Lost Our Marbles!

For Flea Market Friday, I thought I'd show y'all DH's favorite collection of all!

All 10,000+ of them!

He started collecting marbles years ago. He found an old wooden game board with clay marbles displayed on it at a favorite antiques shop. He was hooked!

The clay ones go way back. Some of them are said to have been used by the early American Indians. Along with the clay marbles, there are agates, china, handpainted, swirls, benningtons, and lots of others. I like that orange and black marble below. Looks like Halloween colors!

The jars they are displayed in are neat, too. I love the vintage Tom's Peanut Jars, Stewarts, a Squirrel brand Peanut Jar, and lots of old Mason jars. There's about 25 jars in all.

Lots of them are arranged by colors.

This jar is kindof Christmasy!

We get lots of jokes at shows like, "Have you lost all your marbles?"

The answer is "Yes!" But at least, DH has a collection of them to fall back on!

Have a good weekend all!

Flea Market SUNday!

Hope y'all are having a nice relaxing Sunday! I've been playing around with my DD's new camera, so I thought I'd share some more pics of old stuff.

This lil mad guy was my older brother's toy when he was a baby!

(My brother is 67 now!)

I thought it was sortof an odd looking toy for a child!

He's cute in spite of his tough looking exterior.

Reminds me of a kewpie doll.

The backside view is too funny!

This is a beautiful handpainted teacup.
It has no markings on the bottom.

I don't understand why the design seems unfinished on the back?
Anyone familiar with these?


Here's an old soda bottle. Love it! I wonder what it tasted like?


Here's a view of part of our milk bottle collection. Pardon the dust!
I need to get all these down for a good cleaning and sorting. We have way too many! I hope to have a few on Etsy soon.

Thanks for visiting!

Oh also, we are getting ready for a big antiques sale on Highway 64 in Arkansas! If you are in the area, it's called "Bargains Galore on 64!" 160 miles of yard sales and cool collectible stuff from Fort Smith to Beebe, Arkansas! Everyone sets up along the highway, so it's miles of flea market fun!!
It starts Thursday, August 13th through Saturday, August 15th.
I will post more on it soon!

Ellis Paul Free Music Download!

Hey y'all! Thought you'd like this free music download from singer/songwriter, Ellis Paul! Yep, it's FREE! How many musicians today do that for their fans? Just click on the photo to go to Ellis' website.

I can hardly wait til the cd is released!

His music speaks for itself. I've been a fan ever since I heard, "The World Ain't Slowin' Down." I was on my way to work ,a "few" years back, and the local DJ said, "It doesn't get any better than this!" He was certainly right.

My grandbaby and I love to listen to "The Dragonfly Races" cd as well. A real fun toe tapper! It's a must if you have little ones around. Well, it's fine without little ones around as well! :)

Enjoy!
Special thanks to Ellis Paul for his kind generosity in sharing his wonderful talent!

Flea Market Friday is back!

Oh my, I've missed more than a couple Flea market Fridays!

(almost missed this one! LoL!)

Here's some vintage bling that's oh so sparkley in person! I ran across a box full while packing up one of our curio cabinets. I don't have a clue when it comes to this stuff.

DH just sees an item that he likes and grabs it up if its a bargain.

The silver items above are my favorites. The one at the top left has a pin back and I think it's a "tussy mussy?" It holds some sort of small flowers or maybe lavender. At the bottom left, the silver container held maybe matches. It has what looks like a flint on the inside.
Here's some pinks and purples!

I like the reds and golds, too!
The little round key fob at the bottom right has a clip on the back, and it's a pretty pearl type inlay. My descriptions are probably way off! Please leave me a comment if you have any info on some of these items.

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a great weekend everybody!

Aretsy Christmas In July

The AREtsy Team (Etsy sellers from Arkansas) is having a Christmas in July sale starting Monday, July 6 and lasting 2 weeks until Sunday, July 19.

Check out our Team's blog for a clickable list of sales information on all the shops. Just click on the logo above.

Or, just go to Etsy and type in Aretsy in the search box for more!

Both my Vintage shop and my handpainted shop are in this sale. Everything is 10% off!! The 10% will be refunded via PayPal after your purchase.

It's time to start thinking Christmas!

Thanks!

Free Vintage Images

Happy Friday to all!

I've been having so much fun with the new scanner!

Here are images that might be good for some of your art or scrapbooking.

