What a great find Cindy! Really beautiful... I have been using Tarnex on the silver and have never been totally happy with the results... but looking at your silver bucket and how badly it was tarnished I think I will switch to Wrights!
I love silver of all sorts, especially champaign buckets. They remind me of trophies (which are always so expensive!) I've been able to find 2 very lovely ones in thrift stores as well. I think most people hate polishing them. Great find!
no doubt the secret works!! i love that book- i can not tell you how many times in the last year it has worked for me professionally, financially and junking finds!! Have a great weekend!
Oh my goodness! You always find the most beautiful things! I wish our thriftstores had such secret treasures! I love coming to you blog, Thanks for sharing!
Love the silver bucket with hydrangeas. Different look that really speaks to me. Enjoy your weekend, but stay away from McDonald's. We will never forget!
Cindy, Love your silver bucket it is fab-o with the shells!!! I just found 2 magnificent silver buckets and they are tarnished, but I had to buy the price was right! So I'm going to use the creme you suggest to clean my up. I will post them on my blog this weekend and maybe you can give me some ideas on how to use them. I think they are going to be fabulous this holiday season for tabletop decor. Your blog is always inspiring. Thanks Rhonda
I recently found a silver bucket too, a nice one and had been wanting one but you beat me on price. I got mine for $14.99 but still good.
Did you sneak into my garage and take my silver bucket? I've been looking high and low for mine w/o success ;) Cindy, I love your creativity with the shells...small and big. I would have never thought to put them in a bucket like that. Thanks for sharing. Another idea in my inspiration files.
Cindy love the conch shell. We went to Grand Cayman a few years ago and My hubby actually dived down far enough to get one (live) for me. It is quite an ugly creature that lives in there, but we cleaned it all up and it is a beautiful shell. :)
The silver champagne bucket is beautiful. It was worth the silver polish. I especially liked it with the hydrangeas.
Also love your Carmel pictures. Lucky you that you can visit there often. I've been there twice but have to travel clear across the country to get there. My favorite place in the U.S.
Great finds!!! I have recently picked up a few silver pieces I was drawn to...let's hope I don't get tired of polishing them!
Just yesterday I was thinking that I needed to do a search on your blog to find out what kind of silver cream you use because I have a piece I need to clean up. I got lucky and saw just what I needed when I read your post today!
i have that exact champagne bucket!!! i gave it to my husband for a wedding gift. i, too, found mine in a thrift store (although here in wisconsin, we call them junk shops). i think mine was in about the same condition too. how funny! it looks beautiful!
You did not find that !!!! Gorgeous. I'm planning on thrifting a bit tommorow...you're giving me inspiration.
The Secret is so inspiring ~ I'm still trying to get more consistent at it, but it sure is amazing how fast it works at times.
I love it! You know I think my grandmother got rid of my grandfather's golf trophies that would be perfect for this!!! Oh well just more stuff I'd have no room for! hehe Love yours! and your table!
You are sooooo lucky, I wish I could find some of this stuff. I have read The Secret too & so has my daughters. When we are feeling a bit down and out we remind each other of the book and boost each other back into the land of the living. Just this morning I was complaining about my job and saying how unstable I feel there at the moment & she reminded me to be careful of my thoughts & start to think positively etc.Have a great weekend, I know I will
Wow Cindy, the bucket turned out just beautiful. I used to have several sets like your creamer and sugar and sold it years ago at a garage sale. Makes me sick now.
Dear Cindy, Thank you first of all, for acknowledging 9/11/01. It's amazing how many people have put it so far out of their memories, the mention of the date doesn't even trigger any sort of response. Out of 8 newspapers we sell at our market, only 2 felt it was noteworthy to give creedence to the memory of 9/11... or some sort of mention of what horrible things happened 8 years ago. I still cannot believe it. I know that life goes on... but, really, without remembering the past, we are destined to repeat it. I have heard that so many times.
Thanks for Carmel. Beautiful. Some of those homes made my heart go pitter-patter. And, might I say, I could never, never, ever just "drive by" a beach. However, that is because I don't live anywhere's near the beach. I remember as a young girl going to the beaches in New Hampshire, Maine, or New Jersey, and I could always tell when we were getting close... the land would get flat, and the air would take on this certain and specific scent... and no matter where we were staying, we would always just pull over somewhere, we'd get out of the car and just go stick our toes/legs in the water. We couldn't wait! You are so fortunate!
I really like your champange chiller, and I was just wondering if there is anything on the bottom that let you know for sure that you could get it clean? I've seen some pretty pieces in thrift stores too, but I'm not sure I can get it clean. There's silver, there's silverplate, and then what? And if there's no mark.... how do you decide?
YOu really made it shine! :-) I like where you places shells and starfish on the bucket the best :-)
Wonderful finds, I love all of them. I have been keeping an eye for white ironstone and anything silver. They are both so beautiful! And I love, love, love that shell! Hugs, Cindy
The bucket is fabulous, and I love how you so creatively change its appearance with the addition of different decorative items! I've said it before, I'll say it again...your vision is impeccable!!
I'm still drooling over your pictures of Carmel. I've always wanted to tour the area, and your pictures are the next best thing.
you made some great finds Cindy!! I can't decide which I like better in the bucket...the hydrangeas, or the pretty shells.
Such a beautiful bicket, and the shells are perfect in it! I know some people love the look of tarnished silver, but I love it polished up too. In this case I think it is so much prettier shiny:>)
I still use those very same Pfaltzgraff dishes. They are wonderful. They can be dressed up with a simple charger or very casual/clean looking set by themselves :-)
I picked up a champagne bucket with a stand recently for $2-- It just never got shiny enough for me, so its been stuck in with my "pirate props" for our yearly pirate party!
;Mu cpomputer have been sick so I have been without comunication possibilities for ages it feels like. Have missed so much on your blogg.
Your silve champagne holder did come out great. Really like the way you decorated it with shells and moss. Well done=))
I had to giggle Cindy, I always buy things at thrift stores thinking, oh I could sell that...then I can't part with it! I dream of opening a little shop some day and uhm..I'll have plenty of things to sell if that day ever comes!
That looks wonderful!!!!!! LOVE IT! And that HUGE SHELL is such the lucky find. I would love to have one too!!! I will need to check out your book suggestion. Have a great week.
You did so well with your thrift finds...wow. I really like the bucket and it cleaned up so well...that conch was just what you needed. It looks great!
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