Wednesday, August 21, 2013

" I Fall to Pieces "





As the summer is slowly fading away

I rescued a few pieces that were unwanted

and unloved...





I found a very large urn

that was in pieces

 left for years outdoors

and now has found a new place in my home...


The owner had no use for things

in his backyard

and well of course I fell in " love " with

each piece.


{ the base will be in a later post}






Every inch of this urn

melted my heart as I filled

it with twigs and dark colored succulents...







I saved a few smaller fragments

that fell off during transporting it home.



I placed them on my table along with

an old rusted chain

that was hanging in the tree...







My heart stopped for a moment

when the homeowner said

I could have anything in the yard 

as it was meaningless to him...


I thought again about what is valuable to me

and what is worthless to another.


The precious treasures of my heart

are the simple pieces that life offers...


I cherish love...

I cherish the discarded...

I cherish the unwanted...







The beauty overwhelmed me

and I still have to find a place for the beautiful

base of this piece of perfection.








This week I will be linking up to my

lovelies in blog land who inspire my heart 

each and every week...
 
Jann's Share your cup Thursday






For those of you who follow me

on Facebook

I will be posting Fall inspiration

from my home using elements of nature this week.





Have a blessed week!!
XOXO

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41 comments:

  1. UnknownAugust 18, 2013 at 8:50 PM

    only you could make that look this beautiful! xoxo

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  2. WendyAugust 18, 2013 at 9:50 PM

    You have such a wonderful way of bringing beauty into your home.

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  3. Sandi~A Cottage MuseAugust 19, 2013 at 4:20 AM

    I'm falling to pieces too as well as in love with this look!
    Have a great week Kate!

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  4. It's meAugust 19, 2013 at 5:38 AM

    Wowwww !!!...have a nice week.....love Ria...x !

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  5. prince snow farmAugust 19, 2013 at 6:23 AM

    This is gorgeous! only you could make it look so lovely!

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  6. Michele M./ Finch RestAugust 19, 2013 at 6:48 AM

    Kate, you are just so awesome.

    I agree with the above: only you could make it look so lovely.

    Have a wonderful happy week.

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  7. Elizabeth@ Pine Cones and AcornsAugust 19, 2013 at 11:55 AM

    Kate, this is such a beautiful piece. The beauty of this worn and dated piece is stunning and even more so with your accessorizing.

    I hope that you are feeling well and enjoying your summer!

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  8. AnneAugust 19, 2013 at 1:23 PM

    What a beautiful found treasure Kate! I can see why you fell in love with it! It looks perfect in your beautiful home!
    xx
    Anne

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  9. CURIOUS August 19, 2013 at 2:04 PM

    GORGEOUS !!
    Kate . . . You are the BEST !!!

    BIG TEXAS HUGS ,
    JOE & GLENN

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  10. Rosemary@villabarnesAugust 19, 2013 at 2:20 PM

    I find beauty in ruins as well. I love the urn, and what you did with the fragments. Beautiful vignette, my friend.

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  11. Raination NationAugust 19, 2013 at 2:23 PM

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  12. Lisa @ Fern Creek CottageAugust 19, 2013 at 2:25 PM

    Sorry, I deleted my comment because I didn't realize I was signed in under my sons profile.
    But what I was saying is you always awe and inspire me! I love your style! Everything looks so amazing and beautiful!

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  13. AnnAugust 19, 2013 at 2:30 PM

    Kate,
    Your new finds are so beautiful. They have found a good home. And your post has brought me to tears as I think of the spiritual parallel. Jesus is love, he cherishes the discarded and the unwanted. When we have no one else, he is there. I hope you have a wonderful night. God bless you.

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  14. Vintage Market PlaceAugust 19, 2013 at 2:54 PM

    You truly have a gift Kate.
    So happy that Autumn is on its way!! :)
    Amy

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  15. Kadee WillowAugust 19, 2013 at 6:52 PM

    I was so glad that you rested the pieces that broke off next to the urn! She is a beauty, for sure! I would love to hear the story of where you found her.. of the man who was generous to you and let you have what tickled you so! What a great stroke of luck to have happened upon this treasure!

