happy monday everyone! i hope you all had a wonderful start to the holiday season & were able to enjoy time spent w/ friends + family...and of course feasting! i found myself enjoying some time shopping...not for tvs but good ol' relaxing junk. no crowds vying for the latest & greatest electronics. just me seeking out nothing in particular. until, of course, i viewed the "pile" on the check-out stand. everything had a seemingly similar quality. and that was color. i am very much aware of my tendency to gravitate to aqua. and you have probably picked up on it too. not to mention the comments from friends that my "bubba keg" of diet coke matches my jacket. both heavily laden in the hue.
time to "show" just what i am "telling" you about. it wouldn't be right passing by old ball jars that have irregular bubbles giving just the right amount of character. then i found a selection of fishnet floats in the exact same number of jars on the counter. i popped the floats on the jar tops to avoid them rolling away...only to discover i really like the look of them seen in my recreation @ home {below}
in recent years...i have pulled back the reigns on my ornament purchases. i am not lacking in this department in any shape or form. but this lil guy {below} fit my criteria....{palette, price, pattern} so i thought it would be the first newbie on my soon to be decorated tree!
moving along i spotted a tiny enamel pan. what's better than aqua you ask? mix in a another favorite color...white! that and being darn cute besides. and a $1. come on...how do you pass that one by? already put to use @ home holding a medley of typewriter keys {below}.
back to ball jars quick like. for my november event i offered for the 1st time these wonderful zinc lid conversions to make your standard canning jar into a soap dispenser. they were gone in a flash...but i am planning on stocking up again for next spring @ the hollow. of course i saved one for my very best customer {me} and put it to use by our sink {below}. next to a vessel of scrubbers. and yes, big surprise that i was able to find me an aqua one.
and even with patinaWHITE's event behind me...i am busy collecting + creating goodies, as mentioned, for next spring. this lovely {below}...case in point. from the burnished silver tone metal...turquoise like center & iconic cross dangles...she's got it going on!
JUNK for JOY! and let the christmas decorating commence! a bulk find of rusty bedsprings reminded me of a project by a mastermind junk wiz...miss janet of the much missed junkdrawer. featured by another junkdrawer fan + blogger extraordinaire, mary @ vintage patina. i was so inspired by it to make my own version. one for me plus a few extras that found loving homes. i don't know how it happended that the pale shimmer of aqua all ended up on mine. {below}.
there are much worse vises i could suffer from i suppose. i am not aware of any support groups for lovers of aqua trinkets & diet coke. though the latter i have often wondered if i might benefit from! i still believe the world is a much prettier place with aqua. so i will continue to seek out the beautiful color in objects ranging from whimsical wares to workhorses. and you will likely hear about the best of 'em.
thanks for popping by & have a great day...
