So many obsessions!! What is a girl to do? Don't you just love these little Italian gold boxes and the cute shabby English tin? I do! I hope to find more along the way. These sweet vintage baubles and floral pins are growing in number as I am collecting them from yard sales. I just can't resist them. Neither can my seventeen year old daughter as she loves to help herself and wears them with her outfits! Not only will I wear these pretties too, but I can see repurposing them as accents to "dress" our dining room table, decorate our chandeliers, or simply use them to jazz up some boring lampshades! Fun, fun!
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How pretty! I've never seen anything like those boxes. They are really lovely. I went to my favorite antique mall today and I was thinking how much fun it would have been to take you there. You would have been in heaven!
Jen
Posted by: Jen | October 17, 2006 at 02:42 PM
simply stunning!
Posted by: elizabeth | October 17, 2006 at 02:45 PM
Absolutely stunning! and what great plans you have for them! Enjoy!
Posted by: Jackie | October 17, 2006 at 02:50 PM
I just love the way you've mixed these textures...lampshades, light fixtures...the possibilites are endless in your hands!
Posted by: Jill | October 17, 2006 at 03:01 PM
ooh, I love those...so pretty! I have one of those little Italian gold boxes myself and just love it. I'll try and post photos when I can!
Posted by: Twilightmama | October 17, 2006 at 05:31 PM
You, my dear, are an expert at creating these vignettes. Golly! You could get paid for it.
Posted by: paintergal | October 17, 2006 at 09:33 PM
This blog is almost as much fun as Beauty and the Beast!
Posted by: Rick | October 17, 2006 at 09:59 PM
Kim,
Those are beautiful!
I love the way you display things. I am watching and taking notes!
Angee
Posted by: Angee | October 17, 2006 at 10:39 PM
Those tins are so beautiful. I have just started collecting tins too so am very jealous of those three. I really love the way you've displayed them too. Just gorgeous!
Posted by: fiona | October 18, 2006 at 04:48 AM
I managed to pick up a tin today which I am planning on posting later. Although I am rather pleased with my find I am soo jealous of your goodies(I can't resist vintage jewels either) and the wonderful way you photograph them.
Posted by: carolyn | October 18, 2006 at 05:35 AM
I love the photos of your dream home...that would be my dream home too! Blessings!
Posted by: Ashley | October 18, 2006 at 02:29 PM
Kim, a lovely display as usual, just thought of you and "Daisy Cottage" as I visited a charming blog called Boxwood Cottage--in Germany:
http://carolsgarden.blogspot.com/
Posted by: pauline | October 18, 2006 at 05:05 PM
you create the most beautiful pictures of your collections. One of those boxes reminds me very much of a box my grandmother made - carved and painted herself. Same colors and even some of the same pattern I think. I'll have to go find it and drape it with pearls now :)
Posted by: Pam | October 18, 2006 at 05:36 PM
Oh My Gosh! What a darling cottage you have! Love love love your style. I wanna be like you when I grow up. :)
Posted by: scraptomylu | October 18, 2006 at 08:07 PM
Thank you all VERY VERY much!! It is so much fun to share with you! And thank you "brother Rick" and "sister Jill" for stopping by my little cottage blog! ;-) xo
Oh and Pauline, I think I love you for sharing that fantastic blog with me! Loved it! Thank you and keep them coming!
Posted by: Kim | October 19, 2006 at 06:32 AM
Ooh I love the tin. I have one that’s in a beautiful blue with flowers covering it. I too collect old jewelry and decorate my home. On occasion I’ll wear some as well as my thirteen year old daughter.
Annabelle
Posted by: Annabelle | October 19, 2006 at 08:23 AM
Your Cottage truly the treasure I have found today!
OMG where have you been!My heart has done the little skip and jump.. you know the one YOU get when you are shopping and find IT! Hummm I see that Pauline has been by.. you wouldn't be her special friend..if so how wonderful!
Your Maggie is so sweet and a good sport..was that a cat tail I saw in one of the photos!! I'll pop in again nice meeting you!
Posted by: naturegirl | October 19, 2006 at 10:05 AM
My mama has a box like the pink one on the left- although mama's is blue instead of pink. I really like the pink!!!
Posted by: patti | October 19, 2006 at 10:20 AM
Hi Kim,
thank you so much for the gracious comment you've left on my blog today. It was such pleasure to read it and to discover your gorgeous cottage. Nice to meet you and your beautiful home! Big thanks to Pauline for introducing us! :D Of course I don't mind you adding me to your fave blogs, I feel honored! Oh I spot my dear friend Nature Girl here too how nice! I'll sure be back!
Posted by: Carol | October 19, 2006 at 05:11 PM
Kim, it's impossible to even tell you how much I am enjoying your Daisy Cottage! Your decorating is beautiful and I love to read your writings. It's a joy to know you.
Posted by: Donna | October 20, 2006 at 01:48 PM
Thank you so much Annabelle, nature girl, Patti, Carol and Donna! NG, that tail belongs to our other dog, Marley. Hmm, he needs his blog debut! Donners, right back at you :-)
Posted by: Kim | October 20, 2006 at 03:27 PM
so much fun!
Posted by: Becca | October 20, 2006 at 04:55 PM
Kim,
As always - perfection. The colors of the pieces makes this small arrangement beautiful. You have such a knack for combining textures and colors. I also collect tins and vintage jewelry. I've also begun collecting vintage postcards (especially of Florida) and aprons. Love the colors.
MimiG
Posted by: MimiG | October 21, 2006 at 02:20 PM
Thank you Becca & Mimi!
Posted by: Kim | October 24, 2006 at 04:49 PM
Kim your tin, boxes and jewelry collection are just lovely. And the way you display them just makes me sigh! You have that special knack my friend. How about pinning one of those lovely vintage pins on one of your special pillows too?
Posted by: RJ | October 24, 2006 at 11:29 PM
I just found your blog andd just love it. You have a real knack for blogging and I love all the pictures. I like you love the vintage and cottage look. Come visit me when you have time.
Posted by: Sharon Kay | October 27, 2006 at 01:05 PM
Oh my goodness me! I have that very English tin, holding a bundle of dolly pegs and looking deliciously pretty in my laundry room!
Posted by: Alison May | December 06, 2006 at 12:33 PM
I have been enjoying this blog. Is there a new one where this leaves off? I'd love to see more! Cassandra
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