My vintage chicken feeder is blissfully
roosting in my Potting Shed~
With dishes, a few finials and
stamped garden markers~
Offering up a few
blooms instead of feed~
Providing an opportunity to do a
little window gardening :)
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Love everything-esp.feeder being my home town is the Poultry Capital of the World!
So pretty. You put everything together to make it very interesting. Chickens never had it so beautiful !
Beautiful! Would even be prettier with the blooms. Pretty plates too!…Christine
Mary, your chicken feeder is so cleverly and wonderfully repurposed! I have one too that I need to revisit! LOVE the spoons! I have a ton of old silver spoons waiting for me to stamp! Your’s looks so at home in your feeder!
Very cool pics Mary, I love the stamped spoons! You have the best playhouse in all of Blogland:@)
What a beautiful way to use the feeder, Mary. I love those spoons!
Beautiful post today, Mary! Always love seeing your potting shed.
It’s gorgeous…..love the chicken feeder being used as a dish holder. Genius!
I so admire your staging and photography skills…..Very very cute in your kitchen! Also, I hope that chicken feeder went through the dishwasher, multiple times before it went into your kitchen!! I’ve kept chickens before! Lol.
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It’s in my Potting Shed so I don’t have to worry about kitchen sanitation :)
Love your potting shed and your display of everything!!! You never fail to give me ideas.. You are so inspiring.
Oh, that “chick feeder” brought back memories…we used to get “chicks in the mail” when on the farm and I got to sprinkle feed in one of those troughs. I like your use!! franki
~Mary~
I too am a fan of your Potting Shed, dream on for me :) ! The stamped flatware is just the right touch in your garden box (chicken box hehe) do you make those??!!
Have a super day
Paula
In.
What a darling potting shed vignette, Mary, using the chicken feeder. I’m in love with the red scale, too! I tried stamping flatware awhile, but it was so hard for me and my hubby!!
Another darling vignette and peek into the world of the lakeside potting shed. It’s fun to see how you have fun with all these garden related things.
I just found a new garden book at a local thrift: Antique Flowers ~ Perennials~ Enduring Classics for the Contemporary Garden. Do you have this one? It’s lovely!
very cute antique play station. being the retail twins that we are of course i have wanted to do my own spoons for years, but i can’t find them anywhere, i have checked a few good wills but they don’t care any pieces at all… we even have 2 size stamps, but alas i always come up short when you share your cute things…
as for your cute box, i bot a few real old fruit crates from a salvage yard, again we are seeing double in so many areas. just came online to do some spiffing up of my crates, my first craft project by the sea and of course we are 2 peas in a shopping cart~
I love your metal topped table. Did you build it? If so How?
All the details are here:
http://homeiswheretheboatis.net/2012/09/26/skirting-the-issue/
I keep repeating myself…I love your playhouse…ooops…I mean your potting shed!
You “plant” plates better than anybody I know.
That chicken feeder is fabulous. I love this idea. Thanks for linking to Inspire Me. Hugs, Marty
Love your photos…And the “keep calm and garden on’ spoon! PS – you were after me at Metamorphosis Monday :)
I truly love your little shed. Those “Keep Calm” spoons are very, very sweet!
ha, this is so much fun, only you could put an old garden pot under a glass cloche and create such a crazy cool vignette! I have always loved the way you can casually stick vintage china in a planter box and make it look so kooky great! My favorite part is the cup and saucer perched on the overturned pot! And the stamped silver messages of course! You have such a fun place to play when it’s raining!
Jenna
You can out items together better than anyone I have ever seen. That chicken feeder is perfection, and I LOOOOOVE the spoons. Did you do a post on how to stamp them? Love it. XO
An immediate big smile and wonderful memories of my grandparents lake house came to mind when I saw the first picture….my Granny’s everyday dishes!! So many of her home cooked meals & cornbread were served on those dishes! (first picture, plate on the right.) I didn’t get her everyday dishes but do have lots of her china. Can you remind me of the pattern name? Thank you for the memories!
The pattern on the right is Johnson Brothers Fruit Sampler. My grandmothers pattern, Harvest Time by Johnson Brothers is on the left :)
The antique chicken feeder was a find! So much eye-candy here, Mary. Dishes, spoons, itty statues. Love how the feeder has sprouted china flowers–pure genius! I could spend hours in your potting shed!
I really enjoyed your post. I just found you over at The Scoop and would love for you to come share at my From the Farm Blog Hop! It’s a fun party that’s just getting started for this week.
http://www.fresh-eggs-daily.com/2013/08/from-farm-blog-hop.html
Lisa
Fresh Eggs Daily
http://www.fresh-eggs-daily.com
Oh how I love this place of yours!! I never, ever grow tired of looking about the place for new treasures. I wish I had a place just like it.
This fits perfectly on your windowsill, Mary! I love it! Love the plates and how you accessorized the front section.
You have a remarkable way of creating beauty out of the ordinary, and that you never run out of ideas is amazing.
Mary, I LOVE everything about this post! (You know me and my chickens,,) I am certain that your jaw-droppingly beautiful creativity knows no bounds.
What wonderful gifts you bring to us. Thank you so much. xo
Oh Mary…I love it when you post anything about your garden shed…love the chicken feeder and the way you styled it…and in the words of my granddaughter, “you make my heart happy”!!….Thanks for giving us so much joy in your beautiful work!
Hi Mary, Thanks so much for sharing your fabulous potting shed at the Open House party. Your shed is the most adorable I have ever seen. I love the chicken feeder and all the cute vignettes.
Hugs,
Sherry
I covet those spoons. I covet those spoons. I covet those spoons. :)
You garden in high style! A beautiful counter arrangement!
Always great ideas Mary.
I need to go pull my feeder out of the yard and put it down the dining table. Beautiful vignettes.
Soooooooo Pretty!!
You are the master stager, my friend. I love it: Keep Calm and Garden On! How sweet! LOVE it!
just perfect for the late summer potting shed! I always love what you put together! now, where can we find that adorable stamped spoon?
This looks wonderful. Love the chicken feeder and all of your additions.
Great to have you at Seasonal Sundays.
– The Tablescaper
So much rusty-chippy love…you display it well, Mary! I am always so inspired when I come here. I wish I had your creative mind, truly, I do.
Hugs & Happy Sunday,
Rett
So cute Mary, I remember my grandparents having a chicken feeder. Love the spoons too.
Mary,
The garden shed never looked better!
Judith
This is my first visit! Found you through Stone Gable….but I’ll be back! PS…don’t be dismayed if I am a no-reply….it’s been that way for a long time and I can’t seem to fix it!! Just enjoy the compliment…..your home is lovely!!
Oh my I love the Keep Calm spoon! How cute!