G'day chickadees, how you all doin' this fine Saturday?
Well I had a very full morning, awoken very rudely by two middle-aged women, who at 5.45am, on their early morning hike, thought nothing of shouting to each other as they walked down the hill past our cottage.
If it hadn't been for the fact that I was wearing little bar the odd dab of Chanel, I may well have chased them down the street….rolling pin in hand.
..not one to be bright eyed and up at this hour as a rule I thought I might as well make the most of it…and the benefit of getting out early? Firstly normally it means I am alone, always a good thing 'round here. And secondly means you're first to the treasure. Usually.
But today I missed out on a vintage leather hatbox (which I must say was so absolutely Anthropologie Delightful I thought twice about accosting the old dealer who had swooped on it before me) and a *huge old vintage mixing bowl, which I spied from afar but missed in a split second and which I had already decided as soon as I saw if from afar that I would purchase & giveaway right here on this blog….best laid plans…
Soooo, anyhoo, after a round of disappointing places (and that happens in this treasure-hunting-game people) I decided to head home for coffee and a bagel…a little sit out the back under the Fig Tree in the cool…and on the way home came across a few of these old beauties…and couldn't pass 'em up.
The lovely lady who I bought them from, proceeded to tell me at length, how they used to light her path before they could afford to put lights in….how wonderful they would look cleaned up…and kindly lectured me in just how I would go about this mammoth clean up of a few old vintage lanterns
I thought for a quick second about letting her in on the secret.
Sweetie I want them like that.
Money cannot buy old, weathered, rusty and vintage. With in-built embossing.
But I saved my breath, for sure, she was never gonna get that.
And so I came home to a house still quiet, Mr Beach Cottage still in the land of nod, Mr Teenage Beach Cottage certainly not even anywhere near emerging.
And later went out for more, and came back with lots of little beautiful things, not big things which is what I prefer really, but that's why this Treasure Game is so much fun…
…and I have to tell you, I came across this old book, well really I suppose it is a collection of pages, with two huge staples, I picked it up firstly because I liked the fact that the paper was very aged and beautifully yellowed and also the old typography caught my eye…each page just typed at the top…I thought I might use it for wrapping…
Once I was browsing through later with some Afternoon Tea, I realised what a treasure I have in my possession, for this dear friends & Lurkers is a compilation documenting memories of the residents of a local Nursing Home…from what I can ascertain it was put together in the 60's so these old folks were remembering right back to the 1880's…all sorts of things about this area that we moved our family to from the other side of the world to all these years later…
To say that I feel honoured to have this in my possession is an understatement, it sent shivers down my spine.
And that is why I play this Game. When one scores, the shivers are pretty darn good.
See you around…
oh and yeah, the beading??
it's kinda nearly done and I'm gonna show you the WIP…but yep I'm making you ladies wait until tomorrow…or perhaps the next day….
a new giveaway's coming next week..(it's nice!) winners from all comments from now
those in Lurkdom welcome to apply for Beach Cottage entry…;-)
{* Bella-Casa and Sheilagh from Ticking and Toile have a magazine subscription on the way! congrats!}
(pls. let me know your addresses)
you can read about my best Saturday find ever here, and how it looked all spruced up in the Beach Cottage here
Hi Sarah! Sorry you were ambushed on the hatbox and bowl – darn it!! Loving your lanterns though! I remembered having one just like that when my hubby and I used to go camping when we were still in our teens…I showed him your pic and he said ‘yep but Mum spray-painted it gold’ I nearly choked!!! What a wonderful and very special find in your book – that truly is a priceless treasure! Thanks for sharing your wonderful finds:) Enjoy the rest of your evening!!-Tina x
Just love to have a look at that book! Hope it made up somewhat for missing out on the hatbox & bowl. Just how early does one HAVE to get up? Enjoy the rest of the W/E.
I am really happy for you Sarah, that you found the book. How fabulous to end up in your hands, I couldn’t think of anyone more deserving of it. I can imagine how you will cherish it and the hisory it contains. Another little thing to make you feel closer to your new home ~ Australia. But…reading how you already feel about it here, I don’t think that could be possible
By the way ….. love the lanterns, they are so very Beach Cottage.
