Random Vintage Eye Candy!!!

Happy New Year DeluxeVille Readers! 

Thought I'd end January with some fun eye candy of what I've been up to.  At the end of January it will be officially a year since I've been living back at DeluxeVille...and to be honest with you, it feels like I've never left some days!  In fact, it amazes me how much difference a year can make in your life.  Thank you Universe for all the soul healing things you have sent my way this past year. 

 
I have recently painted the back of some of my kitchen cabinets and rearranged some of my fun dish wares!  I removed the cabinet doors because I really like seeing my pretty things!  Cabinet doors are so overrated!!

 

I dislike Winter but I accept the fact that I live in a state that has one!  So to make life better, you should always have at least one or two fun vintage coats that you get to wear!

 
Nothing makes me happier on a sunny afternoon then hanging out in the kitchen drinking a cuppa hot tea and listening to some good tunes...

 

  

...while I "depleat" a vintage atomic pleated set of curtains I've been carrying around for eons.   Now I have to decide what I'm gonna do with them.

 

Look, more vintage yummy dish wares that deserve to be seen!

 

And just so you don't think that all I've been doing is decorating DeluxeVille these last few months, I haven't been.  As I wrote previously, I met a really extremely awesome fella who I've been enjoying gettin to know.   I've never met a fella who has more vintage crap than I do.  I'm the perfect vintage junk loving sidekick for him and he's drama free, which is the perfect sidekick for me!  (See, there the Universe goes again giving me soul healing experiences when I wasn't looking.) We spend a lot of time eating fish sticks and french fries together and listening to old country records.

I'm sure I'll be sharing more about my favorite fella and our adventures after Winter passes and we decide to stop hibernating!  So stay tuned, lots more random vintage eye candy coming your way!

XOXO,

~MaryDeluxe

Just a Thought

 

If you would have told that girl, at this time last year, that she would and could be happy again, she wouldn't have believed you.  But that girl believes you now.  Amazing what a year can do to heal your soul.  I can't remember what he looks like anymore.  Other than my dogs and chickens I left behind, there's nothing about my previous married life that I miss.  I sure don't miss him.  My life is so peaceful and quiet.  It's almost dang perfect.  And I've recently met a new fella who I've been dating and getting to know.  He's sweet and kind and kisses me on the fore head when he hugs me.  We go to diners and some times he slurps his coffee when he drinks it, which makes me laugh.  I use to catch such hell for slurping my tea around someone in my past life.  Now I look across the table and laugh...life sure is funny...imagine getting upset just because someone makes a slurping sound when they drink something hot.  I'm so lucky to be sitting on the other side of that table, across from someone, who some times, slurps their coffee too.

XOXO,

Mary "Slurpy" Deluxe

Grateful

Life is good.

 
Kitschmas is coming!  Getting my crafting on!

 




Bring on the holidays!

A Kitschmas Obsession..

I've been really buying up the vintage Christmas decorations when I've been finding it at auction for a good price lately.  I'm a bit obsessed you might say.  Not as bad as some but worse than others.

 

 

 I've been adding all my new goodies to my old goodies!  My goal is to once again craft some super awesome vintage Christmas wreaths this year!  Making wreaths last year was the last fun thing I did in Jersey, cuz shortly after my crafty fun, the shit hit the fan...no shit will be hitting the fan this year, cuz this year, it's all about the crafty fun and not about someone else's fucked up drama! 

 

  

And since I'm feeling nostalgic for my drama free Christmases past, how about some fun kitschy Christmas shots of yours truly from back in the day...what a young sassy lassy I be! 

 

I wish you all drama free holidays this year!

~MaryDeluxe

And She Lived Happily Ever After.........

....in a little house named DeluxeVille surrounded by five fabulous cats and lots of her favorite things!  I apologize in advance to all the little girls out there, no knight in shining armor in this fairy tale, just awesome little MaryDeluxe saving herself! 

 

 

Don't ever feel bad for making a decision about your own life that upsets other people.  You are not responsible for their happiness.  You're responsible for your own happiness.  Anyone who wants you to live in misery for their happiness should not be in your life to begin with.

If you don't like where you are, then change it....

...you are not a tree.

 

 

"If you don't make the time to work on creating the life you want, you're eventually going to be forced to spend a LOT of time dealing with a life you don't want."

~Kevin Ngo

  

XOXO

 ~MaryDeluxe

Goodbye Summer....

You were an amazing time of year for me once again.  I can always count on Summer to re-energize my spirit and send me off in new creative directions.  No other season gives me the wonderful mental boost quite like Summer does.  Summer I will miss you!

 
I grew Veggies and ate my veggies and shared my veggies!!

 
I road my bike!

 
I fell in love with a few tractors.


I lost something I will never be able to replace.
He was the best thing that has ever happened in my life.  

 
I bought stuff I didn't need just for fun!

 
I glowed...I nested....I rested....I met new friends...I hung out with old friends...I spent time with myself....I licked my wounds and healed my soul just a bit more...I spent time with my family.... I gave and got lots of hugs...I let go...I laughed more than I cried (even though I cried for days)...  I remembered how to love...I grieved my losses...I proclaimed that all this me time is absolutely awesome...I got a new nickname from a special fella....I jumped through flaming hoops of fire...(okay just kidding I didn't really do that)...I did however start running again (slow like a turtle but I'm moving so who cares turtles are cute!)

Thank you Summer you came along just when I needed you!  See ya next year Summer!!

XOXO,
MaryDeluxe

 

Happiness Is Just A Paint Color Away!

 

"It's your road, and yours alone.
Others may walk it with you,
but no one can walk it for you."
~Rumi

 

 



~When one door closes,
sometimes you want to get a hammer and nails
to make sure that Bitch stays shut. 

 

Expect nothing
Appreciate everything.

xoxo,

~MaryDeluxe