Today my Thoughts of Granny and Mama

Today my Thoughts of Granny and Mama~~ So many times I think of granny,and Mama as I get older I find myself looking back on their life and seeing myself, somewhat like a shadow of another life~ Granny's and my Mother's love of quilting was instilled in me at a very early age, many times I have sat quietly sewing/quilting and see my mama and granny as they sat and quilted. As the years went by granny's eyesight wasn't so good any more, Now mama's has gone~I threaded their needles but their stitches never wavered. always 7 stitches per inch in her quilts. Just recently at my daughters birthday I made grannys "yellow taters"..as I was preparing the dish. My mind went back to age 6 or 7 seeing granny walk from the bus stop, carrying an old paper bag with "fixing" for her yellow taters. Then their's mama's cat head biscuits -she always let us put a finger right in the middle of the biscuit...saying it made them rise better The little things means so much now~ Memories are "keepers of the soul~ The Old Walking Stick~Mama's Biscuits and old quilts Sad..but makes you smile when the memories come...tears-- where did the years go? . Feeding the birds this morning, the old oak tree bare of her leaces, the mountain has a mist, the farmers almanac says it's going to be a cold winter. If you watch nature it will surely tell you of the changing seasons. From the past a memory flashes in my mind, of a day long ago when my grandmother and I were walking in the woods,(she loved to walk in the woods) "She said" the sound in woods rested her soul, I know what granny meant now~ As we walked she picked old branches up for her walking sticks. She had a collection of the old snarled sticks on her porch,some worn with age. My grandmother was a woman of her times Now I must face "memories" I will have of mama. Just a few more years Lord is all we ask~ After all "Time doesn't change too much," today I am much like my grandmother, as I take my walks in the woods I gather old walking sticks. Today I am thinking of my mother---her last days here on earth is near~ what will I do without "mama:? Too much to bear---In my mind I see her waving at the door s I drive away~. In the end I suppose that's all we will have is the memories. After the funeral, dividing up Grandmothers things. We gathered at "grannys" house after the funeral, many of us had a long road home. This would be our last time we would spend with granny, The old house lingered with "Channel #5 perfume" her sewing basket sat by her rocking chair, a teacup up-turned in a saucer,waiting for evening tea. As I walked through grannys house, it surrounded me with love. It also echoed a stillness, a hollow feeling, something was misiing. I remembered so many happy times,I spent here. I sat down in grannys rocker picked up her sewing basket, "What had she been sewing?" A "Sampler" oh how dainty and pretty,"I thought". Should I chose this from her treasures? Maybe someone else will want it? As I sat the basket down, I thought, "I will wait to see if anyone shows interest ". As they spoke softly, I knew their hearts were broken, The chain that held the family together was broken, Where do we go for Sunday Dinner? Who will have Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners.? Who will teach Sunday school.'? How do we walk up to her door and 'No one responds'? How do we go on without Granny.? As I sat on her porch, "I thought"the chain is broken, but her "Memories will last a Lifetime". I picked up her old worn walking stick, opened the door, the sewing basket was still where I sat it. I suppose granny wanted me to have it..smile~ Copyright to Tea's Hope Chest

Vintage Salt &Peppers shakers

Vintage Salt & Peppers shakers.. collecting vintage crystal and silver salt shakers is a passion .

Vintage Cruet Bottle in my main bath

pretty perfume bottle found at a thrift store

filled with dried rose buds and scented with rose oil..

love the sparkle and glitter when the lights hit the crystal

A vintage perfume bottle from a junkin find so delicate~

I have friends ask me WHY salt shakers in the bathroom? Because it makes people like you ask why~? No it's because I like them in the bath~ smile~

Vintage Hair Net with Whisper Soft Velvet Butterlys

It truely amazes me when find something from the past, delicate as a butterflys wings, but it has made it through the years forgotten in a hat box,

how many years did this beautiful old netting hair cover lay in that hat box? I actually thought it was a old piece of netting that fell off a hat,

when I gently laid it out my heart almost stopped, like a time capsule,

perfect not a flaw, tiny velveteen bows stitched into the netting,

I love Vintage ~~

Sharing a sewing project....Lil Cotton Dress~

Sharing a sewing project....

I found the pattern in a thrift store--

a simple lil cotton dress --

I added side pockets--

vintage buttons from my button stash-

can be worn as a summer flock--or with a sweet crochet cardigan ..and of course a sexy vintage slip .....--

Graphic's 45 papers and my creations~

Created some beautiful tea bag holders..

Love this graphics 45 papers

sweet tea cards

Post cards and pretty card pockets

Attic Treasures~~re-purposed TY bear~

Attic Treasures~~re-purposed TY bear~

Velveteen dress with rose buds and lace trims~~

"Your Heart Be Glad Forever"~

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OOAK----re-purposed flannel shirt

Winter time and all cozy and warm with this--OOAK----re-purposed flannel plaid bayberry, greys this is a great oversize shirt

with tattered laces and crochet-

-size 1x---- shirt has burlap patches-crochet down front.

layered bottom with eyelet tattered trims this shirt is a very soft flannel great with leggings or jeans Sold in ~~My Etsy Shop