Loove the lanterns! They are yummy. And I absolutely understand the “high” that comes from the treasure game. That book sounds like a real find. Have a good weekend. We are currently having a heavy snowfall in Virginia, USA. Sigh. I had mentally moved on to spring!
Love the lanterns, I can see them all lit up on your deck. What a treasure your book is too. Shame about your mixing bowl, but there is probably a much better one waiting at a sale for you somewhere. Maybe the lady that got it, visits your blog and was inspired by your others – you never know
My absolute favorite time of day is very early in the morning. I wake up to a fireplace and coffe and just me and the baby lounge until the others roll out of bed.
Those lanterns are to die for. Love the color and patina. Course, anything blue I’m gonna like. They’re perfect! I’m green with envy.
Everything happens for a reason. Had it not been for those rude women your whole day would have gone differentley and no way would you have that priceless book!I love when that happens. I also found a lantern last summer aged to the most perfect grayish whitish chippy color I’ve ever seen.Like Suzann I too am itching to get past this winter and treasure hunt.Yesterday I treated myself to two bunches of plum tulips from the grocery store and they have done wonders for my winter blues the same way your wonderful blog does. I adore all your finds and can’t wait to see the bead board.I kind of cheated and did the bead board wallpaper on the front of my (ugly formica) kitchen island and then framed it out with moulding. I have to tell you it looks so real, I love it no one believes its not the real thing until they touch it!
what an amazing find! in your spare time you could write a book about the history of your area. really amazing. you are a history-magnet-> the trunk,the lanterns, the papers — well, everything it seems. very cool.jkj
G’Day~ They are very Lovely. I have several myself, can’t get enough.I think Ticking and Toile should play the lotto, she also won my Giveaway.Enjoy~Kim
LOVE the lanterns. They remind me of camping when I was a youngster. Probably the best memories of camping was when we would go with several extended family members and friends and go hunting/camping. Good times! Great memories thanks to a cool old lantern. Thanks!
I almost felt warm here in 20 degrees Boston Mass when you described your morning treasure hunt…….a big “Thank You!”. I really like the blue lanterns and I want you to give us a peek at that book!
Those old lanterns are so amazing. They are perfect for The Beach Cottage. Annnnnndddddddd the old book of writings from a local nursing home is a treasure that I would cherish just as much as you are. I am so glad it ended up in your hands where it will be loved and valued.
The lanterns are lovely – the book truly precious, memories of a lifetime of those who walked before us. A true find indeed. That is the thrill of treasure hunting – the thought that another great piece of history may be just around the corner…
No I don’t that woman could have ever understood the beauty of time and age. Appreciating those things is a rare gift few have. And oh how glad I am you have it so that I may live vicariously through you.
Hi Sarah, as usual I can’t keep up with visits! Great looking vintage lanterns you found there girlie. Glad someone is out thrifting,it’s cold & rainy here. I’m looking forward to March getting here.
Oh, those lanterns are a great find! We have one that looks very similar from my husband’s great grandma. I love the blue color of it and after seeing your post I’m going to have to convince my hubby it needs to come out more often from the depths of the garage. He fixed and cleaned ours up and we take it camping, but now I think I should display it more! Thanks!
I have heaps of those lanterns! Actually there’s quite a funny story to it. I raided my parents’ outbuildings for all sorts of old treasures. I took them home and placed them around my house and garden. My mum came and visited and admired all the new lovely old things I had. We were having tea out in the garden with mum exclaiming “they so don’t look like junk the way you do it” and “where did you get them all from?” When I told her that I stole them all from her she nearly died LOL she tried demanding them all back, but knew that she would never actually do anything with them anyway. She is now quite happy to come visit and admire all her stuff in it’s new location!
*sob sob sob* I didn’t win the subscription, I hope the lucky ladies enjoy!
The lanterns are great and the memories book sounds wonderful, how fascinating. That’s the trouble with treasure hunting, as soon as you let yourself realise there could literally be ANYTHING out there for the finding it becomes almost too addictive!
