Smart Ass Has A New Home In Australia

This totally cute vintage graphic cartoon panel is from the Wesco-Reltex Company. Vibrant color! From the 60's era. Look below at the before and after photos. What a super Retro pillow cushion this turned out to be. Thanks to a customer in Australia little smart ass found a new home. She used vintage retro barkcloth as trim on the front with wide black ric rac braid. Then black and white striped linen on the back. Thank you Susan for sharing. It's so vintage sweet.

BEFORE

BEFORE

AFTER

AFTER

Mod and Retro Color Makes Me Feel So Happy

     

Tea break in the office

Love

Love is shopping at West Elm. Here's some of my favorites from their new Fall arrivals. Daydreaming of drinking chai while hanging out on my West elm table with my friends.

Huge Liquidation Sale

Yes, we're liquidating our teapots, teacups, tea wares, tableware, home decor, and kitchen. Great time to buy! Just in time for Mother's Day. If you live in the area, there's super deals! At this time our boutique location is only open by chance and we're remodeling. If you would like to visit please call 724 468-3128. To find our huge liquidation sale visit Second Fiddle in Delmont, PA, just 4 minutes from us or LnL Fleatique Market in Adamsburg, PA. Mother's Tea from Harney and Sons Fine Tea Company you'll find at the Adamsburg location. Second Hand Fiddle is a must, for anyone looking for decor, furniture, accessories, jewelry and fashionable apparel. What a fun place. The basement just opened, showcasing home collections. This week look for my huge, I mean huge collection of blue and white porcelain from soup tureens to lamps. Also, a few sets of blue and white tea wares. The one photo above is just a small sample of the huge collection.

For our customers online, please look to our clearance department online for super deals. Items that are not on sale please contact to get a discount or find out the availability.

Some items are not on our website so please check out these locations or email if you're looking for specific item.

Where did March go?

Wow! I feel like I'm in a fog. Is it April? We've been so busy that I didn't even post last month. I apologize. It's a good busy though. There's been so many changes at Tea At Home With Olivia. I'm working on a new website. Also, exciting news for customers who live in this area, we now have a small venue of tea and decor goodies at LnL Flea Market in Adamsburg, PA. We're booth number 5 or you can ask the friendly staff to direct you to our booth. Purchase your Mother's Tea from Harney and Sons for next month. We still have our boutique at our main location. This is just another outlet for our business. Our main location is getting a makeover as we speak. Here's more fun news! We Miss Back When in Apollo, PA is a two story antique and collectible mall. Yes, you guessed it! We're going to be there shortly. A little different vibe there. We'll have a gallery of antiques and Western decor in this mall. If you like to keep updated on happenings, our blog, offers and sales, please sign-up above on the right hand corner of this blog. Happy Sunday!

Organizing My Tea and Things

If you're like me you never have enough room for all your things. This time of year is the best to get organized for your life this new year. Finding vintage and antique items are always a fun way to get started organizing. Being the tea lady that I am, it's hard to store all my varieties in one place but, recently I came up with a solution. I took my chippy antique Chinese chest from my other room and put it in the kitchen. It's now filled with all kinds of tea. The scene on the chest is from an old Chinese opera. Love this chest. Copper teapots make for a great hideaway storage or bank.

Here's another antique Chinese chest with two doors again, with opera scenes. We store extra magazines and whatnot's. Many years ago this chest stored the most beautiful silk opera costume. The beautiful Chinese wedding basket above the chest is made of elmwood. This too is a very old piece, the custom at a Shan Xi wedding was to have this basket to serve sweets to the wedding guests then later it would turn into a lunch bucket for the couple. Now a great conversation piece, antique and storage.

Vintage Indian Basket

Vintage Giant Green Chili Chalkware Bank

Vintage Receipt Hook

Vintage Wooden Bowls

Of course baskets of all shapes and sizes make for great storage. The quirky are always fun. I just picked up a super large green chili pepper made of chalkware. It's 15 inches long and around 5 inches wide. It has a hook to hang from the ceiling. Just need to touch-up the paint. Guess what? It's a bank. Maybe, I can save my pennies for more vintage sprees. The green vintage receipt hook I just purchased on Etsy is for my shipping receipts. Wooden bowls are my weakness. So inexpensive. Not just for fruit but, practically any storage.

Taos

Oh, what treasures to be found at Jackies Trading Post! Bill has the best of Navajo, Zuni, Hopi and Pueblo made art, crafts, pottery, weaving, and a huge collection of antique and vintage Southwestern jewelry. When in beautiful Taos, NM you must visit my friend Bill. He's located in the Historic Taos Plaza. Here's the official website  Jackies Trading Post



Bill and I



Jackies Trading Post
Taos, NM

Harry and Bill

Harry and Bill

Art Gallery at Jackies Trading Post

Vintage Farmhouse Chic

The words 'farmhouse' and 'chic' seem to be completely opposite. Yet these opposites blend quite nicely. I have such an eclectic home but, for some reason Summer brings out more of the farmhouse decorator in me. I love the color and warmth of this enamelware bowl above. It reminds me of the times in the kitchen with grandma.

