Vintage Christmas in July Swap

                                                          

I always get  THE BEST swap partners!

For Erica's Vintage Christmas in July I was partnered with 

Maggie from Maine. 

She is the sweetest lady,

and she sent me not one, but TWO tins full of goodies!

The little angel above with the star is from her own childhood-1940's,

I thought that was the kindest, most thoughtful of her to send treasures from her own past.

This little Putz house is from her own village from the 50's!

A beautiful Christmas pin to wear, Santa picks, and a cute little elf ornament, an old ornament from her collection, and more!

 

Beautiful vintage rick-rack from her hubby's great Aunt.

The Santa Boot fabric is in the background, she sent for quilting.

She and I both love to quilt.

 

 This jolly Santa face was in the attic of the house when she moved in. 

He looks like the Santa I remember from the 50's.

 Beautiful old cards with sweet messages,  the envelopes and stamps still on them!

Another pretty tin with bits and bobs in it!

I love these little craft books!

Look at the beautiful hankie that still has the original Kresge tag on it!

Gorgeous!

More pretty embroidery for the tabletop.

I'm telling you, she went all out!

Y'all, in the bottom of the tin was this beauty, just waiting for me!

This beautiful Christmas apron from her own collection.

Thank you sweet Maggie, from the bottom of my heart!! :-)

And a thank you to Erica, too for being our host.

Happy Christmas in July,

from Dorothy and Ms.Wilma

This is a peek inside the tin I sent to Maggie.

                                                                                   

The Custards Giveaway

Hi everybody,

Just look at this pretty bag I won from Jenny at "The Custards" blog!!

I love this Cathedral Window pattern on the front of the bag.

She is some kind of talented!

And not only did she send me the bag, she made this gorgeous banner out of vintage embroidery.

All of these lovelies wrapped in a pretty package.

Inside this pretty vintage box were the letters "Hens Rule"


I fell in love with her blog the very first time I saw it, she is some kind of special.

Thank you Jenny!

www.thecustards.blogspot.com


P.S. Please do not pin these pics to Pinterest, she doesn't want her work on Pinterest and I don't blame her.

Blessings and a Happy 4th of July everyone,
Dorothy and Ms.Wilma

In The Summertime, when the weather is fine...

 

You can reach right up,

and touch the sky...

Old Maids are the sweetest flowers.

They cost pennies to plant, and give you color all summer 'till the fall.

 You can't help but smile when you see one blooming.

Remember all those tomato seedlings in the hothouse?

They sure are loaded now.

Tomato sandwiches anyone?

 

I'm having a pea-picking week-end.

How about you?

Blessings,

from me and Ms.Wilma

Jambalya, Crawfish Pie and File' Gumbo

I hope everyone had as good a Father's Day Celebration as we did this weekend.

I'm not sure how long Wintzell's Oyster House has been around in downtown Mobile, but we used to go here on Friday nights and eat when we were dating in the 70's.

And it was old then.

The walls are covered with photos and jokes.

The boys had raw oysters, but they're not for me!!

I'll take mine fried, thank you..

File' gumbo.

Nothings better than Gulf Coast seafood!

Good food, good times, and a Great Weekend!

Hope you all have a wonderful week,

Dorothy and Ms. Wilma

Rose Garden

My front yard is in full bloom.

Peace Rose

Running Peace Rose

Ms. Wilma had to check out what I was looking at.

Monkey Business rose.

Love Rose

When I sit on the front porch the air smells like rose perfume.

The gardenias will bloom next.

Have a great week,

Dorothy and Ms. Wilma



Happy Mother's Day

My Etsy and eBay finds this week.

I found the 1971 College issue Glamour.

I wore this out the summer of 71 looking at it over and over!!

Can't wait to look at it again!

 The Fall clothes were so pretty that year..

Vintage barrettes

www.lightinthebox.com

pretty vintage dresses, wish I was skinny.....

Pretty Fire King bowls

Salt and Pepper Jadeite

Sweet buttons for my collection.

Love my tea sets!

Available at Etsy.

Still wish I was skinny...

More Jadeite.

This one I haven't bought, it's a little pricey.

There are so many nice embroidery pieces at eBay and Etsy.

This is from the UK.

(photo from facebook/lightinthebox.com)

HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL PINK

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

 Dorothy and Ms.Wilma

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