Deck the halls!

 

The kitchen is ready for holiday baking.

Vintage Christmas cards,tiny bottle brush

trees, tinsel, German glass glittered bells

are nestled into English ironstone, brown

transfer ware, crockery and tarnished tin.

 

I am amazed by old Christmas

lights and ornaments. The quality,

craftsmanship and details delight me.

Though fragile and easy to break, I

enjoy packing and unpacking these

little gems, year after year.

 

 

 

Recently, Kimberly stood looking at the

Welsh cupboard above and asked, “Where

do you find all these things?”

 

Which reminded me of one Thanksgiving when

my little brother asked me, after looking

around our house, “How many hours a day

do you spend collecting all this crap?” but

but on this particular day I sensed a sincere

question. I find a lot of things I like

at antique stores/malls but most of it I find

at estate sales.

 

 

A lot of things I like are not fancy or

valuable and people don’t bother to price

and sell them in a store. That’s why I enjoy

estate sales because you find all of kinds

of interesting stuff! Little odds and ends

from long ago, like the stuff below, that have

been corralled onto an old cheese block.

 

 

 

 

A chalk ware Joseph, plastic nativity,

paper mache’ snowmen, elves, a red

boot and bottle brush trees are good

examples.

Another, was this handmade magazine rack

which I turned into an organizer/ chalkboard.

 

Next: The Studio, aka Santa’s Workshop and

giftwrap station…it’s a mess!