Monday, November 26, 2012

...a tiny bit of color in my white cottage...

...I've been playing with a wonderful real bird's nest...
..it was found on vacation many years ago...
...the best souvenir of all time...

...and old book pages...
...adore those beautiful creamy tones...
...I call myself a 'shameless stacker'...
...isn't a photograph better when the items have been stacked ever so high?...

...this one I named ...
...'holding pattern'...

...and this one...
...'waiting'...

[...no real eggs were harmed in the photographing of this image...]
[...nor real snow!...]

...perhaps I've just been waiting to set out my Christmas decor...
...this year a new tree has been added...
...along with a little sprinkle of vintage blue...

...my favorite shop called Bloom...
...had these wonderful vintage Christmas balls...

...normally I decorate with silver, bronze, white, etc...
...but these pretty little baubles just kept calling my name...

...some are light, some are darker...
...but all have that wonderful vintage look...

...not sure what the perfect name is for this glorious color...
...maybe 'classic heavenly blue'...
...the gorgeous tree topper made of vintage book pages...
...was also purchased at my favorite store Bloom...
...carefully handmade by my friend Karen...

...presenting...
...our new tree...
...with a touch of blue...
...I'm in love...
...sigh...


"Christmas isn't a season.
 It's a feeling."
Edna Ferber

Friday, November 16, 2012

...true confessions...

...there are no towel bars...
...there is no door...
...but...


...lots of stars on my dreamy shower curtain...

...a couple images of Dad...
...he was so young on the left...
...he was so young at heart on the right...

...creamy white drapes on the doorway...
...and shelf above...

...the suitcase I carried as a child...
...my brother took me to Washington DC...
...my initials are still there...
...SJB...

...on the narrow shelf above the pegs...
...a lovely photo of my husband's class as H. S. seniors...
...sweet white pitchers...
...a tarnished old silver bud vase...

...on the wall...
...a wonderful heart motif carved in wood...
...which used to be part of some old Victorian house many years ago...

...it is a tiny bathroom...
...but I do love it...
...cozy...
...white...
...complete with chandelier...

...the bathroom tissue holder is unique...
...doubling as a magazine rack...

...my favorite piece..
...this little gem is perfect for storing treasures..
...jewelry...
...make-up...

...I'm a shameful 'stacker'...
...even in my bathroom...

...from old Old Spice to a shoe last with my name on it...
...vintage platter and one more star...
...another little shelf doing double duty...

...an old wire basket with crisp white wash cloths...
...reminds me of childhood summers at the pool in Brook...

...do you recognize me...
...a friend gave me that sweet little frame...

...the miniature dress form on the left...
...is covered with white buttons...
...all sewed on my hand...
...true confessions...
...yes, I did it...

...the tiniest little little cherub...
...in the right hand corner...
...is in charge of keeping order...
...and serenity in this little spot...
...I only wish she could clean my sweet bathroom, too...

"All life is an experiment. 
The more experiments you make the better." 
Ralph Waldo Emerson 


Friday, November 9, 2012

...another white collection...

...on a recent little get-a-way...

...I found a box of a dozen balls of vintage crochet thread...

...I just love the wonderful soft tones...

...of course individual spools of a fuzzy thread...
...all tied together with a vintage taupe ribbon...

...had to be added to my collection...

...then I found this delightful little book...
...dated 1906...
...the year of my father's birth...

...luckily everything fit into a very large glass vase...

...in this day and age...
...are there any famous orations any more...
...included in this book is one that was given honoring the life of Queen Victoria...
...delivered about two weeks after her death...

...the editor's name is quite familiar...
...and he has quite an interesting history...

...I love the images through the glass vase...

...I love the geometry of the winding thread...

...so...
...a collage was created...
...to represent the soft tones and detail...
...of my new white collection...
...I just had to post it on Flickr...

“Think left and think right and think low and think high.
 Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try”
 – Dr. Seuss



Monday, October 29, 2012

...shades of old white...

...I adore everything about old paper...

...the color...

...the smell...

...the texture...

...the edges...

...the fonts...

...recently, I found these papers in an antique shop...

...what a find...

...there were two bundles like this...
...both came home with me...

...I also adore everything about vintage sheet music...

...this shadow box once was a kitchen drawer...
...a garage sale find many years ago for only fifty cents...
...it got quite a make-over...
...and those beautiful music notes grace the back and sides...

...I could share an abundance of photos of my sweet white pitchers...
...but instead will end with another couple of my favorite things...

"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see."
Henry David Thoreau

Monday, October 15, 2012

...just can't get enough of my little white pumpkins...

...this morning was glorious...

...so after breakfast on my screened in porch...

...I grabbed one of my sweet little white pumpkins...

...and proceeded to let it pose all around the back yard...

...it was such fun play...

...I just couldn't stop snapping photos...

...this little guy was such a cooperative model...

...always looking adorable...

...have I mentioned how much I adore little white pumpkins...

...and their shadows...

...as I write this post...
...Alex the kitty is in this very spot...
...he looks just as comfortable on the chaise lounge as the little pumpkin...

...in one of the many lanterns hanging in my apricot tree...

...looking perfect in the little window box...

...or on top of another bird house...

...perfectly balanced on the watering can handle...

...and perfectly shaped for the heart that hangs on my fence...

...sitting on top of some of my Red Wing collection...

..posing with some dusty Ball jars that have votives inside...

...and then finally joining many other little pumpkins...
...in an ironstone soup toureen...
...it has been quite a busy day of play...

...'Abundance' is the title of this little work of art...

"Whatever we are waiting for - peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance - it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart." - Sarah Ban Breathnach