My 10 Most Visited Posts 2013

A New Addition To My Kitchen 

Elvis and My Great Aunt

Some Vintage Market and Antique Show Finds

Some of This Weeks Finds

Wedding Photos and Fire King

To Buy/Not to Buy

Summer Is Here 

A Mixed Bag of Finds and The Garden

Road Trip and Local Finds

Christmas Memories and Trees

Hope you enjoyed a quick review of my 

2013 Most Visited Posts.

Denise

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Wednesday

From My Front Porch To Yours, I Gotta Create, A Delightsome Life, No Minimalist Here, A Creative Princess, Rose Chintz Cottage, The Brambleberry Cottage

Thursday

Made In A Day, Common Ground, Rooted in Thyme, The Vintage Farmhouse, 504 Main,

Have A Daily Cup of Mrs. Olson

Friday
How Sweet The Sound, Helene's Legacy, Chic on a Shoestring, The Cottage Market, The Thrifty Grove

Funky Junk Interiors

Saturday
Twigg Studios, Boogieboard Cottage, Be Different Act Normal, Life on Lakeshore Drive, Sir Thrift A Lot

Sunday
Nifty Thrifty Sunday

Christmas Memories And Trees

I have so many great memories from my childhood about Christmas.  Some of the following pictures are of past memories with a few finds thrown in.

Top Row:
The 1st picture is of a folding Christmas tree and the mannequin in a Christmas apron I found at my favorite second hand store.
The 2nd picture is of Jell-O molds I would pick up when I found them to make this tree I have in my kitchen this year for Christmas.
The 3rd picture is one I took at a plant store that was holding a Christmas market this year,
Bottom Row:
The 4th picture is a cardholder I found at a second hand store that I decorated with my brooches.
The 5th picture is a ceramic Christmas tree yet again a second hand store find which had all it's parts.
The 6th picture is a metal cone tree with Christmas ornaments in it.

My dad would go from Christmas tree lot to Christmas tree lot looking for the best tree around Vancouver when I was young.  He did this till the mid 1970's then my mom got a fake tree with green lights, red thread ball ornaments and thick white garland.  No lovely smelling tree, no color lights, no colorful ornaments or lots of silver tinsel.  What was she thinking.  My dad went along with it but I think he would have gladly gotten in the car and gone looking for the tree.

I hope you find some of these memories interesting.

Thanks for visiting.

Denise  

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My Favorite Things

My Favorite Things

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things

Cream colored ponies and crisp apple streudels
Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
These are a few of my favorite things

Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
Silver white winters that melt into Springs
These are a few of my favorite things

When the dog bites
When the bee stings
When I'm feeling sad
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don't feel so bad

Lyrics by Richard Rodgers
Music by Oscar Hammerstein

The above picture I believe is an Inn that I took over a decade ago in Leavenworth, Washington in the United States.  It made me think of the song My Favorite Things.  It's a wonderful place to visit at Christmas time.

These vintage ornaments I can remember seeing at my grandparents place since I was small.  I now have them out at Christmas in my home.

Bubble lights are also something she always had up at Christmas.  The first picture with different color ones are my cousins the other ones are mine.

I was going through boxes in the basement and I found a box of costume jewelry that belonged to my boyfriends mom.  This brooch is one of the pieces.

These are some unsigned pieces of costume jewelry I have in my collection.

Thank you Brenda of Cozy Little House for your Welcome Wagon Friday visit to my blog. A wonderful surprise.

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