CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK

~EARTH DAY~

a day that makes me think about what I can
do to help save our planet.
So NATURAL-Y I thought of one of my favorite things-
CHIPPED AND RECYCLED...ANYTHING!!
It makes me crazy to see perfectly good things get thrown out,
only to end up in a landfill.
I don't understand how we think we can continue
to put things in the ground that will never disintegrate
or at least not in our lifetime.
We have one world and if we continue on this path,
it will only get smaller and smaller.
Who wants to live on a toxic waste dump?
Don't get me started or I'll end up on my soapbox on this topic.
It really does make me crazy.
I grew up with two parents who survived the Depression.
They have always been very appreciative for whatever they had
and held onto things until they had absolutely no more use...
and then some.
They were savers and taught me to do the same.
I know it makes my husband crazy, he is not.
His motto used to be,
"Get rid of it, if you need one again a year from now, get another one.
I don't want to look at all this junk"

Ouch! JUNK?? I think not!
One man's trash is another one's treasure

Before he met me, all of this precious, shabby junk
would have been in his trash.
Now, he is growing (he's not there all the way yet)
to have an appreciation for the finer things in life...
ALL THIS GREAT CHIPPY "JUNK"

Be still my SHABBY heart,
NONE of these things belong in a dumpster!
I am a proud recycle-er.
So today, being Earth Day,
I hope I can inspire you to be a recycle-er too!!

Look at these

pretties

at Vintage Weave

These frames are so great they don't even need pictures

Here are some beautiful

doors

Who needs a handle when you've got re-cycled rope??

and

salvaged windows too

This baby is mine

I am just loving what Dusty Lu did with this old window
Click here to see the rest of her fabulous kitchen!

My Parents sold 2 columns like this at a yard sale they had many years back for $10.00I'd say someone got a steal

What was I thinking?? I should have bought them!!

Maybe these are the columns I passed up years ago...
Oh how nice they look
Talk about regrets!!!

I love vintage tin tiles
This hangs in the entry at my beach home

All I can say about this kitchen is WOOOWW!
What cool ceilings

A Chic Shabby Shed

Isn't bead board the best????

and isn't this the coolest wall treatment??

The shabbier the better

The same goes for old white wicker

or metal chairs

or wooden benches, for that matter

Distressed farm tables are perfect

especially in a narrow space

What's not to love about this space?
I heart the baby chandelier

These pieces of furniture are sooo

...YUMMY!

Here's a great display case from Rachel Ashwell

Cool vintage signs are some of my favorites, no matter what they say
...well, within reason

What does it say, anyway??

Great ways to re-purpose

vintage odds and ends

another lovely from Vintage Weave

Like I tell my daughter all the time

"It's not what you've got, it's how you use it"
HAPPY RECYCLING!!

PICTURE THIS

I don't know about you, but I'm a sentimentalist. I just love old photographs from the past,
especially ones of family members.

Like they say, a picture speaks a thousand words. Just one photo in your collection can tell you so much about a relative you never really knew or didn't know in the time frame when the photo was taken. We can learn so much about our ancestors and our lineage from just one small sepia vintage photo. I have gone hunting in boxes in the attic to learn a little bit more about who I am and where I came from. I just cherish these photos and have been busy finding the perfect frames and places to display relatives from my past. But as you can see, putting them in a frame isn't they only way to appreciate these old photos

Stringing these photos together as a grouping

or displaying with other vintage documents

or fanned out in a Rolodex fashion

can be so interesting

Who says you need to use frames to display these photos????

Propping them up in a vintage frog

or looking at them through a magnifying glass

or scattered with old bingo cards and other ephemera does the trick

Isn't this a great idea?

Who knew an old drawer pull, some upholstery strapping and an old piece of lumber could look this good???

I am loving this unusual wire display

and mixing this pretty vintage lace in as a vignette

on a silver tray with some pretty old buttons

for such an interesting look

These special sachets are available in
my Etsy shop

The woman in the center of this photo is my grandmother with her sisters. The saying on this sachet about sisters is the perfect way
to tell your sister how much you cherish her

What a great gift for mother's day!!

Here's my grandmother again,
looking CLASSY AND FABULOUS

...and my Aunt dancing her heart out in 1930

I just love finding unique ways to make my memories last.
Do you enjoy reminiscing over your old photographs? Maybe someone from your past was classy and fabulous too... why not find a classy and fabulous way to to show them off!!