It's Rednesday Wednesday here at Brown Gingham Creations

Rednesday is a weekly blog party celebrating everything RED. Sunset reds to garnet reds....tomato reds to strawberry reds...and every shade in between. I especially love this time of year with the patriotic reds....geranium reds....barn red....sunburn red...wait, wait sorry just kidding I am just  soooo excited it's Summer. LOL.Posts can showcase vintage finds. collections, decor, fashion, designs or items you have for sale, seasonal items, recipes,etc. The connecting thread will be the color RED

As today's party favor you can take this with you

It can be copied and used for all sorts of things. Have fun.

An InLinkz Link-up

As the Porch Changes

Thanks for coming by the porch for a visit. Today I'll show you a 're-do' for part two

A new porch quilt for the swing. Okay for $9.99 on sale at Wal-Mart I couldn't pass it up. As you can see I don't change things too much year to year. Indoor decor/outdoor decor I add to my collection. 

I found this little ceramic cruet for .50 at an antique mall. I could not believe it matched the quilt when I got it out of my cabinet

As I said before things don't change much just get rearranged and added to

Remember my porch wall?

With the Lincoln commemorative plate?

Well lookie what I found.......

A new oil lamp with a floral motif that matches the the flower pattern of the plate and the cup that went with the plate

The cup was again an antique mall find for $1..the oil lamp was a yard sale find for $5. We also got our vintage glider from the same yard sale for free, but that's another post.

I added a new tablecloth which is a vintage hand-embroidered multi-colored piece. 

We also added a few hanging oil lamps in a rusty finish we found up in Amish country

I also rearranged my redwood seating area table

My MIL gave me the ivy candelabra, which works perfectly.

 These plaster pansies add a little color to the porch posts and also reflect the floral motif on the opposite porch wall

I can always find plaster fruit from the 30's and 40's, but

flowers not so much.

So this is today's installment of 'As the Porch Changes'

What will be different tomorrow.....what new piece will be added next? And, what about the Kitchen Porch!?

Stay tuned.

Oh, and don't forget to go to my Blog Party Page HERE to see all the fun parties I link to.

Past Porch Decor

Hey, Thanks for comin by. Come on and sit a spell...I thought since it's 4th of July week I'd post my past Summer porch decor.  

This was my fav Summertime quilt...from Kohls and pillow...from the Lawrenceburg Antique Market........but alas the elements took their toll on the fabrics.

I always love this vignette  the Brownware plate on the wall is a broken souvenir from the Lincoln Memorial in Harrodburg, Ky

The flowers hide the crack very well.

I love the small blue Ball jars for candle light and calico is always my fav. especially for using as a quick table cover.

Now you all know how I love hand-wrought aluminum, so I couldn't not use it for outdoor room. The coffee set was purchased during the Longest Yard Sale many years ago. The bowl too.

I think the whole thing was $10 from different vendors! Oh, and the pottery bears of course are from Pigeon Forge Pottery.

Throughout this retrospective you notice not a lot changes just things are added. My Jim says I'm an 'organized Hoarder'.

But, he doesn't have much room to tease.....

This was the beginning of his outdoor man-cave til a storm came up and blew it apart. Mother Nature must have had an argument with Father Time and took it out on poor Jim. She tore his Mac tent up.

He's going to move it inside the garage.

Okay, stay tuned for more pics of porches past leading up to my newest Summer Porch. Don't forget Rednesday Wednesday here for my Patriotic Red white and blue party. And, stop by Embracing Cottage Style Blog for a week long party to Show Your True Colors.

A Red Hot Rednesday!

Rednesday is a weekly blog party celebrating everything RED. Sunset reds to garnet reds....tomato reds to strawberry reds...and every shade in between. I especially love this time of year with the patriotic reds....geranium reds....barn red....sunburn red...wait, wait sorry just kidding I am just  soooo excited it's Summer. LOL.Posts can showcase vintage finds. collections, decor, fashion, designs or items you have for sale, seasonal items, recipes,etc. The connecting thread will be the color RED

Here in Cincinnati it is a wonderful 75* at Midnight!

In the Northern Rockies of Montana...there is a snow storm goin on...phew...I will take the humidity..rain..and 90's later this afternoon 8)

Today I thought I'd share this delish recipe I found HERE

Dump Cake

Print

This recipe is adapted and can be found in ABWA's Key of Friendship cookbook (Salisbury, Missouri)

Author: Donna Cravens via My Kitchen Addictions

Recipe type: Dessert

Ingredients

• 1 can crushed pineapple, with juice
• 1 can cherry pie filling
• ¾ cup chopped nuts (I use pecans.)
• 1 box yellow cake mix (dry)
• 1 stick butter (I use salted.)

