Show And Tell Friday # 5

It's Show and Tell Friday once again. I missed last week because of the trauma going on at home. I'm so happy to be participating again this week. Please go to Kelli's House There Is No Place Like Home to see all the other participants or to join in the fun yourself.

This week I am showing part of my rooster collection. I say part because I do have other things I won't be showing that I still consider part of my collection, like plates with rooster pictures, napkin rings with roosters sitting on them, spoon racks with roosters, you get the idea, small things and too difficult to get down to photograph.

It all started with this guy. He is a lamp. I bought him at somewhere like Walmart, I just fell in love with it and we use it as a night light in the kitchen.

Then I decided I wanted to start collecting roosters. We bought this next guy at a hospital in the lobby, they were fundraising. He's covered in feathers and actually has a motion detector on him so as you walk by him he cockadoodledoos.

This next one was given to me by a friend as kind of a house warming gift when we moved into our first home. He is made of wood.

My husband gave me this next one for Christmas or a birthday I don't remember which. It is made of metal and you can put a candle inside of it.

Next is a "Party Lite" gift from my sister one Christmas. You can put a candle in it.



Now we have a creamer and sugar bowl that I bought at an antique shop.



These two were bought at dollar stores.



These next two were bought at antique shops.



And lastly, I bought this one at Walmart I think and he is crystal.

All my roosters live on shelves around my kitchen. I've thought of starting a new collection. I'm thinking pigs maybe.

Thanks for checking out my Show and Tell. Have a great day

Show and Tell Friday #4

It's Show and Tell Friday once again. I so enjoy participating in this event! To see others who have participated or to join in the fun yourself go to Kelli's There Is No Place Like Home.

Since Easter is a week away and there won't be a Show and Tell next week, I'm going to show a couple of my Easter decorations.

First is a wreath I made. Yes I used real jellybeans and candies.



Next is an Easter tree sitting on my mantle.



Last is another Easter tree sitting in my kitchen window.

These pictures were all taken last year. I don't even have my Easter stuff out yet this year. I do have other decorations, I just don't have pictures of them and they are still packed away for this year.

I hope you enjoyed my little Show and Tell. Have a great day.

Show And Tell Friday #3

It's Show and Tell Friday again. Go to Kelli's There Is No Place Like Home to see all the other participants or to participate yourself.

Today I'm going to show you a couple of rings. Mr. Man has given me several rings over the years, but never really an engagement ring. So one day he bought me "the rock". It was a beautiful half carat, marquis cut diamond solitaire. Somehow I managed to lose the diamond. It obviously got hooked on something which pulled the claws open and the diamond fell out. I was very sad when I noticed it.



One day last summer we were browsing around in The Hock Shop. We saw a ring. We both thought it would be a perfect replacement for the one I had lost. It is also a half carat, round cut, solitaire and came with an appraisal certificate. It is worth a lot more than he paid for it. (It was not easy to get a decent photo of it). I am a lot more careful with this ring. You can't really see very well in the picture but it has a gold heart on either side of the diamond. I love this ring!

I am so lucky that my husband thinks it's important for me to have a rock. I will be a lot more careful with this ring. I would not want to go through the heartache of losing it again.

Thank you for stopping by. Hope you enjoyed my Show and Tell. Have a great day!

Show and Tell Friday #2

It's Show and Tell Friday again, hosted by Kelli at There Is No Place Like Home. Go to Kelli's to join or check out all the participants.

I got todays idea from my friend SW. I have so many sets of dishes, she suggested I show all the different patterns for all my dishes. Great idea. Like everything else I have collected my dishes from various sources. I was talking about it recently because I acquired yet another set from Freecycle and really the last thing I needed was more dishes. Some sets come with serving dishes and platters, some don't. All are full sets. Here we go.

First up are the dishes I got from Freecycle. There are 8 place settings. They are Sango "Pavillion".



Next is the set I bought at a yard sale. I paid $30 which is more than I wanted to but I loved the pattern. There is 8 place settings and it came with a platter and a cookie jar. It is Corelle by Corning, "Ivy" pattern.



The next set was my mother's "good china". They are very old as she had them for as long as I can remember. They were passed down to me after her death. I treasure them and do use them on special occasions. There is place settings for 12 as well as several serving dishes and platters. They are Johnson Bros. "Old Chelsea" pattern.



Next is a set I collected piece by piece. It all started with a platter from an auction. I now have place settings for 4. It is Georgian China "Briar Rose" pattern.



Now we have our everyday dishes. I have place settings for 12. I bought these when I was hosting Thanksgiving dinner and didn't have any appropriate dishes for the occasion (I hadn't yet received my mothers dishes). They are Tienshan Stoneware with no pattern name. They're apples. We use them as our everyday dishes now.



And now my Christmas dishes. My husband bought these for me one year when we were hosting Christmas dinner at our house. I have place settings for 12. I don't particularly like the pattern, it's not what I would have chosen, but they were bought and given with love and have been well used. They are Royal Heritage Collection, no pattern name.



