Wintery Mix

2012 has arrived at the Brown Gingham Cabin with a dusting of wintry white. Well, not as much as this pic shows, but enough.  With the new year there are some new things..................................


For a different look I went to Scappin' Blogs and got a new overlay. Not winter white, but fresh. Stop by http://scrappinblogs.blogspot.com for a great selection.






I have my Playlist tuned to a wintry mix of instrumental and vintage tunes.......................
                                                    

I have found a very pretty vintage pattern for a  crisp white crocheted coverlet. You can find the instructions for free at my website HERE in a few days. Wouldn't it make a great pair of curtains too!


 There are some new winter cottages on my blog HERE

Also, I will once again be hosting blog parties for Etsy Cottage Style at their Blogspot. Thanks Debbi, I so enjoy meeting everyone. Not only will there be Market Monday, which happens every first Monday of the month........take the sleigh right thru HERE  to join the vendors or to browse the Virtual Flea Market for everything from supplies to OOAK creations......But I will adding a couple of new ones and expanding on one that was seasonal. Here's the schedule...................................................................
2nd Monday of the Month

 This'll be a fun party with posts about vintage cookbooks, vintage food and culinary ads,

     personal recipes, kitchen kitch, showcase kitchens, vintage appliances, anything relating to

the vintage kitchen.

What's Cookin' in the Cottage Kitchen is up and running. I hope you can join in the Blog Hop at www.etsycottagestyle.blogspot.com  it's open to everyone.  It is a week long Blog Hop so Bloggers come throughout the week. Can't waut to see you there!

3rd Monday of the Month

This party is for all the Gardeners and just plain Flower Lovers and it's the one we are expanding. These posts should showcase seasonal gardens...alright you lucky folks in warm climates, yours gardens are all season...... but also hand-made items, decor, collections, etc, all with floral motif 

 4th Monday of the Month

I love this party. It should include posts to showcase items you work on (sorry no selling sites allowed), your craft space, organization tips, tutorials, supply tips, anything that'll be inspiration, creative, and fun.

The ECS  Blogspot is open to everyone, you do not have to be a member to Etsy Cottage Style to link into the party, but if you'd like more info you can ask me or go to www.etsycottagestyle.ning.com  to see it all.

I have also added a new link on my sidebar...................................................
When you press the radio icon on the sidebar it links you to an episode of an old radio show. Adventures of Maisie.....Blondie.........Suspenese.......just oodles of shows I find at RadioLovers.com. and Playlist.  Both are wonderful audio libraries of vintage delights to share with my blog pals. Oh you don't have to shut off my Playlist of music, it automatically goes away to hear the show.

I will also have some new creations for 2012 that'll be available on my website brownginghamcreations.com
as I can.  Like this...................................................................................

and this.........

a little of those.....and......

more of these.

Oh, and this too...........................

Well that's it for now. I'm so glad you stopped by today and hope you can look around a little at the new additions to my blog. I hope you enjoy them and come back often, I love when you come and sit a spell. And, don't forget to go to my Weekly Blog Parties page to join in all the fun.

2012

 

Wishing everyone a very Happy, Blessed, and Prosperous 2012!

Just saw the 2012 movie on Dish......phew......what a ride.

It also got me to thinking. Ya know all those who point to past civilizations that have calenders that stop at 2012? Well, did they ever think that the poor guy forced to do these calenders all his life may have gotten reeeealy tired of the mind numbing math.....come on don't you get a headache doing the checkbook? Plus he probably figured if future peoples couldn't do the math, they deserved a good scare.

It's Christmas Week! The New Year is Around the Corner

Wait for me!!!!!!!!!!!

