Christmas at the Vintage Store

Festive decorations at the vintage store.

Are you done already decorating your house?

No tree for us this year, we are keeping it simple.

Lots of other decorations though.

Have a look at my friend Kay's tree.

She always has a beautiful vintage one.
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Let Christmas not become a thing
Merely of merchant's trafficking,
Of tinsel, bell and holly wreath
And surface pleasure, but beneath
The childish glamour, let us find
Nourishment for soul and mind.
Let us follow kinder ways
Through our teeming human maze,
And help the age of peace to come
From a Dreamer's martyrdom.
~Madeline Morse

 



Raven's Roost

Lots of Fire-King

Raven's Roost is another vintage, antiques, and auction gallery in Lafayette.

Took a little stroll through there yesterday and took these pics for you.

Hope you enjoy looking at them!

It is a rather large place and one could spend hours there browsing.

They have a little bit of everything.

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Well, guess what.

Another snow storm is on the way tomorrow. 

I have had enough! No more!!!...

Better enjoy the lovely Spring day we are having today.

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Love Esther's blog. Check it out here.

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Happy weekend to you! xoxo

1st Class Clutter

 Jan

One of my favorite vintage stores downtown Lafayette is 1st Class Clutter.

The owner Jan is a wonderfully sweet and gracious lady.

During the summer we spent our Friday lunch hour at Jan's store.

We had a great time browsing and buying.

Hope you like this photo trip through her store.

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A little shack by the shore

Sells many treasures, antiques galore.

Teakettles tarnished with ripe age,

Books; Thin paged, and edges frayed,

Crystal glasses, pots and pans,

Bottles filled with shells and sand,

Vintage clothes, and jeweled pins,

Photo-Overflowing bins,

Slightly yellow, tiny pearls,

Porcelain dolls of beautiful girls,

Old fashioned shoes, and lots of lace

Eyeglasses in a beat up case.

See the sign that says ‘Open’ on the door,

Leads to all of these and many more,

At that antique shop on the beaten shore.

These treasures are no longer used,

And so are taken somewhere new.

To receive another chance at life,

And that life lies with you.

Though this generation is young, and we have a while to go,

There will come a day when we must grow old,

And in the end we all will loan,

Many antiques of our own.

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by StephanieD