Love is all Around

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We don't decorate for every holiday, but 

Love is All Around 

our loving home, everyday.

(an old post-updated, but still true!)

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Kisses abound in the kitchen.

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Open Hearts serve...a dish perfect for sharing treats here. 

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The back stairs, says it all,  "Home is where the heart is."

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My only purchases for Valentine's day this year---two sets of measuring spoons from WorldMarket for my daughters-in-love, 6 vintage Jell-O molds from the 1950s or so for 50 cents each at GoodWill, a Mrs.Fields vintage tin, I will fill with goodies for our Grand.

I will make crispy treats--in the molds with sprinkles---and everyone will feel the love.

Baking here is done with lots of butter, and lots of 

LOVE.

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In the living room, the obvious LOVE all around is not always subtle. This statue a gift from my husband when he used to travel for work. The candlestick was a wedding gift from great-great-great-or more family hand-me-down, hallmarked back to the 1700's.

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This card from my son. Nothing shows LOVE more than your children growing 

to be caring and thoughtful adults. 

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Another fixture of LOVE  in our home, the Jule Haerter from Denmark. 

Though it reflects Christmas, 

to me it means LOVE all year round. 

More family photos are in the living room, all precious to our hearts.

In the hall, a shelf with old toys welcomes all ages. 

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A treasured, hand-stitched Raggedy shows off his heart and the sentiment, we are celebrating.

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Hard to read, but none the less loving, I Love You!

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Long story---my son loved frogs as a little boy, he's transferred that to me---by gifting many over the last 30 some years. I have 'croaking LOVE all around me, several in the main bathroom and 

More than a dozen in the yard. 

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In the master bath is a framed Rilke quote about the lesson of LOVE, a gift from a friend. 

I read it every day at least once.

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A plaque with hooks, hopefully saying the truth...I try.

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The master bedroom is filled with old things. My great grandmother's LOVE of Pansies, 

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My mom and dad, and one of her treasured glass baskets.

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This odd piece of German unmarked porcelain, a favorite of my mom's filled with feathers from a treasured family trip.

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A sweet book, gift from a friend. A quote from inside says it all.

"I never knew how much like heaven this world could be, 

when two people LOVE and live for one another!" Little Women, Amy

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Out on my dresser for the month is my heart jewelry and the mermaid piece from Hans Christian Anderson's, Little Mermaid. 

Sadly, In the original tale, the Mermaid sacrifices all for the Prince, who then marries another and she becomes foam on the sea. Hans had a gloomy streak.

Vintage pieces, a pewter Jule Paper Heart, acorns on porcelain set with pearls, a bakelite heart, an 80's contemporary heart, and beaded bracelet from the 90's.

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A the cosmetic bag, a gift from my d-in-love and my mom's dresser mirror---a gift of LOVE from my dad. He unloaded an entire train car of cabbages before high school in 1939 to buy this for my mom.

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Cupid on a brass lid to a crystal cut glass jar, circa 1880's. I think it was once plated silver, but just totally rubbed off with pollishing.

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An old Valentine, I LOVE to use to cover the black TV. 

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It's beginning to fade, but I think I will copy the design for a fabric drape over the television. 

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My husband's office has an old Grandfather's cup and a plaque from the early 1970's about LOVE. 

I'm blessed with a real romantic for a husband...he will watch, "Sleepless in Seattle" and the original "An Affair to Remember," with Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr  an infinite number of times.

Over the years he has added 'Serendipity', 'High Road to China' and he has the Outlander theme on his phone.

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Our engagement dinner, 1967. This is faded. My dress was Barbie pink...the only pink dress I've ever had.

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He made this collage for me way back when----all the photos are pre-1985. It hangs in his office. 

I always forget it is in here, and then wonder who all those girls are? OMG they were 'me'.

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We will celebrate a 50-year marriage, next year(2018)---really, it's hard to believe. 

Now it was 56 years, last August.

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Our extra bedroom, or Grand's room as it is beginning to be called, is filled with antiques, toys, and books.  Here my grandmother watches over all in a photo from the 1990's.

Now it's my artspace/sowing space and the Grand's hiding space when visiting.

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This sweet little quote picture was from a friend. It's from the 1920-30's. Two words have faded at the top, You and I.  I LOVE the sentiment and the stylized artwork. The background is metallic gold---seasoned and in the original frame. (Sadly the gifter has passed, and I miss our shares deeply).

