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Vintage Thingie Thursday : A Vintage Barn Wood Frame

Welcome everyone to Vintage Thingies Thursday. If you are new to this party, please take the time to read and follow the instructions for participating in Vintage Thingies Thursday, click HERE. I try and keep things fairly simple, so please make sure you follow the instructions. I have gotten a few complaints about people linking in and not doing what is required, please, try and visit each and every participant, that is really important. I know we are all busy, but even if it takes a few days to do so, please do that. Lastly, if you link in, LINK back to my blog, so everyone can see all of the vintage goodies being showed that day. If you don't link back here, they won't know who to visit......thanks so much.

This time of the year we are always getting ready to go to our place in the mountains and this year is like all the rest of them, we are preparing for our trip. We will be finishing a remodel and I have been looking for decor for the new design.

I follow a very talented ladies blog, Eydie from She Brews and have admired her work for a long time. I emailed her and asked her if she could do a art college for me of our cabin......I got this in the mail this week. I had no idea she would send it already framed, needless to say, I was ecstatic.

Here is my wonderful framed image of our cabin....all done out of fabrics and it is just amazing how this really looks like our place. Click HERE to see the photos from our website, then take another look at my masterpiece. Amazing.

Eddie dropped me a note and said she did not realize I had not asked for it to be framed, but felt sure I'd love the frame. The wood frame is handmade from old barns from Door County, Wisconsin. Vintage wood for a wonderful artful piece....I just love it and had to share with you today, and I can not imagine finding a more suitable frame for this piece.

Please enlarge the photo by clicking to read the inscription on this piece....it is just perfect and reflects exactly how we feel about our place in the mountains.

Eydie was so sweet and included a little miniature which I will frame and take with us as well.....the talents of some people just amaze me.

One last look....it was so hard to take pictures with the glass, but I know you will enjoy seeing the talent of a fellow craft blogger. Please stop by and have a visit, I am always amazed and enjoy Eydie's talent. Believe me, the photos do not do this piece justice.

As I said, I am trying to decide on decor, and I have a few vintage platters that have the pine cone pattens on them. All are similar but none alike. I thought I might hang a few of these in the kitchen. Have not really decided yet, but I am thinking about it....what do you think about these in the kitchen someplace????

This is a Harkerware platter. I love the gray design in the pine cones and needles. It is a rather large serving platter.

Closeup of the pine cones and needles.....so sweet.

This one is made by Stetson Creation. This is a rather new maker to me, and this is the only piece I have by this company. I found this at a estate sale and at $1.00, well, I could not resist.


This last one is a Goodwill find. I really love the colors in this piece. I found several pieces one day and the platter was in that group. The mark on this one is Sky Line, Canonsburg Pottery, made in USA.

I have not decided on whether these will find a new home in our kitchen in the mountains, but one thing I do know, I love the designs in all of these pieces.

Have a great Vintage Thingie Thursday and a wonderful weekend. And just in case you missed my post from Tuesday, be sure to scroll down and read that story of the vintage doves and the reasons.....you will be inspired I hope if nothing else. Enjoy.