Red Geranium Cottage

Antiquing is so much fun!!

Hunka and I went to another great antique shop close to our house the other day.  I had no idea this one was here until Boo told me. Yes Boo knew and I had no clue.  But he did share his info with me so it's ok.  :)  This is the place where he bought my  sled at Christmas time.  I love my sled.  I took some pictures  this time for ya.  I wanted so many things in here. 

IF this was RED..............well you know where it would be now.

Ditto!!  I know, I know!! I could spray paint but I didn't wanna. 

Lots of good things in this booth.  Can you see one thing that caught my eye?

How about a closer look.   And no we didn't get it. But I think I'm heading back there because it would look so good on my front porch with a pot of RED Geraniums sitting on it.  Don't ya think?  Can you see the wiring holding the thing together under the seat between the legs? It's barbed wire.  Very odd.  But different too.

I wanted this soooooooo bad.  It was sold we think because we couldn't find a price so I'm having hunka make me one.  We have a bunch of old windows and mine doesn't have to be exactly like this one.  I love it!!

Loved the cubby thing in the background against the wall. Oh and that red stool.  lol

I saw a couple little sewing machines.  Loved the blue one.  I think it was 30.00 and I'm sure they would have taken less. I should have asked.  

Then this one...........loved it too. This one was in really good shape and a whole lot more. 

Lots of old spools.......

A laundry bag with clothespins.

Then these three quilts. The one was in such good shape. I really wanted to buy it but passed at the last minute.  

One half of this quilt...............

And the other side. It was a huge quilt.  Still folded in half.  I only took photos of part of it. I love the blue gingham in there.  

This actually was just a top not quilted.  But look how bright that blue still is. 

And I have no idea where this came from or how much "it" was. I didn't ask. I ran!!  I did notice him following me around the store though.   

Have a great weekend!!! I'm going to. My Boo and his girlfriend Hillarie will be in town.  Yippeeeeeee.  :) 

 

 

Red is for Valentines Day.

Sorry I didn't come back right away. I don't know where my time goes. True I stay up till late, then don't get up until 10:30ish everyday but still,  what happens to my time?  Seems like I get going around noon and then it's 7pm before I blink my eye. Don't you remember when you were younger and your mom and gramma would say, "just wait till you get older, time flies by so fast".  I thought to myself, are they crazy? Time moves soooooo slow.  The wait for Christmas day would take forever in my little world.  But now, I swear December is two weeks long.  Haaaa   We would go visit my cousins who lived about a half hour away and now it seemed like that trip was at least two hours long.  Now I always think about that as I'm driving up there to see them.  

I drug out a few Valentine things, very few.  Once Christmas is packed up it seems like the whole house is so emtpy doesn't it?   I have to admit I still have two big bins full of Christmas stuff sitting in the dining room floor waiting to go downstairs.  I'm wondering which one of us will get tired of tripping over it and move it. So far it's not bothering either one of us.  Maybe I should move it over closer to Hunka's path he walks everday.  

I thought my Jubillee quilt I made and kitted for the website would look good on the table now.  I love Pam Kitty's fabric line.  I'm happy I used it for this quilt.  It looks like a great picnic quilt too doesn't it? 

I love my cabinet that Hunka made me.  I always have it on the end of the dining room table.  Good thing we don't hardly ever eat at that table so I just use it to decorate.  Which I really enjoy as you can tell. 

Can't remember where I got the Valentine card holder but I love it. I keep all my cards I get and stick them on there.  I think I bought this when I lived in Ca.  But can't remember where.It's shaped like a heart.  Not sure if you can tell that or not. 

 Red polka dotted things, my favorite!!  I also love how I can use them at Christmas and move right on into Valentine's Day. I need to change out that quilt though. ICK! Doesn't Fen Shuey me one bit.  Matter of fact, I'm feeling queasy.  

The flash really messed up this photo. But I bought this frame at Christmas and I love it. It's a neat red washed out color.  Doesn't look so good there. But hey, I think I was 20 in that photo.  

Moved the birdcage and put in a red lamp. Remember I had it on the table for Christmas.  I changed the shade.  And of course my Valentine Annie that Debbie made me years ago.  I love how her heart is pinned on her apron.

