Milk can and baby carriage

When I saw this old milk can at a garage sale a few weeks ago for $5.00-I nearly knocked over the lady next to me to grab it! I had found these great branches for a $1.00 the week before! (It was meant to be!) I placed bittersweet pieces onto the branches for a pop of orange/fall color.Then the following week I found something that I had been wanting forever! An antique doll carriage!!! Since Halloween was around the corner I decided it put 3 (LED) candles inside and a sprig of just picked bittersweet. Creepy...

Vintage Vignette

This vignette is on top of my entertainment center.
I bought 3 bottles at a yard sale and added Martha Stewart labels to them.A beautiful pumpkin ($1.00 at a garage sale) sits atop a collection of antique books.
A shabby candleholder has the perfect gourd on top.
And a silver skull is surrounded by greenery! An antique baby shoe rounds out the scene...

I copied this idea from Martha Stewart. I saw it on her show years ago

and knew I had to try it. I bought a gourd at our local farm stand, scoured it with a bleach and water solution and dried it off. Then my husband used a dremmel tool to make the opening. I bought rub-on scrapbook letters and applied them to the opening! A black crow from the dollar store makes it perfectly creepy!

I also elevated it on a cake plate. I love cake plates and stands for everything!

A sprig of fresh picked bittersweet spills out of the opening...

To complete the vignette I placed beautiful ceramic pumpkins on 3 white (garage sale) candlesticks,put a piece of silver and a glass paperweight on to finish it off!

Hoosier Cabinet dressed up for Halloween!

I used antique mason and ball jars filled with orange and yellow Halloween candy to get the pops of color that I wanted. I found these great placemats in Madison,IN with a reversible black/white stripe and orange candy corn on them! I hung a grubby candle on the door, put up a spooky Halloween menu and added leaves and gourds. My favorite thing is the wire wheel-barrel (50 cents at a yard sale) filled with gourds and Jack-be-little pumpkins!

Flea Market Finds...

I recently found this adorable vintage tricycle planter at a flea market for $12! It's so cute I can't stand it!

Cinnamon Rolls-need I say more?

Celebrating Home with Style

Hi everyone-

I have changed the name of my blog to reflect both of my passions. Selling Celebrating Home and finding and fixing up vintage finds.
Today I am going to show you more of my finds and share a recipe!

First, I'm so excited that I have a new recruit for my business! She is going to do great and I'm excited for her to start making money and filling her home with beautiful things! If you'd like to do what I do please contact me. You can start your own business for $149! And be making money within a week!

But back to my latest finds:
This beautiful wrought iron two tiered planter was just $15 at an antique store in Louisville. I knew right away I wanted to fill it with moss and faux Easter eggs! When the weather warms up I'll move it outside and fill it with petunias.

This piece has been with me for along time. Matt found this in the trash years ago. It was brown and had a horrible fabric on top. I gave it a white wash treatment. (Watered down paint) I took off the top and recovered it in this raspberry toile (I love toile!!!!). Then I added this raspberry trim with a hot glue gun! I tossed on needlepoint pillows and set antique china on a double cake plate in the same color scheme to complete the vingette! It makes me happy just to look at it and it provides extra seating when needed! You can do the same thing with a similiar find!

Well, I will leave you today with my famous Banana Pudding Recipe:

2 pkg. instant banana pudding

2 cups whole milk

2 cups half and half

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 small container heavy whipping cream

2 cups powdered sugar

1 box vanilla wafers

2-3 bananas sliced

*Mix pudding and both milks on high until blended add vanilla.

Pour this mixture into a separate bowl. Into your cold mixing bowl pour heavy whipping cream and beat on high until stiff peaks appear-add powdered sugar slowly until incorporated. Fold whipped cream into banana mixture. Slice amount of banana you prefer into the pudding and fold into mixture.

Line a beautiful bowl with vanilla wafers. Pour in pudding and top with a layer of sliced bananas and then a layer of vanilla wafers. Place plastic wrap on top and put into refrigerator for 4+ hours.

This is banana heaven!

Enjoy! And remember:Celebrate Your Home Today...

Shannon