Cottage goodies!

Oh my goodness, do I have something pretty to share with you! New sheets!

No ordinary sheets mind you...

Vintage sheets.

Beautiful, glorious, vintage sheets!

Just look!! Aren't they cottegy-licious?! C'mon, say it out loud~ you know you want to!



My friend at work loves to go to yard sales and estate sales, and has recently rented a booth in an antique mall. She had these sheets there and I told her if they were still there the next time she went in, to please bring them to me. I thought for sure they would be gone... (they were only there a day or two). I was in luck! ( I had to pay her quickly before SHE decided to keep them!!) The price tag you see is what she paid for them at the estate sale.

Thank you SO much Mary Beth!

The photo is one that she had sent me, so I'll get some more later with them on my bed.

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OK.... next up is a little Christmas present I bought myself. I love cottages, and I love vintage needlpoint purses. Could a girl get any more lucky than this?




















I thought surely
it would go over $60...
maybe even $100!
But alas~
I got it for $30!!
Woohooo!


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Now for some bad news, or perhaps blessings in disquise?

You may have wondered what the floral motif is from in my blog banner. Well my friends, it's a photo of some vintage drapes that were on eBay about a year ago. I bid high... I wanted them terribly....but I was outbid. I am still mourning the loss. Here they are~




Sniff.

Here's a recent loss. I was SO in love with this vintage needlepoint bag... pristine, in the box!! I have had it on my watch page since December. But I couldn't justify spending so much during the holidays. The auction ended without any buyers twice. Then it was listed again, for a lower starting price! I couldn't let it go this time! Once more, I bid high. But not high enough. Farewell beautiful bag.....



Wait till you see the inside.....................
Pink.....
vevlet.....
lining.
Complete with a pink velvet change purse. Yah, I know.... here's a Kleenex for you too!


Now I've lost my fair share of auctions over the years, but those two I shall never get over~
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*Wipes eyes and shakes head*
Ok, on to the next sob story!
Remember the border I wanted to hang in La Boudoir? Well, guess what. It's discontinued.

Believe me, I have SCOURED the net till I thought my eyes would bleed. There is none to be found. I even saw it on two different sites...put orders in and they emailed me back saying the border was no longer availabe and my card was not charged. I bet somebody SOMEWHERE has it, they just don't have it labeled right for me to find it. Grrr.

What really makes me mad is that it is STILL availabe in OTHER colors!

Alright, so the good thing is that I do have one roll of it. I love the color. I can have it color matched and go ahead with my crown molding. But I really wanted that embossed look of a lincrusta frieze, you know? Oh well. Sniff. I suppose I could save my shoe money and get the real thing. We'll see. I'd have to give up a lot of shoes.

Thanks for listening to me gloat and rant! If you missed out on La Boudoir and bedroom pics, please click the labels below this post~

PINK Saturday, Episode Five~

Hello and welcome to another PINK SATURDAY! PS is hosted by Beverly at How Sweet The Sound. Be sure to visit her blog and take a tour of the other pink posts in blogland!

Today I'm sharing my vintage raspberry pink settee. I bought this at a local antique mall for $50. The velvet has seen better days, and has much fading, but I think it is shabby perfect!

Here it is shown in the office a few years ago. It is accompanied by vintage smocked pillows, a vintage tablecloth, and a vintage embroidered baby blanket. The pink smocked pillow is velvet too. I have patterns for these and would love to make one some day.

That round rug now resides under my dining room table. We've since got new berber carpet in the office.

This is a shot of the love seat in my craft room, where it will take up permanent residence. A gorgeous antique rug lies under foot, which I found in the dumpster of a house I had stalked.

Here we have fabulous wallpaper from the 40's. I begged for this for my birthday one year, it was not cheap. I intended on using it on the ceiling as it looked somewhat like a tin ceiling design. But alas, I am too chicken to use it. I'm afraid I'll ruin it. And now I'm not so sure I want to use it on the ceiling anyway. Fickle is woman. Especially me. We'll see once we get the trim in and such.

You can find vintage wallpaper at Hannah's Treasures~

I pulled the colors out of this paper for my room. The walls are a soft jadeite green, and the ceilings are PINK!

Lot's to do in this room yet tho.... And unfortunately this is how the settee looks now.

Before you gasp at how junky it looks, I'll share some before shots! There used to be a closet there~

We tore that out!

And we found something VERY special.

But you'll have to stay tuned for that story to unfold on another day!

Before I go I'll share some very pretty shabby pink roses on these awesome vintage drapes~

"Pink is like red but not quite".... I forgot how much I liked this song!

Did you have your speakers on?

Enjoy your PINK SATURDAY!