A VISIT TO MEXICO

 Today we went all the way to Mexico.  This

would not be the country of Mexico but

rather the little town of Mexico, MISSOURI. 

 There is a wonderful antique shop there in an 

old Coke Plant (yes, the soda Coke). 

 It is only open on Saturdays and sometimes

 on Friday. We took a few moments to 

drive around

and see some of the old houses:

This was the side view:

I love seeing the flowers in the yards.

This home was amazing:

Just look at all those angles!

This house below had a wonderful tower.

I can only imagine the colors it could

be painted:

An amazing tower:

And this house below is more

English Tudor style but I have

always loved it:

We also stopped in a tiny town to

take a spring peak at a

Victorian house there that I have

taken photos of before.  This is in

the town of Auxvasse, Missouri. (below)

Well, the question is did I find any treasures

on this trip?  Well, yes indeed I did.  I found

some purple transferware which I have been

looking for and trying to collect.  So at the

Coke Plant Antiques I got all these pieces

which means 65 pieces for $100.00.

I am thrilled!

I do recommend this shop especially for 

antique clocks!  They have ever so many!

SCONES, ANTIQUE NAPKINS AND OLD VICTORIA MAGAZINES

 

It was a lovely, cold but

sunny day to pour a cup

of tea and have a 

yummy scone at the 

kitchen table.

Last night I baked some lovely

scones which you might like to try

too.  They are Cranberry Orange

Scones made with this

recipe.  I got 10 scones out of

the batter cutting them with a

medium scone cutter.  I also

substituted with buttermilk.

As I shared in a previous post, we

have been enjoying the bluebirds

outside on our deck and they are

in fact flying in to feast right now.

I pulled out a stack

of the old Victoria

Magazines which

were from past

Januarys and

I have been

enjoying them.

I want to share some antique napkins I

purchased from the other side of the world.  They are tea napkins which 

means they are smaller and these

are made

from Bobbin lace:

We only have a tiny bit of snow

but we have certainly had our

share of cold weather.

If you love romantic style you will find

old Victoria magazines "your cup

of tea".  

Winter is the perfect

opportunity for

Friendly Village

Johnson Brothers

transferware:

I hope you are staying warm and

having a enjoyable winter.  Winter

is a helpful time to learn something

new and I enjoy all the gardening

videos on YouTube.  You can find

so many videos about England,

Tea Time and whatever hobbies

you love.

SETTING THE TABLE WITH PRETTY LINENS

 This year I have spent some time researching and learning about different

types of laces.  It has been very interesting and I have been fascinated by the older

vintage and antique types of lace.

These are some bobbin lace tea

napkins that arrived today.  They

are small and delicate. (above)

One of the types of laces I am particularly

interested in is Italian lace called

Trump de Venice.  I am no expert 

and so I can be corrected.  I started

making a list and there are hundreds

of types of patterns of lace.  A site

I follow on Facebook is called the

Lace Museum. Most of what I have

learned was by following them

but of course, I know little really.

These pieces above also include a large

runner and I got them at a great price

on ebay.  They are ecru.  I washed and

starched them and ironed them.

I had purchased these

napkins below from an Etsy

site in Canada:

Often you might come upon a

booth in an antique mall that

specializes in old linens.  Such

was the case this summer when

I happened upon these below:

Perhaps I have stirred your curosity

just a little to go peruse your

linens drawers:

Years ago when I had a shop, I sold

many linens but they were all new ones.

The many types of tablecloths and placemats were mostly polyester made in China and there were tables with every size of machine crochet doily imaginable.

My only response to that now is - Yipes!

Stains?  I use Oxiclean and soak

things in the kitchen sink.  If I still

see a stain after that I pour 4 cups clean water to 1 cup bleach in the sink.  I then swish the item around in it for about 1 minute - then rinse quite thoroughly.

Large pieces are done in the bathtub.

FREEZE WARNING - NO TEA IN THE GARDEN TODAY

 Spring seems to delight  in teasing 

us this year.  Just as we thought our

cold weather was history we  realize

it is not because tonight there

could be a possible freeze.

I decided I better pick a bouquet

of lovely white lilacs from the side of

our house.  I am also sharing a mulberry

transferware teapot I found yesterday

in Mexico, Missouri in a darling shop

that sells clocks and antiques.  They

are only open on Saturdays but

happened to be open by chance on

Friday.

The pattern is Masons "Watteau".

It was a fun day and I did really admire

this piece of furniture.  My husband 

can be seen taking this photo of it

with his phone.  It also had a hefty 

price tag so we did not purchase it.

I think this weekend's cold weather

will probably be the last.  The yard

has been displaying many lovely

bulbs.  I couldn't resist embellishing

my white lilacs with more.

This is a perfect time to enjoy some

gardening books and receive some

last minute inspiration for spring.

I am not sure how a freeze would

affect the lilacs.....we shall see.

VALENTINE TABLE SETTING

 My hubby and I decided to take some

days off this last week.  Our lives

are very simple and we don't travel

 very much but this week we took off and went east 

to St Louis one day to 2 mega size antique malls and then we

 went to all 3 smaller local antique

malls on another day. 

I had been thinking for a while about

looking for 2 antique oil lamps for

my dining room table.  My husband

asked if I wanted these and the answer

was "of course I do".  They came from Springfield, Missouri.

This is an area off our kitchen without

a wall separating the two called a

Hearth Dining Room.

I tried using the leaf in the

table but decided I preferred

it without the leaf. I can always

add it if needed.

PLEASE DO COME FOR A VISIT

Every now and then I will be sharing

changes in my booth at Midway

Antique Mall in Columbia, Mo:

I am located right along I-70
if you cross through the
center of Missouri going
east to west or the opposite.

With a booth (or stall) that is

only 8' wide by 13 ' deep - it is better not

to close in the center area. 

 I think my prices are very reasonable!

  We all have stories

of places we have been where

people just stuff those spaces too full!

As you can see I have some 
lovely teapots and am selling
some I have had for years.
I just have too much myself.

Believe me - primitive is alive

 and well in Missouri so my feminine

appeal is a bit of unchartered
territory.