Slice of Happiness

  Hi Everyone

 Happy Saturday

♥

A Slice of Happiness

and a

Happily Ever After

We found the sweetest bridal shower gift at Wisteria in Dallas

 a few months ago this adorable  engraved cake server

{LOVE}

The engraving says
"A Slice of Happiness"

 How fun to cut your cake with this server on your Wedding day
and have it forever more
Our God son is getting married on Catalina Island in August
So excited  and grateful to be a part of this wonderful celebration

 We are going  up to Santa Barbara today for the Bridal Shower
I am hoping they like the cake server and will enjoy it for their
 ~Happily Ever After~
We still use the cake server my Parents used on their Wedding day
 and gave to us at my bridal Shower to use on our Wedding day
a true family heirloom

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romantic saying for today

" Draw upon the Love you feel today
 and forever engrave it in your hearts"
Leslie Neilson

♥
Pam

Vintage Wood Handles

Hi Everyone

 Happy Wednesday
♥
 When Shopping for vintage treasures
 there are a few things that I always look for
{Love}
to find anything that has a wood handle detail
like the handle on this vintage White Ironstone treasure 
it  is in great shape for its age
late 1800's

 This white enamelware  milk carrier with all its rusty charm 

has a simple wooden handle 

Because it was used outside 

the patina of the wood is lighter and less detailed

These Vintage enamelware buckets  have 

 fabulous wooden handles

The wood handles are a part of their charm

we actually use

 these vintage treasures everyday

{Love}

The wood handle on this French wire basket 

Such a great design detail it is fun to

look for the wood details when shopping for Vintage Treasures

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romantic saying for today

"I love thee - I love thee,'Tis all that I can say
It is my vision in the night,My dreaming in the day"
Thomas Hood

♥
Pam

Care of Vintage White Ironstone

Hi Everyone

Happy Monday

♥

Many of you have asked how to care for 

 ~Vintage White Ironstone~
My first tip is

NO No No never put Vintage White Ironstone in the dishwasher 

Please...

To care for White Ironstone

 wash it the old fashioned way by hand 

it is alright to use dish soap 

If you have stains you can use a white based tooth paste and a tooth brush to scrub spots

Please Do Not use cleansers with bleach

on White Ironstone

There is a glaze coating on White Ironstone that will be removed if you do

{see the shine on the pitcher above}

The shine from the glazed coating is very important it protects the ironstone
and  is a beautiful part of your vintage treasure

If you want to lighten or sterilize your White Ironstone
please Do Not use Bleach
you can soak it in a mixture of  50 percent  hydrogen peroxide and water
let it soak for a few days and then dry it in the sun
this will safely whiten and sterilize your
 Vintage White Ironstone

Remember that your vintage White Ironstone
was made before dishwashers were invented 

I will be sharing more Vintage White Ironstone

tips each week


romantic saying for today
 "Even if the sun refused to shine Even if romance ran out of rhyme
You would still have my heart until the end of time"
Martina Mcbride


♥
Pam

Decorating with Vintage

Hi Everyone

 Happy Friday

♥

Decorating with vintage treasures 

means

 re-purposing , recycling and using things in a unique way

This adorable aluminum grease container caught my eye right away

at a friends garage sale

{Love}

the pretty turquoise top and the 95 cent price tag too

It will look great in the kitchen 

the fun part

 is to think out of the box to use your imagination and

 find other places in the house to use vintage treasures

Because most of us do not save grease any more for cooking

Useing this container as a vase
 for freshly cut flowers is a fun way to 

reuse and repurepose

This little pink bouquet is the perfect example

 

The aluminum grease container 

 could also be used for 

 cotton balls in the bathroom  as well as holding pencils on a desk...

The options are endless

What would you use it for in your home?

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Feathered Nest Friday
Pink Saturday

romantic saying for today

Without you, I am the sea without the swell, Hollow and empty, a mere shell”

unknown

♥

Pam

Guest Cottage and a winner

 Hi Everyone

 Happy Thursday
♥
We have friends

  staying in our guest cottage

Even though it is small it is filled with

{Love}

The extra large comfy sofa bed

is popular during the summer months with friends and family

 We try to make our guests feel
 Welcome

By adding the

 little things such as fresh flowers

  candles, lots of pillows and a few books and magazines to read
we hope to make the cottage feel like
 a home away from home

A simple metal cabinet holds extra blankets

  a bar of soap, a few towels and

bottles of water

The great thing about the cottage is

 even though it is near the house 

it is very private
A special cottage for wonderful guests
speaking of feeling special

I am so grateful to all of you

 who entered the 

vintage tin heart giveaway

I enjoyed reading all of your sweet comments and meeting new friends too
 The winner is Kathy from
 Creative Home Expressions 

I will be selling  the tin  hearts in my online shop
 they are $45 dollars
  each one is one of a kind custom made

 Thank You all again for entering the giveaway
 I truly
 ♥
 you all


romantic saying for today
"Home is where ever I am with you"
unknown

♥
Pam

Driftwood Heart

  Hi Everyone

Happy Wednesday

and

 Happy First day of summer  !!!

