Updated "treasure" items from Grandma Howe

My grandson, Raiden, helped me knock the first coat of grime off of my new treasures.  Some items are going to require more scrubbing.  Many of these items haven't been touched in more than 25 years....just sitting in a barn!

"Treasure" Hunting at Grandma Howe

My sister and I spent part of the day digging through the Howe farm barns. My finds are...milk cans, milking stools (my grandparents were dairy farmers!), glass jug and jar, crock with handle, wood barrel, wire basket, lard bucket, gas can, wood box, some old tools (which I really plan to use!), coffee tins, chicken feeders and some old twine.   Chrystal found a few tins and an old bird cage, which belonged to our great grandmother Creasser.  But, I agree with my sister, that the greatest treasures we found were in an old trunk out in the chicken house.  It contained a knitted baby outfit sent from relatives in CA when my mother was born, an old breast pump still in the original box, leather baby shoes, and the greatest of all were possibly a hundred letters from my grandfather to my grandmother starting in 1944 (WWII) while he was in the Army and in Germany.  We read one...it was so endearing and then took them into the house for Grandma to read later!  That day, when my grandma said, "honey, we never threw away anything", she wasn't kidding!  

Update on windows...finished!

Finally finished and thanks to a special guy, hung up...whew!

Dyeing buttons

Preparing buttons for Christmas gift projects. Not all buttons will dye, so more sorting.

Old garden chair

Great find at flea market yesterday. Thank you to my awesome friend Susan Matthews for so graciously allowing me to buy it! I plan on making myself a relaxing reading nook in a corner of my front porch.

Tea stained tablecloth

Bought a vintage tablecloth today. When I got it home, the yellow stains were a little more obvious than I first thought, so I tea stained it. I took a pic with another white vintage one to see the difference a little tea and about 5 minutes makes!

Old window

My dad believes this window came out of the old home place on my family farm north of buffalo, probably built around 1910. I sanded it, kept the green paint n threw cherry stain on it....finished project!