Saturday ALREADY

This pillow has not been closed yet as it needs more filling, the form I put inside is to small so I will either change it or use some fiber fill. Several posts back I showed you a pillow I made for my daughter to give as a gift, since then I have made three more. I find it very relaxing.

Here is ANOTHER suitcase, this one is very old and is metal with this wood covered with paper inside. I have some ideas that I might try on it.

These next two pictures were taken the same day that I went to the antique mall, I only posted the one of all the glass ware as it went along with my Tuesday Teacup post.

Not everyone likes "old stuff" but I sure do. Of course my favorite time period is the Victorian Era.

Can you see the stained glass panels in the top doors of the piece below? I have longed to own one of these for many years. I think it would look very good in my kitchen. Now if anyone wants to send donations!!!!!!! This one only cost $900.00

Well a girl can dream can't she?
My grandmother had one of these in her kitchen but it was not oak, it was painted, had the flour bin and I can still she her with her apron on, hair done up on top of her head, nylons down around her ankles, flour on the enamel top with a lump of dough and a rolling pin ready to make us a great pie for Sunday dinner.

Do you have any fond memories of your grandparents? I sure do.

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Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand.

By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 1 Corinthians 15: 1,2

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Have a wonderful week-end and try and stay cool.

Teacup Tuesday # 8

Not sure what my problem is, to much caffeine, full moon, whatever I can't seem to sleep. So since it is after midnight and officially Tuesday why not get up and blog ?
Look at all the beautiful glass....last Friday I went to an antique mall, I was on a mission. I have been asked to make more teacup pincushions so I needed some cups and I won't pay more than $3. for them. Lots of the booths in this mall were having a sale. Yeah! I found four, and some other things.

The plates were purchased with mosaic in mind but when I got home with them and washed them up some of the were just to pretty to break up.

This is the four cups I bought. Top left has lots of gold, top right is a mug with a hummingbird, bottom left is a nice china piece, the flowers do not show up well here. The last one is a luster ware with a bird on it.

Last this is one of my cups, one of my favorites since it has pansies. It is made by Hammerslery & Co.

I want to thank Martha and Terri for hosting "Teacup Tuesday" you can check out their blogs and all of the other great sites that are sharing their teacups by clicking on the teacup on my sidebar.
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He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men.

Psalms 107:20, 21

Elusive Butterfly

It was a hundred degrees in the shade, on our front porch today ! Whew ! Can you say hot? Maybe the heat has gotten to my brain as I found myself running around in the yard, camera in hand, trying to get a good shot of this beautiful butterfly. Just about the time I would get all set, it would fly. Even my cats were a little worried about me.

After about ten tries,I finally decided to go with these. The flowers you see are beside our porch.

That is Sweetie lying on the porch with no desire to chase a butterfly no matter how long it lingered.

Ok, now we are getting there, this is the shot I have been waiting for.

This one shows the flowers, however it is not as close up. I told it to sit still but it just would not do as I said.

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Thou wilt shew me the path of life, in thy presence is fullness of joy, at thy right hand there are pleasures forever more. Psalms 16: 11

BE BLESSED AND HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK END.

Tea cup Tuesday

It's a teddy bear tea.
Several years ago I was given these two Boyd bears (the 2 larger ones) along with a mother bear, they have a small quilt that the tea pot and the two cups sat on. Then I found the table and chairs and new the set would be perfect for these two. There is a pattern of small paw prints on the teapot. The two tiny bears are made be Steiff. Years ago I collected bears but I do not any more and I have down sized my collection quite a bit.


This first cup and saucer are made by Royal Albert and it is one of a series of 12 called Friendship. The morning glories are shades of blue with a tint of purple. Very dainty with its lovely gold trim. The next picture is a shot of the bottom, not sure you can read it though. This picture is of Honey and me taken by a lake in Georgia a few years back.







This last cup and saucer is made by Grosvenor china in England. The background color is a jadeite with a gold leaf pattern. Also is another piece of jadeite, the bowl. In this picture it looks a lot greener than in real life. The bowl was a market day find in Illinois, I bought it, gave it to eldest daughter, then a few years later she gave it back to me. All of my children are so sweet and generous.
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So there you have it, be sure and go by Martha and Terri's where you will find several other blogs to check out, lots of beautiful tea cups. Just click on the teacup on my side bar. And a big THANK YOU to these two for hosting this fun event.
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There is but one life to live and it will soon pass,
only what is done for Christ will last.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.
Psalms 34:19

Thursdays thrift finds.

I know this stained glass piece is representing the Eastern Star and I do not belong to that organization but I thought it was very pretty and the price was certainly right, ten cents.

You guessed it, I spent yesterday at a place I have been waiting over a month to get into, I finally caught them open. I was there for quite a long time as there was a lot of stuff to look at, however I spent less than $20. I had a $100. worth of fun, just digging.
I think the real deal of the day was the two chairs I found. The little straight back on the left was three dollars and the rattan with the cushions was ten. It swivels and has casters. I plan to paint the small one and the other one will get the cushions recovered.


And then there is the little blue suitcase, I have been looking for one of these for awhile, this one is in good condition and has the key that came with it still on the original card.
I'm not sure which one I will work on first but there will be some "after" pictures.




And speaking of that here is the bird cage that I re did.....I had a before picture but when I tried to find it I could not...I think it is in one of my past post.



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A merry heart doeth good like a medicine.........


Guard your heart, for out of it comes the issues of life.

BE BLESSED and I hope you have a fun week-end.

