Vintage Dishes in the Bathroom

Good Evening everyone..

Hope everyone is having a happy Friday night.. 

I thought I would share a little bit of  decor tonight.. 

I was cleaning the bath off of our bedroom and thought that I should do a little tweaking..smile..

On the wall I have a little dress and shoes that my Mom saved that I had worn...

I love using antiques for decor and I think as these are over 50 years old then they must be antique.. grin.. 

I had a small collection of vintage type green transfer ware  dishes 

and decided to use them on the vanity to hold necessities..

I have been gathering them from thrift shops and of course my Mom gave me one.. smile.. 

The commode pitcher holds Terry's shavers and the old sugar dish holds my hair pins and brush..

There is a large mirror over the vanity but all you would see is me taking the pic.. grin.. 

An old depression glass goblet has Q tips...

I have been using the sugar dish to keep my homemade salt scrub for my hands.

The recipe is HERE

One of my favorite toiletries.. 

It is lovely..

Then the  old vegetable bowl holds a miscellaneous pile of toiletries..

Homemade oils, salves and lotions.. 

All of these recipes are on the blog here.. somewhere.. smile..

You can find vintage dishes at thrift shops or yard sales.. 

It is just a little different twist for old vintage dishes.. 

Tomorrow is our Keepers Meeting so I will get back to you all and give you an update... eh?

Thanks for the visit and I look forward to hearing from you all.. 

May God bless and keep you.. 

Getting ready for Fall Flavors Open House...

Hello my dears... It's a  windy night here in St. Martins with a hurricane forecast for Sunday... Fall is in the air and I am busy getting ready Open House at the HOUSE OF HENRY here in St. Martins Labour Day Weekend which is next weekend..

Tonight I am just posting a few pics that I took around the shop..

This is a little herb lady that I finished today..

She has a pouch of tansy on her back and a line of herbs in her hands..

Here are the lavender fresheners that I bottled and finished ready for sale.. I actually sold a few today as soon as I put them out..

I wrote the words --  Between the sheets on one side of the tag and tied some lavender on them..

Here are some Herb Balms ready for sale, too..

I made the labels out of pages of an old book that I had..

I know you can use a computer but these are unique..

Right?

I also have my Smellie Jellies ready, too..

I just put old lace doilies over the covers and tied on a tag..

And of course there will be wreaths..

I brought down several to put together for Fall..

Everyone loves crows..

A few valances...

Nice for a little window somewhere..

There are LOTS  of dishes... grin..

Vintage ones...

Terry and I made a variety of Sun catchers with old silverware and even  wind chimes with cutlery...

Kind of hard to see but it has old chandelier crystals which catch the sunlight..

Our dear grandsons went home yesterday.. We so enjoyed them.. They are such good boys.. Really... smile.. Not just because they are ours... They really are..

Anyway, last night a friend who grew up with Shonda came with her two kids for a couple of nights.. They love St. Martins and try to come every summer..

I love readers and here is one here...

Isn't that dear?

She helped me at the shop today and this is one of the things we made...

A little journal... the picture is from 1937 of Jo in Little Women..

She is writing in the attic with her pet rats...

Scrabble and his son Sam..

smile..

It was a pic I cut out of a calender years ago and saved for something special..

I love making these journals and now my little friend knows how to make them.. She wrote a list of what she needs to  create her own.. smile..

Her brother is pretty smart too and just loved Sammi..

Sam has not had so much exercise in a long time.. giggle..

He is as tuckered out as I am...

Well, sweet ladies, thanks for dropping by and I really want to welcome the new followers of the blog..

We have met some new ladies in the shop and they have signed up..

Thank you so much..

I love your comments so much and look forward to them each morning..

Take care of you lovely families and come back soon..

God bless...

A story of old vintage dishes and Friends...

Greetings...

How are you girls today?

I thought I would share something a little different with you today.. I hope that is ok.

When I was a wee girl we were a very poor family as I have told you before..

