Every Surface Covered

One of the complaints I often hear is that there is no place to set a drink down.....every surface is covered with one thing or another....a collection or an arrangement or vignette....



It is true....being a lifelong collector....I tend toward the impractical....I'm definitely a form over function kind of girl....(although this bell has a purpose I suppose)....



I not only enjoy collecting my vintage finds....I love to display them.....



...so I can see them....and enjoy them......What good would they be packed away somewhere?



I love to create little vignettes....here at the lake house....they mostly have to do with nature...



Some vintage seed packets in an old tin letter holder.....the flower in the center is an old clip earring....



About seven or eight years ago I painted this old display for seed packets black as I thought it went well with the graphics on the vintage packets.....maybe it should be white???



lots of these old clothes pins....



These are just a few of the many sweet grass baskets that have been collected over the years...many are sewing items....



Some pretty petals under glass......I have a bunch of these old glass paperweights in not as good condition and one day I plan to re-do them with pretty papers and bits of lace, etc.....


Don't you just love this....Miss Mildred Miller's Dew of Roses...for the complexion.....
Beware of Imitations!
....I am grateful that my family puts up with me covering every surface with my "treasures"....I know it isn't practical at all and is sometimes annoying....but it does make for interesting conversation sometimes....:) maybe?
.....So those are a few more of the bits and pieces sitting around the lake house....hope you enjoyed them....more to come!!