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Sweet Love ~ Sweet Valentine

Sweet Love ~ Sweet Valentine

Valentine's Day is a very special day of the year to share romantic feelings with someone loved.  It can also be a sweet moment to share with family and friends.  So when that arrow strikes your heart let it be full of passion and caring.  Gifts given are usually candy and flowers  but maybe this year you long to be inspired, especially if the recipient loves vintage....a whole…
Winter White Fine Linen For The Home From Yesteryear Past

Winter White Fine Linen For The Home From Yesteryear Past

The untouched beauty of freshly fallen snow in all its winter white splendor remind me of similar images of snowy white linens from days of yesteryear. Gorgeous table and bed linens so carefully made, pressed and preserved bestow a beauty on tables, stands and beds adorned with these treasures of the past.8 Delightful Madeira Doilies https://store.the-gatherings-antique-vintage.net/v...Go…
Welcoming The Year 2024

Welcoming The Year 2024

Happy New Year and let us welcome 2024. May it be a good and inspirational year for each and everyone of you! A few changes.........The Gatherings Antique Vintage is starting the year with an update and brushing up of the web site. I am sure you notice some slight changes as you visit already. For one thing more pictures have been added to the front page plus the blog is also featu…
Tis The Season ~ All Shiny And Bright

Tis The Season ~ All Shiny And Bright

Decorating for Christmas has always been a joy for me.  Definitely styles and taste have changed over the years but I like to think upon it as a refinement of an artistic nature.  So in a showcase of photos I like to extend warm greeting from The Gatherings Antique Vintage. …
Decorating Your Home With The Impact Of Antiques

Decorating Your Home With The Impact Of Antiques

As I sit here studying the trend of colors in today home decorating, it seems there are many choices.  Some quite bold.  However, the color hues of whites, blacks and grays are still wildly steady.  These popular colors mixed together or used separate hold a prime spot. Now teamed with some of the new bold colors appearing on the horizon can create a snappy room.  That aside, e…
Yesteryear's  Needlework ~ Re-Purpose For Today's Decorator Statement

Yesteryear's Needlework ~ Re-Purpose For Today's Decorator Statement

From the late Victorian, 1900's era, a pretty silk thread hand embroidered worked on felted wool doily mat. Edging is hand pinked. This lovely creation is 12-1/2"in diameter embellished with stems of flowers, plus a butterfly. It is worked mainly in colors of gold, toast,cream and green. The felted wool was an olive green but the top has faded to an all over drab green now. The…