Instructions

1. Use a 9x12-inch pan, ungreased.
2. Spread in layers, crushed pineapple, cherry pie filling, chopped pecans (reserving (1/4 cup), dry cake mix, butter (cut-up in small pieces) and remaining pecans
3. Bake about 25 minutes at 350 degrees or until golden brown on top.
4. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

Don't forget to grab your piece before you head out to the other partiers! And, wouldn't it be fun to eat it in this kitchen! It's a 1940's Nairn Linolium ad. 

Okay....got your cake? Found your seat? Let's go....

An InLinkz Link-up

February Rednesday

Hello Everyone!

Welcome to Rednesday Wednesday during the

month of February where RED really shines ;)

Rednesday is a weekly blog party celebrating everything RED. Sunset reds to garnet reds....

tomato reds to strawberry reds...and every shade in between. Posts can showcase vintage finds. collections, decor, fashion, designs or items you have for sale, seasonal items, recipes,etc. The connecting thread will be the color RED.

Hi Everybody!

It's been a little busy here. First I've had several Blogpals let me know my e-mail is not working, soooooo, after a lot of back and forth and getting no where I have changed my e-mail address. The new e-mail is,
brownginghamcreations@fuse.net  Please be sure to add it to your address book.
The Southern Belle Summer Garden Pillow is complete. The original embroidered creation became a wall hanging for a new Baby Girl, so this is the pillow edition. it is availalbe at my Shoppe.

Southernbelle measures 18 x 18. Remember this is the first in the Four Season Collection and can be recreated as a custom creation in your color selection.  To see how this Summer Southernbelle bloomed go
Here  and Here

I have also been stitching away and adding some things to my websites.

 I found a wonderful vintage find a while back....this autumn vintage apron was a stamped for embroidery piece using sheer yellow fabric with fall atumn color leaves to embroider.

 I even located a vintage doily to use for the pocket of the apron in coordinating colors.

 Here is a closeup of embroidered leaves. I left some plain to show the original stamping and make the leaves that are embroidered, pop.

Of course the apron comes with a vintage  cookbook tucked into the pocket.

Then I found another stamped for embroidery peice..........................................

A lovely card table or table topper. It's from the 1950's, in a wonderful pale orange cloth with a darker orange shade accent square. It is surrounded by beautiful hand-tatted edging in cream and the palest yellow. The stitcher had started the peice and I have finished it.

And this is my newest Brown Bag..........................................................................

I took a canvas bag and embellished with a vintage 1940 hand-tatted lacy square to create a pocket

I then added a 1960's plaid square and with a colonial motif diamond taken from a vintage1960 curtain panel that I hand-embroidered.. Button stacks to create flowers were added and a charm that says, 'Serenity'



These will all be found Brown Gingham Shoppe soon. 
Oh, and don't forget to stop by the shoppe site to check out the Free Patterns available for sewing or painted projects too....and I added a little more Vintage Inspirations.....................................

  

This is a sample of the vintage haberdashery (hats) for ladies available on this inspiration page from an old advertisment.

















And, the BGC Gallery is now open. It shows past creations that were sold. I also use them for custom orders. If someone sees a past creation it can be an inspiration for a different creation all together.

Ever wonder about all those vintage textiles you see in Blogland or at the Anitque Mall? Wonder what the difference betweeen Calico and Mackadoo fabrics? Or, do you know the difference between a Turkey-Work Carpet or Needlework Rug? Well, visit my Vintage Textile Library  for the answer.
Please visit http://www.brownginghamcreations.com/  to see what's new!

Hope you all weathered the storm okay. Irene breezed thru here yesterday and took all the humidity away she could find. Seems the dog days of Summer followed her too.....yippee!!
Don't forget to visit Susan over at It's a Very Cherry World.....Wednesday is Rednesday. It just brightens the day to see all the red hot vintage finds. I know I don't have much red today, but orange is a shade of red 8o)

Welcome to the New Brown Gingham!

I'm glad it's premeire week for my new sites!
I'm tickled pink to debut my new Blogger and Website on Pink Saturday!
Woohoo it'll be a red letter day! It's Rednesday Wednesday at Sue's It's a Very World
Holy Cow It's Thursday already! It's time to do a little traveling over at Brambleberry Cottage and to see some vintage thingys at Colorado Lady's and Friday theres more vintage things to see over at the Thrifty Groove. See the Weekly Blog Parties page at the top.  Can't wait to see you!
 Sorry I've been gone sooooo long and thanks to those who've e-mailed to make sure everything was alright. Yes everything is fine. I just decided it was time to redo Brown Gingham here in Blogland. It was creativity Under Construction., actually to combine all my sites under http://www.brownginghamcreations.com/

 I've added new music to all the pages, added new pages to the blog, and added a whole New website, but it's still filled with favorite vintage things........and I did all by myself!!! Yes, the computer disfunctional.....and believe it or not it was relatively easy...time consuming, but worth it in the end result. At least  I hope you think so too.

