ticking stripe goodness

i confess. i went on a binge. recently i sold some stuff on ebay so i went shopping. spent all the money i made buying things for my house, but had a lot of fun doing it.

i found several vintage ticking stripe pillowcases and using my mad bidding skills, i scored and won them all. (i think i bought 4.)

i really really really ♥ ticking stripe. but it has to be vintage. and it should be pink. and it probably needs to have roses in there somewhere.

i have several already in storage and recently found another small child's feather pillow that fit the bill.
but then i found something i have never even heard of before...a vintage ticking stripe duvet cover!!!

actually it was made to be a feather bed cover, but it will fit my full down duvet perfectly once i get moved.

here is a picture of it thrown over the duvet i am currently using. it is wrinkled from being shipped and stored, but i am totally in love with this piece.
i don't think i would use it at the same time as using the ticking stripe pillow cases (too matchy-matchy) but i will have a great time mixing it up.

back when my sister and i had our shop, i remember having a pair of ticking stripe cases in a wonderful bright, cheerful lime green. they had pink roses, too, and i can't believe i let them be sold. i have never seen any like them since.

one last thing...last summer i found a pink wicker baby bassinet. its on a stand, and has a big shabby dusty pink satin ribbon on it. but the best part is that inside, the little mattress is covered in ticking stripe.

if it stops raining here in the next few days i will show a picture.

until next time...

waiting

for the past year, i have been somewhat of a vagabond.
i sold my home a year ago, and in the meantime have been waiting to buy a new place.
i have spent much of that time staying in a tiny guest cottage at my sister's home. she and her husband have been very gracious and kind. but i must admit to longing for a place of my own.
all of my belongings are in storage. a 27'x 10' unit packed to the rafters with boxes and furniture, mirrors, china, glassware, linens, lamps and books. all that and my dress form, miss priss.
i miss my stuff.
in the ensuing year, i have continued to buy stuff. most of which i hardly remember.
i am sure once i finally move there will be one massive yard sale. it will most likely never all fit!
i hope to be posting here about my hunt for the perfect place, and will in the meantime show pictures of my latest finds. (just bought a new camera...my other one is buried, somewhere, in storage and i got tired of waiting to find it again...)
i hope you will visit now and again as i share my dream and my latest vintage finds.