Saturday, March 18, 2017

All the Way From England!

I really like Ebay, you can find and buy things that may have taken you years to find otherwise.
So the other day this big crate was delivered to my house! And boy was I excited! I had waited nearly 2 weeks!! 



I had hoped it would not get broken traveling all those miles. So here was the moment of truth. It was definitely packed well!

Have you guessed what it might be? Think Victorian! Oh boy, Oh boy!



Here it is! I am just thrilled with it! 



A great piece for my wanna be Victorian home. I took the dome off and cleaned it, I don't think it ever had been. Dirty dome, and I found a glass pin head that needed to be put back on a bird for it's eye. The little bun feet on the base of the dome had been removed at one time so I will be adding those back on.



For now I will keep it here on this parlor table next to the lamp and my recliner chair so I can see it really well! Won't even need to get out of my chair to see it :)



Because I am so fond of Victorian domes I bought the book, Under Glass by John Whitenight, off of Ebay quite some time ago.



Such a wonderful book. Check out the wonderful end papers.



So many great photos of so many domes. Not just bird domes either, you wouldn't believe some of the things the Victorian's put in domes.



Here is a shot of my bird domes, including my newest addition.



If you have been reading my blog for long you have already seen the poor bird dome below. The birds were not done correctly and so their feathers were coming off. You can't see it in this photo but a few of the birds are literally skeleton birds so I call it my Halloween dome! lol



And my sweet little hummingbird pair with nest dome...



and I even have bird domes for the doll's house...



even a stereoview of this really big dome, for the stereoscope. Look at how many birds are in that thing!



And then the domes that I made, before owning an antique one. Where there's a will there's a way. The one below is made of seashells.



And this one made with antique wax fruit...



a small wax St. Lucia figure, a doll's house clock in a dome and then there's Queen Victoria.






As always, thank you so much for your visits and comments. Have a blessed day and wonderful first day of Spring on Monday!

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Sunday, March 12, 2017

Old Fashioned Girls for St. Patrick's Week

Oh goodness, where has the time gone? St. Patrick's Day will be here this Friday! I quickly got to thinking about how to decorate for the week and here is what I came up with.



To create this vignette I opened up the bookcase in search for some green and gold books... 



after I pulled out these books and noticed that the top gold one was "An Old Fashioned Girl" by Louisa May Alcott, I knew what my vignette theme would be! Old fashioned girls!

So with that idea I quickly brought over my old fashioned Staffordshire girl figure... 


and where she goes, her beau is sure to follow! 
And another Old Fashioned Girl, with her dog, gracing this tin...



and two more Old Fashioned Girls from out of the postcard album...



And more postcards over on the Library table...



Over in the kitchen, I added a wee bit o' green right here...



and on the dining room table I brought out the gold rimmed Limoges plates and a smaller hand painted plate that reminds me of Ireland.



And for a quick centerpiece I brought out the brass candlesticks, gold candles, gold base for the crystal bowl, a green Moser glass piece with enamel and gilt...



and a few beautiful daffodils from the garden.



Thanks so much for your visit and have a blessed week!

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