Friday Night Finds.

Almost every Friday night I attend a local auction. My Mom and I have reserved seats, lol. Last night there was an unusually large crowd, but I was lucky enough to bring home this haul...

I love the old turquoise step stool. Its wonderfully distressed and is showing some of the red paint that was its original color in the back. The little footstool is a gem, too.

See the little dog, he's a keeper. I know he's a likeness of Spuds McKensie (sp?), but to me he looks very much like my little granddog, Monkey. He's even the same size! And the lovely cake stand is a birthday gift for my dear Aunt. (Shhh! Don't tell her.) All the other pieces are going in my shop.

Including some lovely old English china and some blue onion.

And three matching silver plate pieces and an old horsehair basket that I'm going to fill with linens and lace.

If you're interested in purchasing any of these pieces before they're listed just send me an email at CottonridgeVintage@live.com.

Thanks for visiting! Y'all come back soon! (how corny right?)

Painting.

Today's a great day for painting!

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Evolution of a custom order.

Do you know who she is?

Just off my worktable.

A special order for a dear customer.

 

Ladybug Fairy Paintcan by CottonridgeEmporium.

My favorites.

I have many, many items in my vintage shop and they all hold some sort of fascination for me. I must admit, though, that I do have my favorites! They are not always the oldest, nor the rarest, nor the most expensive, but there is something about each one that calls to me. If you collect I'm sure you know what I mean. Here's my latest favorite...

Available from CottonridgeVintage

Plus, Thank you to Debra at Common Ground for featuring my French Chalkboard in Marketplace Monday! It gave me such a thirll to see it large as life in my feed this morning! Lord knows I need all the thrills I can get on a rainy Monday morning when I have a cold! Thank you again, Debra!

I'm still obsessed!

Here are some of the tattered flowers I've made lately all grouped together. I've had to postpone more for awhile in order to work on a special order painting project. Maybe that's a good thing.

You can find the tattered flowers in my etsy shop CottonridgeEmporium.

Gardenias from the garden.

Our gardenia bush is covered with white fragrant flowers. I cut a few branches and brought them in for the kitchen table. Wow, do they smell wonderful!