Augustfifth

Vintage pretties.

I can't help myself  when it comes to vintage clothes and jewelry. My favorites are vintage brooches, beads, pearl clip-ons, old hats and wool peacoats. Last weekend, I bought three vintage hats from the 1930s for $10 and a box of vintage jewelry (including three different strands of real pearls!) for $5.00. That was also the same awesome sale I spent an additional $230 on Vintage Farm things. It took three truck loads to bring my treasures home that day. Mr. Keller was thrilled, as you can imagine.

{the Betty Draper}

"How's the new bed?" you ask.

Morgan was going to call you 'Fisher-Price style' to tell you...

It's

really

comfy.

In fact, on Monday night, when we put the room together, he came to get me then said 'Hocka me',

which I guess means 'help me' onto the large, oversized bed. So I did. Then he nestled right in and then said this string of words:

"Passey, blankey, lights off. Night night."

Night, night, Morg.

Like my new comforter set? I think I do. I mean, it was regularly $179.00 on clearance for $34.00 at TJ Maxx, so I know I like that. The colors are a bit 'beachy', but it's growing on me.

PS - excuse all the wrinkles....I tried ironing it, but it didn't help much. Should I wash it to get them out?

Thrift Store Finds:
Night stand: $3.00
Lamp: $4.00
Lamp shade (from Ross): $7.99
Teal Crate: $1.00
Vintage Mccoy Pitcher: $7.00
Glass Vase: $2.00.

PS - Remember this stack of bedding?

I high-fived myself when I realized I only spent $162.00 for everything, including a goose-down comforter, a calvin kline mattress pad cover, a 400 thread-count set of sheets, a Hillcrest cotton comforter set and four king size pillows. Everything was on clearance between Ross and TJs, except for the pillows, which came from Costco.

I Love The D.I. (Part Dos)

Here's our treasures

from this morning:

White Floral: $3.00

Hoop Basket: $0.50

Small cream pitcher: $0.50

Cream ceramic bowl: $0.75

Wooden Crate: $3.00 (I actually snagged this one at the D.I. in Boise last week!)

Vintage Wire Egg Basket: $2.00 (So excited about this one! It's identical to one I've been coveting for weeks at Vain and Vintage that is priced at $15.00.)

Cute teal pitcher I snagged at the TJ Maxx superstore in Boise.

And here are the vintage canisters from a few weeks ago. 

They were a $1.00 for the set.

Inside, they smelled sweet, like old chocolate, and the hardware had similarities with the hardware in my grandma dixon's kitchen! (I miss her house so much!) While the canisters were in desperate need a good scrubbing (and some paint), I kept picturing them coming from the home of an elderly lady that had kept them for most of her life. While I love a good vintage find, it always makes me a little sad thinking that the posterity of so many don't see the potential, the value, or the sentiment in things that are old. Some of the things I come across, I couldn't bare to let go of if they had come from my grandparents!

Remember the canisters before?    

and last, but not least, (and because this mother can hardly resist taking picture after picture of her little duckling):

Have a lovely Thursday!