My grandmother who lived in St. Martins (where our cottage is) had a wonderful old china cupboard.  I think I may have told you once about how I would oh so quietly creep into the old dining room and press my small tipped up nose again the cupboard pane and look.. just look.. except once but that is another story...grin..

I have loved old dishes ever since...

Anyway... here are a few shelves of some that I have here at home...

Hope you will like to see them... 

Don't you love dishes with old roses on them?

I also like to put other little things among my dishes.. old cards..

 Old bisque dolls...

This one belonged to my friend, Julia.. 

Anything with violets on them...

A favorite gift from Terry..

an old cocoa set..

I received this set and the cocoa set above from a sweet old antique dealer who used to live in Sackville before she passed on..

Her name was Julia and I loved her...

Another little collection that has not cost me very much just by picking them up here and there over the years..

Julia got me started on this...

Hand blown glasses Terry found at a yard sale in St. Martins..

Tea trolley filled with a flee market tea set..

And a breakfast set from my Great Aunt Emily..

An occupied Japan miniature tea set from Julia and milk pitchers from a friend..

As you can see Julia has really been a part of my love for antiques..

I met her many years ago when I was doing vintage Victorian crafts and I was trying to buy old buttons and lace and such..

 After we DISCOVERED her we would take a day and go visit Julia and her husband.  They were in their seventies and had 3 old barns full of antiques and books.. 

She was always so glad to see us.. especially Terry.. smile..

Then she would tell me just to putter through the 3 barns and to take my time.. She had a few things for Terry to mend..smile..When I was finished I was to take the stash into the kitchen..

Let me take a moment and tell you about her kitchen.. It was the most wonderful kitchen I have ever been in.. It was filled with cupboards lined with open shelves stacked high with old dishes, crocks full of butcher knives, cast iron and copper hanging from racks on the walls,  baskets suspended from the rafters,plants galore and two old wing back chairs pulled up to the wood stove..She had a long harvest table surrounded with antique chairs and a old rocker by the window..  It was a huge room with a high ceiling lined with beams..There was always a lovely smell of roasting meat and a tea kettle rattled on the stove..

 I could have moved in.. smile.. 

Anyway.. 

She would go through whatever I had carted in from the barn and give me a price. 

My.. how we would laugh as I would try to beat her down.. She would look at me over her glasses and try to explain that she had to make a few cents you know..lol...

She loved Terry more than me but I didn't mind.. smile..He would say.. "oh, Faye".. I would laugh and say that I had to make a living, too.. grin.. 

After our business was over and the tea was gone she would take me through the rest of her beautiful home full of one-of-a-kind antiques and tell me that she did not do this for everybody you know.. She was only about five feet tall but had a such a masculine type voice... She was such a contrast of personality... Seeming to be so gruff but yet so kind..So sweet... 

 I am thankful that God blessed us so much by knowing her.. She taught me so much..

Not just about antiques but about tomato casserole,hospitality, cactus, ivory buttons and so much more..

On days like today when Spring is in the air and the wind is blowing in the trees I wish I could bend my head down so I could go through that old barn door and see the chair where she had been sitting sorting her china and silver and stacking her hundreds of books..I could smell the lovely scent of antiquity and rub my hand along a piece of timelessness...

I would clear a place somewhere and begin piling my stash and wonder if Julia had the tea on yet.. wistful smile..

Oh well.. We were so blessed to have many such visits with her and her husband before she left us..

I will always treasure these dear precious pieces that came from her hands...

I think that friends are a rare and priceless gift from God.  Sometimes they are our age or younger or older but they always have a heart that is kindred to ours.  They teach, appreciate, share and give us so much back in return.  I want to be thankful to the Lord  for them and treasure them as something precious that I have in my keeping..

May God bless each one of you today..

My friends..

So...

On that note, my dears I must go and try to accomplish some things on my list. 

Today is the last day to sign up for the little giveaway... I will let you all know the winner first thing in the morning.. ok?

Thanks for visiting and please leave a note.. smile..

God bless..