The Brocante Home Chronicles.

The Banner of Blessings

Because Polly from Counting Your Blessings is wonderful, and more than that because she is kind, she has created a  scrumptious little collection of blog banners that are yours  for the taking free of charge over at  her Banner of Blessings...

Go give her a hug.

Brocante BookMarks

• Knock Knock
  It just made me laugh and gave me some great ideas for awkward people on my Christmas Shopping List...
• Simplitudes
  Oh how I wish I was even remotely self-sufficient. I suspect the day might never come...
• My Tiny Plot
  At last a gardening blog that doesn't sound like double dutch to me...
• Pink Phone...
  I just love it... and if someone could explain the whole Skype concept to me, I could even use it...
• :: blissen :: the flower dots datebook cozy
  Oh that is just soooo lovely. Who knew we needed a cosy for our diaries?

Brocante BookMarks.

• DaWanda
  The European answer to Etsy?
• Cookthink.
  What are you craving?
• Crafty Daisies Crayons.
  Super duper wonderful idea.
• Style Icons: Marchesa Luisa Casati - iCiNG - galadarling.com
  Because if I can't be the Marchesa I want to be Gala...
• Vintage Flair: I can't believe it is my 100 post!
  Congratulations Sweetie.x
• StuffSafe : Online Home Inventory Software
  Soooooo useful.
• Nonnie Home
  Nonnie is having a sale!
• The Eight Irresistible Principles of Fun
  Oh I just cant tell you how much I love this!
• A Modern Herbal.
• Grandmothers Recipes.
  Recipes from the 19th Century.
• Handle Chores, House Cleaning and Errands with Simple Systems
  Great tips from Leo at Zen Habits.

Brocante BookMarks.

• Summer Express: 101 Simple Meals Ready in 10 Minutes or Less.
  Fabulous List...Print it out and stick it on your fridge...
• Shim and Sons
  Elegance personified.

Brocante Bookmarks.

• 101 Things to Do During the Summer
  Get out into nature...
• The Politics of Housework
• Marnie Maclean's Patterns
• Extratasty - Get your booze on! -

Brocante Bookmarks

• Cookie — Home Front.
  Oh Cookie, you are lovely.
• Biblio Style
  Fabulous.
• Create a Connection
  Blog love made scrumptious.
• Dottie Angel
  Counting the days till she's back.
• Sadie Olive.
  Pretty things. And more pretty things.
• sfgirlbybay
  Bohemian modern style from a San Francisco Girl.
• Little things to be happy about today
  A billion little reasons to be happy.
• Postcrossing - The Postcard Crossing Project
  Yes please...

Brocante Bookmarks

• Vegetables in the Home Garden
• Craftzine.com blog: Martha
• Domestic Chicky
• Decor Next Door: Interior design photo sharing for the home
• AnyBody - AnyBody's Vent
• Superbuzzy.com.
• Boutique at Angel Court
• Basic Living Emergency Preparedness Products and Supplies
• billQ - The easiest way to keep track of your bills.
• 4 Homemade Febreeze Recipes » TipNut.com
• A Woman's Place: Programming for the Modern Homemaker - Life and Society - CBC Archives

Romantic Decorating.

Mmmm, I know a person shouldn't judge a book by it's cover, but this looks rather yummy. Who is Jessica McClintock please? Do we like her? Does she like us?

Do we wanna be in her gang...?

Brocante Bookmarks.

• How To Throw A Tea-Party - iCiNG - galadarling.com
• Brand New: Martha Stewart Circling
• Country Living :: Turn your hobby into a business
• Beeton's Philosphy of Housekeeping: How to keep a Linen-Press
• Knitty: Mrs Beeton wristwarmers
• Flourish, Creative home, garden, flowers and plants.
• Portovert.
• Natoora.co.uk : the online farmers' market - home delivery
• Celia Birtwell
• Paper+Cup
• OUR FAVORITE IDEAS FOR DISPLAYING & STORING KIDS' ARTWORK
• MyPerennial : Unique Felt Products and Personal Accessories

Brocante Bookmarks.

• Recipes and Tips From The Good Home Company.
• P.O.S.H. Chicago | Silverware, Restaurant China, Flea Market Finds
• Wesabe
• Year Of Living Generously
• Little Golden Books
• Wallpaper in the Archives - Victoria and Albert Museum
• Etsy :: Flea Market Sudio
• Pearl Lowe
• Sew Retro
• The Stanley Family Lodge.

Brocante Bookmarks.

• Task masters: All the dirt on housekeeping
• How to Stay Warm at Home Without a Heater.

Brocante Bookmarks.

• Delia's Christmas Easy menu plan
• Kiddley » Advent stockings
• ReadyMade Blog » Turkey Carving Action
• Debbie Overton Designs
  As lovely as ever.
• Thrift Shop Project

Brocante Bookmarks.

