Friday, May 20, 2016

Five On Friday...Old And Blue




It's Friday again so I'm joining Amy at Love Made My Home for Five On Friday and Jann at Share Your Cup Thursday. I've chosen old and blue for my theme today.

One, this old blue mason jar has been in my stash for quite a while. So long that I don't even remember when I got it, but I'm sure it came from a garage sale some time in the 80's.  
The front says it was patented on Nov 30th in the 1800's. It's a little rough for wear on the top and a little cloudy, but a favorite none the less.

Two, this vintage blue strainer with perfectly chipped sides and bottom. I love its old skinny handles and all the holes in the bottom and sides. The blue vintage color is just about perfect to me. Have you noticed the ones they make these days have very few holes and do a poor job of draining?


Three, this old vintage blue-gray galvanized metal bin with blue faux flowers on the shelf. I don't know how old the galvanized metal bin is, but the faux flower arrangement in the bin is one I bought at Costco in 1991 or 1992. Yeah, that's 24 years ago and they've lasted a lot longer than any real ones I tried to grow.

Four, there's lots of blue in this old vintage family quilt from Wild Bill's side of the family. My mother-in-law is 90 now and she was a young girl when this one was made.

Five, these old vintage pillow shams I bought at a flea market meet down in McKinney several years ago. The shams were faded when I bought them, but I loved the material and the color too. I could've bought the quilt that matched them for just $10, but I wasn't smart enough to realize I could use all that material to make pillows or trim draperies and such. 

Well, that's my five! I've been searching the house for all things blue to put together a blue and white bedroom for the first time in many years. 

I wrote a while back about how, during the late 80's, I painted the whole house blue in a pre-divorce life and have shunned blue since then. I didn't realize how depressed I was (I even painted the kitchen blue) until a car crash in 1991 woke me up to the fact that you can't stay in a bad marriage for everyone else, you have to live for yourself -- no matter what.



Thanks for dropping by!


24 comments:

  1. Good advice Glad you let blue back in. Love blue.

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  2. Gosh you are so right, we do have to love for ourselves otherwise we are no good to anyone, ourselves included. Glad you are back to blue x

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  3. Blue is and always has been my favorite color. I especially like the blue colander - the shape and color are so appealing.

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  4. Such great advice. Let blue back into your life and create the magic. Love the vintage shams.

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  5. Lovely blue items in your five especially the colander and the quilt. Glad you felt able to embrace blue once again:)

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  6. I think that is brilliant advice, I am glad you saw the light/ Wonderful things in your collection!
    Meredith

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  7. I love all the BLUE!
    LOL!
    I'm glad the car crash turned out to be a turning point for you!
    XOXOXOXO

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  8. I love blue and love ALL YOUR blues here. That mason jar is fabulous! And such a lovely quilt.

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  9. You are so right! If you are happy then your friends, family and partner will be happy just like you are, but if you are not happy, they aren't going to be happy either, so I am sure you are better off having finished that marriage! Your treasures are beautiful, that quilt is incredible isn't it!! Thank you for joining Five On Friday, I hope you are having a great weekend!

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  10. Love your post - so nice old and blue. I love the quilt. What a lovely family heirloom to treasure.

    Have a great weekend

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  11. wonderful blue things. I'm a blue person too, maybe only because my mom was a green person, and I grew up with everything green.

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  12. I love anything blue! What a treasure to have a quilt that your MIL made so long ago. Happy Sunday, Pam @ Everyday Living

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  13. Blue can evoke sadness or cherry..the sky is blue and couldn't be any better than a big blue sky. I do love blue but understand why you shied away from it...having gone through a divorce and know how painful it is. I am happy to know you are leaving it behind and moving forward...

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  14. Dear Sugar Sharon:
    Just letting you know that these quilts are wonderful. You mentioned about the Victoria and I thought you probably meant Janice's post. That was an old issue - not new. Just want to save your from the frustration of looking for it!

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  15. I adore the vintage quilt you have and its meaning to. One day I would like to try and make some thing as beautiful and practical too.

    Love the saying at the end of the post - very true!

    Angela - Garden Tea Cakes and Me

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  16. I love all of your blue and of course I love old things.

    Thanks for sharing with SYC.

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  17. Old Mason Jars are the best and I love the patina on your blue colander!

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  18. I like all of your pretty blue items! I love old blue mason jars. I only have a couple of them. They look so pretty holding flowers. Glad to hear that you're living the life you were meant to live now!

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  19. Your mason jar is such a unique shape. I adore it! All of your blues are wonderfully vintage. So glad you realized that and that you have welcomed blue again!
    hugs,
    Jann

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  20. Love the old mason jars. I've got a lot of blue around my house too.

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  21. Love the vintage canning jar and that beautiful blue strainer!! Great finds!! Thanks so much for stopping by!!

    Hugs,
    Debbie

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