Time out

Keepsake Moments is on time out for a while. If you are intersted in keeping up with me though, please check my personal blog Mom in the Wilderness

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See what I bought

Ok, here's the scoop on the estate sale Friday.

I was disappointed in the sale. I did get 2 items though. There was really nothing that I liked or that really caught my eye that I really had to have. There were a few pieces of silver, some crystal, odd and end pots and dishes.

The story I could hear as I walked thru the house was that the 2 daughters and 1 son was left with the house. They already took all they wanted and left items they did not want. The youngest daughter was going to move in and live in the house. The couple who owned the house were very prominent in the town long ago. They owned a shoe store and ladies clothing store downtown. That was years ago. The couple lived into their 90's.

Now to what you really want to hear. I did get 2 items. This musical jewelry box.

This jewelry box is all wood with this victorian girl on the front. The inside is red velvet with 3 compartments. I don't know the tune that the music plays. But it is pretty.

And this pretty plate.

This plate has a completely even flat top surface. It will make a great cake plate. The stamp on the bottom is HOUSEHOLD INSTITUTE and RHYTHM ROSE PATTERN.

And I did get to meander thru the house and look. I always like looking at houses anyway so the morning wasn't a total lost.

gin

Wait and see

Every Thursday I read the classified ads in this towns tiny tiny newspaper. I look for the garage sale ads. And tonight's paper has one listed that I cannot miss. It is an Estate Sale at 601 Pike Street. It list antique furniture, crystal, silver, china, linens, clocks, books, art, etc, etc, and many other great things.

It begins at 8am. You can bet I will be there waiting at the door before 8am. I will take my camera so wait and see what I get to show you!!!!

gin

Vintage Thingy Thursday

Another Vintage Thingy Thursday, hosted by Suzanne at Coloradolady.
I have a new item. It is new to me. But is old and probably vintage. I got it at a flea market/antique store on a recent mad rush lunch hour visit. It is a four piece cup and dessert plate set.If you look closer you can see the little rim inset for the cup to sit in the dessert plate. And see the slight handle on one side of the plate?It is a pink dogwood blossom design. The bottom is stamped UCAG CO CHINA. (Not made in China, but stating it is china.) The dessert plate is in the shape of a shell with a scallop edge. This will be the first of this kind to add to my dish collection.

Go here to check out other Vintage Thingy Thursday posts. And thank you fitty's pinky rose cottage for commenting that these are a cherry blossom pattern. I didn't know what it was really. It's nice to get info on VTT.
gin

Just finished

This apron was just finished up for a swap and sent out in the mail to it's new owner.
It's for a Hot Mama Fiesta Apron Swap hosted by Val in celebration of Cinco deMayo. Her rules were 1 apron, 1 Mexican recipe, and 1 other Mexican. I went with a bright orange, green, and yellow apron, 2 recipe cards, a box of Hot Tamales candies. I know, I know, the Hot Tamales candies were not very original at all! But I think the apron is kind of cute and bright for a Fiesta!!

Then a few weeks back I sent out a swap for Winter Baubles & Basics. The theme was to send kitchen towels and other items to refresh your partners kitchen. My partner wanted vintage with red, beige, and toile. Her is the stash I sent her.
I added lace to red kitchen towels. I made her a red toile print apron with matching lace from the kitchen towels. Also in her package was 1 rose flowered cup/saucer, red salad bowl, several kitchen gadgets, and a little salad recipe book I found at an outlet for $1, and a cotton kitchen towel with embroidery on it. She was so excited and surprised at all the goodies!!!

I received in return from her a set of bright colorful orange, green and white strip kitchen towels, a cute orange metal collander, a vintage glass taper candle stick, and a few other kitchen goodies. I have lost the picture of my goodies, but I loved my whole package too.

gin

R & R

I put myself on R & R (rest & relaxation) for about a month now. Not much rest going on, but just trying to relax. Still been busy going to work, visiting the kids, and enjoying the spring time that is here.

I kind of put the lap top out of sight, even though I did steal a few peeks at my favorite blogs and even signed up for a few swaps.

Of course I still hit the antique and flea markets every week. I got a few little cute things. I got a yard bunny for myself. You've probably seen one like this before - it's a bunny standing up pulling a wagon. The wagon holds a flower. He is cute and will be around the back porch for Easter. I also got a few items to send in a swap I was in.

I can't believe how much more time I've had during my R & R to house clean and cook. My time that was usually spent on the computer was used so much more constructive. I have cleaned the house spic and span, tried some new dishes, and started back on my evening walk. With no computer time and daylight savings time I have accomplished a lot!!!

