Over at Vintage Thingies Thursdays this week, someone shared the shelf above their kitchen sink where some of her favorite things were - because she's always there and sees them most. Great idea! Some of my favorite things are on the shelves above my computer, because that's where I am a lot. Let's take a "tour":
This is the whole kit & kaboodle, then I'll show close-ups of each section.
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Starting from the top left, is the Currier & Ives illustration I printed from the internet for our home school, a vintage box of thumb tacks, a "clay" pot my dd made from some yard mud, a Hello Kitty gardener my other dd gave me, and a Willow Tree "Angel of the Garden" my MOL gave me.
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On the top, middle, is an enamelware with green rim box that I keep some home school cd's in, a Mary Engelbreit photo magnet that says "A Little House ~a house of my own~ Out of the wind's and the rain's way.", and a Gnomes soldered art I purchased on eBay.
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Top right is my fake-repro lunchbox by Moda, and an unknown vase.
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Middle shelf is, on the left, gardening, birds, home books and a bookend I showed a few weeks back. In the middle are two fairies and a mirror - the left one is by Munroe "faerie glen" series and the other is a Cicely Mary Barker.
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To the right are my ever-lovin' gnomes with some vintage Oriental garden, probably fishtank, pieces.
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The bottom left shelf hosts an Anchor Hocking retro green mug and a glove(?) box that I keep stamps and address labels in. Press the rooster's wings and he gives a wake-up call! Comes in handy with my teen!
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The bottom right is what I call my Red Hat Society - didn't group them by head gear intentionally, though. The dog has no tag, but the other two are marked Japan. They all get along well.
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And, finally, in the middle are two items my pre-teen dd made for me this year. A tulip using some of my plant labels for leaves, and a picture depicting a leopard, jackals, and two rangers that we saw on
Africam earlier this year.
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Hope you enjoyed these, and have a great Saturday everyone!
4 comments:
Oh I love it..the tulip at the end is the most precious and the unknown vase is really interesting to me :) Happy Saturday!
What a cheery and special place to work. Love the Fairies. And the enamel pan just jumped at me....lol..never thought about using one for DVDs.
Molly
I can see why you love all of these treasures. I am really loving that reproduction lunch box. What a great idea for CD storage. laurie
I keep cleaning off the shelves above my desk,
but other people keep shoving stuff there too.
It is NOT photo worthy. lol
Yours is delightful!
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