Sea Blue and Lavender

Good morning, friends!

Well, the Allegan Antique Market surrendered some absolutely perfectly imperfect finds for Debbie and I this past weekend.   

Oh, it was good.  Really good. 
So good, that I want to go back in July...

We had such a grand time!  We turned on our 'radar' and shopped and rummaged, searched and sorted, and walked and walked til the big old storm clouds started rolling in and we heard murmurings of a storm watch.  Luckily, we could see the last vendor at the end of the line and made our last minute much-needed purchases before we heard thunder.

I promised I'd share with you all the vintagey, chippy, old, sentimental treasures that somehow found their way to this vintagey, chippy old, sentimental farmhouse.

And the first one is this quaint little sea blue bottle.

There were so many different bottles in so many different shapes and sizes....all lined up in rows here and there, displayed with and without flowers in them - all in that incredible sea glass aqua blue color that I crave in this house in one way or another.  

It so reminds me of the color of the sea...

I knew exactly where this little blue sparkly treasure was going to go....right next to the large blue one I dug up in the woods on our property (which I had to give a really good cleaning to - it was filled with something that I don't even want to try to describe to you....)

Debbie left me a sweet thank-you gift on the guest bed, and nestled inside among a candle, and linen napkins, was some lavender from her garden. This little bottle was the perfect place for that beautifully scented gift.

The way the sun sparkles through that perfect blue in the morning makes me happy.

As I stand at the sink washing up dishes after meals, the scent of the lavender calms and centers me.

A sweet little treasure for a sweet little price.....$3!

Yeah, that's what good antique markets are all about.

[Hugs}!

(Oh, and be sure to visit again! 
I'll be sharing more antique market goodies with you soon!)

~ laurie