Hi Sarah! oh i can’t wait for Spring and go treasure hunting again. I am so jealous. Just love it when I can get to a prize before the dealers. My favorite thing are vintage bowls, I have way too many but can’t stop. Do you get to garage sale year round in Sydney? That would be heaven. The early bird definitely gets the worm. Love your lanterns…can you believe some think everything must look new? yikes – have a great weekend with your lovely book, how fascinating – history first hand.
Kathleen H
Those lanterns are lovely …thought of you when I went garage sailing yesterday . Hmm what would Sarah buy . Oh did I find some lovely things , beautiful silver glass candelstick holder , some cute white freedom stools and a big straw bag for the beach . I was so excited ! gotta love a saturday morning .
Oh it’s so annoying when you just miss something… especially when it calls your name, and you know it’s supposed to be yours! Well done with those lanterns though, I have a bit of an obsession with them at the mo, so always on the lookout..
As far as those crazy old biddies go, put a sign up stating ‘sshh, people still sleeping here’ out the front, maybe they will get the message??
Sarah…I loved this post! The lanterns are just stunning. And the book you found sounds like an absolute treasure. What a find!! Wish I could go treasure hunting with you. Oh what fun that would be!!
What a find, in that book! Foxfire, I mentioned in a recent post, was a project by high school students during the 1970′s. They interviewed countless elder folks, in the mountains of Appalachia. Wonderful stories. I have several books in the series.
We went to an ice carving festival yesterday. Fun!
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G'day ladies, let's have a Too Easy Beach Cottage recipe yeah? The original place for Too Easy Recipes on the web ;-)
So, after my last salad went down a storm in my inbox, that's here if you missed it, I had to do this one seeing as I make it most weeks.
There is a problem with this salad and kiddos though...it looks, well, it looks, kinda yucky...but once they try it, they'll ask if and when they are next having it....at least that's what happens in this ratty old cottage...but I must interject here that my kiddos are 'good eaters'? ...they didn't get a choice in that ;-)
Now, stop, don't start running and hitting that next on your blog reading list, pulses are your best friend in the Too Easy Dump & Go kitchen for the busy mum, or busy anyone for that matter...that reminds me I must blog the garlic canneloni Go To for when you forgot to do dinner, feel like a bath but have three ravenous young Beach Cottage Kiddos on your hands...another day.
I am almost embarrassed to tell you how easy this is, we have it so much that I always have a couple, make that six, cans of lentils around and a jar of goat's cheese in the fridge...the great thing about this is that it's all too easy to get ready in just a few minutes, but it looks, tastes and seems like you did oh so very much more than that.
You can obviously too change it up a bit depending on what you have to hand in your kitchen, and I must say that is how I settled on this version...because one day when I made it I didn't have enough Parsley in the garden and so I chucked in some basil too, and liked the Summer feel it added.
I think of this as being a rather posh salad, not sure why, because it couldn't really be further from the truth...the great thing is that it works so well for an average run of the mill day, (when I did this for this blog post, it was a hot Sydney Sunday and I did it just simply to go with Rosemary & Garlic stuffed pork, you can see that pork here),
...but just as easily it works on a regular old Wednesday night when you have lost all enthusiasm for rustling up yet another meal, or indeed on Saturday night, when your friends are on their way over for dinner and you my friend, are in your new vintage inspired clawfoot bathtub (that's me in a few weeks time, k?) without any clothes on, a tipple and no idea what to cook for dinner...
I have a complicated and ever-changing relationship with goat's cheese...it never fails me in its performance and it never fails to impress me (you can find out a bit more on what I like in food here if you like) and I kinda collect it...because it's very easy to collect and has a fairly long fridge-life, I love trying out different ones and there's not many things I love more than goat's cheese on sourdough...but I think the best thing about it is not thinking about it exclusively in the toast/salad department...I've stuffed it in chicken and all sorts of things as a last minute and it's been fab.
But let's get down to the nitty gritty of this super salad that makes you look like an angel who has been on her knees all day scrubbing the front step when really you are in the digital world and spent most of ...
G'day Beach Cottage ladies, howdy, howdy howdy today for a Beach Cottage Too Easy recipe.
If you like cake, cream, sugar and chocolate, make this.