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The Grand has the Barbie houses in here, toys and her stash of  toy jewelry. Here is one of her creations of beads and "Tangled" Princess in a necklace. I do love how Disney Princesses have become more self-reliant, and not just something to be rescued and possessed. 

That has changed from my childhood.

(Today, 2025, I miss the bits and pieces of childhood, and stickers on every surface in my home...but, LOVE the young lady she is becoming)

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Lurking on the shelves, drawers and closets are 

old Valentine's and "I Love You" cards from our lives of over fifty years together. 

Maybe even one or two belonging to a parent or grandparent. 

A sweet bear bank, my mom purchased with LOVE for an unborn grandchild. 

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So I don't decorate for Valentine's Day because...

Love is all around our home, everyday.

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Junking Finds July 2018

It's not that I haven't been junking---I have, but more like selective purchasing in thrift stores.  But, when you see something unusual or for a specific person, I can't resist.

Montage of finds for July.

I think I found this in late June? Tortilla warmer for a gift of a crazy person who has chickens. You know who you are....!

It's actually Made in Mexico. Has some crazing, but I love the color and strong design. 

Found one on Ebay---sold for $25.00 so I guess it was a great buy at around $7.

I love handworked linens. This was on such a nice European linen towel, has a fold mark, which should come out in a good wash, but probably never used....and it's already hanging on my rack in the kitchen.

Another old friend by myself, circa 1990's colander. No signature on this, because of hanging as a decor item. see (Finding Old Friends) about my pottery career.

I made maybe a dozen of these hand thrown and just such a pain, poking out all those holes. This was probably hung on the wall, or used for fruit. Despite the pastels, I will use it in my own kitchen.  

I love this pattern and pick up small pieces of it any time I see them. It's Vernon Kilns-California made, Pattern is Chintz--it's very popular still, made during the 1940s.  

Found this adorable ==perfect==baby dish, with the cutest motifs. 

The pink handles and button are early plastic and the metal bottom was a reservoir for putting in hot water via the screw top pink button.

Baby's food stayed nice and warm. This probably had an adorable metal lid with a pink knob.

No maker mark, but a dealer on Ebay has a dish with this button listed as Bartsch and made in Chicago. Dating this early 1940's or a bit older. Perfect gift for a new Grandmother...! I found this in perfect condition at $1.99. 

The  signed Arnold Alanig? ."Spring Garden Print" is a print from an etching print. It is quite nice, and was only $3.00. Gold is not my favorite accent, but mattes take resurfacing well, and white paint to the frame will be perfect for the bedroom.

I knew this wasnt' old, vintage, but not old. I suspect it might be a Victorian Trading piece, dated 1991.... It is silver-plate, nicely detailed and a lovely shape for displaying whatever from cards, fans to flowers. 

Nice frame, 50cents...totally doable ---will use this in the craft room or redo.

I think this a super find...10 luncheons, 6 soup, and 4 dinner plates. A little more than I like to pay---but again, Vernon Kilns made in California 1942 called Cosmos. All the pieces are perfect---no scratches even, just some light crazing on edges and backs common to this type of pottery. Has a very Arts & Crafts Movement vibe...like from the early 1900's. I'm not a pink(call this cranberry pastel) and certainly don't need anymore dishes. 

These will go to the shop---but I won't mind if they don't sell. 

Love the roping detail on these...you can see how tight the surface glaze is...all the blue, green and yellow are handpainted. Labor intensive, no wonder it was dropped during the war years. 

Backside of this gorgeous Antique pitcher. Just a really pretty shape, most of the gold is intact.

This must have been part of a Toilette set. Can you imagine say 9-13 pieces of this in your bedroom? 

There is a stress crack below the handle, probably occurring during molding in the factory. Iron from water has seeped through the inside leaving a trail of iron, but the crack is sealed on the outside with glaze. It will be fine for another 100 years picked up with two hands.

Notice the iron on the bottom from sitting probably in a damp bowl, day after day.

Marked Maddock's Lamberton Works, Royal Porcelain

These early pieces had the round “Maddock's Lamberton Works” backstamp with “Royal Porcelain” curved below. The company was based in Trenton, New Jersey, and the pitcher was made circa 1890s. From pinterest pages, this company made lots of utilitarian Victorian bath ensembles.

Great article on Maddock's here...safe link maddocks-kings-of-industry/.

With the heat this summer, I have been sticking to thrift stores---What have you found lately? 

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