Easy Christmas Vignette

An easy Christmas vignette:  An old table, antique baby doll carriage filled with fresh greens and a clay faced Santa peeking out.
Add more greenery to a glass vase and a Snowman print above on the wall. Christmas spirit and charm...

WWII Love Story...

These sepia hued pictures are of my grandparents, Maupin and Catherine Cantrell. My grandmother was from Tamworth,England.
She and my grandfather met while he was stationed there in WWII.
They married at Tamworth Catholic Church. Grandpa was wounded during the war and spent time in hospital in Scotland,where he said the nurses were quite lovely! (This was before they married) After the war grandpa returned home to Louisville,KY to be discharged and to save enough money for Grandmother to sail across the Atlantic into his arms. All 4 of their children were born and raised here but with an appreciation for all things English. All of grandma's siblings came to visit or live at one time or another. And I have sweet memories of the Cadbury candies that my Aunt Frances sent my brother and I until her passing. Chocolate buttons, Flakes and Pastilles-all things that you can now find in our local Irish gift shop or order online!
What wonderful memories...

Santa Claus is coming to town...

                                                                                                                                              
Hey everyone! Only a week and a half until Thanksgiving but I can't wait to decorate for Christmas!
I have been working on adorable baskets that you can use as centerpieces or hang on the wall or front door.

This Jolly Old St. Nick sits in a beautiful St. Petersboro basket surrounded by candy cane striped ribbon and ornaments.

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Check out the new Country Living Home Collection. Shop online with Kmart Design.

Trash to Treasure

My husband found this bathroom cabinet along the side of the road. When I first saw it I couldn't see the potential. But then I thought-ok-I'll give it a coat of shiny black spray paint. And I started to see what it could look like when it was done. I remembered that I had this great fabric leftover from another project-just enough to staple to the inside of the doors! Yep-I was lovin it now! The candlesticks on top are from a house built in 1871 in Georgetown,IN (you guessed it-free). I epoxyed china plates to the top and then placed a candle on each one. I found antiqued tags at a local store that I love: Past and Present by Michelle in Salem,IN (50 cents a piece) added a rusty star and rusty jingle bell (from PPbyM) and then placed rag balls on top of greenery from my yard into a basket!
Voila! All done and I love it! It makes me happy each time I look at it! All together I'd say there is less then $20 invested in this piece!!

Vintage Cameras are fantastic!!

I LOVE anything with a history...
Each time I find just the right camera at a tag sale or flea market I get so excited thinking about who it once belonged too. Whom they took pictures of? How much it cost to buy it new? How cherished a piece it must have been...

As you can see from this photo I love to make vignette's! A silver tray,antique books and a picture of my grandfather and his family from the 1920's on my 1914 pedal Singer sewing machine table is just perfect.