Little Reader Vintage giveaway

Do you like vintage baby clothes???

Here's a chance for you to win a

$25 gift certificate + free shipping

at 

little reader vintage

which happens to be my daughter's

etsy shop :).

She has lots of adorable vintage baby clothes 

in her shop. 

You can check out her shop here

and 
sign up for the giveaway here. 


Have a great day!
~ Julie

Merry Christmas

Some sights and sounds of Christmas . . . 

New York (from Thanksgiving) . . .

 

 Display window at Tiffany's

Grandpa with Tayvee

Cookies given to friends

Christmas with Chelsey & Dean in Idaho . . .

shopping . . . . . baking . . . . . 

. . . a mini spa day with Chelsey . . . . .

and a beautiful Christmas day . . . with family . . . 

and food . . . including some of our family favorite

appetizers we've served for many years,

shrimp cocktail with Ritz crackers

and Velveeta Mexican cheese dip, 
a wonderful ham dinner 
with mashed potatoes made by Dean 
and some of his family favorites . . .
. . . a day of giving and receiving. 


Thank you, Chelsey and Dean, 
for the beautiful Christmas day 
and all you did to make it special!

 Chelsey made the wreath over the mantel
from a ceiling medallion. 
It turned out beautiful!


Hope you had a 

wonderful Christmas with your family!

~ Julie

Thanksgiving in New York

We had the pleasure of spending

Thanksgiving in New York.
 

 

Our daughter and family moved

to Brooklyn last month . . .

 

We went to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade!

 

 and got to enjoy it through the eyes of a 2 year old.

 who happened to love Snoopy!

 

Thank you so much,

Reed, Whitney and Tayvee,

for the wonderful Thanksgiving dinner 

and the days we spent with you.

We are thankful and blessed.

We look forward to spending

Christmas with our other daughter

and husband at their new home in Idaho.

Hope you all had a wonderful Holiday 

with your family.

~ Julie

An Heirloom Baby Gown and a Giveaway!

Today, for White Wednesday, 
I'm sharing about a family heirloom baby gown. 

We found this baby gown in the family trunk 

along with some other heirloom items . . . . 
a crocheted bedspread 
made by The Captain's grandmother 

along with some of her crochet supplies 

and an old crocheted handbag,

some old wood hangers, 

 a few other keepsakes and some family photos.

I also love the little pink rose baby hanger;

I can't remember where we got it.

I love the details on this baby gown.

It hangs on a dresser in our shabby chic guest room.

We're not sure who wore it or who it belonged to . . . . .

Maybe it was this little girl,

The Captain's grandmother . . .

or one of these sweet babies . . . 

or maybe this adorable little girl,

The Captain's aunt . . .

I can easily get tearful when looking at old photos.

Just looking at sweet little babies at the beginning

of their lives, and now they are no longer with us.

Photos of their memories, enjoying life.

Thanks for stopping by today 

and sharing some family treasures with me.

*     *     *     *     *

I'm also celebrating 

my one year blog anniversary

and will be announcing A Vintage Rose Giveaway

later today, in the next post.

A burlap bag full of vintage treasures!

and a 
$20 gift certificate to Saltbox Treasures etsy shop.

Stop by the next post here and 
just leave a comment to be entered!

Have a great week!

~ Julie

Linking today with: 
http://fadedcharmcottage.blogspot.com/2011/05/white-wednesday-102.html 
http://thebrambleberrycottage.blogspot.com/2011/06/time-travel-thursday-47-little-detour.html 
http://commonground-debrasvintagedesigns.blogspot.com/2011/06/vintage-inspiration-friday-40-indigo.html 
http://romantichome.blogspot.com/2011/06/show-and-tell-friday.html 

http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/2011/06/feathered-nest-friday-summer-blogger.html
http://nominimalisthere.blogspot.com/2011/06/open-house-link-party.html 

Time with Family and a little Thrifting

Hope you all had a lovely weekend.

We got to spend it with our kids and granddaughter.

So, we got to do some of this . . .

and give lots of hugs and kisses.

 We got to do a little thrifting and will be 

adding some new items to my etsy shop.

 Next week is going to be baby week on my blog.

I'll have a tutorial on how to make a diaper cake, 

since I'm making one this week for a friend, 

and some easy to make baby shower

decorations and pom pom tissue flowers.

Hope you all have a great week!

I'm enjoying our new garden blooms 

and can't wait to get outside 

to work in the garden.

~ Julie

Meet my Captain

You may, or may not know, that I have been wanting 

to come up with a blog name for my husband 

other than hubs, hubby, husband, Kevin, etc. 

None of those seemed right,

and he didn't care to be called hubs or hubby.

So, I've come up with an appropriate blog name . . . Captain,

and it is fitting since he is a Captain with the Fire Dept.

Let me take a few minutes and introduce you to My Captain.

He is committed to God and family

Father of the Bride, youngest daughter Whitney

Father of the Bride, oldest daughter Chelsey

Grandpa

Determined to help Tayvee draw her first Thanksgiving hand turkey

Sharing his job with our twin great-nieces

Henceforth in blogland, at Saltbox in the Country, Captain or My Captain
will refer to my wonderful, amazing husband, sweetheart and best friend, 
who has stuck by me through thick and thin for 33 years,

who knows what it means and believes in always and forever.

Thanks for stopping by today and

meeting My Captain.

Have a great week!

~ Julie