Merry Christmas and Holiday Blessings

It sure has been awhile since I last posted.

Some glimpses of Christmas decor from around our home.

I  love simple, rustic Christmas decor for the holiday season.

Lots of fresh greenery to last  into the  New Year.

Wishing your  families a  wonderful Christmas with all of the Blessings of  the Season.

Best wishes for the upcoming New Year.

I promise I will be much better with posting in 2015.

God's Blessings,

Julie

Shabby Screen with Christmas wreath

Love POPS of RED for Christmas and patina

Rust, Peely paint and greenery. Perfect combo for Christmas

Santa Vignette in dining room

Grain Sack Stocking and Old shutter

Funnel Tree that Hubby and I made. Plan to make some of these next  year for the Antique Store. Love these.

Seasonal Vignette in living room

JOY and Santa mini Collection

Old basket, suitcase and  chippy reindeer

Old Huge Wall map with  Christmas galvanized  garland. LOVE THIS

My lady friend dressed up in greenery for the holidays

Our tree this year. LOVE real Pine and especially the Fir trees.



MERRY CHRISTMAS  TO ALL !!! HAPPY NEW YEAR TOO!
JULIE

Fall is in the AIr

Fall is making its BURST if color in and around  the Antique Store. We are Preparing for our annual HARVEST GATHERING SHOW, SEPT. 27th and 28th,  Many amazing treasures will be brought in for that weekend alone.  

"Looks like something wicked this way comes."

Gorgeous BLACK AND WHITE Halloween Display in this dealer's fab spot.

A Little Old fashion country charm shown here with hints of FALL in the air.

It is looking SPOOKY on this floor upstairs. Come on in and check out all  the great new treasures.

GREAT, CLASSIC HALLOWEEN VIGNETTES are gathered in this great booth space.

Loving Mr. Bones and the Silhouette of him as well,

nice  and simple vignette with fall and autumn colors

Many TREATS to look at in this dealer's space.

 Come in to Antiques of Winfield. So many great treasures,  you will not be able to resist  the temptation to come again.
More photos later in the week.

Thanks for stopping by

Back to School ...Where did summer disappear too?

Where did summer go to  I ask myself. It flew by  and I am sad to see it go, after the crazy winter we had here in  the Chicago land area . I do hope Autumn days last far longer then the fast approaching winter ones. But until then, I plan to hold on tight to these glorious summer days and make the most out of them

My oldest will be heading of to high school. Hard to believe. Middle one at middle school and the baby is going to be in 2nd grade. My how time flies. YIKES!

I have been sorting through my junk piles getting ready to change up my space at the antique mall. With that in mind , I did some back to school vignettes.

Take a peek.

Enjoy these"dog days of summer." They run away from us quickly.

J

Back to school is in mind here at Antiques of   Winfield.

Love the old globes. The largest one has since sold and these vignettes I have changed a bit since this picture was taken.

Old farmhouse chic table with great patina , SOLD!

                                               ABC and 123, who is ready to head to school, not me?

That is all , more changes come to my space soon. I will keep you updated.

HAVE A GREAT ONE !  
J

God's creations are amongst us everywhere

We spent the 4th of July visiting the Florida Botanical Gardens in Largo, Florida. What an amazing place. I am always amazed at the foliage that grows in different regions of our nation/ world.
The evening was spent at the beach watching fireworks explode around us in every direction.

In Florida Fireworks are legal and the locals set them off all along the beach front.

In Illinois, they are illegal, as many of us Illinoisans know. So imagine our reaction as the  began to set and we had fireworks going off all around us. Some in very close range. A bit unnerving , for sure . So we moved to the boardwalk to watch them . A bit safer of a place to watch the celebration amongst us.

Here are some of the pictures taken at Heritage Colonial Village and the Florida Botanical Gardens.

IF you are in the Clearwater /  Tampa area, these are two of the best kept secrets around.  These two  tourists sites are WORTH the visit.

Enjoy.

Julie

Gorgeous Hanging Basket at the Florida Botanical Gardens

Trumpet flower Tree

Hibiscus tree , gorgeous foliage

We saw some of these scary fellas sneaking around in the water. What a scary thought.

Roses in the wedding garden at Florida's Botanical Gardens.

Lovely Quote , true, true, true.

This cutie appeared in the Wedding garden. Love this topiary. GREAT FUN!

Love the patina on the boards, and sign. 

Sunset at Indian Rocks Beach on the 4th of July.

FIREWORKS on the BEACH!

LOVE THIS OLD TRAIN SIGN AT THE HERITAGE COLONIAL VILLAGE. This is the REAL DEAL ladies. Loving it and the rusty collection next to it.

AMAZING CONCRETE URNS, donated to the botanical and Heritage Woods gardens.
Hope you enjoyed just a peek at what we have been up to in SUNNY FLORIDA the last 2 weeks. Take care.

J.

HAPPY 4th of JULY, Thrifiting in Florida

Happy 4th of July. We are on vacation for 2 weeks in sunny Florida. Some pictures of the beach and enjoying the surf and sand. I have found some great treasures down here as well.

those pictures I will post  later.
Enjoy our nation's birthday today, however you choose to celebrate it, with friends and family.

most importantly BE SAFE!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA!

                    Chattanooga TN. At the world's Oldest Civil WAR battlefield. What an interesting place this was to visit, upon celebrating our nation's birthday. This was one of  the bloodiest battles fought during the Civil War.

LOOKING our 85 feet high over Chickamauga Battle Field in TN. 

Civil War Canons 

Overview of Chickamauga Civil War Battle field. This 5,000 plus acre National Park has been kept the same, nothing changed since the Civil War was fought in our nation.

AHHHHH the sun and sand in Clearwater, Florida

Enjoying the sand and surf.

The beach  in Largo Florida, Indian Rocks Beach. So clean and serene. We have seen Armadillos, pelicans and waiting to see the annual Dolphin run. ENJOY TODAY.  BE SAFE.

J.

A bit of this and a bit of that ..... garden, shop , home

Hi All.....

getting ready to head on vacation but wanted to post a few pictures from my gardens, inside our home and pictures from the antique shop. Some are of my space and some of  the other dealers spaces ,
take a peek.

This was the ultimate dumpster dive find. Found it at a house by my parents and it was FREE. Love it in my garden. Lots of rust and crust on this treasure.

Flowers in the garden

4th of July style

Gallery wall fun

My updated space at Antiques of Winfield. How cute is this old farm style cupboard?

Anther peek around the mall.

Barb's great space at the store. Lots of great EYE candy. Come on in and check out all of the treasures if in and around the Winfield area.