Creepy Baby?

This adorable picture belonged to THGGM's grandmother.

I think it is fabulous. I collect old baby bottles like the one in the picture.

The frame is beautiful!


Notice the detailed carving in the wooden frame.

Whenever I hang it up somewhere, someone moves the 'creepy baby'.

I'm thinking of hanging it over Baby Boy's crib in the dining room.

Vintage Baby pictures

I love these old pictures.

Notice the silhouette, shown in the detail.

Pictures like this are getting harder to find.

The yellow one has a bit of damage.


To me, they are charming!

I used to look at them when I was young. I thought they were pictures of my grandmothers.

They're not.

I'm thinking that I might hang them in my art room.

Cute Puppy

This adorable tiny rattle belonged to THGGM when he was a baby.

I am trying my hardest to get Baby Boy interested in it.

It makes ME happy to look at it. Some of the rattles out now are down right scary looking.

This little blue puppy is at least appealing!

I have a few vintage baby pictures that I would love to display, but everyone here as deemed them 'weird looking'.

Spode

This is my one and only piece of Spode.

It's tiny.

It's crazed.

It's tea stained.

I LOVE it.

It cost me $2.oo.

It wasn't tea stained when I bought it. Since I don't put out individual pats of butter, I used to for tea bags. As someone who has rubbed stain into the cracks on many things I've made, I was delighted to see this happen.

When in Doubt, Decorate with Books!

Old Plates

This is just a plain old unmarked plate, but I love it!

I found it at a thrift store on Saturday.

I think I'll keep collecting odd plates. They are inexpensive, don't take up much space and make a nice gift in a pinch.

Dutch Picture

I got this Dutch picture for my birthday several years back. I will always remember that we got it at the antique mall in Greenville. I walked through there with great fear and trepidation as once, when THGGM and I were in there, a high shelf collapsed sending irreplaceable treasures to the trash heap. And the sound of it all - unbelievable. THGGM moved this picture from our bedroom to the living room. I like it here. As far as Dutch pictures go, this one is a happy one. In some of them, it's so gloomy you just have to wonder why they didn't all just let the sea rush in.

Anyway...the frame has some damage. It had a little bit when I got it, but I was able to do some handy repairs to it. But, when handy repairs will no longer do, it's nice to drape some fake flowers over the worst spot. Well...I think it's nice.

Oh, and the top shot. Isn't that cool? I held up my handy-dandy digital camera until the flash hit directly on the spot in the picture where the sun is setting. Occasionally, I impress myself.

Will I Write Here? Will Guests Come?

I haven't gotten this room exactly how I want it yet, but I'm getting there. When it isn't in use as a guest room, I intend to write at this desk. Of course, I intend to do a lot of things, but this is on my list! I didn't mean to leave the rat puppet by the window, but look - there it is. (the rat puppet is NOT mine!)

Guest Room

This is one of a pair of vintage pillow cases I bought today. Oldest Son and Daughter-in-law are visiting soon, and the room needed a sprucing up.

Good and Bad

The best feature of this room is the wonderful view out the window. Of course, it is only wonderful from OUR prespective. To the left you can see the ice cream shop, and to the right, the coffee shop. It's the coffee shop I mooch wireless from. I DO have cable internet, but the wireless is a nice perk!
The not nice aspect of this room was the rainy day the ceiling cracked open and rained down on Oldest Son and Daughter-in-law when they were here for their college graduation. Since then, the roof has been replaced, for which we are immensely grateful. And, being the 'old house' sort of people that we are, wouldn't you say that the cracked ceiling adds characher? As long as no liquids pour out of the crack, I'm fine with it.