the little stool....

this adorable dress.....

these super bottles.....

I'll take one of each.............!

I WANT THIS!

It is truly my dream to have an old log home one day . I blame Laura Ingalls. Since I first cracked the pages of her life story , I fell in love with the whole ideal. She made everything sound so wonderful and cozy and warm and just ...well ...perfect. This dream is at least 30 years old and I have never changed my mind about any of it...it MUST be old, it MUST have square logs, it MUST have lots of chinking, it MUST have a porch, it MUST have a fireplace, it MUST have a loft and other than that I am willing to compromise................ I THINK I FOUND IT!! ISN'T THIS ONE ADORABLE?? Look at the door, the porch, the picket fence for goodness sakes!! I am in LOVE! With each picture, the dream keeps alive and feels a little bit closer...

MY Bucket List....LITERALLY!

After a WONDERFUL chat with my dear blogger friend cityfarmer....she shared with me a funny story about a bucket list "gone awry" so to speak! That got me to thinking about buckets in gereral and how much I love um! I rooted around the net for some of my favs............ Old wooden painted buckets rank right at the top...............

These canvas ones aren't far behind..............

Galvanized...the true work horse of the bucket world.............

Sap buckets....so many colors, so many uses ...couldn't live without um!