December 1st

November came and went.  Had a lovely four days off over Thanksgiving and spent the time putting up outdoor lights and decor, pricing items for my booth spaces, taking photos for my Etsy shop, Girdle Gals Fashion, did a little antiquing and baked cookies to send to my son who is deployed again.  

Strung lights, decorated the antique wicker baby carriage, my antique snow shovel and my Victorian chair.  

I adore this antique snow shovel as a gentle reminder that I will never have to shovel that white stuff again.

I like to decorate my two front urns for the holidays and this year I decorated large, bouncy balls from Walmart to look like those delightful Scandinavian gnomes.  

Weekend finds were these nifty, 1960s beaded/sequined fruit.

A pair of vintage, milk glass candy dishes with a pretty lattice edge.

A pretty mid century flower frog/planter in the shape of a boat.  Italian piece.

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Nice vintage marble small study lamp.

Pair of naval handbook/manual for Boy Scouts.  Really unique items.

10 inch figurine of a shepherd and sheep for a Nativity scene.

Two of the three Kings for a Nativity scene.  10 inch figurines.

Pair of flocked vintage deer.  Charming pieces.

A stunning Raku pot, signed and dated.

A fabulous find, gorgeous hand painted Victorian fan on a mother of pearl frame.  Professionally framed in the 1940s.

Brown paper packages tied up with string...a really neat, vintage string dispenser. 

A Goodwill find, a stunning Art Deco Buddha lamp with a gorgeous Czech shade.  I'm in the process of rewiring it with a vintage look wrapped cord to keep it's Art Deco look.

A lovely set of Fitz and Floyd seashell plates.

 Christmas is always a fun time in our booth spaces.  I brought in this charming pair of red, long underwear which always makes a great decorative element.

 Vintage stockings are always fun.

I changed around my main space and moved the furniture to different locations within the space.  It really opened things up and this pretty green, Circa 1900 general store counter can now be seen more clearly.

 

Moved my display case to the front of my space as well.  I really like the openness of the walk around area.

and finally, Santa Claus has left a spare suit in the front display case.  A great vintage piece of red velvet and faux fur trim.  

I was a wonderful four days off and I got a lot done.  This year will fly by so let me wish all peace and happiness and blessings to you and those you love.  Sea Witch

SeaWitch went solo

Hello everyone.  Had my first solo flight or walkabout this weekend.  Now that I'm off the pain killers I am free to drive so I took my first outing on Saturday.  Went and had my nails done as they were a wreck since it had been 6 weeks since I was at the salon.  Was able to sit comfortably for the hour it took for them remove the broken acrylic tips off and replace them with the new ones.  Since my knee still felt good, I made a road trip to Vintage Village to check out the treasure that was coming in and say hello to friends.  It was a marvelous little trip and just seeing everyone and walking around the pretty booths filled with spring goodies was very "healing" for me.  Found a few great pieces to keep and to sell but then I always do when I stop by.  

 How about this faboosh, Mr. Charles, big navy straw hat with two sassy satin bows and lighter than air ostrich feathers.  This is sooooooooo Audrey Hepburn and this beauty is in fantastic condition.  I almost squealed with delight when I saw this marvelous hat.

 Saw this pretty lace fan while perusing the Vintage Village facebook page.  The "hag" is always posting photos of new items that come in and I saw this the week after I got out of surgery and asked them to hold it for me.   Perfect for St. Patrick's day celebrations.

 My lovely daughter in law, Kerry, turned me on to these marvelous stoneware pieces for their rich cobalt blues but they are the definitive bakeware for perfect results.  These are small oven dishes but I don't care.  I adore them for their beauty and quality. 

 I like vintage celluloid pieces and was delighted to find this pretty little picture frame with velvet backing and stand was intact and in great condition.  Known as French Ivory because it looks like ivory, this early plastic is often stained from oils and perfumes or often melted from heat.  There is such a natural vintage look to these pieces.  While at Goodwill, earlier this week, I found the powder dish and the hairpin container as well.

 Now this is not old, but a pretty reproduction of the Victorian sewing bird.  Pins were placed in the velvet cushion and the fabric piece that was being worked on is placed in the bird's mouth and held in place like an extra hand.  Such a marvelous little tool that is so indicative of Victorian fussiness and excess.

 Great little late Victorian wicker sewing box in the shape of a chair.  Original red velvet has lost most of its "velvet" but the color is still bright.  I will fill with vintage needle packs and wooden spool threads. 

 This was a find at my local Goodwill earlier this week. I had dropped off a bags of hard bound books and as my honey was running errands, I asked that he let me walk around Goodwill for about 20 minutes.  I was delighted to find this pretty little pink necklace and matching earrings.  Very 1950s

 Another Goodwill find.  Can we get any more 1960s than beaded fruit?  Actual size pieces are heavy with plastic beads and straight pin and some have plastic greenery.  Grapes, lemons, limes, apple, pear, orange, banana and a pear of pink peaches make these a lot of fun. 

 

I was looking for my box of silk flowers when I came across a box of quad plate that I had stashed away after the holidays.  I had forgotten about it and was so pleased to come across it as I had sold nearly all of what was in my Victorian booth.  This is a unique piece as it is a large, quad plate jardiniere.  Never saw one before and it is a showpiece.  Circa 1890s.

 Spent the afternoon polishing up the quad plate and it looks fantastic.  Water pitchers, teapots, serving bowl and creamer and sugar bowl are such pretty decorative elements.

It was so neat to do a little treasure hunting as it seems like it's been forever since I could do this.  Of course, by the end of the day, I was exhausted and fell asleep before supper time.  That fine line of knowing when I have overdone it or not is still elusive to me.  I suspect I should have just done one or the other.  More healing lessons learned.  Have a marvelous week all and wishing blessings to you and those you love.  Sea Witch