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For the love of crates and baskets
Hi friends!!! Happy Saturday! I hope you’re having a wonderful weekend so far! Today, I’m so excited to be joining a group of bloggers for a fun blog hop, hosted by the very sweet and talented Cindy of County Road 407. Today’s blog hop is all about baskets and crates, and y’all know how much I love old baskets, crates, bins, buckets, etc. I love to fill them with flowers, pillows, blankets, books, etc. When placing fresh flowers in a basket, crate, bucket, etc, start by finding some sort of container/vase to hold water for the flowers. For this antique crate/box, I used four glass cylinders to hold the water.…
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French Vintage Friday – vintage tureen
Happy Friday, friends! I hope your week was wonderful! Today, for French Vintage Friday, I’m sharing something that I’ve had for a few years, it was actually one of my first vintage treasures, this lovely Johnson Brothers tureen. I added some fresh flowers to it, for a little added happiness inside my ironstone cabinet. I used “wet” flower foam for the floral arrangement. It was actually the first time that I’ve ever used flower foam, and I LOVED it!! I highly recommend using it! Flower foam comes in “wet” and “dry”. “Wet” is for fresh flowers, “dry” is for faux flowers. It holds the stems perfectly! It was a must…
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weekly table centerpiece – summer vibes
Happy Thursday, friends!! It’s good to be back after my little break! How was your Fourth of July? Although life is a little different this year because of COVID, we had a great holiday weekend! I hope you did too! As many of you know, especially those who follow along with my Instagram page, I love to have some sort of centerpiece on my table alway, and always!!! I think it would be fun to show you my weekly centerpieces from time to time. This week, my centerpiece is all about the summer vibes. Flowers, teacups, gold lanterns, and the sweetest little bunny taper holder. Isn’t that little bunny taper…
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How to easily create chippy/crackle paint
Happy Monday, friends!! How was your weekend? Over the weekend, I worked on a few little projects. One of them being, this sweet little cabinet… I decided that I wanted it to be white and chippy, are you surprised?!! Using glue and white paint, I gave this sweet little cabinet a new look. I started by brushing some Elmer’s glue on the cabinet. In some areas I brushed the glue on thicker, and other areas got a thinner layer, this helps the cracks to vary in size, making it look more authentic. I left it in the sun to dry for just two or three minutes, before painting. You want…
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French Vintage Friday – small ironstone tureen
Happy Friday, friends! I hope y’all had a wonderful week! I’m so excited for the weekend, it means that I get to sleep in! Yay! Today for French Vintage Friday, I’m sharing one of my favorite little treasures, this wee little ironstone tureen. It’s so sweet and little, and even came with the original ladle! I love it! I hope you have an amazing weekend!!! Thank you so much for visiting my blog and for leaving such sweet comments! Y’all are the best! ~Emily Check out where I have linked this project…. Blog link list Please follow and like us:
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DIY Angel Vine Topiary
Happy Thursday, friends!! It’s been a minute since I last posted. I missed you all! My husband was out of town last week, and I found it hard to find a single moment to create new content and blog, but he’s home now, so it’s time to get my creativity on!! I created a fun little topiary in less than 15 minutes and for less than $15! I planted an angel vine (bought from Trader Joe’s) into an ironstone tureen. There aren’t any drainage holes in the tureen, so I filled the bottom with small rocks before planting the vine in it. I used two landscape pins to secure a…
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French Vintage Friday – old skeleton keys
Happy Friday, friends!! I’m so excited for the weekend! I’m finally going to start building a pergola in my backyard. I’ve had the lumber sitting in my garage for a while now, and have decided that it is time to get it done! Yay! I can’t wait to show y’all how it turns out…hopefully it turns out good, but I’ll show you either way. Today, for French Vintage Friday, I’m sharing something that I have always found to be so intriguing, antique skeleton keys. A couple years ago, my grandpa passed away and left an amazing antique trunk to my mom. The skeleton key was missing, so she called a…
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French Vintage Friday ~ mini ironstone creamers
Happy Friday, friends! I hope you all have had a good week! Today, for French Vintage Friday, I’m sharing these sweet little ironstone creamers. I’m totally swooning over these minis!! I can’t wait to find more! 💗💗💗 Now let’s hop over to Tara’s blog to see what she is sharing today. Simply click on the picture below…. Thank you so much for visiting my blog! I hope y’all have an amazing weekend!! Lots of love to you all! ~Emily Please follow and like us:
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French Vintage Friday ~ bone dishes
Happy Friday, sweet friends!! Today, for French Vintage Friday, I’m sharing something that I think is so unique and so cute, bone dishes! These sweet, uniquely shaped dishes were used to discard bones on, throughout a meal. And the fact that these bone dishes are English ironstone, makes me love them even more! Ironstone will forever have my heart! 💗💗💗 Let’s hop over and see what Tara is sharing today. Simply click on the picture below…. Thank YOU so much for visiting my blog!! I hope y’all have an amazing day! ~Emily Check out where I have linked this project…. Blog link list Please follow and like us:
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French Vintage Friday ~ beautifully crazed
Happy Friday, friends!! Happy May 1!! Today, for French Vintage Friday, I’m sharing something that I find beautiful, crazing! What is crazing exactly? Crazing is the fine cracks in the porcelain’s glaze. They often have a spiderweb-like appearance. Stains can set in and make the crazing more visible and make the dishes look dirty or worn. The cause of crazing is the glaze being put under too much tension.  While crazing is lovely, cracks in any dishes can hold bacteria. Dishes that have any cracks, even tiny crazing, can be unsafe for foods and eating. So many of my old dishes do have crazing and cracks, so I keep them for lovely decorative…
