~be still my beating heart~

nothing gets my heart a-beating quite like a "free" sign

you know that feeling

i'm always reading about everyone else's amazing finds

and hoping maybe, just maybe, one day it's me!

so imagine my delight when driving home I spotted this gorgeous chippy window on the side of the road

with a big "free" sign attached

could it be??

well peeps, you've never seen a van u-turn quite that fast

it was in my sticky paws within seconds

isn't it perfect

chippy white paint, all the glass intact

~it was love I tell you~

now of course everytime I drive by that house my eyes are peeled!

just in case....

for now it's just leaned up against a wall

and made a great backdrop for my pillow photos

but i have a spot in mind

~oh yes I do~

just breaking it in gently

have to do that in my house, change things gradually you know!

i'm linking up my new treasure to Kathleen's White Wednesday

~and~

as it's Kathleen's 100th White Wednesday post she has a fabulous giveaway going  - don't miss it!

Tracey

~chippy paint love~

yup, it was love at first sight

i wasn't even shopping, not really...

then i spotted this chippy old mirror

i walked away...

...and then i walked back

...and then i finally went inside

it was a wonderful chippy old window

several layers of paint

with the mirror pieces already fitted

how could i pass it up?

so home it came

and i gotta tell you

~i'm still in love~

and while we're at it, here are a few shots of my spring mantle in progress

old books tied with twine

an old canning jar with rusty zinc lid 

i found these number tiles in a thrift store, have no idea what they were meant for

but i do love them in this old jar

architectural what-not

wire crowns with sparklies

two sweet little birdies chatting about my chippy mirror

a little bit of easter - vintage easter shadow box with fuzzy bunny

and a vintage mirror behind

isn't this little guy sweet, even if his eye has rubbed off!

little bunny egg cup in robin's egg blue, made in Japan

i have a little more up there than i usually do, but it's interesting right!

of course it would all look so much nicer on a white mantle

right hon??

mr keeper always gets a little worried when he sees me starting to move things around...

you'd think he'd be used to it after all these years

a little fluffing keeps a gal happy after all!

~I'm linking up with Kathleen at White Wednesday~

she's got some great chippy paint going on this week too!

Tracey

~don't forget to check out the giveaway on my sidebar~