April 26, 2013

This is another embroidered silk panel from Grandma Chris's collection.  This one is smaller and square and not framed.

April 25, 2013

This jar contains the ashes of my sweet kitty Fatty, who died April 15, 2013.  I got the jar from World Market and I got the kitty from heaven.  Just kidding.  She came from the Tri-County Humane Society in St Cloud.  Born in July, 1994.

April 24, 2013

This is another amazing find from the LLS auction.  An antique Imari ginger jar.  I didn't even care that it had no lid.

April 23, 2013

It's a three-fer!  Here we have a little painted dish, a carved shell spoon and a bi-color jade bangle.  The dish and the spoon were a grandma's and the bangle came from ebay.

April 22, 2013

This is a cute little orange painted box from GR's collection.

April 21, 2013

This is a beautiful antique Imari vase I won at an auction we had here at work to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.  

April 20, 2013

This is a little ceramic stork/crane from my Grandma Rae.

April 19, 2013

This is a little incense jar or pomander jar from my Grandma Rae's collection.

April 18, 2013

This is a little carved god from Guam.  My dad got this for me on one of his Navy Reserve trips.

April 17, 2013

These are a few more of the thimbles I decided to start collecting as a kid.  They are from the Tower Bridge, St Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey in London.

April 16, 2013

These are little Dutch shoes I picked up when we were in Amsterdam in 1989.

April 15, 2013

These are some of the pieces of malachite I have collected over the years.

April 14, 2013

And I'm back.  Sorry for the long hiatus.  I hate gmail.

This is a piece of sandstone from Taylor's Falls.  We used to go there a lot as kids.  I love this little rock with it's smiley face.

April 13, 2013

These are two carved figures, either of ivory or bone.  They were my Grandma Rae's. 

April 12, 2013

This is a sweet little ceramic box painted with a Japanese scene.  I got it at one of the thrift stores.

April 11, 2013

This is another of my most favorite things from my Grandma Rae.  This is a music box with a gorgeous needlepointed lid and seat.  Every time we visited, I would play it.  The lid opens up to display the keys, as well.

April 10, 2013

This is a beautifuly inlaid box.  I cannot remember where it came from.

April 9, 2013

This is a set of cute little sake cups and a pretty bottle of pink sake.  I got the cups at the Salvation Army.

April 8, 2013

This is a cute little blue and white tea cup I got at ARC.

April 7, 2013

This is a pretty tall Imari-style vase I found at ARC a few weeks ago.

April 6, 2013

This is an interesting brass candle holder in the shape of a snake.  I think this came from a grandma; I would never have bought something like this for myself.