Vintage Cute

Here is one of my favorite finds from this summer.  What fun I had searching for treasures.  Can you guess what these are?

They're made in Japan.

I was told that they're hat stands.  

Pretty cute...huh?

I'll be linking to Vintage Thingy Thursday hosted by Suzanne at Colorado Lady.

I hope you're enjoying the last days of summer.

My Vermont Find

While we were on vacation...we visited a wonderful antique shop in Stowe, Vermont.  I saw this old bucket that once was used to collect tree sap for maple syrup and I knew I was in love.  Someone had painted a quaint winter scene on the face of it.  Immediately I thought...this would be great on the front porch in the winter stuffed with pine boughs and cones.  I hope you like it as much as I do!  ~amy

I'll be linking to Vintage Thingy Thursday hosted by Suzanne at Colorado Lady. Go over... visit and see every one's vintage treasures.

Impulsive Buying

I'll be linking to Vintage Thingy Thursday hosted by Suzanne at Colorado Lady.

While walking with my friend Joan last year...we stopped by a store that sold antique lamps and chandeliers.  I saw these miniture oil lamps and thought they were SO cute and I impulsively bought them.  Actually...now that I have them I really don't know what to do with them.  I hate when that happens!  See how I have them bunched up in a group off to the side on the bottom shelf of my cabinet?  They range in size from just under 5" to 8" tall.  I'm assuming they were originally used for night lights?  If anyone has an idea of what they were used for I'd love to know?  Any ideas how I can display them?

Kreiss Reindeer

Of all of my treasures that I have collected over the years...nothing can compare to my vintage ceramic reindeer produced by Kreiss in the 1950's. Each reindeer came with a bell and a name tag around its neck. Other than that I really don't know much more than that concerning my cute little friends but I'm always on the look out for them. Come along and let me show you my little dears..no pun intended and the home I've created for them. I hope you find them as lovable as I do! ~amy

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I'll be linking toanything goes here: Vintage Christmas Monday Blog Party and Colorado Lady for Vintage Thingie Thurdsay.

Vintage Fabric

Thank you Suzanne from Colorado Lady for hosting Thrifty Thingy Thursday.
I had a very fun shopping trip. I was looking for finds to accessorize our cottage. In a previous post I already showed you the vintage horse prints shown here. I'd like to show you in greater detail the vintage retro fabric that I found that has an outdoor Canadian theme. We're not Canadian but our land that we'll be building our cottage on is 1hour from Quebec, Canada. I just about went crazy with excitment when I found it. I originally thought I would use it as a tablecloth but now I think it will make a cute window treatment for the kitchen. There are several different outdoor scenes printed on this piece of fabric. I took a picture of each scene separately for you to see. I can't get over how vibrant the colors are and the detail. Have you ever seen so many different graphics on one piece of fabric? I hope you think this fabric is as crazy cute as I do! ~amy

Vintage Green Cottage Shelf

Thank you Suzanne at Coloradolady for hosting Vintage Thingie Thursday!

Below is my latest vintage find and I'm so happy to have found it! Since...we're planning to build a vacation cottage I'm planning on incorporating this into my kitchen above one of the cabinets. I don't know if I'll paint it a different color or just keep it this lovely vintage green. What do you think? We found this at a moving sale in Keene, NY for cheap, cheap! Much less than an upper cabinet would cost...don't you think? I explained in an earlier post...I'm hunting down treasures for our cottage that we'll build someday. I hope to incorporate all of my finds into the cottage and show you the whole house decorated with my treasures. Until then...I'm continuously on the hunt! Happy hunting to you! ~amy

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