Valentine's Day Inspiration...

From my old photo files....I wanted to share a few pictures of my little garden gate that I filled with Antique Victorian Valentine's Day Postcards and other rosy, forget-me-not, sweetheart decorations....I love old postcards.... and the seasonal ones are especially pretty to decorate with for the different times of the year...

You can visit this past post  HERE  and you'll find more of  my collection of antique Valentine's Day postcards, that you can print and use in your own Valentine's Day crafty creations and decorations.

 Here's another picture of my handmade heart banner... that I made one year from paper hearts and lace...I find a different location for it every year it seems...

For Valentines day, I always love to bring out something with a courting couple on it....I'll be including as part of a vignette somewhere in my home too....

I can't believe that February will be here before we know it!

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Shabby Old Metal Green Hand Painted Tole Tray....

Happy Weekend!  Today, I wanted to show you this pretty green handpainted tole tray I found....when I come across these for the right price, I have to bring them home with me....to add to my collection.....I've got a couple in black, one in cream, a red one and now a green one.....they really do add just the right touch of cottage vintage charm to any room!

Do you collect vintage trays, like me?

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Vintage 1940's 1950's Greetings Cards...

Bringing you my latest vintage finds.....thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Happy New Year....

Just popping in to wish everyone a very happy, prosperous, and blessed new year, (even though it is already mid-January, yes, time already marches on). I'm looking forward to all this year has in store. I love a new year,.. it brings with it a fresh perspective, a clean slate to work on, and new goals and dreams to dream and new things to look forward to.

Wishing you a wonderful and fresh start for your new year!
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Merry Christmas! Plus a Minty Snowmen Recipe....

I can hardly believe Christmas is only days away!  I couldn't let it come and go without wishing everyone a Very Merry Christmas! I hope your holiday season has been special and joyful and fun! This past weekend, I made these little Minty Snowmen, so I thought I'd share the recipe with you in case you need something last minute to make for a holiday event. I just wanted to try my hand at these .... for the little girl in me. Are they perfection? Umm, Definitely Not!  But they were a lot fun and  I did laugh out loud a lot in the process. I will tell you that the other two (that are missing)  were total flops, but they were tasty. I didn't think of taking a picture of those, I'll just let you imagine.

The recipe is from a 2005 Taste of Home Holiday Entertaining Magazine Mini.
Enjoy!

Minty Snowmen

1 Tablespoon Butter Softened

1 Tablespoon Light Corn Syrup

1/2 teaspoon Mint Extract (I used peppermint extract)

1/8 teaspoon Salt

1 Cup Confectioners' Sugar (I sifted it) 

1 Drop of Blue Food Coloring (I used 2)

1 Drop of Yellow Food Coloring

1 Drop of Red Food Coloring (I used 2)

Colored sprinkles and cake decorator candies 

In a mixing bowl, combine the butter, corn syrup, extract and salt. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar (with the back of a spoon). Knead by hand for 1-2 minutes or until mixture becomes pliable. To 1 tablespoon of dough, add blue food coloring , knead until blending. Add yellow food coloring to another tablespoon of dough and knead. Add red to another tablespoon of dough and knead. Leave remaining dough white. 

Roll white dough into a log, remove one-fourth of the log and set aside. For the snowmen's bodies, divide the remaining log into 8 pieces and roll into balls. For the snowmen's heads, divide the reserved dough into 8 pieces and roll into balls. Stack 1 smaller ball on top of each larger ball. 

Use the colored dough to form hats, scarves and earmuffs as desired. Use colored sprinkles to make eyes, nose, buttons ect. 

Yield 8 Snowmen (in my case 6!)

Merry Christmas Again and Happy New Year!

God Bless Us Everyone!