Bears, Bees and Sunflowers Hutch Tour

 Buzz! Buzz!   A little bee told me that it was time for a country clutter tour. 

Good afternoon, Sunshine and welcome! 

My hutch was invaded by bears and bees for the month of August.🐻🐻  🐝🐝 And I must say I was one happy gal! 😀 Would you like to take a closer look at all of the sweetness?  

Oh, please do join me. I am sure I can rustle up some cookies and a cup of java as we scour over the old wooden cupboard. 

I rarely change anything on top of the hutch. There are Coca Cola crates , a large Campbell's soup tin that holds extra plates and reproduction vintage signs which hang on the wall.  However, I did add a  vintage peanut brittle tin and a small quilt which I draped over the Coca Cola crate.

Soon I was ready to fill the hutch; I began with the plates. I have a strong love for Pflatzgraff dinnerware. In fact, I started collecting it when I was a teenager.  I layered the vintage Village pattern plates on each shelf. 

Below the plates is Skeps which I shared  last year. 

On the bottom shelf, I even included the  matching Pflatzgraff cookie jar. Because my shelves are short, I had to turn the cookie jar lid upside down - a perfect spot to add some sunflowers. 

The vintage cookie jar sits atop of stacks of plates. The old canning jar was a gift from my sis as were the salt and pepper shakers. 

Speaking of cookie jars, there was a 2nd cookie jar on the shelf as well.  You know me and cookie jars. 😁😀❤

This darling teddy bear cookie jar . He is old and chippy but oh so cute - well at least in my eyes. I purchased this little fella a couple of years ago. 

A vintage yellow planter was perfect to tuck into the old vintage juicer. Busy Buzzing Bee and an old crocheted doily was placed in the planter. 

I could not resist this darling chippy bear cookie jar. 

An old butter dish bottom was filled with a little rolling pin from dear Joan  , a salt shaker from my sis and "A Bee, C Pinkeep" ( a future freebie - perhaps next year). 

I always enjoy decorating the vintage postal scale. My sister gave me a couple of little flat bowls that sit on top of the scales which I fill with treasures for each seasonal theme.  

Let's buzz to the middle shelf. Shall we?  

Front and center is a small dough bowl filled with lots of vintage kitchen utensils, a Dollar General metal bee and Beatrice's Bee Manor which is a grand ole' house with plenty of bee skeps. 

Vintage honey jars and honey bears are tucked in the corner on the 2nd shelf. 🍯🍯🍯

Hanging just above the honey jars is the most darling bee stitch gifted to me by sweet Barbara. It is a treasure and is sweet as honey. Thank you dear, Barbara. It is one of my favorite bee stitches! 💛

Now let's make a bee line to the top shelf. There are more bees and bears to be seen. 🐝🐝🐝

In the vintage divided brown dish is more Hull bowls and Honey Jar- From the Mason Jar Series which I stitched a few years ago.  In the corner is "Sunflower Keeper" a possible freebie in the future. 

A vintage yellow Pyrex bowl was the perfect  place to tuck more busy buzzing bee pieces .  A little Boyd's bear , a gift from my sweet friend Joan is on guard to make sure no one steals any honey. Bees  and Bee Sampler   are tucked in the bowl. 

Blooms of Sunshine was finished on a Dollar General plaque ; it is propped on top of a Pflatzgraff candle holder. 

That's my Bear and Bee Hutch Tour in a nutshell. Do you think I could squeeze one more bee stitch in there? Hee ! Hee!  Or a cookie jar? 😄🙄🥴 

Well, I won't try this year because the bees are going to buzz away and the bears will follow-  pumpkins will be rolling onto the hutch soon. 

Thank you for joining me today. You made the visit ever so sweet. 

Now let's get to that cup of coffee! 

Stay beautiful! 

As Always, 

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, y'all

Melisa

Thank you for the sweet visit. 

"Every flower that ever bloomed had a bee that believed in it.  " - unknown

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

Dedicated to my baby sister, Amy.   Love and miss you, Amo. 

The vintage sifter is my newest thrifty find from the World's Longest Yard Sale. 

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Summer on the Farm Hutch Tour

Up and at em'  , Sweeties! It is a beautiful morning !

 The coffee is all brewed, and I have a piping hot cup ready for your pleasure . One lump or two?  Well you may want to take it black when I tell you that we have a whole bunch of junk stuff to look at. 😀😁Yep, you guessed it ! 

It is another Country Clutter tour. 

Many of you know my "country clutter tours "are not for the faint of heart, because I am a "proud as a peacock" maximalist  others call me a "Clutter bug". Either way I wear the badge proudly. Hee! Hee! So if you are up to it. Come on! Let's head to the kitchen. Don't forget your coffee! 😀

The lazy daisy is filled to the brim with chickens and farm related pieces. 

And so is the hutch! 

This year's late July theme was Summer on the Farm. 

I kept out the Pioneer Woman plates that I used on my patriotic hutch and changed things around a bit. 

Summer Pasture was front and center. This little stitch is based on my Nanny and Papa's farm. 

Aunt Betty's at Blueberry Buckle Lane  looks quite homey on top of the old cow tin. 

My newest thrifty find is the cow pitcher.  I bought it last month in AL.

