Happy Birthday Baby!

I should have known better with a boy like you
That I would love everything that you do, and I do

Hey, hey, hey, and I do

Whoa, whoa, I never realized what a kiss could be
This could only happen to me
Can't you see, can't you see?

That when I tell you that I love you, oh
You're going to say you love me too

Oh, oh, and when I ask you to be mine
You're going to say you love me too

Whoa, whoa, I never realized what a kiss could be
This could only happen to me
Can't you see, can't you see?

That when I tell you that I love you, oh
You're going to say you love me too

Oh, and when I ask you to be mine
You're going to say you love me too

You love me too . . .

Happy Birthday baby hughes!  Mimi loves you more than you can know.

I am having a little shin dig today.... a clam bake.... maybe I have mentioned it a time or two thousand... photos soon

Friday Etsy Favorites *Turning 2*

I have a very special Friday Etsy Favorites.  These items found their way to my favorites and I had to have them.  So, I bought them... and they are all for baby hughes' birthday.  So here are the essentials to throw a fabulous orange and aqua owl party.

There are some absolutely adorable cupcake liners on etsy.  I couldn't decide between the stripe and the bold orange, so I got both!

Both liners found at cupcake social

Can it get any cuter?  These little finger puppets are going in the treat boxes... I just ordered the owl, but this shoppe has many different puppets to choose from.  They fit my finger and baby hughes' 

yes, he got one early *wink*

found at weeknit

Okay, this maybe the silliest and one of the best purchases I have made on etsy.  

It is a little mini bunting and it is adorable!  

I even had her make me one in custom colors...

Now, I will let you wait and see what I did with it and you can be the judge of my silliness!

found at kategeiner

I ordered some moss to make some mini terrariums for the treat boxes.

found at teresab123

And, what would a mini terrarium be without a mini owl?  These are actually beads that are also bells...

very cute!

found at delishbeads

These cute little crayons are also going in the treat boxes.  You can choose from a couple of different scents and they are soy crayons.  I needed aqua and she didn't have it listed, but she whipped me up some aqua owls to go along with the orange ones.  I also ordered the birthday boy a set.

found at Jugie Bee Crayons

And, also for the birthday boy, this t-shirt.

I may have started a tradition... last year I ordered a pale blue t-shirt with a number one... well, it was obvious to me that he needed a Number 2 this year, so I knew where to check first.

found at Happy Family

Well, I have cupcakes to frost and pom poms to hang...

nag Mr. Hughes to put a trike together...

make a party playlist.....

lots of very important tasks!

Bye for now

Weekend Treasures

Hey kids!  It is hot... very hot!  I love living in the South, but if we do ever relocate it will be much closer to water.   Due to the heat, I have been only getting in minimal vintage trouble.  We went out to the booth on Friday to fill and fluff just in case we don't get out there this week.... have I mentioned a party... maybe a few hundred times.  So here are a few fluffing photos....

We took out the Collette buffet... I already miss seeing her prettiness....

I did a restyle on these nesting tables... no before photos, but they were dark brown lacquer...

I glammed up this once gold mirror with what is becoming my signature blue (that sounds kind of snobby, but I do use it a lot!) and some silver leaf in the corners....now I am thinking that maybe I should have kept it... it would be pretty in my doily inspired powder room....

 And I managed to finish this lamp with a burlap shade just in time to replace a hanging shade that sold.

Then, on Saturday, we went to a yard sale that we had been stalking all week....she had some great stuff! I found another medicine chest to restyle for the booth but here is the main reason I went....

She had put a photo of these vintage mercury glass like sconces on Craigslist and I made us all get up pretty early to get to this sale.  Well, when we drove up people were swarming around her house and I just knew they would be sold.  Well, I saw them on a table and snatched them immediately with my cat like reflexes.  How could anyone pass these up?  They will be on our bedroom wall very, very soon!

Then, we went to an antique store that we rarely go to (it has a weird, funky smell) and I found this little gem...

Isn't it adorable?  It will most likely go in baby hughes' pirate bathroom.  Mr. Hughes is going to find a way for it to stand up.  I would put it in his bedroom, but the monster wants to play with the "booot" and the sails are pretty old and kind dusty. Maybe it won't be as tempting if it is in his bathroom.

Both of these finds are mine all mine!

Well, I am off to work where I will inevitably be wondering all day if I need to rush home and make some more pom poms... these things may have to go up early so I can get a scope of how many I have...

bye for now!

Dearest Mr. Hughes,  I would like to give you proper credit for snatching up the mercury glass sconces with YOUR cat like reflexes.  And, I would also like to thank you for listening well enough to know that they were the ONE thing I had to have from that sale.  You are perfection in a bowl.  