Did you know that today is the longest day of the year

The summer solstice

♥ 

Today is one of those days that we always try to celebrate as a family
 all together at the beach
 a day to collect driftwood, hunt for shells and swim in the sea
a day to wear our summer hats, put on sunscreen and enjoy
the warm sun

{Love}

 to have shells all around the house

 They are wonderful  little treasures filled with memories

 of days spent together

 ♥

 Today is also the last day to enter the

vintage tin heart giveaway

If you have not entered you still have time
The winner will be drawn tomorrow
click here to enter

Grateful  to all of you who have entered

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 romantic saying for today

"You cannot measure my Love for you"

unknown


♥
Pam

A Summer Day

Hi Everyone

 Happy Tuesday

Today's gathering of freshly
cut flowers 

from the garden 

{Love}

the hint of pink from the cabbage roses

 and the deep purple blue

 from the hydrangea

This pretty bouquet took on a life of its own

 when we opened the front door and a beautiful cool  breeze came

 through  the screen door
 causing some of the rose petals to cascade in a puddle

♥

The birds were playing in the freshly filled

 birdbath 

A great way to start this beautiful summer day
Don't you just {Love} summer

 Thank You all for entering the

 vintage tin heart giveaway

You still have time to enter click  here  

 the giveaway ends tomorrow

 June 20

 which is the official first day
of summer !!!!

romantic saying for today

"Tis true I love you and only you"

unknown

♥
Pam

Vintage Charm

Hi Everyone

 Happy Monday

The clock is ticking......

There is still time for you to enter

 the vintage tin heart giveaway

ending June 20

 click here to enter
You know
I heart you all

♥

This vintage white scale has just the right amount of chippy shabby
vintage charm
{Love}

I am trying to decide if I really should keep it mmm....

 romantic saying for today

"You and I ,Thee and Me, Us and We" 

unknown

♥

Pam

Vintage Cake Stands

 Hi Everyone

 Happy Friday

♥

Vintage Cake stands seem 

to be everywhere in 

our Home 

They are on shelves and 

counter tops

even stacked on top of each other

 in our kitchen cabinets

Some have  domes or cloches on top and

 some have adorable ruffled edges
Many of the vintage glass cake stands were given to me by my Grandmother
She made the most beautiful  and yummy cakes 

The cake stands are all different sizes, designs and shapes 

Most are vintage

I am not sure when this collection really started or that I even realized I had started a collection

 until the cake stands began to need more space in the kitchen 

and then they started to overflow through out the house

A Silver cake stand even sits on top of our stove

All of our cake stands get used especially during the holidays

and  for celebrations 

It is fun to hunt for usual vintage cake stands

 {I try to limit my collection to white, silver and clear glass}
pink would be pretty too!!!

♥

~Do you have a treasure that you did not realize you were collecting 

until they took over your home too?~

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Feathered Nest Friday
 Pink Saturday

Don't forget to enter the vintage tin heart giveaway

 please click here

giveaway  ends June 20th 

romantic saying for today

"Remember tonight for it is the beginning of always"
Dante Alighieri

♥
Pam

White Enamelware biggin

 Hi Everyone

 Happy Wednesday

Have you ever tried to use a
 coffee biggin
♥

Biggins are vintage enamelware drip coffee makers
 that originated in France 125 years ago
I know you all can see that this
 enamelware coffee biggin is not vintage
it is a reproduction

The ground coffee is put in the top container
 the little piece with the handle on it with holes is placed on top of the coffee
 add boiling hot water
the water then drips through the coffee into the pot
♥
My sweet handsome husband found this coffee biggin for me
{ LOVE this man}
 so we thought it would be fun to try it out this morning

{Love}

 let's just say we will stick to
  using our coffee biggin  for flowers
I think we need to do more research on the amount of coffee to water ratio ......
we are still laughing at the results
{coffee ground smiles}

This vintage enamelware white pitcher
 is holding a bouquet of  artichokes and roses
just picked from the garden this morning
a fun way to show you the artichokes
we will have for dinner tonight

 Its been a fun morning
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to enter the vintage tin heart giveaway click here
 ends June 20th


romantic saying for today
"Our Love is a journey that has no end"
Celina

♥
Pam