Re-Purposing Vintage Housewares

Vintage housewares are strong, durable, beautiful and surprisingly multi-functional. Once washed the possibilities are endless! Not to mention, re-purposing old items helps the environment by keeping them out of the trash and giving them new life. And just to get your imagination flowing here are a few examples for you to consider.

Vintage green chip and dip bowls
from Little Shop of Treasures

Chip and Dip Bowl Sets:

*  Fruit and Yogurt Bowls

*  Mail and Key / Catch All for Front Hallway

*  Face Cloths and Q-Tips

*  Necklaces and Earrings

*  Plant Holders

*  Veggies and Dip

Vintage Pottery Ashtray
from Flea Market Floozie

Ashtrays:

*  Candy Dish

*  Jewelry

*  Salt Cellar

*  Peanuts

*  Place Used Toothpicks From Appetizers

*  Candle Holder

*  Soap Dish

*  Water Colour Bowl



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Vintage Carafe
from Habit Schmabit

Carafe:

*  Vase

*  Juice Jug

*  Watering Can for House Plants

*  Fish Bowl

Vintage Cupcake Stand
from Zoestoys

Cake and Cupcake Stands:

*  To Hold Jjewelry

*  Desk Organizer

*  Hold Condiments on Table (ex. salt and pepper shakers, ketchup, vinegar, etc.)

*  Organize Make-Up and Nail Polish

*  Center Piece for the Table with Festive Decorations

*  Candles Tray

*  Organize Sewing Materials (ex. thread, needles, bobby pins, etc.)

*  Paint Palette

Vintage sewing drawer
from Solstice Home

Old Drawers and Crates:

*  End Tables

*  Storage Containers for the Linen Closet

*  Magazine Rack

*  Toy Bin

*  Hang on the Wall as a Shelf

*  Put Wheels on it for Under-the-Bed Storage

*  Shallow Drawers can be Used as a Serving Tray

*  Make it into an Ottoman!

*  Balcony Planters

1960's Record Organizer
from Madamexpresents

LP Record Stand:

*  Mail Sorter

*  File Sorter

*  Magazine Rack

*  Desk Organizer

*  Dish/Plate Storage

*  Children's Book Organizer

Vintage mason jars
from Catfish Jar Rescue

Mason Jars:

*  Pen and Pencil Holder

*  Utensil Holder

*  Food Canisters

*  Organize Kids Crafts (ex. pipe cleaners, stickers, googly eyes, etc.)

*  Plant Holder

*  Vase

*  Bathroom Organizers (ex. q-tips, cotton balls, toothpick/floss, etc.)

*  Candle Holder

*  Drinking Glass

*  Spice Jars

*  Child's "Piggy" Bank

Seven Paths - Lesson 4

This lesson from Seven Paths to Freedom by Curtis Rivers is called Gratitude. Not just gratitude for the life you have imagined but gratitude everyday under all circumstances.

If you have been following my blog, you would know that I read Rhonda Byrne's book The Magic which is all about gratitude and I completed the assignments from each chapter. 

If you haven't read any of those posts you can start at the beginning, The Road to Inner Peace and Happiness.

If you are familiar with the concepts of gratitude then you are ahead of the crowd and know how to implement it into your meditation/visualization.

Many people do take their lives for granted. They don't stop to feel grateful for what they have here and now. They seem to hold back their happiness for some day in the future. 

Have you ever heard someone complaining about their weight then say, I will be happy when I lose ten pounds? Or things will be better when I get that raise? I'll be happy once I get the house renovated.

Wanting more is good but at the same time you need to be grateful for what you have right now. Be grateful for your health, for having a job, for your home.

Feel grateful. Feel happy. You have so much to be happy about. Look around you. You are alive. People love you and like spending time with you. Are you grateful for the opportunity to use the internet and computer right now? 

My Family in 2012

I look around and can list so many things I am grateful for. My granddaughters playing on the other side of the room. My daughter who is doing dishes. The sparkling Christmas tree. My comfy couch. The heat in our home cause it is really cold outside. The food in the fridge. The phone ringing. The clean fresh water we have access to all the time. 

Everything, every occasion, everyone gives you an opportunity to feel gratitude - happiness. Thank you, thank you, thank you. 

Don't misunderstand me. My life is not perfect. I could grump and complain, and sometimes I do, but over all, I choose not to.

I could freak out because my granddaughters are making a big mess with their toys over there. But why would I? Messes can be cleaned up. They aren't hurting anyone. They are enjoying themselves. And am I grateful for that. Their happiness is contagious.

So what is all this discussion about gratitude and feelings? I will let Curtis Rivers explain. "Introduce gratitude into all of your daily visualisations, and watch the magic happen. It WILL happen, that's what is so exciting about this course, and about my book - this is REAL. It doesn't' just work 'some of the time' it works all of the time, 24/7 - by natural laws of the Universe. It was designed that way."


I FEEL HAPPY. I AM GRATEFUL. 

It is a wonderful life.


What are you grateful for?

2013 Calendar

FREE Printable

Hi everyone. I would like to offer to you this colourful, pretty 2013 calendar. 

This year is quickly coming to an end and very soon we will be welcoming in 2013.

I look forward to the new year because all new beginnings bring limitless opportunities. 

I love bright colours and flowers. They lift my spirits and brings me great joy. I adore this picture of a purple cone flower that my daughter took from our garden. I played around with the colours, added a calendar and viola - a constant reminder to be grateful for the beauty all around us. I hope you enjoy the free printable.

I wish you all happiness, health and prosperity in the year to come.

2013 Year at a Glance Calender

I am Grateful for All the Beauty Around Me.