Friday Etsy Favorites *Salvage*

Happy Friday to everyone!
I thought that my Friday Etsy Favorites were getting a little soft with all the doilies and lace and frenchy stuff I decided to grunge it up this week with a little dirty, crusty, *Salvage*

I love this gothic fragment... the color is original and it is the perfect, unexpected piece.
found at haven vintage

I have a love for vintage post office doors.... I wish I would just pick them all up... wouldn't a whole bunch of them be great on a wall?
found at junkyard garden

Who doesn't love numbers? These price tags are great!
found at the fancy lamb

This is such a pretty window... you could hang it up or nest it in front of one of your energy efficient replacement windows to give it a little bit of character.
found at accessory addiction

love me some corbels!  Especially greyish, whitish weathered ones... would make great bookends or hang them in an open doorway.... I may have copied that idea from someone... *wink*
found at 40s zen

Are you dying?  Love this and I am soooo not a red person!
found at coffee house vintage

I am really, really wanting a vintage dress form and this children's form is adorable!
found at livingston and porter

Be still my beating heart.... I want a Butler's Pantry so badly... so so badly!  I would love to just drive up and get this bad boy!
found at whimsnwishes

Oh and I really would love, love, love to see your furniture that you adore... so send me a photo with a little ditty about it and I will post them all on Monday, August 16 and we can all have vintage envy when we see each other's goods!

I am off to take Collette to the booth and doing a little fluffing.  I will have a great Friday Etsy Favorites next week... I have been saving it!  And, maybe a furniture redo... don't hold your breath on that last one... I have a baby turning two on Saturday!
Bye for now!

A Secretary, a King, and a Duck

all walk into a bar and the Secretary orders.....

No, really this isn't a post about a joke.  This is more of a post about the pressing issues on my mind involving the furniture in my house that I love and desperately want to work.  I am seriously obsessing over this in between wondering if I have enough orange and aqua blue pom poms for the 2nd birthday coming up next week.  

Let's start with the Secretary.... that is pretty simple... I even think I know what colors Kate is going to be (isn't Kate a perfect name for a classy Secretary that greets you when you walk in the door?) 

Now, this isn't my classy lady Kate.... I don't have a before photo of her yet, but it gives you an idea of what she sort of looks like, but my girl Kate needs some work... 

And, if you read closely before, you read correctly "colors"  

We are talking special *just for me* colors, and maybe some vintage wallpaper or a fun color on the back of the upper cabinet.  This girl is staying... if you recall a long time ago, I mentioned here that I have been wanting one.... well, I found one while out looking for booth lovelies.  She was was in front of the now beautiful Collette. The guy even asked me what color I would paint her...I think she winked at me and whispered "make me pretty!"

And, a few days later, Mr. Hughes told the guy that he would be out to get her to shut me up (I made that part up, but that sounds like something he would say.)  She is now in the garage, just waiting for baby hughes to turn 2 and for my sister's kitchen table to be painted (I have priorities... and my monster and sister come before my desire to love this lady... plus, I need some time to find the perfect jewelry...)

Now, about that King....

(it is amazing about how many of my posts involve me obsessing over some piece of furniture... maybe I should see someone about this *wink*)

anyhow, back to the matter at hand.  The King...

this is actually a new obsession involving an old one...

(seriously, need  help)

These are 2 twins that Mr. Hughes found on craigslist to shut me up about the 2 cane and wood ones.  We thought we would hang on to them until we moved far away and lived happily ever after.  Well, kids, I just don't think that is happening anytime soon.  And, in the meantime, we could use a bigger bed and a new mattress... did you know 2 twins = 1 king....

So, last night, while Mr. Hughes was out, and I bribed the baby with a Handy Manny movie, I lugged 2 twins upstairs.  Yep... sure did! Mr. Hughes wasn't too happy about it... said some nonsense about me not being as young as I used to be.... what?!?

So, at about 9:30 pm, we constructed 2 twins in our room in front of our current queen.  And, I think it looked great.  Now, there are some technical aspects that will have to be dealt with to make this happen, but that is boring and lets face it, in my house, the Mr's job.

But, here is why I am hesitant...

A. (or do you prefer 1?) The bed will have to go in front of the windows... the headboards are low so hopefully it won't block too much.  I need the light.

B.  We will have to save a buy a new king mattress AND bedding.  I have a lovely duvet that I JUST bought last year.  And, I love it, so hopefully I can size up.

C. I have 2 wonderful, handmade by my Mommy, queen size quilts that she put a lot of time and money into... can I ask her to make me a king.?

Are kings really that much better than queens?  What about blocking that window?  I really do want to know what you think, but just know, I will probably do what I want.

The bright side to doing this is that the Tara could be my nightstand along with a Tara II for Mr. Hughes (that doesn't sound quite right.....)

So, all of THIS got me to thinking... I bet some of you have some pieces that you love, love, love.  And, that you would want to share....

so how about this....

I will do a post or a couple of posts with photos that you can email me with a short description or story about how you stole it from someone or how it was uglier than a kick in the shin at midnight (that was my dad's phrase... I think it lost something in the Spanish to English translation...) before you made it over.

So, if you want to participate, send me your stuff at 

michelle at vintagejunky dot com

 If you have a blog, be sure to send the link so I can link to you in the post... I thought we could so it this way instead of a McKlinky.  I would love to have them by August 12 so I could get the post together by the 16th (that's a Monday, Friday seems too obvious!)  Oh, and here are the rules (sorry) it needs to be furniture and it needs to be vintage.  Oh, and you have to love it!  If this is super popular, then maybe I will have to split it into a few posts.... what do you think... are you game?

Well, kids, that is all I have for you today!

Bye for now!

there was never a duck... just put that in for funsies