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Sunday, May 20, 2012

SHOW & TELL

I thought I would share a few miscellaneous things with you today. When we went to The Flower Fields I did a little shopping in the nursery attached. They have some really cute gift items and their prices are amazing. See the flower vase? I paid $12.95 for it and it has that cute little top that you can use for something like long stem roses.

The little lavender planter was $6.95 and the two little potted artificial plants inside were $3.95 each. Are they not adorable? The 3 bottles I ordered through the mail from Decor Steals. I just love the little crowns. Actually I have some wall decorative crowns arriving in the mail any day now. I am working on putting kind of a French Country Royal theme on my fireplace mantel. I will show you when it's done!


Next up is this plate. I have to tell you the background to this plate. See the platter in the top right corner. That platter belonged to my husbands Nana, her name was Mable. I always keep this platter on our hutch, but now our hutch is filled with my Jim Shore pieces. One day many years ago I came upon this collectible plate.  Mark's grandmother had a hutch in the hallway by their kitchen that looked so much like the picture on this plate. See the platter in the background.  I know the platter is different but I just could not resist buying this collectible plate which is called "Mable's Kitchen."


The crowns arrived! I just set them on the mantle to show you.
This is a work in progress!


See this cute wire wall thingy.
I use clothespins to hang cards on it!

Hope you have a great week ahead.

31 comments:

  1. I'd say your mantle is crowned with success!

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  2. Everything is just gorgeous but I do love the crowns very much.

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  3. All your items are beautiful, I like the vase for the long stem flowers :)

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  4. Nicely arranged Debby. Love the flowers especially. Blessings.

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  5. I love all the vases but especially the violet one. I like the plates you bought too. Now what is your project with the crowns - they look nice on the fireplace. And I also liked the cute wire wall thingy. You get a lot of cards. Love, sandie

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  6. All very nice finds, Debby!! You have a flair for decorating!!

    betty

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  7. I especially love the little lavender pot!

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  8. I love lavender (have a couple of bunches growing outside) and the little lavender pot is adorable.

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  9. oh my gosh..I never saw crowns before! i love that whole idea!! how fun.

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  10. Your mantle looks great. I like the crowns a lot. They really show up beautifully!
    The bottles with the little crowns are darling!
    The planter also. Those little faux blue flowers look real. How sweet! Little things can make such a difference.
    hugs!!

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  11. Such pretty things ... I especially like the faux lavender and the little pot they're in. Thanks for sharing!

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  12. I love all of your new goodies, especially the collectible plate! It reminds me of days gone by...

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  13. What beautiful finds! I love the vase!! :-)

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  14. You are so creative! I love those crowns! And so would Breezy and Deanie. Their sorority in college was ZTA and their whateveryoucallit was a 5 pointed crown. I've got to look into getting those little bottles. I love the platter and the plate is just perfect! I have a couple of the husband's grandmother's things- her punch bowl and a candy dish. LOVE the mantle! Want to come do some decorating in my house?

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  15. Love the Vase and Lavender Pot! And of course you had to have that Plate...the Name says it all!

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  16. Oh, Maaan! I love the crown bottles! See, I used to be known as the queen of my classroom. I even had a list of rules called "How To Keep The Queen Happy."

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  17. a mantel fit for a Queen. I love it. xo P.S. I have one of those bottles in my artroom :-)

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  18. LOVE IT!! I'm back! I need to play major catch up. Wrote a few blogs and am excited to be reading too! Your finds are great and I love the crowns!!!
    Hugs- L

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  19. love the pictures... all so pretty! Have a great week too!

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  20. Oh the lavendar is just gorgeous. Love little potted plants in a house, it just brightens things up!

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  21. Love your cute wire wall thingy! What a great idea!
    Sandy

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  22. OHHH i love the crowns arrived. I'm loving the mantel look!

    The clothes pin is such a cute idea.

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  23. How very fittin' sweetie. Crowns for the Queen of Decor!!! What a beautiful job ya did settin' up your wonderful treasures!

    God bless ya sweetie and have an awesome day!!! :o)

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  24. You have great taste Debby! Wish I could see a video cam of your house. I'll bet it's magazine worthy!

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  25. Debby,
    What a lovely collage of photos...I like the little bottles. isn't EVERYTHING a work in progress?

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  26. love the flowers.. So crafty..

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  27. The whole mantle arrangement looks wonderful. Something about the crowns and lavender together is just lovely.

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