Coddled Eggs

The perfect Wodehouseian breakfast.

More Happy Colors!

Vintage Pyrex may be becoming an addiction.

Joy Dare :: 3 Gifts Striped

We love these bright little cups which were a gift from a very dear friend, and which started us off on a quest to collect similar bright colors for the kitchen of our new house.

That kind of counts as striped, right?

A housewarming gift from another friend… these knives are incredibly awesome, and if you are looking for a set of good knives, I highly recommend them.

The early morning light made for some harsh shadows in the kitchen window, but you see the stripe effect, right?

I love my vintage lamps. I pressured mom into buying these and when she realized that they didn’t fit her decor she passed them on to me.

Oh, so devious.

A Very Awesome Christmas Package…

…arrived in the mail from a friend who moved to some distant, cold and strange place this last fall.

It is completely adorable and has been one of the most sought after books in the house, of late.

Trux has pronounced all the recipes to be “Yummy!” and I have to agree with him.

Black coffee canes? Count me in!

The girls have been pulling out all their tea stuff, and pouring over all the vintage fashion tips, like:

Tying the vintage headscarf

and how to apply false eyelashes. Thankfully they haven’t tried that one, yet.

Baked grapefruit? What a great idea! I see a new Christmas morning tradition in the making!

Thank you Rowena… you’re awesome!

Strawberries and Scones

But check out the strawberry bowl…  It’s just like all the old bowls that my grandma and great-grandma’s had, and I love it!

The scones were really good.  I made them from the Smitten Kitchen recipe, with a few small changes to accommodate what I had in the pantry.

Truxters approved.  Heartily.

February Thrifting

The thrift shop has been my friend, lately.  Actually, the thrift shop is always my friend, but lately it’s been my generous friend.  This is just some of my recent favorite loot.

A handmade creamer and sugar set.  In one of my all time favorite colors!

My very own secret stash of colored pencils.  It’s not just that I like to sketch with them (occasionally) but even looking at them makes me happy!

These hen and rooster salt and pepper shakers are a present for somebody special.  Surprise, Rachel!

And these?  This entire stack, plus a couple more that the girls were drinking out of (total of eight) I got for .80 cents!  I love milky white glass!  They’re Pyrex… which means that you can put them in the oven for custards and such.

I got this stone crock to bake bread in.  I love it.  When I’m using it I wish I could have a window into it’s past life.

Napkins and plates – both thrifted and both used daily.

While I already had the baby, I did purchase the walker at a thrift store recently.  Which in turn has bought me time.  I’m all about buying time.

This outfit caused Kinsley’s heart to flutter.  She is fully aware of the beauty potential of such an outfit.

Sophie’s dress was thrifted last summer, but when she saw me photograph Kinsley’s outfit, she wanted to get in on the action.

Art – Thrift Shop Style

Art supplies are among the things that I will always scoop up at a thrift store. We go through it like crazy around here, and between Grandma and the thrift shop, we almost never have to buy any art supplies new…

Trux is completely involved in all art projects now, as part of his new “my do” mantra.  He’s actually not all that bad at it!

Tutorial for creating time

Items needed:

• One blanket
• Two chairs
• One menagerie of stuffed animals

Assemble as shown below.  Guaranteed to create at least several hours of time.

House Tour :: A bit of the living room

The highlights:

The old dresser that my twin uncles refinished in highschool, a very funky chair which my mom scored for $5 at a sale, and which I happen to really, really love, and the hand carved boat that was a present to Kinsley from her Grandparents J.

House Tour :: Bathroom

Now I realize that bathrooms are usually not cause for great excitement, but please notice the shower curtain.  Mom got an incredible deal on it at a yard sale, along with coordinating shower hooks, towels, washcloths and even a matching bed set (which is now on the girls bed).  So please admire the dots.

The bathroom itself has very limited storage, so the shelf with all the extra towels and other bathroom thingies, got parked outside the bathroom at the end of the hallway.  The shelf is one that was Dan’s (given to him by his brother and sister in law quite a few years ago), and it has been in every bathroom of his before we were married, and every bathroom of our since.