FARM STYLE CHRISTMAS

My farm roots kicked in today while decorating our Hoosier cabinet for Christmas -- crocks and stoneware mixing bowls from the farm.

 The three rolling pins in my Grandmother's milk pail belonged to my two grandmothers and a great-aunt.  The rolling pin on the shelf was my mother's.

 The tin spice containers date from the 1930s - 1950s.

 A plaid recipe box and child's school Thermos.

 A Santa in a plaid coat!

Memories from life on the farm.  Well, I didn't actually see a Santa with a plaid coat  -- well, maybe I did -- my Dad had a red and black checked wool jacket.  Who knows?

I'm linking to the following:

Old Time Farmhouse for Farmstyle Christmas Decor, Monday 12/3

Have a Daily Cup for Vintage Christmas Decor, Thursday 12/13

A Stroll Thru Life for Table Top Tuesday

Knick of Time Interiors for Knick of Time Tuesday

Vintage on a Dime for Welcome Home Wednesday

The Vintage Farmhouse for Creative Things Thursday

Common Ground for Vintage Inspiration Friday

The Charm of Home for Home Sweet Home Friday

THREE OR MORE TUESDAY

Tam at The Gypsy Corner
is hosting Three or more Tuesday today. Please check her out for a list of all of the participants.

I think I have three of everything after all of these years, so decided it was time to participate in this fun event. The crocks and jugs I'm going to show you today were not collected - they were accumulated! When we first got married, I bought a 2-gallon crock at a junk store as I thought it would be neat to hold my monthly magazines. They had scads of these things, and sold them for 50 cents a gallon. So, my purchase amounted to $1.00. When my Dad saw what I had bought, he told me I didn't need to pay money for those things - there were bunches of them around Grandma's house and the farm. So, he would periodically show up with another one for me. The crocks were originally used for making pickles and sauerkraut; and the jugs were to hold whatever liquid deemed necessary including a few of the hard spirits that were hidden in the barn.

When our daughter became a teenager, she announced that when she got married that she wanted lots and lots of fresh flowers. So this 5-gallon crock became known as the 'flower pot' and was where we threw in our loose change to pay for the flowers when the time came. Sure enough 13 years ago, she had a wedding with beautiful fresh flowers with money saved in this crock. Since that time, the change we save in here goes to a charity our church supports.

These two crocks house my laundry detergent and non-chlorine bleach. The 2-gallon crock is the one I bought originally.

This 5-gallon jug is huge and heavy - its sculptural shape is art in itself.

Another smaller jug.

A Red-wing chicken feeder

A brown jug that we made into a lamp.

The 3-gallon crock holds my mother's and my two grandmother's rolling pins. The 4-gallon crock with the spigot was used for lemonade at picnics.

More crocks hidden in the cupboards!!

Thanks for stopping by. Now, please go by Tam's to check out the other collections/accumulations of three or more.

Sally