Dusty

This is my dusty little secret and I am telling it to only you!
When I need to dust- like when one could legibly read the complete Gettysburg address written in the dust- I do in fact dust... but I also rearrange my stuff for a different decor set up. This is my thrifted tarnished (I like it tarnished and maybe even a little dinged up) silver that different people gave to me as they were going to throw it out...you may remember from this post. I came across this photo I took at the end of our open L-shaped fireplace make the house dusty burning season because I knew it was time to rearrange stuff. But what I didn't realize until I looked at the photos was that it was disgustingly dusty. I think it is just a trick of the camera, yeah that's it, we'll go with that!!

So there you have it...my dusty little secret. Don't tell a soul.

tarnished silver, old books and photos

My hutch display recently went from light and airy pastel pinks and rich wine red roses and lacy pink doilies and hankies. You can see it [here].to...
a darker, quieter, fall display of tarnished silver pieces and tarnished framed family photos and antique books and "fantasy family" tintype photos.


The little girl in the big silver frame is my Grandma (Dad's mom) when she was 4. The oval silver frame holds a photo of E. in the baptism gown I made for her out of a vintage cotton petticoat. The brown book, Child Classics, is from 1909 and The Land of Play book from 1911.





I like how the tin types look with the tarnished silver. The one of the two men sitting with their arms crossed is one of my favorites!


The book, The Adventures Of Ol' Mistah Buzzard, is from 1926. The two boys in the round frame are my Dad (on the right) and his brother wearing matching corduroy hats, jackets and knee pants that my Grandma made for them. The square frame holds a photo of my Mom and Dad on their wedding day.

The little girl with the tricycle, in the tarnished rose frame, is me when I was about 2.
The book, Around The World With The Children, is from 1917. I sewed the cat from a kit when I was in elementary school.


The couple in the oval are the parents of my very best life long friend.
They are like my second parents and surrogate grandparents to my 3 kids. My kids call them Nannie and Grampy. The two Billy Whiskers books are from 1902 and The Holton-Curry Reader is from 1914.

The girl in the oval frame is none other than me on my 17th birthday!


The small frame holds a photo of my B on his baptism day. His Godmother/Aunt is holding him. In the center framed photo- the little girl wearing a hat is me, about age 6. The wedding photo is me dancing with my dad.
The heart shaped frame is me and B on our wedding day. In the frame next to that- the little girl in head scarf is me at age 2.
The frame at far right shows me at age 5.