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  16. UnknownAugust 19, 2013 at 6:53 PM

    It is indeed a gift to see the beauty in the unwanted around us! Beautiful post!

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  17. TracyAugust 19, 2013 at 7:39 PM

    Gorgeous!

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  18. Faded CharmAugust 19, 2013 at 8:51 PM

    You and I share the same passion for the discarded and unwanted treasures, Kate. I love this crusty urn and it looks right at home in your lovely home:-)

    Hope you've had a wonderful Summer!

    xoxo
    Kathleen

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  19. helleAugust 20, 2013 at 12:18 AM

    Understand that it had to go home with you!! Very decorative...

    Hugs Helle

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  20. AnonymousAugust 20, 2013 at 1:10 AM

    impressive decorating!! looks pure!


    painting reproductions

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  21. trash talkAugust 20, 2013 at 5:56 AM

    I have a garden statue with that same crusty exterior. Everytime I dust her a little falls off, but that only adds to her charm. I sure wish I knew what was applied years ago to create that finish.
    Hmmm...maybe you can figure out a way to duplicate it and fill me in!
    Deb

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  22. must love junkAugust 20, 2013 at 10:58 AM

    I love how you see the beauty in the crumbling, crusty, imperfect, and discarded (like I do!). Your newest rescue is just beautiful! :)
    Susan

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  23. AnonymousAugust 20, 2013 at 1:59 PM

    Absolutely beautiful Kate!!! I'm with you, that urn is glorious and its chippy-ness would have melted my heart too!! I can't wait to see the base and the magic you will work with it!!
    Much love!
    Melinda

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  24. "Create Beauty"August 20, 2013 at 7:05 PM

    I'm so glad there is Someone who cherishes the broken, torn and peeling ~ and sees the TRUE potential ... and beholds a treasure!

    ~ Violet

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  25. ilmiocottageAugust 21, 2013 at 10:47 AM

    I love your job....it is a very poety.....kiss!
    A nice day.
    SERENA
    ilmiocottage.blogspot.it

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  26. Burlap LuxeAugust 21, 2013 at 11:21 AM

    As it should because it inspires us as well. I often return just to gaze over your creativeness Kate, not saying or leaving a word but, just to return quietly and leave touched by your words.
    I have meant to write you about your artful blogging feature adding that one night I could not sleep and went to my issue to read again, it's your humble approach to life and how you embrace it that touches and inspires. I read on and onto the next page until I weeped, I was so taken with your strength and braveness, it really added to what I needed to hear right then and there. God knows what we need at that very moment and gives us nothing we can't handle. Kate you make handling things that much easier through him.
    A simple post like this one shows us who shows up in your life right when you need him to. Small blessings and totting treasured finds show up with beauty when we least expect them to !

    I love this mirror, so wish I had picked the one up that I glanced over at our local thrift, I saw the potential and realized I really didn't need it at the time, now seeing yours so rustic and in the mix of your barn woods I see what could have been with a feeling of how our taste mesh in what we love to create with.

    Thank you for sharing your beauty and grace over at my place with inspiring peeks into your world.
    I have to mention after my reading of your Artful Blogging feature about a week later I receive an email from Jennifer asking that big beautiful question as to would I love to be featured in the up and coming issue, oh WowNess and again what would I have to say that could even measure up to what has been said before?
    I am going to be in the up and coming issue and am excited to see how she works my photos into the feature.

    Keep inspiring the works of art you so happen apon.
    Kate as for that cement crusty planter urn, I so wish it were a find of mine, it looks so peaceful right among its mix of beauty.

    Xox
    Doré

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  27. Burlap LuxeAugust 21, 2013 at 11:23 AM

    Yikes! Did I leave this long of a comment?
    Sorry, much shorter next time my sweet dear friend.
    See you soon.
    Xx
    Doré

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  28. JuneAugust 21, 2013 at 3:53 PM

    Oh Kate, you have found such a treasure. These are the very things that have the power to stop my heart when I see them! I love the fact that you saw the beauty here and rescued it. It fits right into your gorgeous home.
    hugs...

