December Thrift, Polish, Share

December has finds from November as well as search and finds from various places around the house. The glass bottles (way below) have been in my collection for a few years as have the silver plate bells (last picture).

I love adding seasonal decorations to thrifted items.

 Silver plate polished salt and peppers, marked BP and Pearl Handled  silver plate serving pieces - pickle fork, spreader and probably a preserve spoon

Vintage Paint Your Story Book (1969) along with a small brass long matches holder and a brass candle holder with a snuffer.

Dog bookends with somewhat sad faces along (holding some lovely vintage books) with some blue feathered birds on gold coloured branches.

Fun find was doll house furniture. I will admit I played doll house rearranging for quite some time.

Dump dug old bottles still with the dried mud. Great earth stains, added a few decorations.

Always a treat to find ship pictures, this was one of four. The silver plate and the cream colour Cosmo clock has an old look (not old though).

Metal wine bottle holder (holds 4) with some Christmas sparkle.

Found three Starbuck Christmas Mugs at a great church flea market sale. Great organization, definitely going back next year but I will arrive much earlier, parking was non-existent for about 3 blocks around the church, very, very well organized sale. Lots of parishioners wearing vests with name tags saying what their job was (security, holding parcels for pickup, sellers), long line up waiting for 9 am.

The bells did need some silver polish. I bring them out every year. This year the bells with red ribbons lost their ribbons (jingle bells excepted).

Slowly pulling together the treasures I want to share for Christmas. 

Who would have guessed that there would be a sun shine, no rain morning on December 3 - and a garage sale !  Added another worn out hand saw to my collection of stencil projects. I picked up a small bag of 1 1/2" nails and a small container of nail-tacks from the free table too.

A Christmas Collage

I have made a small start on Christmas decorating and a few areas are finished, still many areas to work on, looking forward to sharing on Home For Christmas with Brenda of Cozy Little House and Debra of Common Ground for their party on Tuesday December 13th.

See you on Tuesday 13th (next post).

Thank you for visiting.

PS: did anyone besides my sister (and me) notice that my blog was frozen out? No front page just a page saying the domain was available and a list of similar suggested domain names? Took me 3 days to make contact with the right person who solved my problem in 1/2 hour and I was 'live' again. I may write a post about this later. Blogger and domain name and credit card date change. It was all my own problem too because I didn't check my emails (3 were sent) from Blogger saying I needed to update my billing information). 

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Thursday
Saving 4 Six, Have A Daily Cup of Mrs. Olson, A Delightsome Life, My Thrift Store Addiction, The Charm of Home, 

Friday
Rooted in Thyme, Sincerely Paula, Shabby Art Boutique, Two Chics and a Mom, Crafts a la Mode, The Cottage Market, Little House Big Alaska, Ms. Toody Goo Shoes, Funky Junk Interiors, How Sweet The Sound

Saturday
Strawberry Butterscotch, Life On Lakeshore Drive, 

Sunday
Silver Pennies, Creating My Way To Success, Rustic and Refined, Country Mouse City Spouse, Eclectic Red Barn, 

Monday
Dwellings The Heart of Your Home, Come On Get Crafty, Let's Add Sprinkles, Coastal Charm, Normandy Life, Backyard Neighbour