Showing posts with label Main Street Antiques Turlock. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Main Street Antiques Turlock. Show all posts

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Adventures in Shopping

Isn't it wonderful!? Elizabeth and I spent the day looking at new furniture, and finally found the perfect piece for her nursery, at an antique store, naturally. The doors are tied shut in this photo, but it has all of it's original hardware and lots of nifty nooks and crannies inside the desk; which, when opened with supports, she plans to use for a changing table. Just wait till we're finished with it, it's going to be wonderful.


She found it at Main Street Antiques, in Betty Sue's booth, of course.



Next door (to Main Street Antiques), we visited a new-ish boutique that had been closed the last time we were in Turlock, but was open this day, and we were so very pleased that they were. Vintage Rose Interiors, it's called. Don't you love the little treasures that I found there?
These fabulous clock drawer pulls are destined for my guest room, I think {maybe}. I would hate to think that I have to go out and buy a new piece of furniture to go with new drawer pulls. :}

Love this little tag, handmade by the store's owner.

Everyone knows that I have a thing for Bees {my name is Debra after all}. Is there one among you whom I have not told that the Bible definition of Debra is; the Bee, the seeker? This little pendant is only about 1/2" wide. The back side has the words, "just be".

Vintage Rose Interiors is just getting their website and blog up and running, but I'm including the links anyway. Always like to support small business! {November 7, 2009 update: Sadly Vintage Rose Interiors has closed. I understand they are working on a new equally exciting artist cooperative venture. Here's hoping!}

After our shopping adventures, which you will have to agree were pretty terrific, we stopped for a quick snack at The Bistro 234. We dined on the patio on this gorgeous Spring day, largely because we were dragging a three year old boy around, and outdoors seemed like a pretty good idea {it was}, and he deserved a lemonade break. We treated ourselves to their scrumptious lemonade and bruschetta, and had the bestest topper our day could have had. Gotta tell you, the little guy was terrific. It wouldn't have been as much fun without him.


Instead of a thirty minute drive to Turlock, it felt as if we had ventured to Monterey. It was positively lovely. Next time, you should go with us!



The aforementioned three year old guy peeping through the fence at Bistro 234. {heart, heart, heart}

Friday, February 27, 2009

More Violets

The Dog Violet Fairy



I dropped in to Main Street Antiques in Turlock last week. My friend Betty Sue has a booth there. You see that I was unable to resist more violets. I am such a sucker for them. Don't try to tell me that they wouldn't have found their way home with you if you had seen them first! These were mailed in 1910 and 1911. Think of that. Do you suppose anything we send now will be worth saving in a hundred years?

. . . Oh, and you should see what I bought from Betty Sue! Maybe I'll just tease you, and maybe I'll take more pictures . . . You should definitely stop in!


Don't you just love the wax seal and ribbon on this one? It was intended and expected to be cherished. And someone did just that. Such a nice thought.



When I posted the photo of my first violets of the year a couple weeks ago, I actually did a little research, and just couldn't waste it, thinking, naturally, that you were probably going to need it. :)


A Little Violet Lore
Courtesy of the American Violet Society


Violet Magic :


A garland of violets around the neck protects from deception and inebriation.

Used in love philters and spells, it restores health after a long illness.

If you are given violets plants as a gift, it's very auspicious. If this gift comes from your lover, the better.

When violets bloom in the fall, they mean to warn us about imminent dangers.



When violets appear in your dreams, fortune is not too long away.

Dreaming Violets? A Violet in your Dreams.... You will marry someone younger than yourself!


I see that dreaming of violets has two meanings. You will marry someone younger, and fortune is not too long away. They both do sound pretty dreamy, I suppose. :)





Want to know more about Violets?





The Heartease Fairy
Cecily Mary Barker

Antique engraving, compliments of Diane Knott's Musings