Holy Cremoly, Where has November one? For pete's sake where did the warm sun go...the colorful leaves.....it was all  here a couple of weeks ago! Sigh. Things have been so hectic here. I feel like I'm just bouncing along behind. I didn't even get to post for Thanksgiving. I apologize for not getting my usual Thanks. cards out to all. This is the first year I missed. I think I've mentioned this before, but our phone co. has some bad lines in our area. They are threadbear for lack of a better term and moldy...we live in a woods, but in a suburb of Cincinnati..not the country!!!....they give it temp fixes...I think they ducktape em for pete's sake...then when it rains and rains and rains and rains even more...the connection goes wonky and I'm offline! ERGgggg. It must be nice to be a monopoly.
Anyway, on a brighter note, Christmas lights, Snowmen, Santa, and Elves went up on Saturday. Now it's time to get the porch and inside decorations out. This year it'll be a slow process. Jim surprized me with an early B'day present.................................

since he knows I take pics of tabletops and porch decor he set this up on the porch. I haven't been able to get a pic at home so this isn't our porch, I got the pic off Walmart's site. I had been looking at a table and chair set like this for months. It's bronzetone with folding chairs in brown with candy stripes in red, springy green, and blue that match the two retro looking metal chairs I have. When I saw it I was so excited then the price tag flashed in my head from the store. It must've shown cause Jim quickly told me he got the table for $40 in one box with two chairs...the others were bent. The Garden Mgr. told him he had 2 extra matching chairs in another box that had a cracked glassstop, so they sold him those for $5 each...$200 set for $50! He even found a $5 vinyl tablecloth in country red, green, and cream in holiday motif complete with some snowmen! Gotta love a thrifty guy! When I get to finish it I'll post a complete pic.
I'm gonna be working on some new decorations for the porch Snowman tree.

I found some cute vintage images at Imagimeri's................................................

On Saturday Jim took me to lunch at the Cafe in the Oh Valley Ant. Mall  and look what I found....................

It's the Dec 1972 issue! There are a lot of groovy things I remember inside this paper time capsule. I'll show some pages in later posts, but the one page that jumped out was this....................................................................

This 8 volume set of themed cookbooks by BHG. Look what I have....I know I've showed these before........

Over the past couple of years I have searched for this collection and now I have all 8! I wondered how many came in the set. In 1973 the books changed in look.....................................................................................

They are still great cookbooks, but slightly larger, with a dull finish on the cover, the paper used feels different, and the pics are nice, but not quite the same somehow. I'm happy to know I have the complete set. Now I guess I'll look for the ones in the early 70's. Past '75 they look way too modern. Can't help it I just love vintage!!
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I thought since it is Pink Saturday I'd Incluse some of my Fav Christmas things.....................

Christmas table setting atmy parents house

Christmas table display at the Flower Shop

Vintage inspired holiday Angelic Inspiration

A vintage reflector for light strand on tree

Vintage glass bell and plastic whirlygig ornies

Vintage pink glass ball with covered bridge and snow scene

Vintage tall lidded cloche filled with vintage garland beads and vintage balls

Vintage holiday panorama book seen at the Tafts Museum Antigue Christmas

Vintage holiday diorama also taken at the Taft.

Hope you're tickled pink this weekend!!! Or at least red and green!

Don't forget to go to my Weekly Blog Parties at the top of the page and check out all the fun parties I link to!

It's Party Time!

......over at the Esty Cottage Style Blog!

This months color is Aqua.  The party lasts all week, so I cna't wait to see everyonestrue color! I love the shade of aqua or it used to be called blue green in the crayon box. I think if pine trees on the mountainside.....a pair of flipflops I had in the 60's with a big flower on em with different shades of aqua....a 60's coffee pot I have with gold and aqua diamonds on it.... ya know there are a lot of different hues and shades in this color family...................................................

Here is a vintage set of Melemine dishes I found for sale on Ebay.


We  have this 1950/60 aqua and black pottery bowl for sale at our flower shop.

This is the center picture on one of 4 English aluminum plates in my collections and it's filled with shades of aqua.

 This is a pillow I created using a 1950's hankie, 1960's tourquoise cotton fabric and rickrack, accented by a 1960's enamalware pin.

