just add flowers

I don't know about you but to me there's something calming and very feminine in decorating a room with milkglass vases. In the summer I pick up lots of these vases from Goodwill and scatter them around the house with wild flowers from the yard or from the farmers market.

The great thing about decorating with milkglass is they don't have to match exactly, you could have bowls, compote dish, candle holder, etc. together, but their similar style and colour brings a whimsical theme together.

These photos (via frolic) with milk glass vases were used as a wedding centerpieces. Aren't they lovely?




The vases pictured above (first photo) are available at the shop for purchase.

new vintage goodies in the shop

vintage ceramic floral set of gravy boat butter dish and shakers

vintage hammered copper tobacco humidor

vintage metal candle holder

pair of vintage solid brass swan figures

mid century metal magazine rack in gold tone

vintage glass syrup dispenser

antique cow bell

vintage sky blue Abbey English teapot

vintage white enamelware basin

before and after

ok, phase one is done. For those of you who were wondering what in the world does joint compound has to do with my online shop's transformation. Here's the story, one weekend, I took sample photos of my item (hundreds of photos to be exact) in different angles at a different locations in my house at a different time of day so I can find a dedicated place to photograph my items once and for all. I found a great corner, problem is the wall has the hideous popcorn texture and I don't want to fiddle with poster board or fabric as a background. So I spackled, sanded and painted and here's the before and after pics.

(before)

(after)


now on to photographing; my favorite part of listing my items...