This is, rather than a recipe, a putting it together...as you know I am no dessert maker, but, I do make quite a few sweet things, because, somehow I have ended up with kiddos, who in their roles as offspring, believe that part of the deal, is that not only do I feed them a home-cooked meal with a few homegrown ingredients in there, yes, they also believe that dessert and not the kind that comes out of a packet is included too in this All-Inclusive Deal they call Parenthood.
So, this, for sure, is no culinary masterpiece, but if you are looking for something that is so very easy, dump-able, uses everyday ingredients and at the same time makes you look like you spent hours pulling things together plus tastes good....well, then this is for you.
Best though, you don't make this for yourself, if you have spent the most part of your week sitting on your derriere reading blogs...this my friend ain't low in the calories department...if, however, you are treating yourself to a delight in a mason jar, this is so for you.
I first had a version of this when at dinner back in Old Blighty with a girl, I once, in another life, caught the train up from our village to London with...she was a funny thing really...I am not quite sure how we got on...she was kinda prissy and a bit bothered by too much...I would run to the train flustered, having got up late, and she would have a spreadsheet on the train times, if you know what I mean.
Anyway, a few years later when we both had bambinos, I bumped into her again and we met up for playdates and dinner sometimes....this particular night, after a lovely meal she served up little bowls of creamy, cakey fruity stuff topped off with chocolate flake...it was delicious!
She didn't serve hers in little jars like this, hers were in a champagne glass and not quite so layered as these ones, plus she used tinned fruit not fresh or frozen.
Years later when said offspring kept requesting dessert, one day I wangled together somehow these from what was around in the fridge and they've been with us ever since.
Most likely, if you ever come here for dinner, and shock horror, you dont' bring the dessert with you, this, if you are lucky, will be what you will get.
Throw it all together, sprinkle a lil bit of chocolate on the top and the blog reading past-time you so rudely left in order to make this, is my friend, your oyster.
Beach Cottage Too Easy Layered Raspberry, Cream & Sponge Dessert
1 small maderia or butter cake or a pack of cupcakes (or of course make your own)
1/2 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup cream cheese
1/4 cup sugar
8 tbsp fruit
1 x chocolate Flake or chocolate bar for grating
1. beat the cream cheese until it is soft
2. whip the cream until soft peaks form
3. combine & add the sugar through
4. cut your cake into portions
& layer into the bottom of your jar
5. add a tablespoon of fruit
6. layer on top the cream combo
7. repeat
8. grate chocolate or Flake on top
*Beach Cottage Recipe Notes : this is just a guide really, you can use any cream that you have on hand...I have made this with clotted cream (don't even go there unless you want to seriously get these babies on your thighs), with double cream and I have even, in desperate times squirted in that, ...
G'day Beach Cottage ladies, well I thought it was time for some blogging tips here today, alongside a few nice flowers and shells ;-)
I was recently part of a blogger discussion group over at Kidspot and a couple of hours later had a few questions from girls who couldn't make it to the live chat, one was on my Facebook page and one via email, the Facebook one I will deal with in another Real Girl Blogging Tips post...the email one asked me what essentials do I think every blog needs?
Well I have been around here for a while now doing the blogging thing, so I should know this, yeah and I mused this on my walk by the sea this morning I thought well what do you only need?
...I think it is really very easy when blogging, whether or not you are blogging up there in the lofty heights of the Super Bloggers or you are just dipping your toe in the water, to get side-tracked by 101 million different things that are 'essential' to your blog and if you are someone like me who actually gets a thrill from reading blogging tips then you are in an even worse place because you will find yourself literally buzzing with these essential things to add/do/implement on your blog.
However, walking along, gulping down that brisk sea air today (no sunshine & clouds) I thought you actually don't need any of that professional blogging stuff to be successful...but there are a few things that are pretty much crucial ...and once I started to think about it I got it down to about 5 - these are the only things that you need to concentrate on...once you have read through take a look at some of the big girl's blogs...you'll see that actually they don't have bundles of stuff on their blogs...but they do have all of these...
So here are my top things that your blog must have
1. About Page
There are all sorts of About Pages out there, and if you search on it there are many different tips and ideas for what to have on yours
Whatever blogging platform you use, adding an About Me Page is easy, quick and simple and will do everything to grow your blog.
