Thursday, April 15, 2010

Temporarily dust-free collections! Look quick!

Another sleepless night near Chicago and another dusted and rearranged table top. This is the coffee table that is between me and my favorite Judge Judy on TV.





Several of my favorite collections are right in front of me everyday. Here are some old rubber stamps.




Old brushes of several kinds.




Brushes and folding rulers~ metal and wood.




More rubber stamps and rolls of tickets.




Shells and leather books.




These are all colors I love. Creamy whites, browns, blacks, and gilt. And briefly dust-free.

18 comments:

  1. All these look fabulous, and the colors, hm, i love the colors :o)
    I hope to have a beautiful little shop one day as well...
    Great dusting by the way, everything is shining!!! :) But you know, in shops like these it is ok to have some dust, it is part of the package, haha.
    Hugs, Erika

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  2. Looks comfy and cozy and dustless! Great job! :)

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  3. Gorgeous AND dust free? Wow! I love the colors an textures! Have a blessed day and I pray you get some sleep!

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  4. You have some really fantastic treasures. I wish I could say that my house was dust free at this moment.....maybe tomorrow :)
    Toni

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  5. You have a wonderful eye for the ordinary which then becomes extraorindary...and now dustfree! deb

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  6. Those old stamps are divine! They are so hard to find anymore! Love your photos!

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  7. Joan! What's with you and no sleep? You're getting a lot done but you need your sleep girl!
    Your collections are wonderful, love the brushes and books.
    Thank you also for such a kind comment you left for me, you are such a sweetie.
    Many Blessings to you
    Rebecca

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  8. very very cool collection of goodies you dusted off there!!

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  9. What wonderful collections ! All dusted too which is a good ting :) Now can you come dust all my stuff ~ It is really dusty ~
    xoxo
    Lori

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  10. Fun collections.

    Dust is an amazing thing...always trying to get ahead of us. So lucky for you that you beat it this time.

    Becky K.

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  11. Such great collections. I love the old books and the shells. The colors are wonderful. Hugs, Marty

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  12. It occurred to me that maybe you might use one of my dusting secrets for things with lots of details and crannies...

    Canned air - the kind you use for your computer keyboard...if you had a small air compressor with a really gentle setting I imagine it would work too - canned air is expensive - but sometimes (especially when the MIL is coming, I find it useful)...

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  13. Oh the dust! It keeps me from enjoying my collections. I recently decided I should stop collecting teacups because I dont want to dust anymore, lol!

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  14. Good morning...I was laughing to myself thinking the biggest collection I've got goin' in front of me is my laundry and dishes! Buwahahaha...just kidding...I do like your point of view however. It is right in front of you. I'm happiest when I have patterns, thread, material right in front of me. And the higher the stacks of it all the better! Big smile.
    Blessings,
    Debbie

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  15. Beautiful collections. Sorry you weren't able to sleep but time well used!
    *hugs*deb

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  16. Pardon me while I go back to dusting. Because I filed extension for taxes, I must atone in some manner. Hey, I'm impressed by those pix, J.

    ciao

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  17. Good for you! I am hoping to do some nesting (ie dusting) this weekend. We'll see if I progress enough to take some pics! Love the brushes and the shells. ~Mindy

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  18. oh dust, I am learning to live with it... Does it add character in any way?

    Blessings,

    Shelley

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