I always have an Annie on my baking area. Nicole has made some cute Valentine ones too, they area all over the house.  

My newest find. My friend Paula invited me out to lunch at a tea house this past week. When I walked in I spotted this beauty right away.  After we lunched I made a dash to the front where this was.  Luckyily she was still there waiting for me.  

I decided to put photos on this table for Valentine's Day.  I love all my photos but with the digital cameras I hardly ever print out photos anymore. I've got to start doing that again.  I love frames and I love setting my photos out.  

Do you see that big photo of the boys hugging? Well I cherish that photo because I don't think I'll ever see that again!!!!  I took the photo and had it restored because it had faded so bad over the years.  It is my all time favorite photo of any I've taken of them.  Be still my heart.  I have the best boys ever. Have I told you that lately??

Isn't this little guy cute? Homegoods!!!  The two guys in the polka dotted frame are pretty cute too.  

Freakin cute  little things.  They make me smile.

Not happy with this little happening but it's all I got.  I need Hunka to make me a red little cabinet like that black one.  Then it would be making me smile.  The quilt on the wall my friend Tammy made me.  Can you see the X's and O's?  So cute.  The heart quilt was a tutorial I did a couple times.  

I had this out for Christmas too but like I said I rolled it right over to Valentine's day if I could.  These candles smell sooooo dang good. Of course I'll never light them.  I love them just the way they are.  I wish my computer was scratch and sniff cause you would be scratching like crazy.  Trust me on that one!  

Guess I'll stop here and get back to my REDwork.  I've been doing a lot of that lately. Red runs through my veins.  Well, yours too, but more so in mine!!!  

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to come back soon.  

 

 

 

RED, RED and more RED

I can't believe we're starting week 2 already this year. Around here it feels like we are having Spring. It was almost 70 on Friday, Saturday  close to 60 and who knows what next.  The poor plants and trees are going to be so confused soon.  I'm wondering what this will do to all of my bulbs that I planted last year?  I hope they still come up. Last winter was so bad it even snowed into March so my bulbs didn't all bloom. I'm thinking this year might not be so good either. I went to get a pedi today and dug out my flip flops. People are walking around in shorts and t shirts.  That's unheard of here in January.  How's the weather where you are?? Crazy too?

I've been quilting on my Gammill. I finished a football themed quilt for Hunka that I started, oh about 8 years ago. Haaaaaa    I swear, it could even be longer.  It's all quilted now and the binding is sewn on, I just need to sew it down.  It's a full size quilt so that will take me awhile. It was a surprise when he saw it. Only bad thing is it's not RED like his favorite football team. The SF 49ers.  It's green and brown. More Packer fan really.  But still he likes it. He better.  :) It's not real exciting unless your a guy and a football fan.  

He liked that it was these retro football players.  I do too.  Just wish it were red/gold.  :(

 

I'm still dragging out my Valentine stuff. I don't have a lot like other holidays but still I've got enough. I love making pillows for Valentine's day each year.  I have another one I just remembered. I'll have to find that one. 

This is the one I made for this year.  It's a kit too on my website.  :)  

Check out what Boo gave me for Christmas. I told him I'd love to have an old rotary red phone just to use for decorating. And he found one!!  This thing is soooo heavy.  I love it. I can't believe he found me one.  Isn't it awesome? I'd love to use it. Do you think it would work with the rotary dial on it?  

I love my red suitcases, cakestands, annies and of course pillows.  All in RED. 

I was just looking through my older photos and found this one. Now where did I put that little quilt?   Isn't it funny how your forget about them, then you make yourself crazy trying to find them again.  

Check out my little helper.  Of all places she could lay in my sewing room. She thinks she's  a cat.  lolol

My pan O hearts!  Some of these were given to me by Doe years ago. And some I made this year. 

Love my dotty clothespins.  

Took down the Christmas stuff and put up a different house. I love this potting shed.  

Put this back up there too by the house. I love the things hunka makes me. 

Ok, enough RED for one post.  Be back soon with more.  :)  I'm a blogging role you know. 

 

 

Nothing much over here!

How's your New Year going?  So far so good over here.  But we're only 6 days into it so I won't get too excited.  