I love the kitchen stuff. DH has lots of cookbooks that I can scan!

Yep, they are HIS! LoL!

I wanted to put this Blue Ribbon recipe book on Etsy, but he wanted to keep it!

I love the cute cover!

This is the back of the cookbook.

Flea Market Friday will be back soon. I haven't had time to take any photos.
It's toooo hot to go outside!

Hope that you'll enjoy these images.
Please let me know if you create something with them. Would love to see!
Thanks!!

Have a great weekend, and be safe in this heat!

Americana Giveaway!

Wow! The latest giveaways are kind of like the summer blockbuster movies!

Lots of great stuff to see!
Here's an assortment of Americana items from Cindy at
Our Primitive Heart!
I love that little Annie doll!
She's ready for the 4th of July holiday!
Just check out Cindy's blog to enter the drawing!

Thanks very much, Cindy!

GiveAWay from MommaB!

YES!! It's another great giveaway from Vickie at MommaB's Front Porch!
It's a good one, too! As you can see in the photo, Vickie is a wonderful painter! At the risk of squelching my chances at getting this SO cool candle holder, I must shout it out to the blog world to head on over to her blog and post a comment for an opportunity to win! (LoL! I DO get an extra chance at winning if I spread the word, so my motives are purely selfish!)
Thanks, Vickie, for your super talent!

Dad's Interviews

Happy Father's Day to all the dads, stepdads, and grandpas out there!

This is a photo from the late 60s of 2 of my little brothers

holding a drawing of mine.

I saw this cartoon in the paper, so I sketched my version of it.

It's a comic of a teenage girl and her boyfriend,

very nervously, but politely, chatting with her dad.

Chatting may be an understatement! :-D

My Dad had to meet every boy that I wanted to go out with, before we went out.

Just getting boys to come by and talk to my Dad was a job in itself.

It was more like a job interview, with the usual, "What are your plans for the future?" and "Where do you see yourself in 10 years?" kind of chat.

I was horrified as each unsuspecting victim....er....prospective boyfriend, stopped by for their turn at the third degree.

Now that DH and I have 3 grown daughters, and have been through the *dating thing* with them, it all makes total sense!

Dad is now 93 and will do interviews for the grandkids AND great-grandkids potential victims...er... boyfriends!!

Thanks to my Dad for being a terrific interviewer!

P.S. That young man getting *interrogated* in the sketch is my hubby of 38 years.

(He didn't pass the interview at first!)

Saturday Pinks!

Good Saturday morning to everyone! I'm in a pink mood lately. I think my granddaughter has something to do with that for sure! Here she is helping me gather a vase full of hydrangeas from my yard. It was heavy, but she loves to help out.

I also took this photo of a baby preying mantis. He was fast, but I managed to get a shot that was almost in focus! LoL! He was SO little, barely an inch or so.

And I just listed this sweet pale Pink oval Pyrex dish in my Vintage shop on Etsy. The color is gorgeous! Click on the photo to see more.

Thanks for visiting! I am back to packing up collectibles! (yes, still!) I will post before and after pics of my new floor when we get all finished.

Have a great Saturday!!!

Free Vintage Karo Syrup Images

Here's a couple images that y'all might like from an old Corn Products Cookbook.

This one is the from the first page of the Candy making section. It's my favorite because they are making fudge! My mom used to make fudge using the Karo Syrup recipe. The whole kitchen would smell so good while she was fixing it! We even loved it when it didn't turn out. We just used a spoon! :) I haven't had a lot of success with making it her way. I make the Kraft Marshmallow Fudge in the microwave. So easy, and it never fails! I am the appointed fudge candy maker in our family when we have get-togethers.

Hope that you'll enjoy these. Maybe they'd be good for some mixed media or however you choose to use them. Just click on the image to get the larger version, right click, and save as, to save to your pc.

Thanks!

Summer Celebration! OFG Style!

Click on the banner to see all the summer/patriotic items

created by the folks at

The Old Farmhouse Gathering Team on Etsy!

Everyone has been busy painting, stitching, glueing, cutting, hammering, & sewing away like a bunch of elves at Christmas!

Lots of things to make your summer a little more fun!

Here's one of my favorites from KeepsakeKorner's shop. An adorable summery, cottage style hat to wear out on a summer day to protect you from the suns rays. Just click on the hat to go to the Etsy listing!

Check back as I will post more summer favorites during the OFG Party!!

Thanks!