 My autumn throw I use on my kitchen porch glider has a lot of different shades of aqua.

 These next 2 pictures show a variety of blue greens in 1950's magazine showing fabrics.

 This tin is from the 1960's and filled with embroidery and threads from my Grandma.

 And, this is another 1950-60 vintage dishtowel I beaded and hand-embroidered to create a pillow.

Wow, I didn't realize I had so much aqua on hand. Well...I do love the shades of greens. Here are a few more aquas........................................

Feel free to copy and use these for your own paper crafts! Well, I think I go and see the other guests at the party. If you'd like to join me we'll go thru HERE

New Digital Software...more to come later!

Update: 10/16/11

This past weekend we got to go for a little ride to Ky and ended up at the Florence Antique Mall. Alas, we didn't find anything we had to have, but I did spy this cute booth that made me smile.........

Just full of red and white goodies. And, we did see the most interesting folks in other booths............

There were frightfully fun to visit with. Then on Sunday afternoon we stopped at a nieghbor who was having

an Estate Sale where I found all this vintage booty........

Of course I found some vintage embroidery and a toaster cover that'll make great appliques, as well as these hand-tatted doilies. Naturally I couldn't pass on a few vintage cookbooks. This one from the State of Maine, Potato Cookbook, is my favorite. It's from the late 40 early 50's, but what is really cool is I think it may have been the inspiration for my neighbors kitchen/family room when they built the home in the 50's...at least it sure looks like this.

I found a pack of found an old pack of dressmakers transfer paper...wasn't gonna show the pic, but what I noticed was the price tag when I got home. It's from an old department store called Arlan's here in Cincy. It was slightly more upscale than Woolworth's, but it was a visit made at least once a week when at my Grandma's. Sadly, it closed in 1969-70.

The tablecloth is the one I got from Cindy Adkins, but the large checked napkin (3) is a find and I'm gonna make a little runner I think of the 3. Mrs. Butterworth never looked so good. My Nieghbor loved to paint...er...dress her in country cookin finery. And, yes another Cookbook!

I was so happy to find that sweet little rose planter in the basement and find it's mark......

I also, found this little transferware saucer with its
mark.....................

We also purchased a vintage hand-plow our Nieghbor let my Dad borrow when we put in our first veggie garden in '77 when we first moved in. The wood is a little weathers, it's missing a handle end and has a wonderful rusted patina on the plow attatchments now, but it'll look great as a garden ornie. There is also a vintage mirror Jim found in the basement from the 30-40's, but  it needs some work before it makes a pic debut. Wonder what the cost of all this vintage goodness was?........$16.00

The past weekend was a good one. Think next weekend will be a clean the yard one since it's supposed to be nice. Don't forget to read on about some software I won and the digi art I created. Oh, and rememb er to visit all the blog parties too!

See I'm Back. Sorry for the blog interruption, but I had to check out this new software. I am soooo excited.

A week or two ago I entered a giveaway, sponsored by My Memories over at

Daniella Hayes' blog ...................................

'Daniella Hayes....Layers of  Creativity. and, boy is it ever chocked full of creativity. If you haven't stopped by check her out here...........

Well, seems I was the lucky recipient of her  giveaway which was a digital software package called,

'My Memories Suite'. Now you all have heard and some have personally seen how digitally impaired I am...

no snickering or giggles......but after going over the software for two days...OMG it is SUITE. ...er...SWEET!

And, the My Memories site it wonderful. Filled with inspiration, kits, ideas.....oh you have got to visit them.

Here, after you see what I did below..relatively quickly....go to

Alright.  You've already seen my first digi design in the ad for my Etsy Shop, Apronation. remember these are my first practice designs, sooooooo...............

This is form of art is definately outta  the box for me, but it is awesome!

Dont' forget to join all my Blogpals at my Weekly Blog Parties HERE to see other artworks, vintage finds,

and meet some really fun folks!