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  29. stefanieAugust 22, 2013 at 6:35 AM

    gorgeous!

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  30. DeseraeAugust 22, 2013 at 12:41 PM

    What an amazing find!!!! It looks just perfect sitting on your weathered table....LOVE!!!!
    ~Des

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  31. Have a Daily Cup of Mrs. OlsonAugust 23, 2013 at 9:28 PM

    Oh Kate, I was so happy to see you back this week! I was thinking about you and was hoping all was well. Was going to hop over and say 'hi', and then I saw that you had linked up. This urn is fabulous and I am so happy that you rescued it. You have a tender heart and love precious things that many would discard. I too see it's beauty. I love how you filled it with some of Natures beauty! Thanks for sharing this touching post with SYC.
    hugs,
    Jann

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  32. Auro @ Add that Xtra in the OrdinaryAugust 25, 2013 at 11:09 PM

    This urn with the drift wood and dry twigs is looking so very beautiful.I love these ordinary things which have an innate beauty and was probably waiting for a beholder to admire it.
    I am your newest follower do drop a while at mine.
    Cheers

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  33. Junk GirlAugust 28, 2013 at 9:37 AM

    Fabulous save! Looks like it found the perfect home!

    -Andrea

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  34. UnknownAugust 28, 2013 at 11:37 AM

    Oh Kate it looks absolutely gorgeous sitting there -
    What an eye you have - but more than that I'm so inspired by your soul because I think that's the place where all your beauty comes from
    Much love,
    Suzan

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  35. CamAugust 28, 2013 at 9:43 PM

    I so love you, Kate. How you see the beauty and value in everything and everyone. Whatever is placed in your hands becomes artwork. And we all stand in awe and admire it...and you.

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  36. Burlap LuxeAugust 30, 2013 at 10:14 AM

    Kate, you are m'y dear one.
    Thank you for adding grace and beauty to my comment list.
    It's never as beautiful until a visit from you.


    Thank you for sharing my latest creation, that perhaps you will try on a shade of your own, so easy and that's what I loved best about this simple shade. It's the peace and calm it adds to a relaxed life.

    See you soon my dear one.
    Xox
    Doré

    Oh, i send an inspiring weekend to you.

    Xoxo
    Doré

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  37. UnknownAugust 30, 2013 at 10:43 PM

    Only you could take this and help us see the beauty in it. It's lovely!
    xo
    Lynn

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  38. BohemianSeptember 8, 2013 at 9:08 AM

    I too have a Heart for what others often fail to find Value or Beauty in... it is a Mysterious Attraction, that until I found the Land of Blog, few others Shared with me. It was so refreshing to Connect with Kindred Spirits here that understood my Passions and often Rescued similar Found Treasures. It made me realize that there are more of us than I Imagined that are Called to the same objects and participate in Rescue Missions. Love your new Salvage Treasures and you always Style them impeccibly, now others certainly can and will see the Beauty of them and in them.

    Blessings from the Arizona Desert... Dawn... The Bohemian

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  39. Chrissy...The Apothecary ShopSeptember 9, 2013 at 3:59 PM

    Kate..how could any of us leave that behind...and how could someone not find beauty in it..I think it is lovely.Can hardly wait to see the base..did you get anything else from this man!?!? Hope you are doing well..xoxo

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  40. Burlap LuxeSeptember 17, 2013 at 8:53 PM

    Missing YOU!
    Hope all is perfect with you, as I know if it were not ? You my friend will make it all beautifully perfect.

    Just checking on you my sweet friend.
    Xx
    Doré

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  41. toves sammensuriumSeptember 20, 2013 at 8:58 PM

    Hello Kate How are You.....taking a break?Miss your Lovely post,But will wait until you're ready.Hope all is well!!!
    Tovehugs :)

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