Maryjane and I spent much of our time together talking and eating – but we did manage to go in one shop, Madison Manor. It is a beautiful shop, full of vintage and new. Here are some photos:
Do I really need to say once again how much I want a vintage dress form?
I love this little doll. Does anyone know what this type of doll is called? Note to Maryjane’s husband: Maryjane wants the round version of the pink jeweled clock. Her birthday is soon. Hint, hint.
This is the tallest bottle rack I’ve seen – so tall I chopped off the top of it in the photo.
See those little aqua colored clocks? I just now noticed them – how did I miss them in the shop?
I love cherubs.
I found a little something while I was shopping. Remember the china I bought on eBay? Here is a photo of the pattern:
I couldn’t resist this vintage hand-painted creamer and sugar – made in Bavaria. Since part of the creamer had been mended, I got them for a song.
I thought they would go nicely with the china – in the same color range, yet different enough in design to be interesting.
Happy 64th Anniversary to my Mom and Dad! I love you both very much.
Have a wonderful Tuesday.
Oh my goodness. No wonder you missed the little clocks, there is so many many things to see! What a feast for the eyes! Have a wonderful week Claudia and I love your new sugar creamer set!
Loooove that creamer and sugar! Those colors are so perfect, and the design is gorgeous!
Hugs,
Jill
Hello Claudia,
Pretty pictures of a fun day! I am ready to hit the big antique store I was telling you about! Come play so more! The creamer and sugar bowl are so you! Happy Anniversary to your sweet parents. Oh how I hope we make it to 64 years! What a blessing.
Love you,
Maryjane
Great store, love all the displays by color, that pink rosebud lampshade has me drooling! Looks like a really fun place to shop, and yeah, that dress form is wonderful!!
xo,
Debra
oh Wow! what a great store! I want to go too! teehee.. anyway, you got the most beautiful creamer and sugar pot set! love the colours! so romantic! and chique too! :D
have a good day!
Do I sense a return trip for the little turquoise clocks? Really sweet!
Happy Anniversary to Mom and Dad.
Di
Claudia, she is a pincushion half doll…that one is a beauty, i love the color of her skirt…i am loving that round satin thingie in the picture with the clocks, what is it? i can’t quite tell, only that it is beautiful…Happy Anniversary to your mom and dad!!! 64 years together, that is beautiful!!!
Hi Claudia,
You would have to pull me out of those booths, because I would want everything! LOL
I would have left with those teal colored clocks for sure!
I think your sugar and creamer are so sweet and will go perfectly with your dishes. Lovely.
I have really enjoyed looking at all these lovelies.
hugs
Sissie
The sugar and creamer are beautiful, love the water color pastels.. and… I am LUSTING over that big chair!!! Might call the shop.
hi claudia,
it looks like you both had a fantastic time. you guys look incredible at any age!
in the photo that you mentioned the little aqua clocks, did you see that light blue pillow by any chance? it looks like something my mom used to make. they were round and usually velvet with fancy stitching on the sides. anyways, i think it’s cute.
~janet
Claudia, all thoae soft pastels. I could have hapily gotten lost there.
olive
Hi Claudia:
Such fun things you find! I also covet an antique dress form. sigh, and that bottle rack really is something else! I saw that A Beautiful Life sells small ones for over $200. I’m curious what they were asking for the large one you saw in the shop. A person might need to take out a mortgage! lol
Have a grand day, my friend.
xoxo
Donna
Wow! That shop absolutely defines PRETTY.
Thanks for sharing –it’s charming!
Cass
That shop would be like being in heaven to me. I love to walk around and just look at these beautiful things. I don’t have any knowledge about what’s valuable and what’s not, but I know what I like.
That bottle rack would surely come in handy for something in my sewing room. I’m not sure what, though.
Hi Claudia,
Oh how I wish I could come play with you, too! With a wedding just past, I have no funds for quite a while. Keep having fun though, and keep us entertained with your shopping sprees.
Hugs,
Meri
loooove the sugar & creamer. what a great day!
happy june! (what’s the countdown at for the return to MHC?)
xo
elyse
oh claudia! it looks like so much fun..i was just over at Maryjanes too….
i like the reflection of you in the mirror with your camera in hand…
and the soft blue tea cup…must be today’s theme….mine’s blue too..come by and have a peek
ciao bella
happy tuesday!
creative carmelina
Thanks for taking us shopping with you….what a beautiful shop….it has lots of “wow” factor about it! I really enjoy the shopping posts….they are so much fun! Hope you can stop by my blog sometime….I have signed up as a follower. Have a fantastic day….Lynn
Hello Claudia! I am home and catching up. I have missed visiting your blog. It looks like you have been doing some fabulous shopping!
I love your cream and sugar!
I am so glad you are having fun too.
Hugs,
Terri
Hi, what a great store!! I would never want to leave. Have fun….Kathy
That looks like a fun place to shop!
And about the dressform, why don’t you make your own? If I can do it, so can you….
I can understand you couldn’t resist those pieces of China, they are gorgeous.
Beautiful sugar and creamer set, I love them! What a fun stroll, thanks!
HappY Anniversary, Claudia’s Mom & Dad!! 64 years – now that is something to celebrate!!!
I believe that’s a pincushion doll, Claudia.
Love your new sugar and creamer!
And my dad also received a purple heart in WWII!!!
Glad you had a lovely time shopping with Maryjane! Looks like a fantastic shop!!
Donna
A sweet hello from Frog Hollow Farm! Sounds like a perfectly wonderful day spent with a friend -talking, eating and shopping – the three most rewarding things in the world. Love the china and your new little sugar and creamer pieces. You have great taste (I say that because I love everything you love – and those little aqua clocks are soooo cute) !! Ciao, bella!
What a wonderful shop! It looks like the two of you had a marvelous time. Where in upstate NY are you? I use to live in Hornell south of Rochester.
You guys just had sooo much fun! And I’m glad you did. I would love to have that dress form myself. As well as that bottle rack! I’d have it outside with cobalt bottles on it or something. I love seeing the dogs’ cute faces on the sidebar!
Brenda
ooh one of those aqua clocks would go pretty with my pink one! I’ll have to keep my eyes peeled on one of my jaunts!
Thank you for sharing such fun shopping photos!
Patti
How fun to go shopping with a blogger friend. I know there are many that I can not wait to go and visit. I just love blogging for all the wonderful women I have gotten to know.
Such fun going shopping with you! As several others have commented, the little doll is a pincushion doll. My mother use to make them, some from the antique bisque dolls, others from more contemporary dolls. They’re beautiful and functional, too!
Happy Anniversary to your parents.
that is one gorgeous dressform…your time with your blogging friend looks so fun…
Rene
What a fabulous place to shop (& dream)! Great pics!!!
To answer your question about how you missed the little blue clocks….my theory: There is so much ‘eye candy’ competing for attention that it’s easy to miss many things. Taking photos is a great way NOT to miss anything….are you considering becoming a buyer yet?????
xox Rella
Yea for you finding that creamer and sugar, Claudia, and I think you might need to go back and rescue one of those aqua clocks.
Happy Belated Anniversary to your parents!
XO,
Sheila