Bottle Brush Trees on Blocks

What happens when you take a bunch of bottle brush trees and a bunch of old alphabet blocks and combine them?

Super cuteness!

Of course I had to distressed the blocks with a bit of antiquing glaze.

I used the trees that were not dyed.

Yes, I do seem to be stuck on "JOY" this year.

A little Christmas cheer.

A brief note.  I did use the "X" for Christ in Christmas not to secularize Christmas but to use the blocks I had.  Go here for the info:  http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/christianholidays/f/Xmas.htm

 The most obvious of all -  

"TREES"!

I am hustling and bustling and decorating and filling the house with spicy cinnamon and cedar and ...

Well, you get the picture.

I love this time of year!

See y'all!

 

See all the bottle brush trees at these posts:

Let The Bleaching Begin

Dying the Trees

Bottle Brush Trees on Corks

Bottle Brush Tree Joy

Bottle Brush Trees on Molds 

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Happy Thanksgiving!

May your Thanksgiving be filled with gratitude for the small things in life.

For the ordinary things.

For the extraordinary things.

For family and friends.

May all of you have a blessed day.

Pardon us while we dress for the Season of Joy!

I just could not throw away those sweet little white pumpkins.  I may be the only crazy person to use them in my Christmas decor!

Grabbed From Horror Monster

This is a teaser post about the things that I grabbed from the grimy fingers of Horror Monster, my beloved craft stash.

This is one of several vintage Christmas tins from Horror Monster's Christmas In The South section.  

Just right for rum-soaked fruit cake.

Keep or Sell?

Three boxes of very beautifully cross-stitched pillow ornaments.

Keep or Sell?

A brown pottery bowl - very old - perfect for my tiny gourds.

Keep or Sell?

A stack of zinc Mason jar lids with the milk glass insert.

Keep or Sell?

A collection I had no idea I had - vintage eye glasses.

Keep or Sell?

An easel - from teaching days - a parent made every teacher one with an apple chalkboard.

Keep or Sell?

A large handmade oak basket.


Keep or Sell?

The next two chairs are related.  They both have been in the attic for over a decade.  They once belonged to my cousin's grandmother on his father's side.  She was my grandmother best friend.  Passed on to me after my cousin's death.  

You may have to be Southern to follow this.

Ladies rocker - sometimes called a nursing rocker.

Keep or Sell?

An upholstered rocker  needing a redo - beautiful turnings on the legs and fronts piece.

Keep or Sell?

In the time capsule READ HERE, I found a stack of wrapping paper from my high school graduation gifts back in 1971.  

I had saved all the owl paper.

I guess everything old IS new again.

Keep or Sell?

The top portion of an old window from a historical house nearby.

Yes, that would be dust!

Keep or Sell?









Let's tally your score and see how you did.

I kept the brown pottery bowl, the zinc lids, and the eyeglass collection.  

Of course I kept the window, too!

I decided to sell the vintage tin, the pink ornaments, the easel, the oak basket, and the two chairs,

The owl paper?  You would not believe this, but I actually threw that darling owl paper away!

Well, I may have scanned a piece of the owl paper first.

The big reveal of the slash room is the first week in December.  A three-part mini-series called Horror Monster Versus The Slash Room.

You newbies out there might be wondering what in the world is a "slash" room?

I just got tired of typing out computer/craft/guest room.  Get it?

See y'all!

See all the bottle brush trees at these posts:

Let The Bleaching Begin

Dying the Trees

Bottle Brush Trees on Corks

Bottle Brush Tree Joy

Bottle Brush Trees on Molds

















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Zinc Pots With Christmas Tags

 Recently I bought a box of these zinc pots. 

 I removed what I needed for a project and then used these leftovers for a Christmas display in my booth.

Don't you love their patina?

The graphics for the tags came from 

The Graphics Fairy.  

Karen has so many it is hard to choose.

I went for the vintage looking images.

Tied the tags with a dark blue French seam binding and lined them up in the cupboard.

They were perfect for small toys.

And the bottle brush trees looked perfect perched inside one or two of the zinc pots.

I used a Santa image, a snowman image, and a Victorian girl image for the tags.

For once I did not distress them.

Can you believe that!?!

I think the Octagon labels make a great backdrop for the zinc pots.

Guess what?

They are available at Riverfront Antique Mall 

in North Augusta.

I am having a 20% OFF sale until the end of December to clear out for new old stuff.

See y'all!

See all the bottle brush trees at these posts:

Let The Bleaching Begin

Dying the Trees

Bottle Brush Trees on Corks

Bottle Brush Tree Joy

Bottle Brush Trees on Molds 




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