Today is my wonderful Mother in law's birthday. We miss her so much.  She was the best lady, and the best gramma to both of my boys.  Wasn't she pretty?  

Today is also the day that Hunka and I first met in San Diego.  25 years ago.  Who knew time would fly by so fast?   Yep we met on his momma's birthday.  At least we never forget the date right? 

My poor Pfaff had to go to the sewing machine doctor.  I turn her on and she has a seizure for about 20 min. I just couldn't stand to watch her anymore suffer like that.  Yesterday we dropped her and it was a sad day for me. I'll have to wait for two weeks before I get to see her again.  :(    Oh yes I have other machines. Lots of them matter of fact, but none stand up to my Pfaff.  I've probably had her for over 24 years.  Hunka bought her for me at a Home & Garden show in Ca.  That machine is a work horse.  Do you have a favorite machine like that at your house?  

I wanted to show you a couple things I got for Christmas.  One is a quilt and pillow cases that Nancy made me.  

Isn't it cute? I think I'm the one in the middle with the red dress on and she is the one standing next to me with the green skirt on. 

And King Sized pillow cases to match.

Beth made this one for me.  Sooo cute.  Love Civil War fabric.

While I'm showing quilts I thought I'd show these again.  Hunka made this quilt hanger to fit in a hallway when we lived in Ca. We brought it with us and it fit perfectly at the bottom of our stairs going into my sewing rooms.

These are two little mini's I made. Not too hard but fun to make and quilt.  I'm into the mini's now.  I'm running out of room for quilts in this house.  My boys have so many they say, NO MORE!!   All I can hope for is a couple daughter in laws that will want them.  

That's about all I have for now.  Not a lot going on over here.  I'm still taking down Christmas and putting it away.  Bringing out my Valentine decor too.  It's always fun to see it after a year of hiding.  

Thanks for stopping by!!

 

 

HAPPY 2012

Happy New Year everyone.  Here's to a great new year for all of us.  I think mine is off to a great start.  At least I'm happy with it so far.  :)  True it's only day one but still.  I'm optimistic. Which doesn't happen often with me.  My cup is usually half empty.  lolol  

I know Christmas is over but I still have some stuff to show you.  We had Hunka's cousins over for dinner right before Christmas so got out lots of my red dishes.  I loved the way my table looked.  

I loved having a lamp on the table. Made me feel like I was in a fancy restaraunt. Even though I was the chef at this restaurant.  Still felt good alright?

Ok, I'm not so sure why this photo is LARGE!!

One more thing with Christmas.   Just one please!!  Can you tell I love red?  Well, I do.  And now that Valentine's Day is coming I can continue with my RED.  This quilt I made years ago and I love it.  It is a big one let me tell you. Thought I'd never finish it. My bed is a Ca. King if that tells you how big it is. 

 

I wanted to make something using Natalie of Cinderberry Stitches new fabric line.  So this is what I came up with.  I just started messing around with a couple rulers.  I'm happy with it.  Now to quilt it.  And it's red so you know I love it.  

This is going to be one of the Monthly mini's on Daisy Cottage.  Sort a busy looking but not too bad in person.  haaaa Let's just say it's HAPPY ok?  

Another project in progress.  This fabric is also from Natalie's Woodlands line of fabric.  

I hope everyone is having a great January 1st today.  Now if you'll excuse me while I have some of chocolate taht Boo gave me for Christmas.  Yes, it's Godiva too.  Only the best for his momma.  

 

 

Yes, there's more.

I'm back with more decorations. I'll be showing you my crap right up until Valentine's Day I'm afraid.  haaaaa  Because truly I won't have all of it down and packed up until Easter the way I'm going.  But lucky for me some of you volunteered to come over here and help me clean up.  I can't wait till you get here.  We'll make a party of it ok?  I'll send you home with fabric for helping me. Deal?  

Ok here goes more!!!  Buckle up and let's go.  

I bought this pie box/case/????  years ago in California.  I love it and move it all around the house.  It is a great thing for decorating with.  I've had it everywhere in this house I think.  Now it's in the dining room.  I need to come up with stuff to put inside it.  

It's just blank and dusty inside.  Not even a pie in there.  Maybe I should set a pie bird in it?  Not sure why that fruit basket thingy is there.  I probably just threw it in to hide it.  