 Summer on the Farm depicts  Nanny and Papa's big red barn which was located  behind their house. When Papa was farming, hay was stored there.  My sister, cousins and I would load up on the hay wagon anytime that we knew the hay was going to be bailed. We would tug and pull on the bales of hay as they were stacked in the barn.  In all honesty, dad did all of the work , but we sure felt like we lent a hand. After the hay operation, we would go for  a swim in the nearby river.  Hay baling was itchy work. 😂😀

Lizzie Kate's "Farm Sampler - Flora McSample" is nestled in my red scale. 

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I kept my thrifted cabbage chopper out and placed all kinds of stitching on it to hide the blade. 

 Summer Farmhouse is one of my favorites. It represents Nanny's white farmhouse built in the 1930's . Nanny had a long clothesline behind the house and often laundry was on the line. Down the hill by the road, you could often see our family truck for we visited  Nanny and Papa everyday . 

I stitched Farm Sweet Farm a few years ago. It  is finished on a Dollar Tree easeled chalkboard. Here, Chick Chick Stamp is beside it.  

The little chicken yarn punch is one that I worked on last year. 

The vintage juicer is  almost always on my hutch. I usually change out the bowl and fill it with something. 

For July, it was filled with a vintage doily and  The Heifers- which is a Down on the Farm stamp. 

Lots of little kitchen pieces are in the tin basket including an old pie crimper, bottle opener, canning funnel and biscuit cutter.  You know all kinds of rusty old stuff. 😃

Well that 's it ,dear friends! 

Are you still with me? Or are your eyes crossed. I told ya' ; it is not for the faint of heart. Hee! Hee! 

Soon all this is going away. I am still trying to decide what will go up next. Bees? Sunflowers? Corn? Hmmm I just don't know. They all sound tempting to me.  

Anywhoo if you see Mr. Pinker put in a good word for me and tell him I need another hutch. LOL. 

Y'all have a blessed day and thank you for visiting this ole' clutter bug. 

This is my "Cow" themed hutch a few years ago. 

If you would like to see 2022's Chicken Lickin Watermelon Hutch tour, just click the colored link. 

My hutch in 2022

 As Always, 

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, y'all

Melisa

Thank you for the sweet visit. 

"Embrace your day with enthusiasm! " 

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

Dedicated to my baby sister, Amy. who loved the farm and thrifting as well.  Love and miss you, Amo. 

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Lemon Squeezey Summer Hutch Tour

 I skipped the watermelons and went straight for the lemons!  

Welcome y'all.  It's that time! Yep ! Time for another Country Clutter Tour.  

Usually in July , I decorate the hutch and kitchen with  watermelons and chickens, but this year I decided blueberries and lemons were on the menu. 

Soon I cleaned off all of the tins from the "Take Me Out to the Ballgame " patriotic hutch and pulled out my lemon plates. These were new purchases from the Dollar Tree. 

Playing off the blues in the lemon plates , I pulled out a couple of thrifted ironstone dishes.  Aren't they lovely? 

 Behind my plates is a string of white Christmas lights that I  plug in to give the hutch a little more light. 

Soon the hutch was filled to the brim with "lemony goodness" ! Filling every square inch possible is just my style.  Shall we take a look?!

It is rare that anything changes on the top of the hutch. I keep my Coca Cola crates and bottles on top along with the Campbell's Soup tin which is filled with plates.  I did decide to leave the Co-Op Chicks sign out . I just love it. 🐔🐔

I also left the forsythia vine draped  from the top just because I love the color. 

On the top shelf is a couple of stitches including "Home on Berry Lane" , a stitch I have not shared and  Blueberry Basket

This gorgeous lavender sachet made from a vintage embroidery was a gift from a dear friend! I love it!!!💛💙💛 Thank you , Susan.  

An old blue pitcher completes the top shelf decor. 

Let's slide down to the 2nd shelf. 

In the vintage juicer, I added a small Hull bowl filled with thrifted faux lemons. 

 A little ceramic blueberry pie is beside it.  Isn't the graphics gorgeous on the Mendets package?  The Menndets is from the 1950's and were used to repair pots and pans- another thrifty find.

On the yellow riser is From the Heart Needleart's freebie called Floral Pinkeep.   Teetered on top of a small stack of vintage lemon cups  is Bee Berry 

Did you notice my newest vintage doily? 💚💛😀 You can see a bit of it in the photo below. I believe it is a grape design- so stinkin' cute! 

The blueberry pie dish is also recent thrifty find. It does need some touch up paint , but I turned it to its good side.  Below it is Aunt Betty's  at Blueberry Buckle Lane which is one of my favorites' of 2023. 

Vintage Fire king, a cookbook, platters, salt and pepper shakers and my scales round out the bottom shelf. 

So that is it! Now tell me are your craving lemon blueberry squares with a cold glass of lemonade right now? Hee! Hee!   I am ! 

 I am so very grateful that you dropped by to visit me today! 

I wish you a Sun Shiny Day! 

As always,

Happy Stitching and Quilting, y'all

Melisa

"Life is short , squeeze all you can out of it! "

Hugs and Stitches!!! 🤗🧵

Dedicated to my dear sister, Amy. I miss and love you so much.   ❤👼

Sunny Sunflowers are being embroidered.