Window to the world...

When we moved the furniture around in the family room after Christmas I was left with a large blank wall! I was so excited about what I could put up there! Then my husband reminded me of a window he had found  (about 5 ft x 6 ft.). It is just perfect with it's few missing panes of glass. A bay-leaf wreath and apothecary sign from my favorite store:Sugar Maples completes the look. On the left is a postcard from 1907 showing the courthouse in St. Louis. The windows on the card light up when held up to the light-it is truly a unique piece.

LOVE IT

Tiptoe through the Tulips...

Vintage suitcases and enamel buckets

I love using vintage suitcases to elevate and round out my displays.
My husband found both of these at yard sales for me. I just love my Celebrating Home Veranda Easter baskets! Especially at this time of year but I decorate them for the 4th of July and Halloween also. I have 3 Easter egg picks inside the large one and the small one is filled with pastel colored sixlets candy that compliment the eggs and the white of the baskets so nicely.






I absolutely love this enamel bucket! Another of my husbands finds! I use this year round! At Christmas time it's filled with fresh greens. And for 4th of July it's filled with red geraniums and                 firecrackers! But for Spring filled with delicate pink carnations on a glass cake plate they are such a pleasure to look at!


Have a wonderful Spring day!

Shannon

Sorry I haven't been around this week! I had surgery on Monday to break up 2 kidney stones and I have had a rough time! I'm feeling better now,though!

I wanted to share these great finds from last week. I found this great candleholder for $5 at a flea market on Friday. It has great shabby chic potential. And I paired it with a darling Easter tin with glittered egg that I found at my favorite store. Sugar Maple's in Jeffersonville, IN  They have the best selection of unique finds at great prices! This is just what I need in this spot in the kitchen.


In the second photo I have my go to piece of architectural salvage! I've put a topiary duck that I picked up last year at Dee's Crafts in Louisville at 90% off. on top and then capped it off with a bell cloche. A white cake plate filled with granny smith apples and my new dinner ware! The dinnerware is from my Celebrating Home business and I just adore it! I chose the Square Dinner plates and the round salad plates for contrast. They are a nice heavy weight and every dish that I put on them looks great! I got a FREE 12 piece place setting for my family by selling the product that I love!

Well-here's to a great weekend of bargains!

Shannon

Spring has sprung...

Spring is here...I hope! You never know around here. I have started decorating for Spring and Easter. Easter is my favorite season to decorate for! I just love the colors and this sweetness of it all! I will be posting Easter pics each day for quite a while so keep checking back!

*My husband found this great piece (sort of like a wooden trough) and I use it for all seasons to decorate.

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...