Famous Horse!

My most recent Etsy listing, this sweet little horse, is a part of a vintage western Etsy treasury. You can visit this treasury here.

What's an Etsy treasury? See here.

This is the second time a bellalulu item has been featured in an Etsy treasury. The first item was this yellow bird (now sold).


Now I'm off to look for more vintage, chippy, metal animals! :)

Vintage Organization

I just saw some fun ideas on how to organize using vintage containers here, and more here. I recently found a new organizational uses for some old things, and they are working perfectly! Now if I could only organize all of my vintage things.

All those things that sit out on the bathroom counter? Hair products, deoderant, contact solution, toothpaste, comb....

Now, they are gathered in a vintage McCoy planter.

No matter how hard I try to put them aways, scissors, tape, and pens always end up scattered around my kitchen. They're in the way all of the time, but then you somehow can't find them when you do need them.

Now, they sit nicely in these 3 vintage ice cream syrup containers.

My Vintage Christmas Tour

Welcome to my Christmas tour, hosted by Boomama.

Come in!

The entryway- sparkly letters thanks to JoAnn's, made even better with some old glass bead garland!

The table in the entry. This poor reindeer's antlers only stay put for about 2.5 seconds at a time thanks to a run in with our 75 lb weimaraner last year. That's okay, though- 2.5 seconds is long enough for a picture!

The dining room:

A closer look at the dining room table decor- these little vintage characters are so much fun to collect. Look at those ones on the right- they are full of mischief.
Part of my vintage Santa collection:

The garland on the mantle (made from the branch remains of an aluminum tree). I asked my husband if this was a little too crazy, and he said yes. Mabye I shouldn't have asked.

A closer look...

My vintage chalkware nativity set. If you look closely, you will notice that we have twin wisemen. When it comes to vintage decor, sometimes these things happen. :)

Our pink "Charlie Brown" tree! :) Oh, and some more of those crazy little characters.

My wonderful 12 Days of Christmas plates that my mom gave me last year.

Santa's watching!

Thanks you for coming and Merry Christmas!

Fun with Numbers

Numbered pillows:

Numbered chairs:
Numbered vases:

Match Your Room

Do you ever match your room?
I think my daughter needs this dress so she can match her room:
Makes sense, doesn't it? Does anyone else think that way? :)

What to do with a Niche?

One of my favorite bloggers, The Pioneer Woman, talked about a niche in her lodge remodel project today. We have a niche in our new house, and honestly, it kind of stressed me out. Since it's a niche, something worthy, special, and important should go there right? Well, honestly, I don't think so- it's my house, not a museum! I just arranged several interesting and old items together. I piled on a few miniature pumpkins and gords for the season, and it works. Worthy, special or important? I don't know, but at least it's one of a kind!

Things with Faces

I've always had a thing for vintage things with faces. Whether they be animals, statues, dolls, or even doll heads (see above), sometimes they just need to come home with me.
My mom knew I would love these, but she found them after they had already been sold. They were sold on Raised in Cotton, a neat online vintage shop. I do love them, and in fact, I have to keep going back to look at the picture and reminding myself that they are already sold.
They haunt me- not in a spooky beheaded doll kind of way (as one might think), but in a "why didn't I find them first" kind of way. Weird, I know.
I like weird things.
In fact, my Etsy shop is full of things with faces since I can't keep them all. And PS, I'm adding one new thing to my shop every day in October!