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Welcome with a Little Vintage


If you were to come to my house, and come through the garage (which is the most used entrance), you’d find this fun little vignette.  It’s a  bit of an ode to summer here in the Northland…

A few fun drink coolers for your water, or lemonade, or kool-aid for picnics.

A fun little lantern which is perfect for those summer nights…it reminds me of going night crawler hunting with Dad.  (For those of you not from northern Minnesota, the night crawler (worm) is great bait for fishing!) Read more

There is Beauty All Around Us…


I LOVE summertime – and all the gorgeous flowers that grow!

These are some of the latest beauties from my garden… Read more

Antiquing, Vintaging, and Consignment Shopping!


Wahoooooooooo!

It’s been a day of fun for me and two of my girls…and Tim and Tom!

I wasn’t sure if Gabi was really going to be up to the task of consignment shopping, she is her father’s daughter after all.  But then, she ever so valiantly tagged along for this part of the trip.  We even found her a few new tops for school in the fall!

What was on the agenda, you ask? Read more

Elena and The Photo Shoot


It rained the day of the photo shoot, which brought all the festivities indoors.

The session was a favor to my friend Barb Kellogg who is building her people portfolio…she already does wonderful pet and landscape photography.

The original plan was for her to shoot our family…Sam, Gabi, Tim and me.  However, I, having once again over scheduled myself, had the babies for the day too.

Thankfully, Jen (baby Momma) decided it would be a good idea to snap a few photos of the little ones too.

The fun began shortly after Barb arrived… Read more

My Late Mother’s Day Present & Vintage Finds


Miss Gabi finished my Mother’s Day present last weekend and I am now the proud recipient of a “Gabi Original” work of art!

How cute is this?

And I LOVE that she painted the “Always in My” on there too…

A sweet little message from my not so little girl.

She’s almost done with 6th grade and just received a “Presidential Excellence Award”.

{proud sigh}

7th grader.

My baby is going to be a 7th grader!

I guess it always catches us by surprise…this kid growing up thing.

You go along in your day to day living…waking them up for school (BRUSH YOUR TEETH!), sending them to bed (DID YOU BRUSH YOUR TEETH?) and everything in between…

And WHAM.

They grow up when we aren’t looking.

{sigh}

Make some memories…

Cherish every moment…

Even the (BRUSH YOUR TEETH!) ones.

Now with those ultra wise words being said…

Take a look at the rest of the vignette I put her painting with:

A fun little mudroom vignette.

A fun little mudroom vignette.

I just have to take a moment to show you a few of my favorite finds:

Fantastic vintage "Fresh 7Up" crate...Love the Campbell's Soap container and yes..."If you write in the Dust, please don't date it"

Fantastic vintage “Fresh 7Up” crate…Love the Campbell’s Soap container and yes…”If you write in the Dust, please don’t date it”

And this WONDERFUL little “lunch bucket(?)”:

Check it out!  It even says "Fresh-O-Lator" on it!

Check it out! It even says “Fresh-O-Lator” on it!

I had to have it, I mean really!?!  “Fresh-O-Lator”?  Who can resist!  Surely, not me!

However, my favorite piece of this vignette will be Gabi’s present:

Always in my Heart

Always in my Heart

I hope to go and do a little “junking” tomorrow…I’ll let you know what I find!

In the meantime…

Have a great day!

Patty O

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