Rose Petals and Rust: July 2012

Thursday, July 19, 2012

vacation and a giveaway!!!

We are going on vacation.....hooray!!!!!

on a cruise to Alaska!!!!

been saving along time, with the kids getting older and one already graduated High School,

we really wanted something special!!

and

I almost have 1000 followers!!!!

so I went into the craft cottage and randomly grabbed some treasures for you...

first you will get these sweet little dolls....

four vintage napkins...

a couple of small bottles...

a super cool pincushion...

a sweet little shoe form...

a little clock,

doesn't work but sure is cute...

vintage pillowcase lace and a little metal lady...

three great vintage hooks...

a scoop of buttons, and the scoop, some keys and vintage rhinestones...

so here is all the treasures you can win,

a little of everything

I will pick a winner after our vacation, hahaha, and after I do all the laundry from the vacation

on Wednseday Aug 1st in the evening.

Monday, July 16, 2012

everything dusted and put back in the hutch, ever since I got my new flooring and everything was out of the house, I really liked the "less" look,
so new way of decorating for me, just what I really like...(which is sometimes...everything)...

a sweet tea cup I found at a gargage sale...

love the old scale it is on, the color is the best...

I love vintage butter knives...

old tin from Ebay...

sweet cake cover I have had for along time...

love this cloche', I got this at Target several years ago...

rusty bin from Etsy, with everyones favorite jars...

done!!!

on to more cleaning!

I am joining these parties...

Between Naps on the Porch's, Metamorphis Monday's

Keeping it Simple's, Motivate Me Monday's

The House in The Roses, Show off your Cottage Monday's

Boogie Board Cottage's, Masterpiece Monday's\

Knick of Time's Tuesdays

Savvy Southern Style's, Wow Us Wednesday's

The Shabby Creek Cottage's, Transformation Thursday's

French Country's Feathered Nest Friday's

My Romantic Homes, Show and Tell Friday's

Chic on a Shoestring Decorating's Flaunt it Fridays

The Charm of Home's, Home Sweet Home

Common Ground's, Vintage Inspiration Friday

At the Picket Fence's, Inspiration Friday

How Sweet the Sound's, Pink Saturday

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

tea cups...

another "to do" done....
put the hooks in the hutch and hung the tea cups...

now to finish more!

Faded Charm's, White Wednseday's

Primp yourself Wednseday's

Free Pretty Things for You's, Whatever You Want Wednesdays

Someday Crafts, Whatever goes Wednesday's

Savvy Southern Style's, Wow Us Wednesday's

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

new in Etsy...

just listed in Etsy....

Monday, July 9, 2012

new is shop...

these treasures will be listed in the shop this evening...

some antique books, two French ones....

vintage German cup and saucer...

beautiful vintage apothery jar...

vintage silver baby set...

vintage Catholic cards...

lot of vintage spools...

vintage Lefton trinket box.

Rose Petals and Rust

I am joining

Common Ground's, Monday Marketplace

Sunday, July 8, 2012

china...

just dusting and thought I would take some pics...
I really love this Bavarian China, wish it had a great story to go behind it, but no...
bought it from one of the vendors at the shop...
but we have been making some memories with it!

Monday, July 2, 2012

locks of love...

Last year in March right after his baseball haircut my son told me he was going to let his hair grow and donate it to Locks of Love ( Locks of Love is a public non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children in the United States and Canada under age 21 suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis)...so fifteen months later it was time.
He had gone thru alot of people making rude comments on "when are you going to cut your hair?"... "you look like a hoodlum" and more,
which if I was around really mad me mad, its really none of there business how he wears his hair, and didn't anyone ever learn the saying..."if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all"
well, he never said anything back, never told anyone why he was growing it...
so when I cut it Saturday, he was a little nervous, kinda got used to having long hair, I told him that if he didn't want to cut it short, ( you have to have 10inches to donate) that we could cut it the way he would like and he could just donate money to Locks of Love,
he replied, "Mom, anyone can donate money"
Lets just say I am extremely proud of this newly turned 19 year old...

I put it into small pony tails so I could measure 10",

and he let his brother cut the first one...

last one...

the ponies in the back were only 8", but the form said to send those in to, because they can sell that hair...

what a sweet handsome guy!!!!

and just to brag alittle more...

that night he and his two friends have a little band called

"Mostly Cowboy's

they played for free at a fundraiser for a girl who is raising money for a Liver transplant.

I am joining these parties...
Keeping it Simple's, Motivate Me Monday's
Between Naps on the Porch's, Metamorphis Monday
The Ironstone Nest's, Transformation Tuesday's
Savvy Southern Style's, Wow Us Wednesday's
The Shabby Creeks Cottage, Transformation Thursday's
My Romantic Homes, Show and Tell Friday's
The Charm of Home's, Home Sweet Home
At the Picket Fence's, Inspiration Friday