Coke Cola Bingo

Here is a closeup of one of the vintage Coke Cola Bingo cards. Can't wait to play a game of Bingo with my grandchildren...albeit that might be awhile. They are so far away from here...sad face.

B I N G O Cards

Here is the whole batch of the Coke Cola Bingo cards with wood markers.

Such A Deal!

These mini alphabet stampers were in the $1 bins at Michael's this week. They are all different fonts. I could not pass up such a good deal.

Lovely Ribbon

I just love this ribbon I found at Michael's this week. They were having a sale on the Christmas ribbons, so Yippee for me I got the rolls for $1.50 each. There is a total of 36 feet on each roll.
The photo shows how they came on the roll, with one roll already wrapped onto wood spools.
This ribbon is so very old fashioned and is cotton or at least the apprearance thereof.
The colors are great!

Cotton Ribbon on Spools

Here's how the wood spools look with the ribbon rolled onto them. I added a little stain on them to make them look older.

Resort Desert at DAR Meeting

The first meeting of the Daughter's of the American Revolution, Lt. George Farragut Chapter, for this year got off to a bang with a delicious luncheon at the famed Coeur d' Alene Resort. For you MaryJanesFarm followers, it is across the street from the CdA Resort Mall where MaryJanes new store is.
The desert we were served at the was a warm chocolate pudding filled brownie sided by vanilla ice cream, drizzled with chocolate and caramel sauce. Very rich and filling. I think the ladies at my table thought I was a bit 'buggy' for taking a photo of my lunch...but you bloggers understand, right?

DAR Lunch

We were served Chicken Pot Pie, salad, a roll and the desert, of course.

DAR Cones

I was asked to decorate for our first DAR meeting of the year last week. So I used so old bedsprings, added paper cones and filled them with excelsior American flags, a bell, small pinecone, pepperberries, and a stick of cinnamon. They turned out quite fun, if I do say so myself.

Door Knocker

This door knocker adds a rustic touch to the front porch, but rarely does anyone use it. I love the strong and ornamental feel of it.

Porch Barrel

This old wood barrel is falling apart, but still manages to hold together rough to hold a bouquet of fall flowers and keep the front porch festive.

A Little Bit of Halloween

I am not a huge fan of Halloween...but I do enjoy the vintage pieces as they remind me of my childhood...of which we did not celebrate Halloween. That may make no sense, but at school we did Halloween projects and crafts, then at home we did a Harvest celebration. My daddy being a preacher...he felt that Halloween, as many still do, was too pagan. So we had church events on Halloween night where people did dress up, ate caramel apples, bobbed for apples, maybe had a campfire, gunnysack races and more. Now, don't feel sorry for me as the parties were every bit as fun as trick or treating...now that I look back at it. I am not so sure I felt that way as a kid...my mom did let us go around to a few neighbors houses to get our candy before we left for the party. I am sure we begged her, so before dad came home she indulged us in the early evening and let us go for a bit. I still get a tad of excitement when this time of year comes around, as if I were eight again, by the thought of it all. Silly, huh?
Anyhoo...the doll under glass is a Nicole Sayre creation, the paper black cat was given to me by Melissa Neufeld (Country Living contributor). The felt penny styled decoration with cats and pumpkins was found at a country gift store and is not new, but has a very vintage feel to it. Normally I would make this myself, but it was only $10.00 and it would have taken me several hours to make it...so I just bought it. The book is vintage and is about two crows.

Enamelware Bowl and Pitcher

...house these autumn beauties. The colors are so fibrant.

Olde Basket...

is now the home of some of summers bounty. Ths basket sits on a trunk I have had for about 30 years now. The trunk holds some treasured family keepsakes, such as a few of my grandmother, O'Delphia's clothing.

Flowers & trunk parts

Yeah, the wood pieces in this enamelware pitcher are from an old trunk I tore apart. I am saving them to be used somewhere, someday. The flowers came into the thrift shop and I thought they looked very realistic and so they are now a part of my fall decor.

Hoosier Shelf Decor

A little bit of fall

Touches of pumpkins and gourds here and there to add that festive fall feel in our home.

Summer's Bounty

Check out these huge momma's...not sure what kind of squash they are...but we will cook 'em up and eat "em.

Fall tablescape

Center of the tablescape

I like these dark green pumpkins...much prefer them to the orange ones.

Some of the silver

that is on the table.

Dining Room Tablescape

Collection of silver, pumkins, lamps gather on our dining room table. We do not use this table unless we have company, so it gives me more freedom to get a little more spread out...I like that!

Pumkin Varieties

A sampling of three pumkins are on the far end of the mantel, along with a Civil War era tintype and a lamp with orange bulb. The orange bulbs look great in the evening, they bring a warm glow to the room.

More Harvest

Can you guess which of the pumpkins on the mantel are real? Hard to tell these days as they are making such good fakes!
Well, this is one end of the mantel in our living room.

Drying Cherrry Tomatoes

I had a huge bowl of cherry tomatoes that I knew we could not eat up, so I decided to get out the dehydrator and try drying them. They came out great! So I will be doing more of this. My tomato plants did not do that well this year, so we have been able to get just enough for salads and sandwiches for Tim and I. We got the cherry tomatoes at a neighbors who moved away and left them. I have never seen such a huge amount of cherry tomatoes on so few plants...they are in clusters like grapes!

Waiting to enter the Antique Sale...

The line of people waiting to get in to the Vintage Barn Antique Sale went all the way down to the parking lot this AM. We were barraged with customers all morning...which was great. It was a beautiful day for an outdoor sale.