I like a long-ish About Page, I am inherently nosy and I like to know a bit more about the person but at the least you should have on it your name and where you are located. I also think a photo is good too...over the last year or so I think this has become more important in blogging - if you are hesitant about that as I was, you can try using sunglasses or a behind shot until you get comfortable.
There is nothing worse than stumbling upon a new blog and going to find out more to only be faced with a piddly little one liner About Me Page...well there is something worse, not having one at all!
2. Contact Page
The chances are someone, somewhere will want to contact you and you will be surprised what lands in your inbox once you put yourself out there on the world wide web with a blog.
Many bloggers also use this page to include details for PR's/brands that may want to contact them and some bloggers put their stats on there too.
A short, to the point and simple Contact Page works really well...whenever I have wanted to contact another blogger I am often very busy and have limited time so I don't want to hang around sifting through information looking for an email address, so concise and clear ...
G'day lovely Beach Cottage lovelies.
So, yeah, so on a roll people, so on a roll.
I feel kinda home accessory wired right now.
I am always telling people, if anyone ever listens, that blogging is all about passion, not that sort of passion, but about passion that makes one tick.
Things like this make me tick tick boom.
I love finding things that suit my budget and let me treat my home but look amazing too.
So without further adieu I introduce you, ladies of the beach, to the blue vintage glasses that I have been stroking for about a week or two now...
These glasses are from a little boutique I sometimes happen upon, this boutique sells also pet accessories, carpet cleaner, bras and compost...it's quite unique though.
And, thanks to my friend Marnie (she blogs over here, go take a look at her praying position, interesting), who just so happens to be one day having me over for a lil' Greek dinner, has let me in on the fact that we call Kmart....The KMart...with an accent ....as in 'I love The KMart'...just like her MIL does. Oh yeah. Love that.
So I have had my eye on reproduction vintage glass blue wine glasses and being trying to find real true vintage blue glasses for like ever.
Oh yes I have spied them in Frenchy boutiques, I have lusted after them in stores that I shouldn't even enter and I have put them back pretty quickly in those shops with the hand-written price tags. C'mon, you know the ones.
And, though all of the above have tempted me, muchly, really, even with my wardrobe stashing skills I just thought that, actually, I'd rather be saving that casherooni for our next trip overseas..
Hello The KMart.
Tick Tick Boom
Vintage style blue wine glasses.
Do not come to my old place and think you might pick up one of these and smile with pleasure at their handblown quality, their weight, and be secretly jealous that my wine glasses cost more than your car...friend, that would not happen...these do not feel like that...indeed these in a funny way reminded me of my baby girl, she was a tiny little thing, with stick legs, the tinsssssssiest ankles and wrists you ever did see, she slept sideways in her cot wedged in between rolled up blankets and would only settle attached to Mr Beach Cottage or I or a (dirty) pj top of mine scrunched up under her nose...the first few times I picked her up to cuddle, being used to Honeymoon Baby who weighed in at 9lbs at birth and has never really stopped growing, I nearly threw her little bird-cum-rat down covered body over my shoulder.
These glasses are like that...be careful or you might lose your wine down the front of your shirt.
But oh baby, we are not talking picking up here, we are not talking quality, we are not talking house accessory snobbery.
Beach Cottage ladies, we are talking aesthetics.
And this is what I need in my cottage.
Blue vintage style glass, paired with coastal / nautical / beach stuff on my deck.
It's The KMart.
Tune in tomorrow, tomorrow, I have more budget foofing for your home, or maybe it will be the dress that wraps me up in supermarket-chic and makes me feel like me again.
Good Day to you my friends, wanna come hang out on my deck, talk house accessories, The KMart and drink some wine from blue glasses?
Sarah
Hi Sarah! Sorry you were ambushed on the hatbox and bowl – darn it!! Loving your lanterns though! I remembered having one just like that when my hubby and I used to go camping when we were still in our teens…I showed him your pic and he said ‘yep but Mum spray-painted it gold’ I nearly choked!!!