The farmhouse look blends, natural elements like feathers, flowers, sheds with the utensils and equipment used on the farm and kitchen. Of course, what would a farm be without animals. The element of farm animals makes the look come alive. On the other hand, the chic look blends, crystal, glass, scones, shimmery, elegance, chandeliers and modern lines. Blend these two looks just right and you'll have the perfect  temperature for the Vintage Farmhouse Chic look.

Little Lamb

Antique Black Bench with Chic Pillows

Antique Advertising Pail

Vintage Enamelware Teapot

Turkey Feathers

Vegetable Grater

Vintage Enamelware Long Handle Ladle

You don't have to go totally Vintage Farmhouse Chic,

just blend one of each element into your decor.

Shop for great vintage finds at: 

 www.TeaAtHomeWithOlivia.Etsy.com or www.OddEmporium.Etsy.com

Eddie Ross

Wow! What a super vintage hunting Friday I had. We took a trek up to Laughlintown. On the way up we took Chaco swimming in the river. Needless to say, one happy pup! One happy gal, too! We found some more flea markets to hunt along the way. Finally, we got to our destination, the Laughlintown Antique Mall. The mom and daughter owners there, are the most sweetest people. I love that mall. After looking at the second vendor's booth, I look over at the other gentlemen that walked in. Boy, did he look familiar. I keep on looking over at him. I know, isn't that so rude. Well, anyway, I walked right up to him and said "Don't I know you from somewhere?" Can you believe I said something stupid like that? Like, I was hitting on someone at the club:) My husband was right there, looking at me, like what is wrong with you woman! I really didn't mean for it to come out that way. But, I never forget a face, even if I forget my name, what day it is, what I ate a moment ago and so on, I still remember a face. Anyway, he kindly answered " Yes, you know me probably from Bravo's Top Design Show". It was the well known Eddie Ross, top interior designer and editor. He was one of the super contestants on season two of Bravo's Top Design. At one time he was the senior style editor of Martha Stewart Living. Now, Eddie along with his partner Jaithan Kochar offer their interior design and styling services and event production. They have this wonderful blog and boutique online. I love, Eddie's style. Eddie and Jaithan were quite gracious and kind. They even agreed to take a photo with Harry and I (the crazy lady from PA) with my mobile phone. Thank you Eddie and Jaithan! We're wishing you two the best on your design adventures! http://www.eddieross.com/

Natural Beauty

I love the natural beauty of sheds. I also like decorating with them. Just prop on antique books, like the photo above. I even use them to hang jewelry in my Shoppe. You might wonder, what are deer sheds? Deer shed their antlers every year and then grow a new set. It takes 2 to 3 weeks for deer to shed their antlers. This all happens between the end of Winter and the beginning of Spring. They literally drop off onto the ground. Then they start the cycle of growing new antlers again. Why? Of course the male deer want to grow back their antlers to attract the ladies during mating season.

We Made Front Page on Etsy!

Our Vintage Kitsch Dutch Girl Chalkware String Holder was featured of Etsy's front page today! What fun!

Artfire Boutique

Visit TeaAtHomeWithOlivia's ArtFire Shop

Vintage White Sale on Etsy

ETSY VINTAGE MARKET WHITE SALE

the vintage market team is a large group of vendors dealing in vintage on Etsy

January 10th - 17th
Use tag: vmteamwhitesale

Make an on-line slide show at www.OneTrueMedia.com

I'm a proud member. Click Here to visit my Etsy store Tea At Home With Olivia for my White Sale! Click Here to go directly to the White Sale for all Vintage Market team members.

Vintage Caliente Kitchen!

Ohhhhhhh! Caliente! Since it's super cold outside, keep warm in a hot kitchen. Here's some of my favorite fun festive vintage from a few of my team members on Etsy. The Vintage Market Team on Etsy is a large number of stores offering all kinds of vintage. To find a Vintage Market Team member, anytime on Etsy, use the tag: vmteam

The Vintage Market Team is having a gigantic White Sale! From January 10 - 17. Use the tag : vmteamwhitesale

1920's or 1930's Composition Flapper Pin Cushion Half Doll

Before

I had this composition old doll for sale on Etsy. She wasn't perfect and her skirt was missing but, she was still a great fine. Talk about creative spirit! Take a look at the after photos of this pretty! Isn't she just gorgeous! Thanks to the creative spirit of Debbie owner of Purple Flower Fairy Vintage Boutique Pretties. Take a look at some more pretties from her boutique. Purple Flower Fairy Vintage Boutique Pretties