The final project in our kitchen remodel has finally been completed. We got the walls, floor, cabinets, sink, ceiling, lights, etc. done, but still didn’t have a kitchen table. Our old kitchen table really wasn’t that old.  It was an oak table that we bought when we moved to Missouri seven years ago, but because of the shape of the new kitchen in Illinois, it is too wide to fit and still leave room to comfortably walk by it.  I’ve {Read More}

Both of these images of “debutantes” are advertisments from a 1912 Etude magazine.  I love this one for Cashmere soap.  They made it sound like it was a by invitation only, special privilege to use this soap. To see the rest of the images I’ve posted in previous weeks, click on the “Antique Graphics to Print” tab, located above. Blessings, Angie I’ll be sharing at these parties this week: Monday – Manic Monday**Mod Mix Monday Tuesday – Knick of Time Tuesday**Cowgirl Up Wednesday – White {Read More}

Welcome back to the 47th I want to wish my mom, Carol a wonderful birthday today!I wish I was there to share the day with you.I LOVE YOU, MOM!! Before we start this week’s party, don’t forgetto enter the wonderful giveaway I have going on right now fromLet’s Talk Chalk for a $30 shop credit!Go HERE to enter. Check out these features from last week’s party. Remember last week I told you that I’ve been searching foran old, chippy porch {Read More}

For everyone who loves chalkboards (which is everyone, right?),I have a special giveaway I have for you today! The good folks at Let’s Talk Chalk have graciously offereda $30 shop credit for the winner to use in their shop! Let’s Talk Chalk is a family-owned business run bymom, Pattie and her 2 daughters, Jamie & Lisa. They offer lots of shapes and sizes of chalkboard vinyl labelsand offer custom sizes as well.  I’m getting very tired of guessing which of my jars {Read More}

I love the look of old buttons in a jar, but you really can’t appreciate how pretty the individual buttons are that way, so last week I decided to tinker around and make some projects with some of them.  I showed you my button heart ornament HERE, and I made this little project as well.  Very little supplies or time was needed. I just used 1 page from an antique magazine, a handful of old buttons, a photo mat, a thin board {Read More}

I’ll be honest…today’s “Get the Look” project was a failure. I spotted this numbered vase from Terrain a few months ago when they had them on sale for $19 and thought it was cute and looked like a fairly east project to duplicate. I thought it was going to be SO easy, because while lookingfor something in our garage, I found this numbered glass beaker and realized all I had to do was paint itwhite, then paint the lines and numbers {Read More}

Summer’s almost over, but I love this border that came from an early 1900’s Etude magazine.  The back pages of the magazines had an advertising section with ads aimed at singers and musicians. This cute border was for the section of summer school advertisements. Here it is with the words removed, so you can add your own text. This beautiful floral frame was originally the title page of a 1906 book called, “Benjamin Franklin; His Life”. I think this would {Read More}