My latest Annie doll.  I KNOW I KNOW!! I have a serious problem.  I'm in therapy for it.  And, it's NOT working.  I sent Nicole some of the Christmas fabric I had and asked her to make this for me.  Did I already tell you all of this??  Please excuse me if I did.  

These are some of the gifties I made for my friends this year.  I love giving gifts to my friends just to let them know how much I care about them and to surprise them.    For me it's not getting the gifts. Don't get me wrong. I LOVE GIFTS as much as the next person. But honestly I do love giving.  I always have.  I am so lucky to have lots of good friends that are good to me and genuine friends.  Nothing fake about them. They expect nothing from me.  Even if I sent nothing they would be my friend. It's been a rough year for me in the friend dept.   I know I did my best to be friends with those that choose to not friend me. I am a loyal friend and I always will be. I will go to the very end for my friends which I have done for some.  It came back to bite me in the @&& but I did it and I'm glad I did. Sometimes that's not good enough though.  That's all I can do.  Really the petty stuff is just that, petty.  Life is to short to carry grudges and it only makes you miserable inside.  I'd rather be nice to those around me. And if they chose to not like me, well so be it.  Nothing I can do about that.  Sorry to be so sappy but this time of year that's how I am.  Remembering the ones I  care about.  I can hear those that don't like me or care for me mumbling now,  but that's ok.  I'll continue being the way I am.  I like who I am and how I treat people. I am quick to forgive and forget but sometimes you can only take so much abuse from others before you react.   I could go on and on but I'll stop.  But before I stop, I have to thank God that my very good friend Beth is here to enjoy Christmas after what she went through this morning.  I have never been more happy to hear her voice as I was this morning.  If your on my FB you know what I'm talking about.  Like I said before, life is too short.  So enjoy those around you this Chrismtas.    

Hunka told me a couple weeks ago he had a surprise planned for me and I had to dress warm. That is all he would tell me.  Well, it was the best surprise ever.  We have the Daniel Boone home here in Missouri.  It is the most awesome place ever if you love history.  But for Christmas they do this candlelight tour. They put out over 3,000 candles. No lights at all.  You have a guided tour going through all the buildings. A church, a mill,  a general store,  some houses,  and finally you tour Daniel Boone's home and they have him there. Well not HIM but someone who is supposed to be him.   The people in each building are re-enacting back in the day 1820's or so. We were just ghosts watching all of this. They don't interact with us at all. They just go about their business.  It was so awesome I can't even tell you. Only problem is that I couldn't take photos.  It was DARK.  The things in the homes etc, were real items from back in the day and some belonged to the Boone family from way back.  

These photos were taken as you start your tour so there were lights.  

Can you imagine riding around in these when it is snowing, windy and freezing outside? I sure would love to have one now though. 

This is what it looked like in the dark.  Candles everywhere. 

I think this one was in the general store.  

Every house had a real wood burning fireplace roaring inside.  I'm telling you I could have pulled up a chair and stayed.  I love that era.  

In the church where the choir was singing. We all sat in the pews and listened.  It made you wanna go to church I'm telling you.  

These big candle holders were out in front of the houses. I want one! Wish I could have gotten a better picture but we were told NO FLASH.  And you know me, I would die if I flashed and blinded the folk from the 1800's.   

I asked Hunka a few weeks ago if he would like to make cookies with me.  Well can you tell by that face the answer????   Lord help me!!

Do we have a mess going or what? He's over there checking out his recipe.  He went through my cookbooks and picked out what he wanted to bake. 

I'm not sure I like him enjoying using my mixer.  That is MY mixer.  But he loves power tools.  

So I told him that is not a good thing when your dough does not fall out of the pan.  But he's happy so let's not ruin it for him. 

Can I tell you how many times I told him to put the lid on the brown sugar?????   And can we just talk about that apron for a minute?   He is rockin it isn't he? And it's a Moda Home apron. We don't mess around over here.  Only the best when we are baking. 

We haven't killed each other.........yet!!!

Got my mixer back!!

That makes me happy, happy, happy

Can you tell which cookie tray is mine and which is his?  He asked me, why do they all have to be the same size????  Oh I don't know.........

