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While we were attending Vintage Market Days in San Antonio at the beginning of November Amory and I had the chance to meet our cousins in Castroville. Castroville, Known as “The Little Alsace of Texas” is a small town with a rich cultural heritage just 20 miles west of San Antonio. On the day we went…
When thrifting do you come across an abundance of Halloween, Fall and Christmas vests and sweaters? Their popularity has suffered a bit in the fashion world, only coming out for ugly sweater parties. I wanted these holiday sweaters to have a use again so I “fifth sparrow no more-d” them. I used holiday sweaters to…
I’ve been told that the blueberry, though tiny, is a super food. I feel like I might turn into Violet Beauregarde sometimes when I am sprinkling them on all the things! So I decided to take this cute little berry, combine it with red and white and make a super cute red, white and BLUEberry…
Thrift shops are are the best place to find lamps. Because have you priced lamps lately? Lawdemercy … yes please I’ll take out a small loan so I can read in the evenings. So when I saw this brown and bronze urn style lamp at my local Goodwill I knew there was potential and we…
A farmhouse look, to me, says time worn, comfortable and lived in. Add in the aged and vintage feel of America in patriotic reds, blues and whites or creams well that is a farmhouse look made in heaven! Combine that with vintage goodies you repurpose for a patriotic farmhouse look, well I think you’ve achieved…
You wouldn’t believe some of the things I’ve used to lift and raise up decorative items in my vignettes and tiered trays! I was essentially making my own display riser out of boxes covered with pretty napkins, empty spools of ribbon, wadded paper, empty cans (full cans) – you name it I used it! There…
