Hi Everyone!  So happy you could stop by our fun new party at Etsy Cottage Style called  "Vintage Cottage Style. "  We will be sharing our treasures from our junkin' trips to flea markets, thrift stores, estate sales and so on.  In my part of the country the yard sales won't start for a few months and I am so looking forward to getting back out there, too!  So, I browse the flea markets and the thrift stores and the antique stores, too, for now.

I am going to show you two beautiful and pristine pieces I found at an estate sale.  They were kind of hidden back behind some things, but I saw a bit of the gold trim and the green pattern.

I was thrilled when I uncovered this beautiful tureen and the lovely big platter ~

They go so well together, but the patterns are just slightly different.  The greens are the same.

I decided I was going to keep them and enjoy them for a bit and I did.  They were part of an arrangement on the dining table, but, I have so many pretty treasures and our home is quite petite, so I will be selling them, sigh!  :(

To Ta Loo For Now ~

See you next time with another "junkin treasure!"

Keep Warm And Cozy,

♥ Jil

Cuffs, Birdbaths And Other Things

I have been absent from blogging for a while with all the hustle and bustle of November and December.   Did you all have a wonderful Christmas and New Year?  Are you all ready to start fresh and did you make reasonable promises to yourself?   Like everyone else, I wonder where 2012 went!

With the tree packed away for another year...sadly as I love my little tree.  I have mentioned before that we downsized in a very big way when we moved from our beloved Arizona to Michigan, so my tree is a 6' slimline.  Hubby spray painted it white, but not all white letting some of the green show through.  It was a very pretty pastel tree and pleased me greatly!  I had lots of glittery ribbon running back and forth and tucked back in among the branches and lots of ornaments that glittered, shimmered and shined...it was so satisfying!

And look what my talented partner, at the local antique store, made me for Christmas!  I will show you more details in a later post.  Isn't this a beautiful bird bath?  It will have a very special place in a revamped garden this spring ~

So, with the house put back together and clean and sparkly, I was ready to go back to work and here is what I have been doing....
I love the pretty cuff~bracelets and have been having fun making some.  They add so much to an outfit and I especially love them with the BoHo or Gypsy look!

This one would be perfect with a denim jacket, sweater and boots .....

And this one with so many different looks...you can see more details of these if you visit
THE RUFFLED ROSE

Lots more pretty things to come from Marian and me, so don't be shy about visiting us!
xo Jil

All week I have pondered what to write about the torment  of breast cancer.  I do not have it in my family, I have been blessed, although I know it can come out of the blue.  Two people, a close friend and an acquaintance, have gone through the misery of the treatments to beat it....both, I am happy to say, are.

My one wish is simple, I pray that a cure is found and quickly.  That there will be no more grief, pain and suffering.  My heartfelt prayers go to those brave women that are in the battle to survive and those that did not.  May God Bless them and their brave families, which are also in this battle with them!


Please go to  BEVERLY of How Sweet The Sound, and visit all the other blogs involved in the Pink Saturday post on Breast Cancer.  And, lets each say a prayer for a cure.

Many Blessings to each of you,
Jil ♥

Happy Fall Y'All! ♥
Here are pictures for our Pink Saturday tour of fall flowers, pumpkins and foliage.
**Click on all the pictures to make them larger**

We call this "Thelma's Tree" after the sweet lady that lived there.  She passed a few years ago and a new family lives in her little Saltbox Cottage, but to us it is still Thelma's!  I love how there are little bursts of color among the green...

And at our Farmers Market some of the pumpkins and corn stalks in their nursery...

This lovely pot of yellow Mums was a gift from a dear neighbor! She is so thoughtful and sweet!  Thank You, Pat! xo

Foxglove that I had cut back, but we have two new blooms in our mild Fall weather!

White Geraniums still happily blooming!

Our bright pink Clematis is still blooming away against an old door attached to an older table by the garage garden...

And for my last picture, one sweet little pink blooming among the peonies that I must get out and cut back.  The rocks are from our Arizona/Texas trip....I had the car so full of beautiful rocks of all sizes that hubby had to finally tell me enough as we don't drive a pickup and there are tires to consider.  lol!  How I love my Arizona rocks!
Well, these are my pictures of what is going on in our part of Michigan!  So far it has been a lovely fall!
Hop on over to BEVERLY  to visit with all the ladies loving pink and fall to enjoy all of their pictures!
Hugs to all....
Jil