I hoped you enjoyed the photos.  This was heavy in the picture dept.  

Hunka and I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.  

 

 

 

 

 

Decorating Part Deux

Look at me speaking French.  Impressed aren't you?  :)   

Now with gifties galore.  And I still have wrapping to do.  I'm not diggin the wrappin scene. 

The fancy gifts are Boo's. He and Hillarie wrapped them.  I'm very impressed.  

Speaking of Boo and Hillarie. Here they are.  They were here this weekend.  Isn't she cute?  We liked her so much.  She's even wearing my favorite color.  

My little helper.  

This was before we did our lights.   I love the Christmas quilt.  It's fun to change them each season. 

and after......

We weren't even going to put lights outside but I think I hinted so much Hunka decided to do some.  Next year will be better but I'm happy with them.  The problem is we had all these decorations and lights that we put on our house in Ca. and since we've moved here we haven't planned on the lights for this house. That's going to change next year.  

I decided to bring up a couple of my red suitcases.  Put this tree in my bedroom. Now I have two in there. 

I like pictures without the flash.  

Do you like my little tree mat?  Wendy made it for me.  I love it so much.  She also made me a cute little coin purse.  I'll show you that too.  Talk about a nice surprise.  

Here's the cute little coin purse Wendy made me.  Love it.  Thank you Wendy.

 

Love my old birdcage.  I could not decide what to put inside. Then I found this big box full of red ornaments.  PERFECT.   

This is one of my favorite Christmas quilts.  Just noticed it's hanging upside down.  haaa

This year I decided to hang my Christmas cards from Baker's Twine using red and white polka dotted clothes pins.  Sorry the pic is so blurry.  I tried three times. 

You can sort of see it through here to the right. 

Ok there's part two.  Be back again with three and probably four.  Who wants to come over and help me take all this down in January???  Anyone???? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Decorating part 1

Ready for some decorating? I have to just stop and put the rest of my stuff away. I could go on for another month dragging out stuff.  Only to have to put it away in a few weeks.  So I am done. 

We have had these wooden guys for years!  This is the big one and we have a little guy. His brother.  haaa  I really need to buy them some clothes.  They hang around the house all naked day in and day out. They don't really seem to mind though.  

My white and red tree.  Love it!!!  I have a few pics of it.  I just couldn't get the right lighting.  

I love my little chick. Not sure if it's Christmassy but in my house it is.  

This three jar thing I got in St. Charles.  Not sure yet what I'll do with it.  I think flowers will go in it in the Spring.  

I know the date is wrong. That's how long ago I started my decorating.  

See the little glass jar? It's itsy bitsy. And you stick the light bulb from the tree inside them. I have a bunch fo them on the tree.  I bought them last year. This year I couldn't find anymore at the shop.  

You probably can't see the candle and the holder well but you clip these onto the tree. They are a rusty tin candle holder with a clip to attach to the branches.  The candle isn't even 1 1/2 inches tall.  

This wall isn't that bright. Like I said, I had lighting issues.  And other issues but we won't go into those.  haaaa  

This cute red sleigh basket I bought last year too.  It's so old looking.  And the little tree is new this year.  It came with the decorations on it. Of course the red bench hunka makes. 

My country tree in the dining room.  Didn't mean to cover up Annie's face.  Poor thing under there and she can't see a thing.  

Again, with the lighting.  Boo bought me this antique sleigh during his last visit.  I absolutely love love love it.  It is just what I've wanted.  Red and all.  I was going to put it out on the porch but I wanted to see it so I left it inside.  It's awesome.   

Love my houses.  This santa is the perfect size to stand by the house.  

Ok, there's part of the tour.  Much more to show.  I'll try to come back soon. This month is flying by and I am no where near ready for  Christmas.  I still need to go shopping. Usually I'm all over that part but, not this year.  Just can't get going.  I must be ill.  :)  

Thanks for stopping by!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tis The Season to decorate

A few more pictures from my favorite store.

Cute snowman candle melty. 

More great pillows. 

They had the best Santas this year. 

