Vintage enamelware

Hi Everyone

 Happy Saturday

♥

So many times when we pack up all the Christmas stuff 

and start to put it all away in the rafters 

 we find boxes that are not marked

This is when the fun begins

We always bring the boxes down and slowly open each one to see what is inside

 Sometimes its a bust , the box is just full of

old tax receipts ....... 

And Sometimes we open a box full of forgotten treasures

This morning we found two unmarked boxes

 look what was inside the first box

This beautiful vintage enamelware bread tray 

along with a few more treasures 

 Pretty sure the vintage tray ended up in the wrong box

 because it was NOT marked !!!!

so you all can guess what we are doing this weekend

yes

We are opening up ALL the boxes and MARKING them 

Double checking to be sure we have the

  Christmas stuff marked Christmas

the Easter stuff marked Easter

 and the tax receipts marked tax receipts

you get the idea 

This is one of those 

"We should do that someday"

 ideas that has been fun to finally do

we have had a blast looking at boxes filled with old pictures and our children's school art work,

a box filled with handsome husbands old baseball caps

and even a box of Christmas tree lights that we thought we had lost a few years ago

{that box was  just marked " stuff "} 

This has been such a fun Saturday treasure hunting in our very own garage

linking for Pink Saturday

romantic saying for today

"I'll never forget a single moment of you and me” 
unknown


♥
Pam

Clean, Fresh Simple

 Hi Everyone

Happy Wednesday

♥

It is always
 such a pleasant surprise how clean and neat
 our home looks after the
 Christmas decorations have been

 taken down and put away

Do you feel that way too

Don't get me wrong 

{Love}

to add color and pretty decorations 

  during the holidays and we always

  miss the wonderful smell of our 

  Christmas tree but.....

Removing all the trimmings helps the eye
 to focus on getting everything back to simple, clean and fresh
{do you see this new wooden cutting board it came from Ikea and was only 9.99}
we bought it at Thanksgiving
it is very large and has a lip on the side it fits right over the extra burners on our stove
it has been great for placing hot dishes and even for cooling cookies

Now we also have another spot
 to place fresh flowers
 from our garden
we have been pruning the rose bushes and these are the last of our winter white roses

Fresh, Simple , Clean
feels so good

linking at Blissful Whites Wednesday

p.s. thank you all for the hints and encouragement regarding my new MAC computer 
I am starting to really like it 


romantic saying for today

"I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone."
unknown


♥
Pam

Do You use a PC or Mac

Hi Everyone

 Happy Monday

♥

A New Year 

A time for  new beginnings and a great
  time to learn new things

This morning a single rose from
 our garden not only filled
 our home with its pretty color
but  also with the most amazing fragrance
Winter roses are always a blessing

♥

These past few days of the New Year have been all about change

  I received a new Mac computer for Christmas
{my pc kicked the bucket}

 This is my very first post as I try to

learn a  completely new system
Going from a PC to a Mac
 is 

 fun,exciting and frustrating
 all at the same time

What was once second nature now takes me so long to finish

I am grateful that our children are still at home to help me for few more days 

as I try to figure out how to edit and download pics

 ooops...
 I mean import pics
 ugh

 there is even a different language 

to  learn

Do you prefer to use a PC or a Mac

If you have a Mac
here are my questions 

 did you take the classes

 did you find them helpful

I am scheduled to take my first class next week

in the mean time 

wish me luck !!!!
 If you have any words of advice or wisdom about Mac's

I would be so grateful for any help, tips or hints you can share

romantic saying for today

"Since love grows within you so beauty grows for love is the beauty of the soul"
St Augustine

♥
Pam

Downton Abbey Season 3

Hi Everyone
Happy Friday

♥

 *Happy New Year*
 2013

Are you excited for the beginning of 

 Downton Abbey

 Season 3
it is starting  this Sunday

January 6

via

 We will get to see the much anticipated Wedding of
 Matthew to Lady Mary Crawley

via

 Downton Abbey is filmed at Highclere Castle
 The Castle is only a thirty minute drive from London
in Hampshire and tonight there is a special

 on HGTV called
  Castles on Camera Royal Residences

it is on here Friday night in California at 6 pm
The show will be highlighting several castles
  including Highclere Castle

Via

Also highlighted tonight will be the childhood home
of Princess Lady Diana

via
What a great way to start the new year
Castles on Camera tonight
and
Downton Abbey season 3
Sunday night
Will you be watching too


romantic saying for today

"With style and grace you hold my heart in your hand"
Ghinga

♥
Pam

Favorite Romantic Sayings

 Hi Everyone

 Happy Monday 

♥

 I hope you all have a safe and 

romantic

 New Years Eve
 2012

Here are a few of my most favorite

 romantic sayings for today 

Please share a few tonight with the one that you

 {Love}
 
"I look inside my heart and I always find you there"

Eberhardy

"Till I loved I never lived—enough."
Dickenson 

"From this day froward you shall not walk alone my heart 
will be your shelter and my arms will be your home"
unknown

"My Love is as boundless as the sea My Love as deep,the more
 I give to thee the more I have for both are infinite"
Shakespeare

"I Love you not only for what you are but for what I am when I am with you"
Croft

"A star is shining in my heart my dreams have wings that touch the
 sky I'd marry you a thousand times I'll Love you till the day I die"
Schoeberlein

"I hear my own heartbeat now that you have given me a reason to listen"
Daniels

"If ever two were one then surely we"
Bradstreet

" I will have to tell you: you have bewitched me, body and soul, 
and I love, I love, I love you. I never wish to be parted from you from this day on".
Austen

Was your favorite romantic saying
listed
 please leave me a comment and let me know !!!!!

romantic saying for today

"Do not forget to look at each other often
 as though it were the first or the last time"
Winter


♥
Pam

Ramsign sign winner

Hi Everyone 

Happy Saturday
 ♥
 Vintage enamelware
is so fun to collect
{Love}
 finding and displaying enamelware all around our home

Very grateful and excited to
 announce the winner

 of the Ramsign sign giveaway
Thank You all for entering and for your wonderful comments too

 The Metropolitan  porcelain enamel sign
 was the favorite by a landslide

 {Love}
 the traditional colors and  vintage charm

Sharon  from
 Elizabeth and Co

is the lucky winner of the Ramsign sign
I am so  grateful to  Sharon and to all of you who entered

romantic saying for today

"Love is most nearly itself when here and now ceases to matter"
Eliot

♥
Pam

Wishes and Ramsign giveaway

Hi Everyone

 Happy Thursday

♥

Hope that all your Christmas wishes
 came true

it was a fun family day filled with

lots of love and laughter

here at  

*White Ironstone Cottage*

 One of my Christmas wishes was a

 Ramsign  
enamel  sign
Can't wait to put our new sign up on our cottage....

{Love}

 these European enamel signs

It is not too late for you to win a    
Ramsign  sign  of your own

The giveaway 
ends  Friday December 28 
{tomorrow]

just click here 

  

So  grateful to be able to
  give away a gift that was on my wish list too...

~Good Luck~
♥

romantic saying for today

"I look inside my heart and I always find you there"
Eberhardy

♥
Pam

Christmas Joy

*Christmas*

♥
Blessings and Joy
 "Matthew 1:21 - She will bear a son, and you shall call
 his name Jesus"


 romantic saying for today
"For it is in Loving as well as being loved that we become most truly ourselves"
Kingma

♥
Pam