The Vintage Fairy has been smiling down on me in recent days. I have been having the best luck on recent junque trips, ie. estate and yard sales.
On Friday, I popped into the best antique store where the owners recondition vintage stoves and have the best little vignettes...such eye candy! The owner, whom's name I should've got, has set up various "kitchens" and other rooms to complement the reconditioned vintage stoves they are selling and she has simply an amazing eye. Out back there are shabby garden and architectural finds, it's just a vintage lover's heaven. I'll definitely be stopping by often.
I purchased a couple of small items there, one of which included this fancy vintage french poodle, which my girls have dubbed "the snobby dog".
See all those little rhinestones! She's gorgeous and she knows it! She's the recent addition to my apparently new collection of vintage poodle figurines.
This poodle collection started with an estate sale I attended a couple of weeks ago where I found this fuzzy grey vintage poodle figurine, on the right.
And speaking of collections, this photo really moreso highlights my little beginning collection of Paris souvenir pins and charms. I have another little gold one I need to add to this vignette. I've also started collecting vintage Paris souvenir spoons. Pretty much Paris/France- whatever is going to be collected by me at some point, I'm sure!
A better view of inside the glass....the black and white paper inset on the clock is supposed to be a damask but looks like flames here, doesn't it? I may have to replace that with a smaller print.
The cloche and clock were from the same moving sale, several weeks ago. I love how I pick up things here and there and then they all start fitting together, sometimes weeks later, like a puzzle. The pedestal the little vignette is based on was from the best estate sale I attended this weekend.The sale was run by the former owner of a local antique store and she was liquidating some of the best vintage pieces at the best prices. I have to say the deal of the day and what is making the most incredible impact on my home is the purchase of these two bookcases for, get this...$35.00!
Here's one, where I'm displaying some of my favorite little things and crafty items.
I'm planning on papering the back in a black and white toile or damask, eventually. It's already painted a color I love and, although you can't see it here, it has a slight crackle finish on the inside with black underneath.That little folding metal children's chair was purchased at an estate sale a couple of months ago along with the vintage metal folding chair that I use at my desk, two of my fave items! I plan on listing those amazing vintage children's books that are on top of the chair as soon as I get them photographed, picked up at a church rummage sale.
The second bookcase is in my entry hallway area replacing a black metal and glass top table I had there for years. I'm displaying my family photos there.
Meet my little Jazzy (Princess Jasmine) ,there to the right, who had to stick her nosy nose in. And apparently it's time to do a paint touch up on that wall there...it never ends, does it?
On top is another of this weekend's great purchases, a vintage picnic basket in excellent condition! Can't you imagine Toto popping out of it?
I'm knee deep in a sprucing up of the family room (the room with the green wall) , which will include a new couch, chair and ottoman soon!
I love when I can look around my home and feel happy about the way things are coming along. Cozy, warm and cheerful feelings are what I'm after here.
