Vintage Style Magazine

Hi Everyone

 Happy Monday

♥

Don't you just {Love} a great Flea Market

it is even more fun to go Flea Market  shopping with friends who are

 beautiful talented and  FUN !!!

I was so blessed to get the chance to visit the Santa Monica Airport flea market with stylist

Sunday Hendrickson

this is a pic from our adventure 

as you can see we found some amazing treasures

and had lot's of FUN too

Our adventure was published in the

 Spring 2015 issue of

Vintage Style Magazine

go shopping with the designers

We were blessed with a beautiful day in Santa Monica 

 Even though the flea market is small compared to the Rose Bowl
or the Long Beach flea markets Santa Monica Airport flea market
is always packed with great vendors and fabulous vintage finds
Designer Kathryn Ireland bought a fun tin sign about wine

It is fun shopping for clients and helping them
to see how fun and affordable
designing with vintage can be

Thank You to Sunday Hendrickson and Vintage Style magazine
be sure and get your copy of the Spring issue and let me know what treasures you would have come home with
next post I will show you what I bought

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 White Ironstone Cottage
on
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for daily pics



romantic saying for today

"I found my always when I met you"
unknown


♥
Pam

Coronado Update

Hi Everyone

Happy Tuesday

♥

It has been such a fun Summer 

filled with 

decisions to make at the Coronado house

some of my inspirations 

{Love}

{Pinterest}

Do you like the  fancy shingles
 above the balcony

{Pinterest}

{Love} the brick around the pool so classic

{and the  lounge chairs too}

{Pinterest}

Love white subway tiles
♥

Here are the
subway tiles  finally going
 up in the kitchen

The counter tops are carrera marble
and  the wolf range gets to be center stage
do you see the metal brackets 
 for the shelves
there are three on each side going up the entire wall

You can follow my inspiration board
on Pinterest
 for more remodel ideas

here

I have received so many emails
about the tile floors
they look so much like wood that they have fooled 
everyone who has entered the house
even the camera guys
The color is  called  Cambridge Oak- Brown 
made by Ragno

 can't wait to show you how this house comes to life 
with paint on the walls
 and furniture inside  !!!

Its  getting very exciting!

To see daily updates  please follow 

White Ironstone Cottage on
Instagram 

romantic saying for today

"The best thing about being married to you
 is  I can kiss you anytime I want"

Sweet Home Alabama

♥
Pam

Blessed to be a Mom

Hi Everyone

 Happy Monday 

♥ 

It is such a blessing and so much

 FUN to be a Mom

{Love}

everything about it

and very grateful everyday 

for such a wonderful handsome husband

 and amazing children

This card says it all

it goes like this

little one yells

{while you are in the bathroom}

 knocking on the door

Mom...

Mommy.....

MOM.....

Mama......

M.O.M.

mooommmmiiieeeee.......

you answer 

trying to have the calmest voice possible

 while you are thinking

 the house is on fire or someone is running with scissors

or cutting the curtains or even worse cutting someones hair

yes sweetheart

and you hear 

♥

I Love you

{sigh} 

you answer

I Love you.... more

This always makes me smile

because it is so true
Has this happened to you too?

Thrilled we made it back home from Kauai for
 Mothers day 
best gift ever is being all together
with the ones that you Love

 Life is filled with magic moments 

I hope you all had a blessed  Mother's day filled with moments
 that will be etched in your heart forever

romantic saying for today

"I Loved you yesterday, I love you still,

 I always have and I always will"

unknown

♥

Pam

Easter decor

Hi Everyone

 Happy Good  Friday

♥

So happy to be back home again

If you follow

White Ironstone Cottage

 on Instagram
 {I post pics daily}
 you know I was in Singapore the past week
more about this adventure to come.....
The beaches were gorgeous this is a iphone pic of Sentosa Island

Grateful to be back in time to celebrate
  Easter 

If you are decorating for
 Easter
last minute
too

 here are a few simple and quick ideas

all from my Easter Pinterest board

{Love}

 to welcome family and friends 

with a pretty umbrella filled with flowers at the front door

A table set with colorful pansies
from the local nursery
placed in green spray painted baskets

If you have the time to dye Easter eggs
 these pink eggs are beautiful 

{Love}

 the idea of dyeing all the eggs the same color
{the lilacs are pretty too}

A quick and simple way to decorate
cut a few blooming branches

these pink buds are perfect in a vintage French white enamelware pitcher
and the pastel color palette is fresh and clean 

Instead of place cards {Love} the idea of daisy wreaths
 on the chairs so everyone knows where to sit
 too cute
How are you decorating for Easter