Hunka and I went back to the store this week and almost everything had sold.  They've been busy.  I was hoping to pick up a few things but that didn't happen.  And yes that made Hunka a very happy Hunka.  :)  

Now we're out on the street.  I love the old cobblestone streets they have.  All the shops put things out front on display too.  This weekend we're going there because the carolers will be out at night, carriage rides, etc.  I can't wait. 

Lots of wreaths on windows/doors.

Next, my decorations.  So make sure you come back.  

 

 

 

Chop Chop!!! Christmas is coming!!!!

Where did the last two weeks go?   I always think I'm ready for the holiday's but when they get close I panic.  I realize I am in no way ready at all.  Then I also think I can bust out all of this stuff in no time at all. So what do I do? I stand in my sewing room staring at everything for awhile, then turn around and go back upstairs.  I realize I can't do it. But I still put that pressure on me.  Every single year.  Yes, I know it comes every year at the same time.  Last year I remember even saying that I was starting in January making gifts. Which I think I did, but now I can't remember what I made or where I put what I made.  There is another problem I have.  MEMORY!!  GONE!! 

At least I had a very nice Thanksgiving.  We went over to my little sisters house. Skinny one as I love to call her. And yes I admit, I'm very jealous of that fact.  How does she eat chocolate, pastries and Starbucks every single day and stay that way?  I'm on the same diet and it's not working out for me so well.  And no, that's not food on my lip, I had a huge gigantic fever blister.  lolol  Probably from my healthy diet that I practice. 

 Once November hits, it's all about the eating for me.  NO time to lose weight.  I say gain and gain big!! That's my motto.  Take for instance, this pumpkin pie. Our realtor that sold us out house 2 1/2 years ago, emailed and asked if we'd like to get a free pumpkin pie from a local bakery for Thanksgiving? Well............uhhhhhhh let me think for a split second.  YESSSSSSS!!!!!  And can I have some Cool Whip too?   This was the best pumpkin pie ever.  The crust sooo flaky and the pie, well it just melted in your mouth.   Pure heaven!!!   Did I say these are the best realtors?  If your selling a house in St.Louis let me know.  Bob and Jan would love to help you out.   You too can have a pumpkin pie maybe next year.  And maybe me too if you give them a call.  

Turkey!!  This bird was mm mmm good.  My brother in law makes it every year and he says his secret is:  BUTTER!! Lots of butter.  I say bring it on and let's not waste time shall we?  That had to be the best juiciest white meat ever.  Am I making you hungry? See that's how it all starts for me too.  I talk food, then I have to eat food.  I watch the Food TV channel and I cook, I cook, then I eat.  See where I'm going with this?  

Ok I'll stop talking about eating. How about shopping? That's the second best thing I love to do.  Went back to my favorite place and took some pictures before Thanksgiving. Oh wait!! These are my two handsome, wonderful boys!!  I'm so happy I get to spend the holiday's with them now.  It's sooooo nice.  And guess what? Boo had an extra airline ticket and gave it to me for my trip to LA in January.  Now I'll be for sure seeing Beth, Yvette and my BFF and going to Road to CA.  YIPPEEEE.   5 glorious days!!   Thank you Boo.  

I seriously want that red chair.  If I go down there next week and it's there it might be coming home with me.  I LOVE IT. And that red cabinet.  I spend so much money everytime I go in this place.  

See that red pillow in the chair? Hunka went there and bought it for me as a surprise. I love those hooked pillows.   It's mine now. All mine!!  I have to say when I showed him the pillow and he saw the price tag he said,  "HOW MUCH is that pillow?"    MEN!   They just don't get it do they?   haaaaa  I should have said it's PRICELESS. 

My pillow.  Cute isn't it?  He bought it for my Anniversary gift along with a Nordstroms gift card which is the perfect gift I think.  I think I'll be married another year now.  :)  

Here's a close up of my chair.  And see the white snowman pillow? It's like the red one Hunka bought me.  I love it too.  Hint hint. Maybe while he's there he can load up that chair.  

Wouldn't you love to have this bed?

This little tree came home with me.  

Loved the santa paper garland. 

Hope you enjoyed the tour for now.  I have more I'll post next along with some of my Christmas decorating.  I've started and have trees everywhere.  Thanks for stopping by!!!   And I hope you and your families had a great Thanksgiving.