I'm A Campbell's Kid.....

I must confess I am a Campbell's Kid. I grew up on Campbell's Soup and grilled cheese sandwiches. It was always good and inexpensive during hard times. I guess to me it is a comfort food. I love soup !

As a mother now, I too, make my children Tomato Soup & grilled cheese sandwiches. It has become a favorite lunch staple in my household, with crackers on top.

In 2004 The Campbell's Kids celebrated 100 years ! Though Campbell's Soups (Joseph Campbell) has been around much longer than that. I adore the chubby cheeked children illustrated by Artist Grace Wiederseim Drayton

( later known for her Dolly Dimples & Dolly Dingle illustrations & paper dolls)

so much that I even started a collection of vintage mugs and soup bowls.

I couldn't resist these sweet little cherub like dolly's for my daughter... which will soon reside in her playhouse this Spring. I found the little book from the 50's last year.... too sweet !

I will always be a Campbell's kid I suppose.

It's HMMM HMMM good !!!

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English Harvest......

Welcome to Friday Show & Tell hosted by

There Is No Place Like Home

This week is my first week back sharing since our move. I am happy to be back sharing with you, so without further Ado.

This Spring my Grandmother handed down her china dishes to me. I have the whole set of dinner plates, small plates, dessert bowls, cups, saucers, salt & pepper shakers,creamer and sugar bowl enough for a party of 8. I am so excited to use them this coming Thanksgiving.

I remember my Grandma using these dishes as a child and am so honored to use them in my home.... if they hold up, I can pass them down to my children if they want them.

These are cups and saucers made by Wedgwood in 1965.

The pattern is called English Harvest. The bottom of the saucer is stamped Enoch Wedgwood (Tunstall) LTD. England. The cup is stamped Made in England.

This is a full sized cup and saucer. The cup measures 2 3/4 inches tall and 3 1/4 across the top excluding the handle. The saucer measures 5 1/2 inches across

We enjoyed a little Fall dessert with these dishes the other night. I just love the Harvest feel of them. Thank you for stopping by our little place. Have a happy week ahead !!!

Be sure to visit my daughters Blog for Show & Tell Friday Too!!!

Elephant Dreams

Show & Tell Friday ( Vintage Tins & Buttons )

welcome to this weeks Show & Tell hosted by the lovely Kelli from

Theres No Place Like Home

For this weeks Show & Tell I am sharing a few of my old tin collection along with my great vintage button find !!!

I just adore these old vintage tins for their color and designs. I have only a few really old ones, then a few newer, still vintage tins. The three in the top picture is my favorites thus far.


Each is filled with buttons and notions.


The birds and flowers are so pleasing to the eye plus they go really well in my little studio. he he he.



The top left hand corner shows another really old tin as the other three are a bit newer. All my tins are from England except one from Denmark.



Did I say buttons ? Oh yes!!! Score!!! I got all these lovely yummies thrifting today !!! All so different and all vintage !!! I am also participating in a Blog-a-Thon called I Remember Laura hosted by Quill Cottage. We just shared a snippet about buttons... here is my post for this week here.




Stop by ... You can too participate in the fun.. who doesn't love Little House On The Prairie??? Thank You for stopping by this week. I look forward to visiting you... let me know that you stopped in by leaving a comment. Have a delightful weekend!!!

Show & Tell Friday ( Elephants )

Kelli from There Is No Place Like Home

hosts a weekly Show & Tell on Fridays. This is my first in many months... Welcome !!!!


Today my daughter is sharing her Elephant collection. She has loved elephants ever since she was really little. We started collecting the soft kind then came the collectibles. Since she is so careful with her things, we decided she was responsible enough to keep the breakables in her room displayed on a shelf.

The first two elephants here were made by me two years ago. I put a little picture of my daughter on the pink ellie. She loved it so much and that made me so happy !!!

These were some really fun finds. We love vintage things... Miss Bri was ever so excited about these. The pink one in the middle was her first vintage elephant from a Thrift Shoppe.The other two are salt and pepper shakers we found at a rummage sale.

The first three on the top here are all little vintage pieces as well. We got her this little trinket box from the Woodland Zoo Park in Seattle. The elephants name is Hansa. Sadly our real baby elephant Hansa from our zoo passed away June of last year . We were so heart sick when we heard the news. Miss Bri was sad that we wouldn't see her when we visit the zoo. She loves the elephant candle holder too !!

The two in the first picture here are made by an Artist here in Seattle who sculpts these statues from the ash of Mt. St. Helen's. The next picture is a sweet purple elephant ornament, the middle one is a collector piece through Red Rose Tea , then a sweet vintage plastic elephant we recently found in an antique mall.

This elephant is very special to her since Mr. Darling and I got it for her several Christmas' ago. We are planning to get her more from that collection. They are so sweetly detailed by a company called Tuskers.

When the day is done all little elephants must sleep !!!! Thank you for stopping by and seeing my little girls collection.

Show & Tell Friday...The Pen Is Mightier Than The Sword...

Welcome !! Kelli, from There Is No Place Like Home hosts a Friday Show & Tell..

For Show & Tell this week I am sharing my Husband's collection of pens, dip pens, calligraphy pens, journals etc...

It is said The pen is mightier than the sword !!!

My Hubby loves to write.. he just adores anything that has to do with writing.

He also has a love for old things like me. These are just a few of the things I have given him.

He has several delightful journals which he has been writing in over the years.

His collection of old pens are lovely as well. Writing is a true art indeed.

An art he will never let die.

Thank you for stopping by today !!!

Have a blessed day !!!

Memories Monday.....

Revee From Country Roads hostesses Memories Monday. Please stop by for some great memories.

When I was a little girl around the age of 6 this picture hung in our dining room.

It is a charming painting of an older man in prayer before his meal. I remember always looking at the picture and enjoying it very much except when the lights were out. For some strange reason if I were in the living room and the lights were out, I felt afraid to look back in the dining room... as if something was watching me.
I look back now and still cannot for the life of me figure out why this lovely painting frightened me in the darkness.
My parents moved around so much after those years, I don't even know what happened to the painting. I have seen this image here and there throughout my life and now seeing it gives me peace. That peace is God looking over me, reminding me I don't have to fear, He has been there all along.
Thank you for sharing this memory with me... a memory I never shared before.

"Fear not, for I am with you: be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you , yes, I will help you. I will uphold you with My righteous right hand." Isa 41:10

When I fear my faith will fail, Christ will hold me fast: When the tempter would prevail, He will hold me fast.-Habershon

People Say We Monkey Around.....

Show And Tell Friday...

Hosted by Kelli from Theres No Place Like Home. This Friday I am sharing this little picture of me when I was 6 years old. Holding a Monkey. Monkey's have been a long time favorite of mine. i always dreamed of owning a real one. I had always wanted a sock monkey, but out of all the stuffed monkeys I owned as a child I never had a sock monkey.

Until my 30th birthday. My sweet husband gave one to me. I love that thing. As an Artist, I had to take a picture of him and well , make an art piece out of it. My Favorite Sock Monkey.

My second Sock Monkey is a Vintage sweetie which I named Emilijha after my Latvian Great Grandmother. We made her do snow angels in the snow.

My third Sock Monkey is another great Vintage guy. Totally cute and in such wonderful shape. We call him Hodge.

And.. my fourth Sock Monkey is for sure the funniest looking character....Red. Here he is hanging around.

Okay... so I have a collection now...but still no real life monkey. Ireally don't want one anymore..I have enough monkeys in my life.

My son knows how much I adored these little creatures, that he decided to make them out of clay. He even went as far as selling them on Ebay. Aren't they sweet ???