Happy Easter
♥
Trust in the Lord with all your heart

romantic saying for today

"Nothing is impossible to a willing heart"
Heywood


♥
Pam

Easter photo shoot

Hi Everyone

 Happy Tuesday

♥

This morning the house is filled 

with beauty for a Easter photo shoot
it is so fun to decorate for Easter

 So happy these vintage white ironstone butter pats
are featured
To show you how small they are they were placed

 next to freshly fallen rose petals and freesias

The mantel with a vintage
robins egg blue Easter basket filled with
white freesias and night blooming jasmine from the garden
notice there are no traditional tulips or Lilies

{Love}
the combination of freesias and jasmine
 very delicate and smells amazing

The vintage blue dust broom
looks right at home on the mantel too

A peek at the front door
a simple vintage galvanized watering can
 filled with garden flowers
hanging on the door
 the perfect welcome for family and friends

{Love}
to decorate with vintage especially
at Easter
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Wow us Wednesday




romantic saying for today

"I shall Love but thee for all eternity"
unknown


♥
Pam

Priceless

Hi Everyone

 Happy Saturday

♥

This is one of my favorite vintage treasures

 not just because it is French enamelware 

or because it is white

 or even because of it's timeless shape and beauty

The reason this is one of my favorite vintage treasures

 is because of the memories

 that are attached 

Handsome Husband found this French enamelware pitcher for me

at a outdoor flea market in Paris

 he even negotiated for it like a pro 

I  walked by and spotted the pitcher
and mentioned that I thought it was really pretty

he snuck back and bought it for me !!!

 I wish I had a picture of the smile on his face

 when he walked up with the pitcher in his hands

The vintage pitcher is wonderful 

but the memory of his smile is priceless

linking for Pink Saturday

romantic saying for today

"Express your Love at every chance"

Quigley

♥

Pam

White Ironstone

Hi Everyone

 Happy Friday

♥

Vintage White ironstone

 casserole dishes

 have the most beautiful lids

this little lid has amazing detail

{Love}

the leafy handle and the pretty design around the edges
it has a curved dome shape
 that makes it sit up high

The larger lid has a 

delicate rosebud design 

and the handle is large and easy to handle

Do you see their shiny luster 

 and creamy  vintage patina

This Sunday is the Groves Antique Market
 at the Great Park in Orange County, California

A great place to shop for beautiful
 Vintage White Ironstone
it is always the first thing my eye spots
when shopping
and the one treasure we always make room for in our home
What vintage treasure is the first thing your eye sees?
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Feathered Nest Friday


romantic saying for today

"Meet each other with a smile for a smile is the beginning of Love"
Mother Teresa


♥
Pam

White Ironstone

Hi Everyone

Happy Tuesday

♥

I am  always grateful for your
wonderful comments

 recently

 I read an email from a follower who asked why

 I don't post more pictures of

 White Ironstone 

on my blog

 Seems I am not the only one who adores

 vintage white ironstone

 Its wonderful luster and shine

 Its timeless simple beauty

Its ability to blend with every decor 

The perfect container for  flowers

Thank You Sarah for reminding me

 to share more 

of the 

White Ironstone

 in our cottage 

 I am glad you 

{Love}

white ironstone 

too

guess who

romantic saying for today

"My Soul will find yours"

Devereaux

♥

Pam

Thank You Romantic Country Magazine

Hi Everyone

 Happy Wednesday

♥ 

Guess what came in the mail today

 the Autumn issue of

~Romantic Country Magazine~

so thrilled, honored and grateful
 to have our seaside

romantic home featured in this issue

The article entitled

"hunting and gathering"

includes

pictures  by Mark Lohman  

and styled by Sunday Hendrickson

Both Mark and Sunday
are amazingly FUN
 and super talented

You can read  more about the February
photo shoot here
It was dark outside by the time they were done
 the time went by so fast

When this fabulous duo arrived to

 photograph our Home  in the morning

I was in a state of panic...

 one of the vintage mirrors

 that sits behind our million pound stove 

had fallen behind the stove while we were cleaning it

in the almost 8 years the mirrors have been there
 this had NEVER happened 

{I mean the falling down part not the cleaning LOL}

but gratefully we were able to get the mirror back 

before they arrived
So funny because the kitchen was the last room to be photographed
by then it was dark outside
LOL 

To celebrate with you
I have a copy of the Autumn 2013
 issue of
Romantic Country magazine
 to give away to
 one lucky winner
Just leave a comment below
by Sunday night June 23rd
we will randomly pick a winner

A huge Thank You to
  Mark Lohman, Sunday Hendrickson
and Khristi Zimmeth

So Grateful
♥
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Be Inspired Friday


romantic saying for today

"You will forever be my always"
unknown

♥
Pam