Not your typical Christmas present! {vintage, rustic home decor} NEWBIE party started!

Decorating with vintage, rustic, antique decor
This my friends is not your typical Christmas present one would expect from their husbands.
 Some girls love diamonds, some love perfume! Me, yes, I love those things too, however, give  me something old, something different, more of a conversation piece, and that  is really the perfect gift for me.
Of course anything rooster works too, just in case your wondering.
You know I love things of sentiment as well.

Family treasures are the best gifts of all, from the heart, with meaning and a real history and story to be told.
I will be sharing soon a very lovely gift my father- in- law gave me as well, that I love, however, I have to be dressed purty to show you that one.
This brings me to Mike's  very unique gift to me.

Very old, very rustic, and indeed very unique.
The funny thing about this, is that I saw this piece when I was out antiquing with my blogging friends, Cindy and Carrie

I stopped dead in my tracks, said "WOW this is cool", but I have no place at all to put it and Mike would kill me if I come home with it.

It wasn't that cheap let's  just say that...it wasn't that expensive either, but it was not the typical good will price, and score I would normally make.
I am frugal like that.
All I can say is, Mike and I are so on the same page sometimes it is scary!
However, it is a good thing, we both like strange and unique stuff.

I am sure you are thinking, why on earth do you like this old, typo's all over, church bulletin?

I don't know, I just do!

But no worries, my husband did add in a little bling too...

In fact this too is made from old keys and bolts...

Pretty cool necklace!

Oh and if you are wondering where we found a place to hang the new bulletin...

We found the perfect spot!

Merry Christmas to all!

Let's get this Newbie party started.
Next week I will put up the link, and if you can make it, great if, not, no biggie, see you next week.
I just want you to know the option will be available to join in.

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eclectic family room design by other metros media and blogs Debbiedoo's

This is how the foyer looked a while back.

For the record, you are probably wondering why Mike gave me this early....
He does this every year, he is like a little kid and can't wait, that's why!
{we both are}


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SpaNish style MisSion and our insPiration~

I have mentioned from time to time that my husband and I have been very influenced by the Spanish artifacts and styles.  It really started after a trip to Arizona and visiting a Spanish mission.  We where in awww of it all!~ We love looking at it, and love people asking questions about the history of our collections We lived in a Spanish style home in Florida, so the style was easy to achieve there.  Moving here to the Carolinas we continued with the look and feel we  have achieved it.  Here is some inspiration of the beauty we see, and hope you see the same.

History of Spanish Missions Arizona

Long before Arizona became part of the United States, it was home to several indigenous groups including the Tohono O’odham, the Sobaipuri, the Pima and the Apaches.
These agrarian and hunter-gatherer cultures lived along the Santa Cruz and San Pedro Rivers - and throughout the Sonoran Desert - for several centuries before the arrival of Anglos into what is now Southern Arizona.
The first Europeans to arrive in the Southwest were the Spanish Conquistadors.
As they conquered the Americas, they were soon followed by the Jesuit missionaries.
By order of the Spanish government, the Jesuits were sent to "New Spain" to create a series of missions with the goal of converting the indigenous people into devout, tax-paying Christians.
One of the most well-known of these Jesuits was Father Eusebio Francisco Kino.
Many Missions still exist, and California is a top stop to tour them. If ever given the opportunity to go to one, I would recommend it, it truly will leave you feeling the sense of history and beauty that we come to know. 




Connecting energetically with sacred sites in the world allows you access to their peace and power if you cannot visit.Do you find you are drawn to a certain style or are you eclectic?  perhaps you just do not know! Here is a mosaic of some of our favorite pieces in our home!