What a wonderful and very special find in your book – that truly is a priceless treasure! Thanks for sharing your wonderful finds:) Enjoy the rest of your evening!!-Tina x
Just love to have a look at that book! Hope it made up somewhat for missing out on the hatbox & bowl. Just how early does one HAVE to get up? Enjoy the rest of the W/E.
Oh, I love those lanterns! And the book… how special!
I am really happy for you Sarah, that you found the book. How fabulous to end up in your hands, I couldn’t think of anyone more deserving of it. I can imagine how you will cherish it and the hisory it contains. Another little thing to make you feel closer to your new home ~ Australia. But…reading how you already feel about it here, I don’t think that could be possible
By the way ….. love the lanterns, they are so very Beach Cottage.
5.45am! How rude!
Still it got you up and out enjoying the morning! Sounds like you came across a little treasure in the book.
Now those lanterns…I think I’ve seen some of those at my FIL’s house. Must take a look next time I go.
Loove the lanterns! They are yummy. And I absolutely understand the “high” that comes from the treasure game. That book sounds like a real find. Have a good weekend. We are currently having a heavy snowfall in Virginia, USA. Sigh. I had mentally moved on to spring!
Love the lanterns, I can see them all lit up on your deck. What a treasure your book is too. Shame about your mixing bowl, but there is probably a much better one waiting at a sale for you somewhere. Maybe the lady that got it, visits your blog and was inspired by your others – you never know
My absolute favorite time of day is very early in the morning. I wake up to a fireplace and coffe and just me and the baby lounge until the others roll out of bed.
Those lanterns are to die for. Love the color and patina. Course, anything blue I’m gonna like. They’re perfect! I’m green with envy.
Oh my that lantern is absolutely gorgeous.
I am itching for warmer weather so I can go hunting myself.
Your lantern finds are wonderful! The book sounds so special – I hope you’ll show us some pictures from it. What a treasure.
Those lanterns are gorgeous, shame about the other pieces that got away. Your new book sounds fascinating, it should make for some great reading.
Everything happens for a reason. Had it not been for those rude women your whole day would have gone differentley and no way would you have that priceless book!I love when that happens. I also found a lantern last summer aged to the most perfect grayish whitish chippy color I’ve ever seen.Like Suzann I too am itching to get past this winter and treasure hunt.Yesterday I treated myself to two bunches of plum tulips from the grocery store and they have done wonders for my winter blues the same way your wonderful blog does. I adore all your finds and can’t wait to see the bead board.I kind of cheated and did the bead board wallpaper on the front of my (ugly formica) kitchen island and then framed it out with moulding. I have to tell you it looks so real, I love it no one believes its not the real thing until they touch it!
Incredible treasures today!! The lanterns are wonderful and so beachy. The right person found that book…
i love those lanterns – what a great find for you
gill
what an amazing find! in your spare time you could write a book about the history of your area. really amazing. you are a history-magnet-> the trunk,the lanterns, the papers — well, everything it seems. very cool.jkj
I love the blue of those lanterns, what a wonderful find…and your photos really do them justice! The book is a treasure and I’m sure a great read!
Maybe I should get up early some Saturday to see what I can find…nah who am I kidding?!
Congrats to the magazine subscription winners!
Kat
G’Day~ They are very Lovely. I have several myself, can’t get enough.I think Ticking and Toile should play the lotto, she also won my Giveaway.Enjoy~Kim
Love the lanterns!!! They are inspiring me to get out to our local antique swap meet one of these days.
Love ‘em! Thanks for sharing with us.
Light the lanterns and read the book…….. yes?
:O)
LOVE the lanterns. They remind me of camping when I was a youngster. Probably the best memories of camping was when we would go with several extended family members and friends and go hunting/camping. Good times! Great memories thanks to a cool old lantern. Thanks!
I almost felt warm here in 20 degrees Boston Mass when you described your morning treasure hunt…….a big “Thank You!”. I really like the blue lanterns and I want you to give us a peek at that book!
How wonderful of a morning, treasure hunting is great and how special to have that book! Happy Weekend!
I spent my Sat am selling treasure to others-baseball team fundraiser “treasure sale” almost as much fun as chasing treasures…almost!