Tea cup Tuesday

These three cups hang under the shelf in our kitchen. The top and the bottom ones I purchased years ago at (of all places) Victoria's Secret. You know the shop that sells all of the pretty little undies. I had just started collecting cups and these were part of a set of four. Several years ago I gave two of them away. On the bottom they say, bone china, made in England for Victoria Secret. The one in the middle is one of those oh so thin cups you feel like you could see through it. The mark is a M inside of a sort of heart shape with sprigs of leaves on each side, and says, made in Japan????/

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This setting is on a small table in the kitchen hallway. The cup and saucer on the left is made by Adderely, with a crest and #1789. To me there is just something so sweet about the little purple violets. The demitasse on the right is a made in Japan. The little plate that says mother was given to me by our eldest daughter and it is a Taylor & Kent and named Elizabethan.
A nice big thank you to Martha and Terri for hosting this Teacup Tuesday event. You can find them and all of the other great places to see lots of lovely teacup treasures by clicking on the teacup on my sidebar.

I'm sorry I took only two pictures of this little gift that I made for a lady at church, she is another "purple lover". In the second picture you can see little papers with words such as Grace, Blessings, Answered Prayers, etc. The stopper is a recycled cork with a rose that I made out of polymer clay stuck in the top. I used a very old bottle that has a slight tint of lavender color to it.

Now that VBS is behind me I can finish a few projects that have been waiting on me. Hopefully I will have some pictures to share soon.

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KEEP THY HEART WITH ALL DILIGENCE, FOR OUT OF IT ARE THE ISSUES OF LIFE.

PROVERBS 4:23

Teacup Tuesday & Thrift store Treasures

This is the sort of thing you would expect to find in an antique shop not a thrift store. So of course it just had to come home with me. I was very surprised to see that it was made for Avon. It is called their European tradition Collection. Made in Germany in 1984 and has 22kt. gold on it. The next picture shows the bottom. If any one has this or knows anything else about it I would love to know. Like are there others, is it part of a set?



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This picture shows three other items that I found at the thrift store. The bird cage, the white rack with the hook on it and the box. This is the third box of this type that I have. All of the pictures are different, maybe I'll do a post of just boxes.

The bird cage is what I really got excited about. I have a lovely bird I plan to use with it as soon as I strip, sand and paint. I want to get a Burgundy flower for the inside. I would love to tear into this but we are having VBS at church all this week so it will just have to wait.

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A big thank you to Martha@Marthasfavorites and Terri@Artfulaffrimations for hosting all this tea party fun ! Be sure and go by their sites to see all of the lovely things and say hello.

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Thou wilt show me the path of life: in thy presence is fullness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for ever more. Psalms 16:11

You keep the shoes, I'll take the box !

WHEN WE LIVED IN THE KEYS WE HAD NINE CATS BUT BY THE TIME WE MOVED TO NORTH FL. IN 2003 WE HAD DWINDLED DOWN TO FOUR. THEY WERE ALL OUTSIDE CATS BUT ONE, THIS FIRST ONE IN THE BOX, HER NAME IS CAT.SHE WAS GIVEN TO US WHEN SHE WAS ABOUT TWO WEEKS OLD, HAD TO FEED HER WITH AN EYE DROPPER, WASN'T TO SURE SHE WOULD MAKE IT, HENCE THE NAME "CAT". THAT WAS ABOUT 13 YEARS AGO.DAD GOT A NEW PAIR OF BOOTS AND LOOK WHO GOT A NEW BED ! HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED HOW THEY LOVE TO CURL UP IN A SMALL PLACE?

THIS LITTLE GRAY BEAUTY WANDERED UP ON TO OUR PROPERTY A FEW DAYS AFTER WE TOOK IN BUDDY THE BLACK AND WHITE TOM. I THINK SHE FOLLOWED HIM. SHE WAS A SMALL KITTEN. SHE HAS A HEARING PROBLEM, AND I NAMED HER SALU....HEBREW WORD MEANING, GOD RESTORES. WHAT AM I SAYING? THAT GOD WOULD HEAL HER ? NOTHING IS TO HARD FOR HIM!!!

THIS IS BUDDY, THE ONLY GUY CAT ON THE PLACE. OF COURSE THEY HAVE ALL BEEN FIXED AS I CALL IT. I BELIEVE, UNLESS YOU ARE BREADING ON PURPOSE, ALL CATS AND DOGS SHOULD BE GIVEN THIS FREEDOM. HE WAS A FULL GROWN STRAY, SHOWED UP VERY HUNGRY, SO I WON HIM OVER WITH FOOD AND LOVE AND HE IS MY BUDDY.

THIS IS CAT # FOUR. SHE IS A MANX, SHE SHOWED UP AT MY ELDERLY NEIGHBORS HOUSE, SHE HAD KITTENS SOMEWHERE, AND OUR NEIGHBOR DID NOT WANT HER.....SHE FOLLOWED US HOME, TWO DOORS DOWN. CATS ARE SMART, THEY KNOW WHEN SOMEONE LOVES THEM. AT FIRST I DID NOT WANT ANOTHER CAT BUT SHE SEEMED TO LOVE MY HUSBAND AND HE SAID WE SHOULD KEEP HER, SINCE ALL OF THE OTHER CATS "LOVED ME BEST" HEY I'M THE ONE WITH THE FOOD. WE NEVER DID SEE THE KITTENS, BUT THEN BEFORE WE COULD GET HER TO THE VET, SHE HAD ANOTHER LITTER. ALL HAVE FOUND GOOD HOMES. TWO WENT TO OUR OLDEST SONS HOUSE AND THAT IS THEM IN THE PICTURE WITH ME ON MY SIDEBAR. SHE IS A VERY LOVING CAT SO OF COURSE HER NAME IS SWEETIE. NOW MY FINAL WORDS ON THIS SUBJECT....NO MORE PLEASE LORD !

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Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

Psalm 37:4

Hope everyone has a safe and fun weekend.