Cottage Style Party & Community Yard Sale Finds!

The town I live in has a community yard sale every year in September.

It's a real family affair with many generations selling their junk together in one huge yard sale.

Even some of the schools have raffles or sell donuts and coffee at the sale.

Some years its good, this year it was great!

Here's what I found…

I found this hand sewn quilt for a cool $25!

It is in mint condition and looks great on my bed.

Wonderful hobnail vase already in use!

A gold demitasse cup and saucer set only 25 cents!

From the same seller, this tiny violet pitcher with under plate.

And this demitasse set also only 25 cents!

Silverplate soup spoons...

butter knives and...

and ladles, oh my!

Opera glasses with case (not shown).

Milkglass Victorian eye cup.

Fenton ruby red hobnail candle holders.

An old tea canister.

You don't even notice the arm missing on one of these charming salt and pepper shakers!

Look at those faces!

A rusty, crusty typewriter with fab green keys!

I spent the weekend playing with my new, old toys!

Hello Friends!

Welcome to this week's

Cottage Style Party

#113

You can see what I was doing all weekend above.

Playing.

What have you been up to?

I just love Magali's 'back-to-school' mantle!
And how pretty is that stone on either side of it?
Whoa!

Stop by Magali's blog The Little White House on the Seaside to see her collection of vintage school items on her mantle.
Don't miss the unique the foot-warmer box and read about how it was used!

I love this hand painted plate and lovely rose teapot!
So cute next to the Victorian couple in Debbie's curio cabinet.

This curio is one of 3 that Debbie got for being the best neighbor! Drop by her blog Debbie Dabble to see her curio's and how she decorated them!






Love this blue transferware with blueberries in the bowl!
Diane's post isn't just about her vintage dishes, but she has a yummy Blueberry Buckle Coffee Cake recipe too!

Visit her blog An Extraordinary Day to see more of her delicious dishes and get her yummy recipe too!

If you were featured, don't

forget your button!

Deb

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http://thecharmofhome.blogspot.com/

http://www.commonground-do.com/

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http://theivycottageblog.blogspot.com/

http://theletteredcottage.net/

http://shabbyartboutique.blogspot.com/

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http://www.centsationalgirl.com/

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http://blissfulrhythm.blogspot.com/

http://etsycottagestyle.blogspot.com/

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Cottage Style Party & Merry Christmas!

I've had this post ready for awhile but couldn't decide if I wanted to post it on Christmas Eve.

I thought I might give you all a break....ha!

Then I noticed other bloggers were posting early.

So I decided on a compromise....

an abbreviated version of this post, posted early.

On a recent quest for simple and cheap holiday decor I found myself at the Dollar Tree looking at their Christmas display of goodies.

I found many things (how do those dollars add up so quickly?) for decorating my tree and packages.

But I needed something for my front windows. 

I tried battery candles that did not work and electric candles that required fiddling with cords that did not work.

Then I found these...

...hanging on a peg at the Dollar Tree!

I had a vision of a simple, yet sparkly wreath to hang in my windows.

A 10 second wreath that looks sparkly in the window even at 8am!

Now that is my kind of simple holiday decorating!

Hello Friends!

Welcome to this weeks

Cottage Style Party!

#76

Merry Christmas!

How is everyone's holiday going?

I spent the weekend baking Christmas cookies.

Most of those cookies will be given away as gifts in the next few days.

  I do not need cookies hanging around my cottage all winter!

No matter how yummy they are!

As I mentioned above, I'm posting this party a little bit early this week so you can spend time with you families and away from your computer.

So let's get this party started!

This is such a warm and welcoming fireplace it makes me want to cozy up to it with a cup of hot cocoa!

Stop in for Just A Little Southern Hospitality to see more of her holiday home and don't miss her red transfer ware!






This lovely chandelier is decorated so prettily for the holidays!
The green and blue jewels dangling from this lamp just shine in the light from the window.

And don't you just love the dainty snowflakes? 

Drop by The French Hens Nest to see more holiday decorations and the wintery scene outside the windows!

This is Debbie's bathroom. Yes, that's right, her bathroom! And it is decked out for the holidays! You can almost find the fixtures in here.

Click the link to her blog, A Debbie Dabble Christmas to see more of her holiday themed bathroom in detail!

If you were featured, don't

forget your button!

 Deb

Thanks for stopping by!

Next 5 DaThanks for stopping by!

 Please visit these wonderful bloggers 

and their fabulous blogs 

to see what they are up to:

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http://linda-coastalcharm.blogspot.com/

http://fadedcharmcottage.blogspot.com/

http://asoutherndaydreamer.blogspot.com/

http://www.anoregoncottage.com/

http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com/

http://jannolson.blogspot.com/

http://www.primpjunktion.com/

http://fishtailcottage.blogspot.com/

http://thebrambleberrycottage.blogspot.com/

http://www.theshabbycreekcottage.com/

http://www.atthepicketfence.com/

http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/

http://thecharmofhome.blogspot.com/

http://www.commonground-do.com/

http://www.thevintagefarmhouse.com/

http://romantichome.blogspot.com/

http://twenty-eight-0-five.blogspot.com/

http://www.craftberrybush.com/

http://nominimalisthere.blogspot.com/

http://www.bystephanielynn.com/

http://theivycottageblog.blogspot.com/

http://theletteredcottage.net/

http://shabbyartboutique.blogspot.com/

http://bernideensteatimeblog.blogspot.com/

http://www.centsationalgirl.com/

http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/

http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/

http://rosevignettes.blogspot.com/

http://www.freeprettythingsforyou.com/

http://blissfulrhythm.blogspot.com/

http://etsycottagestyle.blogspot.com/

http://www.craftygardenmama.com/

http://rootedinthyme.blogspot.com/

http://www.vintageonadime.blogspot.com/

http://fresh-eggs-daily.blogspot.com

http://mylittlehomeandgarden.blogspot.com

http://mariaelenasdecor.blogspot.com

http://www.timewashed.com

http://www.funkyjunkinteriors.net

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