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Showing posts with label Display. Show all posts
Sunday, February 15, 2015

An Evening Of Art And Music: Salon des Refuses

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It is that time again! This is the reception for the opening of Salon des Refuses at the Brownwood Art Association Art Center in Brownw...
Monday, April 16, 2012

Victory! A World War American Homefront Collection

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Well I had planned to blog about starting the garden, but Pat's latest antiquing "Take A Trip" got me thinking it has been a ...
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Thursday, March 29, 2012

A Fresh Strawberry Cake for a Springtime Birthday Dinner

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Our granddaughter (or "Grand angel" as Paul calls her) asked for a strawberry cake and filet mignon for her birthday. Oh boy! I g...
Thursday, December 1, 2011

Code of Ethics for Government Service

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Code of Ethics for Government Service House Document 103, 86th Congress, 1st Session - Passed by the Congress of the United States on July...
Saturday, July 23, 2011

Display Ideas For Vintage Recipe Booklets

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A lot of my collections are made of paper. Vintage advertising recipe booklets are one such, and I have a few I just couldn't part with....
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Bluebird Bathroom Remodel

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This house is over a hundred years old, and when we bought it, we locked the door on the old smallest bathroom until we could get it redone....
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Sunday, March 6, 2011

The Hyacinths are Blooming! One Blossom's Fragrance Fills a Room

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Three years ago, I bought a "mixed bulb garden" assortment from one of the seed catalogs, and planted them in the fall. The follow...
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Monday, March 22, 2010

Vintage Bedroom Design: Classic Blue and Yellow and Duncan Phyfe

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I love this room. It started with a set of little vases from the Spode Blue Room collection - classic English florals in blue, on a yellow g...
Sunday, February 21, 2010

Seeing Art In Person, With Our Own Eyes

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Friends visited last week, and we went to a couple of local art exhibits while they were here. Called "Stars of Texas", these cent...
Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Laundry Room Decorating: A Cheerful Haven for Ironing

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When we first saw this house (before we bought it), the laundry room was used like a closet. Tiers of jam-packed clothes racks went around t...
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Thursday, December 31, 2009

Happy (Old) New Year! A Naturalist's Vintage Calendar

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Did you find a vintage calendar for the upcoming year? Here are the first pages from a beautiful weekly one of John Burroughs quotes. It was...
Saturday, November 21, 2009

Who said Owls? Hatching a New Collection

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I've been on a bit of an owl kick lately. I didn't intend to collect them and will not admit that I do (so, family, please do not be...
Saturday, October 10, 2009

Living Life by a Vintage Calendar

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I didn't know until a few years ago when I was printing a calendar page for a letterpress bundle, but there are only 14 different calend...
Thursday, September 17, 2009

Collecting Vintage Mexican Pottery

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Show and tell time! :-) I started collecting old lead-glazed mexican pottery in the late 1970s, back when no one was interested in it. Most...