June 2011 Blog Posts (13)

Here's my latest video series.

The Vintage Village is mentioned, and also Vintage Rising...( only, get ready to giggle because for some reason I said Vintage Up Rising, and it makes me laugh everytime I see this )

This is a unscripted video series, I only referred to my notes and just talked. Not real professional, just a one on one, news anchor type video that I think you will enjoy.

Next one will be FaceBook, which gives free sites to see and show

Here's the…

One of our Charming Daughters collects Wedgwood. She loves the Jasperware, in all colors. She has some lovely older pieces, and some newer pieces. Her library includes several volumes devoted to Wedgwood collecting. We’re always finding pieces to add to her ever-growing collection. Some we find are rare, some are newer. No matter, she’s always…

We were away for about 10 days. We put our Ruby Lane and Ruby Plaza shops in vacation mode, but indicated we would still answer emails and accept purchase orders to "hold" items.

While away, no new items were added to either site. I didn't engage in updating my pages here on The Vintage Village. No new blog…

Hello all who visit with LilacsNDreams Page at The Vintage Village, and glad you have stopped by. I have been kind of missing in action a bit. Took some time to work with my blogs, website, and the timing was actually good.…

We had a busy weekend !!! The upcoming summer and vacation plans made us realize we needed to have more furniture inventory for our booth at The Grapevine. We won't always be in town for auctions ... so we did two local auctions -- one on Friday night and one early Saturday morning. I'm still sorting our treasures !!!

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I had started the Luv2LuvAntiques website with the idea of blending my luv of antiques and vintage, with my love of angels. Do you believe in angels? I definitely do! I'll share something personal with you for a moment, but I promise not to get maudlin about it...meaning tearful, or overly…

"I was a bit of a tomboy when I was a lass...dreaming of the Jolly Roger, and pirates plundering the Caribbean! I used to sneak out of bed late at night, way past my bed time, to watch the late show on T.V., especially to see Errol Flynn, or Tyrone Power, in their swashbuckling Hollywood roles! Movies like "Captain Blood", "The Sea Hawk", and "The Black Swan", were my favorites! It wasn't easy to tip toe past my parents room, as my mother was…

Old Fashioned Charm appreciates tea parties...whether they be formal, or informal...a group tea party, or a tea party of one!

In today's bustling world, we often do not take the time for ourselves, or our 'sisters', whether they be friend, or family! It seems we…

Even before The VintageCrowsNest was only a concept, as a collector, I was on the lookout for a wide variety of nautical vintage items!  I've always searched for the unique and unexpected...and this canned emergency drinking water really fits the bill.

During the 1950's Naval…