Those old lanterns are so amazing. They are perfect for The Beach Cottage. Annnnnndddddddd the old book of writings from a local nursing home is a treasure that I would cherish just as much as you are. I am so glad it ended up in your hands where it will be loved and valued.
The lanterns are lovely – the book truly precious, memories of a lifetime of those who walked before us. A true find indeed. That is the thrill of treasure hunting – the thought that another great piece of history may be just around the corner…
No I don’t that woman could have ever understood the beauty of time and age. Appreciating those things is a rare gift few have. And oh how glad I am you have it so that I may live vicariously through you.
What great finds! Lanterns and that special book, congrats!
Hi Sarah, as usual I can’t keep up with visits! Great looking vintage lanterns you found there girlie. Glad someone is out thrifting,it’s cold & rainy here. I’m looking forward to March getting here.
Oh, those lanterns are a great find! We have one that looks very similar from my husband’s great grandma. I love the blue color of it and after seeing your post I’m going to have to convince my hubby it needs to come out more often from the depths of the garage. He fixed and cleaned ours up and we take it camping, but now I think I should display it more! Thanks!
Ah, Sarah…
You’re living my dream! Someday, I hope to get my own little beach cottage–I’d settle for a shack.
Love your vintage lanterns! Great find!
Smiles,
rachel
Some precious finds there Sarah. I really should do the same and get up early and see whats about ! Mel xxx
I have heaps of those lanterns! Actually there’s quite a funny story to it. I raided my parents’ outbuildings for all sorts of old treasures. I took them home and placed them around my house and garden. My mum came and visited and admired all the new lovely old things I had. We were having tea out in the garden with mum exclaiming “they so don’t look like junk the way you do it” and “where did you get them all from?” When I told her that I stole them all from her she nearly died LOL she tried demanding them all back, but knew that she would never actually do anything with them anyway. She is now quite happy to come visit and admire all her stuff in it’s new location!
*sob sob sob* I didn’t win the subscription, I hope the lucky ladies enjoy!
The lanterns are great and the memories book sounds wonderful, how fascinating. That’s the trouble with treasure hunting, as soon as you let yourself realise there could literally be ANYTHING out there for the finding it becomes almost too addictive!
Mel xxx
What a wonderful find the book was. The lanterns are beautiful as well but those memories are so special. They keep so many people alive in a way.
What a double treat not only 2 lanterns but thoses letters!!! good on you!
smiles, alice
Hi Sarah! oh i can’t wait for Spring and go treasure hunting again. I am so jealous. Just love it when I can get to a prize before the dealers. My favorite thing are vintage bowls, I have way too many but can’t stop. Do you get to garage sale year round in Sydney? That would be heaven. The early bird definitely gets the worm. Love your lanterns…can you believe some think everything must look new? yikes – have a great weekend with your lovely book, how fascinating – history first hand.
Kathleen H
These are fab, Sarah! Love that blue!! Perfect for a seaside cottage. {sigh}
Wow, now that is a find!!
Love the lanterns too!
Molly
Those lanterns are lovely …thought of you when I went garage sailing yesterday . Hmm what would Sarah buy . Oh did I find some lovely things , beautiful silver glass candelstick holder , some cute white freedom stools and a big straw bag for the beach . I was so excited ! gotta love a saturday morning .
Oh it’s so annoying when you just miss something… especially when it calls your name, and you know it’s supposed to be yours! Well done with those lanterns though, I have a bit of an obsession with them at the mo, so always on the lookout..
As far as those crazy old biddies go, put a sign up stating ‘sshh, people still sleeping here’ out the front, maybe they will get the message??
Sarah…I loved this post! The lanterns are just stunning. And the book you found sounds like an absolute treasure. What a find!! Wish I could go treasure hunting with you. Oh what fun that would be!!
The lanterns are beautiful, Sarah.
What a find, in that book! Foxfire, I mentioned in a recent post, was a project by high school students during the 1970′s. They interviewed countless elder folks, in the mountains of Appalachia. Wonderful stories. I have several books in the series.
We went to an ice carving festival yesterday. Fun!
Love those lanterns. What a great find.
I used lanterns like that on my Peace Corps. mission to write letters at night. Just seeing them gives me a good feeling.