WELCOME to HAPPY TO BE...This is a blog about my love of Antiques, My family, humor, as humor keeps us laughing and my every Day life...I hope you enjoy your visit...Please leave me a comment to let me know you Came by so I can visit with you Thank You !!...Hugs and Smiles, Gl♥ria

June 14, 2010

~Things that make me Happy To Be~

Today I wanted to show you more of my Olden stuff in my kitchen...I love old crock ware and have been collecting it for many years now....Now these are yellow ware bowls...I just love to think about the women through the years that used these things on a daily basics...These all sit in a Camel Cigarette display cabinet from Ca. 1920 from an old General store...This sweet little girl is a garden stake from 1940 is she not the cutest little thing...she sits in a Blue/Grey Pitcher from ca. 1820...you can also see some of my Butter churns on top of my frig...The "O'Baby" chocolate sign is from the same artist that did the "Campbell's soup kids" See his fat little cheeks It's what they call a stand up sign but I just have it on the side of my frig ha ha!!Now I can't forget to show you some of my Olden tins from General stores...I have many tins from Iowa because that's where I was born...Many moons agoAlso some of my Olden Lemon squeezers...I just love the wooden ones the best...these all hang from a shelf above my kitchen table and Yes I do have to clean all of it and I just love it to be able to touch things that are over a 100 years old and wonder about all the women before me that also touched all these things....I always feel so blessed to have all these wonderful things to surround my life with...This Olden scale is from a candy shop and it still hold my candy...got to love that Truffles and an Olden Candy Scale ha ha!!Some of my Olden coffee Grinders and I saved the best for last...The one thing that makes me "Happy To Be" each day is seeing my Mama's old apron sighs....I really did have a June Cleaver mama...I am linking this up to Marty's "A stroll thur Life"And Cindy's At " My Romantic Home" for Show-n-Tell Please go by and see these Great Gals...Thank you all for your wonderful prayers again for my Husband...He's doing just great now!!


Until next time from my mountain to yours...


Hugs and smiles Gl♥ria

June 11, 2010

~Pillow Talk~

Hello my Dear friends, Boy have I missed you all....THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! for all your prayers for Len...I am just blowed away by all the kindness I find here with my Blog family...you guys are the best....Len had his Angiogram done and they did have to put in one stint...He says he feels like a new man...I can not Thank God enough for giving me back my husband...
While Len was in the hospital I had to go Retail Therapy shopping don't you hate when that happens ha ha!! I just wanted to share with you my new ruffle pillow I found in Reno at their Home Goods store...I also hit a few other stores and got me some new flats, sheets, Capri pants, tops, jewelry,drapes, stuff for Candace's baby shower, hey I was really stressed lol!! and needed my therapy ha ha!!


I love how it looks on my bed with my 1940 Art Deco bedspread and shams don't you....It's like it was meant to be...

I found this bedspread last year at the Second Sunday swap meet...I just love all the flocking and Chantilly lace on in...that plus the fact that it is over 60 years ago and in wonderful shape...









This is my headboard that is over 9 foot tall...it's from ca.1880 and walnut and burl wood lots of cravings on it...also lot's of dusting ha ha!! And Yes it's only a double size bed...but hey I love to snuggle with Len so it's just great for us ha ha!!
I hope all of you have a GREAT weekend...I know mine is going to be wonderful...God is so good to me....Thank you all again...I really don't know what I would do without you great gals in my life...You Complete me!!
Until next time from my mountain to yours,
Hugs and smiles Glria