Friday, March 4, 2011

old beauty...

Happy Friday!  To celebrate the day I am joining Debra over at Common Ground for Vintage Inspiration Friday!  I thought I would share with you this old beauty I received from my thoughtful sister in law Christine...


A wonderful chippy old cracker tin!  Thank you again Christine, you are so sweet! I found the perfect place for it on the ledge above my couch...


It also looks great holding all the beautiful cards I received from family and friends...
As the beautiful flower arrangements I received are beginning to fade away I had fun saving a few blooms and scattering them around my nest...
...inviting Spring to hurry up...

I am keeping my fingers crossed that I feel well enough to do a little treasure hunting this weekend!  What do you have planned?
I am so happy you stopped by and hope you have a wonderful day!!

28 comments:

  1. Beautiful pictures! I love the dark of the tin with all your white! Beautiful~ Have a wonderful Friday and weekend! xo, ann

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  2. Love the pictures ~ the tin is adorable. Hopfully, this weekend I'll be able to treasure hunt too~! ;-)

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  3. Hi Sandi! Love the Tin! What a thoughtful sister in law you have!!! The flowers look so pretty, fresh and springy!! Hope you get to go treasure hunting this weekend!! I live for it!!!!
    Have a great weekend!!!!
    Cheryl;-)

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  4. What a nice sister in law! Great tin. I love the line/row of roses on your mantel in the little glasses...how sweet. They look beautiful. I'm hoping to make it to WCS today. I'll probably bring my mom along. Have a great weekend! :)

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  5. Nice sister-in-law Sandi!! :) Love all your pretty flowers too. Glad you are getting better each day.
    Hugs~

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  6. what a cool find and gift. she knows you well. the flowers are sweet. i love the individual rosebuds all in a row. i hope you get to go out this week-end too! :)

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  7. How beautiful everything looks and I am so happy to hear you are feeling good enough to think about going out junking! I snooped through you past posts and saw your kitchen redo and it is amazing I love it all so light and happy.
    Wishing you strength and good hunting
    Rebecca

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  8. Awesome gift, Sandi! I love the dark against the white in your room. They really compliment each other. :) Your flowers are truly a welcomed breath of spring! I'll be doing some major spring cleaning this weekend before we leave on vacation. I LUV coming home to a squeaky clean house! :)

    xoxo laurie

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  9. What a great tin and your springy flowers just sing SPRING!

    Danielle

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  10. Your sister in law knows you well! I think the mix of vintage with fresh flowers is so pretty! I really hope you get to treasure hunt this weekend! Have a nice weekend, Sandi! xo

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  11. What a treasure! Love your flowers too!

    Xoxo
    Charo

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  12. What a sweet treasure from your SIL. I LOVE the individual roses on your mantle!

    I'm so happy, it's going to be 60 degrees tomorrow and I am going to a gigantic indoor "yard sale" being held by the Girl Scouts tomorrow.

    Hope you're able to venture out and thrift. Good luck!

    Roselle

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  13. Oh wow, lucky you.. Alot of fabulous pictures and that box is so awesome, don't you just love how you can mix white and prettys with rusty and shabby.

    Melissa

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  14. Beautiful post. I love the tin. When I first saw the picture I thought it was a match to the wooden cinnamon box I found at a yardsale today. Aren't old boxes the greatest. You sister in law was so sweet to give it to you. I love how you have cards in yours. I am thinking about putting a vase of flowers in mine. Have a great weekend, ~~Sherry~~

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  15. Everything looks so beautiful, Sandi! I hope you're able to get out to the sales, too--get lots of rest tonight!

    Julie

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  16. Sandi- Well, first off...I hope you do feel well enough to get out and do a bit of popping around this weekend-I am sure it is kind of a day-by-day recovery at this point.

    I love that old tin. Don't you love it when someone knows you well enough to know how much you appreciate OLD things...and didn't rush out to buy you a NEW tin? Gotta love a sil like that!

    Lovely blog today with all the flowers strewn here and there- xxoo Diana

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  17. Those pictures are amazing! I am especially loving the individual roses in the tiny vases....

    Have a great weekend....
    Lisa

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  18. your welcome Sandi so glad you are feeling better. Love the tin both places looks great with all your whites!

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  19. ahh...beauty AND function!
    Rene'
    THANKS for the sweet words about my grandbabies!

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  20. Sandi this is so charming. I love old boxes of any kind, I tend to pass them up though, but then regret it. Very pretty. xoxo tami

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  21. Love your blossoms, coaxing Spring along. It would be great to have you be a part of Seasonal Sundays.

    - The Tablescaper

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  22. Love all of your blossoms, coaxing Spring along.

    It would be great to have you be a part of Seasonal Sundays. Come take a look.

    - The Tablescaper

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  23. I'm glad your feeling better maybe even good enough to go shopping!
    I have something for you on my post today :)
    Kristinsalazar@yahoo.com
    Send me your address so I can make sure to have it shipped to you :)
    Have a fabulous Sunday!
    XOXO
    Kristin

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  24. Great use of the flowers, spreading them around to put a little sunshine here and there! Lovely:)
    jackie

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  25. What a great blog! I can relate to so much of what you have - what a great name! Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment on my "Outhouse" post. I love having new faces! I'm going to jump in as a follower so I can keep up with all you do. Have a blessed week! Sandi

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  26. I can't get your "follower" thingy to come up, so I'm going to try again later. Sorry! Sandi

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  27. My father used to collect all those kind of tins/boxes. But that one is an amazing one. I like all the detail still on it and it looks right at home with all your wonderful white.
    tammy

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  28. Hey Sandi, that tin is amazing, you don't run across these very often, and I love all the roses! So glad you linked up to VIF, sorry to be so slow getting here!
    xo,
    Debra

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