But I am glad to be back blogging. If you missed me, thank you for your thoughts!!!

I leave you a view of my new Easter Bunny!gin

Love on Wednesday's #4

Coloradolady is hosting Love on Wednesdays in February. Each Wednesday in February participants will post a picture depicting their view of love. This is the final episode of Love on Wednesdays . She did a fantastic job of creating this fun for us this month. Thank you Suzanne.

I love February --because of --- Valentines Day, Mardi Gras, and My Birthday!!.
My birthday is Friday. Since I was a young teen I have shared my birthday with a family member. She was born on my birthday. Her name is Bobbie. We are technically cousins, but grew up together and are really closer as sisters. So ever year since then we have shared a birthday cake with both our names on it, shared the birthday party, and some must think we are twins because we are given identical presents at the birthday party. This has been going on for 40 years. Except a couple years when she lived out of state. No complaints here though, because I really like it.

The last 3 years we have added a threesome to our party. My sweet beautiful daughter (she is my daughter-in-law) Julie's birthday is March 2nd. So we have added her to our birthday celebration. Her name is added to the cake, she shares the party, and some of her gifts are identical to ours. She will be 23, so she does get some younger oriented gifts than me or Bobbie.

It's always a blast to celebrate a birthday, but when you have the tradition like we have it's even more of a blast. And I love it!!

gin

Gifts Galore

After being gone for several days, I came home to find some packages just for me. A package from Val. We had been talking about mardi gras fabric and I think I kind of gave her the wrong idea about something. And this is what she sent me. I love it. So cute and so very bright. Mardi gras fabric with masks and beads on it. And a mardi gras bead too. She's my blogger friend from Louisiana and I sent her one too. So we can do Mardi Gras!!
Then I opened a package from Kaye . So cute too. A donut with sprinkles!! the donut is a pin cushion. And the sprinkles are colored pins. How cute is that? And she sent me a wreath and holly pattern with coordinating fabric to make it. Kaye was so thoughtful. She won my giveaway in Whirl Into Winter and just loved her gift that she wanted to give me something.

Thank you Val and Kaye.

Also, I have sent out my PIF gifts. They are hot pot pads. Three people will be getting a package in the mail from me!!

gin

A day down home

I got to spend a few days down home. It was enjoyable. But not for a good reason. Peg had surgery. It was scheduled for an out patient, but it turned into 2 days. I went to take her to the hospital, stay with her, then bring her home.

So while at the hospital, I took some pictures of her 2 day stay. It was kind of like a vacation for me. And I told her I was going to do a story of her hospital stay so I could take pictures of everything. = I want show all of them, but just a few to give you an idea. This is her waiting before surgery.
She had to have a few test the next day, so I took a quick trip across the street to this:
She even told the nurses that she loved the food. No one understood quite why!!
She had visitors.
She got some flowers.

and finally we got to go home.
Her surgery was suppose to be out-patient gall bladder surgery. There was complications is why she stayed an extra day and a half.

She is doing fine. And I am glad I took pictures for 2 days. We enjoyed the laughs. I will leave the really good pictures for her to post. I don't want her to be mad at me for posting some that are really outrageously funny. I really had to refrain myself from posting those. Go here to see if she posted any on her blog!

gin

Vintage Thingy Thursday

It's another Vintage Thingie Thursday over at Coloradolady's. Check her out for more participants with their vintage thingies.

We have some of my husband Grandmother's items. She was a "city" lady, into clubs, meetings, etc. She is no longer with us, she was 97 years old when she passed. She woulld be like 110 years old today or older. So these may really be depression era wear. They may be antiques and not vintage. Several months after she passed away and her estate was settled, family were able to go into her house and choose items she had and keep them as momentos.

I choose these hats and they were in the original hatbox!!

The label is printed on the suede inside the large hat with the feather. The label reads Velusuede "The Artell--- Finish" "He--Polla Inc." "New York". "100% wool" I can't read some of the letters, I typed them with dashes.






We also have one of her hat boxes. Both hats were in this hat box when we claimed them.

I can picture her being dressed looking just like one of those ladies in an old movie with the straight dress and fancy hat on. She seemed so very high society like. Her house was huge, filled with large heavy furniture. When we visited she was very well mannered and such etiquette, serving tea or coffee on a tray and her buffet in dining room would be lined up with food, even though she did not know we were coming. She had a parlor with that linen wall paper with tiny red roses on it. I guess that was kind of victorian.

Well, I really don't know what era these things are from -- vintage, victorian, or depression. Give me your thoughts!!

gin