And lastly another set of Christmas dishes. I got these on sale after Christmas a couple of years ago for $8. I loved the pattern. I have place settings for 4. They are Everyday Gibson, no pattern name.

So you can see I have more dishes than I need. I also have other mix matched dishes. These are just my sets. We used to host a lot of dinners, not so much any more. I plan on dividing them up between my two daughters when they move out on their own and need dishes. They all get good use. And thank you for the great idea SW.

Hope you enjoyed my Show and Tell, thank you for checking it out. Have a great day.

Show and Tell Friday

It's Show and Tell Friday. I've never done this before but it looks like fun so I am joining in. Kelli of There Is No Place Like Home is the host. Go on over to her site to check it out. You can participate or you can just check out all the other participants.

I figure I'll show my glass collection since I've been talking about it lately. I have collected this glass from auctions, yard sales, thrift stores, a few things from people who have passed away, and even some from dollar stores. Glass is everywhere in my house. I love coloured glass. I love the rainbow effect when the sun shines in the windows where a lot of it sits.

Please excuse the photos, they're not the best. I was kind of rushed. From doing this I have learned that quality over quantity is probably best.

The first picture is just a collection of coloured glass in my kitchen window. Not much detail.




Next is a better look at my red glass.



Next is purple and pink glass.



Pink glass.



Knobby glass and carnival glass.



More knobby glass.



Next is my green glass in the window in my familyroom. Yes it is buried in snow.



And my amber glass. Also in a familyroom window.



Miniature glass figurines.



Glass fruit and vegetables.

So there you have it. My house is full of glass. I couldn't show it all. This was my first time joining Kelli's Show and Tell. I was a little nervous. It was fun. I look forward to next Friday. I'll try to have better pictures next time too. Thanks for checking it out. Have a great day.

My Show And Tell

Good morning. It's Monday, but it feels like Sunday. It's Family Day. Mr. Man's favourite pastime on weekends is napping. Because I am home all the time I can nap any time. I would prefer to spend my weekend time with him. Sadly he would prefer to sleep. I feel that we wasted last night by him going to bed earlier than me. It's like a second Saturday night when it's a long weekend. Oh well, here I am, I'm the only one up. Not sure what the weather is like, it looks cold out. I think the rain has stopped and I don't see any snow. That's a good thing.

There is a blog I've started reading where she does this Show and Tell thing every Friday. I'm too shy to join in, but I may some day. So I thought I would just do my own little Show and Tell. I'm going to show you some of my collection of snow art. Some of the pictures aren't the best, I took them in a hurry and with poor lighting. They are all hanging on the walls throughout my house. Some were bought at auctions and yard sales, some were gifts. Many of them were bought for me by Mr. Man.

This first painting hangs in my familyroom. We bought it at an auction. Mr. Man has been researching it thinking it is old and maybe worth money. He hasn't had much luck with his research. It is signed "Winslow".

This next one is titled "Snow Barrel" and is by a local artist, Jack Reid. It is a signed and numbered print. We got this one at an auction also. It needs a new frame, the glass is cracked and I don't like the matte. It also hangs in my familyroom. Pardon the glare from the camera flash.

I'm not sure where I got this next one, it was either an auction or a yard sale. It looks to be a hand made tray. It is a wood burning picture. It also hangs in my familyroom. Not sure if it's a snow picture, but it looks like it to me.

This next one Mr. Man and I saw it in a furniture store and I just had to have it. So we bought it. It hangs up in my diningroom. Pardon the blurry photo.

The next one is by Robert Bateman, titled "Kingfisher". Robert Bateman does all nature and animal paintings. There is actually a Kingfisher bird in this picture. It was given to me by my friend SP. It hangs in my livingroom.

Next is a signed and numbered print I'm not sure who the artist is and I'm too lazy to go upstairs to check. Mr. Man just surprised me with this one, brought it home for me out of the blue. I guess he saw it and knew I would love it, so he bought it. It also hangs in my livingroom.

Next is one I've had for years, don't remember where we got it, but I do remember that we bought it. I kind of think it was a little art store in a mall. Not sure of the artist, something Campbell I believe. It hangs in my livingroom.

And saving the best for last, I absolutely fell in love with this one when I saw it and had to have it. So Mr. Man gave it to me for Christmas a couple of years ago. I'm not sure if its a painting or a print or what, but I just love it. It hangs in my diningroom.

So there you have it, most of my collection of snow art. Some of the photos aren't the best because of poor lighting and weird angles and they were taken in a bit of a rush. But you get the idea. Blogger gave me a hell of a time uploading them too, it took twice as long as it should have because I had to keep redoing it.

While in the middle of creating this entry Mr. Man woke up and has been distracting me. I also looked outside to see that it has in fact started snowing. I had a feeling it would. As you can guess, I do love snow. But being buried in it and being cold all the time, I've had enough for this year. I'm ready for spring.

Have a great Family Day. Thank you for checking out my Show and Tell.