Here at the Brown Gingham Cabin we'll be able to really sit and visit.






There are more pages on the Blog......E-zines that will be added too frequently........Apronation, a small Etsy site tied to Brown Gingham by apron strings, that is my vintage inspired apron collection that is all one of a kind and usually come with a vintage cookbook......Brown Gingham Exclusives at Etsy is another Etsy site that I have with special price creations.........Blog Party is the page of fun. It contains links to sites that really know how to party.......Links are to sites that have great info sites........Tablescapes is a pictorial collection of all my table designs.....and I Love Cabins and Cottages is a pictorial collection of buildings and places I'd love to visit. I have some other ideas to add to my Blog in the future to keep it fresh.
Now I'm really excited to debut my Btown Gingham Creaations Shoppe.........................

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              Just click this picture and follow the path to my embroidery world.

.You can visit my 'Design Room' to see how my creations come to life. Of course there's 2 more links to Apronation and BG Exclusives at Etsy and there are many new designs I'll be adding in the coming weeks.The new Brown Gingham Shoppe is open with new creations and more to come There is Angelic Inspirations (vintage inspired angel), which includes Angelic Lights (nightlights) , and Angelic Music (music boxes). Brown Bags (totes and purses), PillowTalk (vintage inspired pillow), Table Linens, and still with creativity under construction......Flourishes and Broadstrokes (hand-painted home accents) and Home Decor (wall accents and more) and BGC Sandwich Glass (servingware with a fabric twist) There is a special Custom Order page, which I love to do...the picture I used...............

was for a lady who brought  me the vintage lirish linen handkerchief. She asked if I could embroider her new Granddaughters name on it so that it could be placed in a large shadowbox with other vintage irish items. It was so fragile I was afraid it would shred, so I created a medallian using a newer peice of Irish linen and hand-tatted rirckrack from another project I did and embroidered the name in matching green of the Shamrocks. It worked beautifully. Be sure to check my ideas on that page. Then come some fun pages. I have 2 libraries.......an Emboidery Library filled with vintage and classicv embroidery and sewing stitches and the other is a favorite, the Antique Textile Library, which contains information about everything you ever wanted to know about textiles. There is a BGC Gallery still under coming, which will showcase items previously sold such as this.................................

and this.................................

and that.

As a thank you for visiting I hope you visit the Free Embroidery and Other Sewing Patterns. It will be filled with  new and vintage patterns sure to sure to please the beginner and expert sewing enthusiast. Well,
I'll be quiet now and let you browse.
I hope you enjoy your visit to BrownGinghamCreations.com both at the Blog and the website...and be sure to let me know what you think
Oh..and don't forget to stop by Beverly at How Sweet The Sound for Pink Saturday.....her link is in the Weekly Blog Parties.!

Red, White, and Blue With a Re-do Too!

Once upon a time there was a beautiful Lady named Liberty, who lived near a port. She loved to welcome all the newcomers to her shores. One day Liberty met a very handsome man named Sam. She learned quickly that he was very patriotic, believed in equality and justice for all, and had fallen head over heels for Liberty. It was a whirlwind romance and the two knew they were destined to become one. They lived an idyllic life and one day Liberty and Sam found they were to blessed with a Little Miss they named  America and thier bliss was complete..
May we introduce Miss America..........................................

This isn't the real Miss America, but a Brown Gingham Creation Angelic Inspiration tribute to her.
I found a 1940's patriotic doll who needed some TLC. Her hand-crocheted dress and hat needed a few 'alterations' ( she is 70 ya know, so , sometimes we are  all in need of a little nip and tuck here and there.) There are sequin stars stitched to the dress too, but the pic couldn't  catch them. Her wings are a 1940's doily, and she waves her new flag proudly. She never goes anywhere without her favorite book by Guest,
Poems of Patriotism dated 1941. This vintage inspired tribute is available for your collection at $29.99 just leave a comment.

Just a little update on my Summertime Pillow.......
I started with this........................................

and this......................................................

put the two together, add some satin, lazy daisy, straight, and chain sritches, it begins to look like this........

I told ya it was a little update.
Don't forget to stop by Pink Saturday