•   Vintage Fashions 1940
• Robyn Pandolph
• Tattered  Edge
• The Paper Princess, Vintage inspired stationery and bookplates.
• Vintage Recipes
• French country style home accessories - Lavender & Sage
• Becca & Bella
• ikea hacker
• The 52 Figments Gallery.
• Craft Inventory Management System - CraftMemo
• WHAT YOU MAKE IT
• Mo Jackson
• Danielle Proud.
• Let them knit.

Brocante BookMarks.

• La Boheme Gypsy Bazarr
• Apron Thrift Girl
• Lush Life Vintage
• Antique Corsets.
• Peppermint Vintage Clothing
• Vintage Glow

Brocante BookMarks.

• BOMBUS
• Maiden By Mail.
• Brocante Treasure's List of the Most Scrumptious Ebay Guides.
• OurStory.com - Capture your stories, save them permanently.
• Debt-Proof Living.
• Soleberry Modern Stationers.
• keith + lottie
• FoodieView - The Recipe Search Engine
• Hanty Panty.
  You know you want to.
• blissen
• Vinegar Tips - 1001 Uses for white distilled vinegar.
• Green Home Living
• A U D R E Y   by russell+hazel®
• Pinch My Salt
• Adorneya- Classic Accessories for Modern Life
• inspireco
• Kiddley » Arts & Crafts

Brocante BookMarks.

• L'Atelier Vert - - Everything French Gardening®
• NEST
  Eco-friendly cleaning products for a cleaner planet
• Natural Collection.
• Johnny-Tapete
• il Bloggo.
  The cutest little cat basket.
• Mood Swing Studio

Brocante Bookmarks

• Pamper Yourself with Handmade Bath and Body Recipes
• Sustainable Table: Shop Sustainable: Eat Seasonal
• Iva Rose Vintage Reproductions
• Indie Obsession
• Jonathan Fong Style - Living Life as if it were a Movie

Brocante BookMarks.

• Naked and Angry.
• French Word-A-Day
  Scrumptiously entertaining.
• A Good yarn: Free Knitting Patterns, Silk Dresden Sweater
• As Twee As Can Be.
  Yummyville.
• I wish you enough love
• Maize Projects

Brocante BookMarks.

• Single Housewives.

Brocante BookMarks.

• Simple Savings.
• The Glass Doorknob
• Nesting In The 21st Century
• Clare Nicolson Textile Design
• 5 A Day...
• VINTAGE BABY BIB PATTERN
• Lindy Sue's.
  For Clean Living...
• The Twin Cities Green Guide
• Bovary Kimono, Leda Kimono
• Paper Vignettes by Paper Relics
• The Vintage Knit-Along
• Stitchymcyarnpants.com

Brocante BookMarks.

• I Want A Wife.
  Don't we all?
• Vintage Photographs Live Journal.
• POSH GIRL.
• Miss Thrift.
• Folding Shirt
  You know you want one..
• Messies Anonymous.
• Half Changed World: Cleanliness is next to...
• Beeton's Every-Day Cookery and Housekeeping Book
• Old Cookbooks.
• Acme Notions
• Thriftgoddess! Your Online Portal To Thrift and Vintage Shopping

Brocante Bookmarks.

• HeartStrings FiberArts - knitted bunny
  Even I could make one of these...
• Discover How Coffee Grounds Can Perk Up Your Garden
  Get to Starbucks now!
• Armour Sans Anguish
• Sewing Silks For Soldiers.
• Liselotte Erlanger Glozer: Fabric Postcards
• Butterfly Rocket
• Housing Works Auctions -
• 90 Pound Suburban Housewife Drivin' in Her SUV -
• Blossom Sundries.
• Profiles: Searching for Caitlin Flanagan
• Les Invasions Ephémères

Brocante Bookmarks.

• Instant Relatives.
• The Draper Effect .
  The Exuberantly Anti-Minimalist Interior Designer Dorothy Draper Is Front and Center Again -- New York Magazine
• Giggle!
  In BrocanteHome Treasure.
• Nicky Thomson Textiles .
• The Hambledon.
  As gorgeous as ever.
• Jonny's Sister - Children's Gifts, Letters, Cushions, Tie backs & Bunting
  Scrumptious!
• Sacha Smith.
  Inspiration from France.

Brocante Bookmarks.

• Knitting Beyond the Hebrides - Lace Symposium
• Guide to Recycling
• FaceDesigner
  Because this made me laugh.
• Simplitudes:Simple Solutions for Every Day Living
• Open Collections Program: Women Working: Soap and Settlements: Making a Cleaner Society
• Lost Soul Companion Project
• Baby Goes Vintage
  Oh so utterly scrumptious!
• The Fresh Loaf
• Potting Shed Creations
• Snacksby.
• Natural Home & Garden Blog
• French Touche
• Sophie Perks Ward
  Lovely.
• Look at Me, a collection of found photos.
• Crafty Synergy
• Notion Nanny
• Moosey's Country Garden

Brocante Bookmarks.

• The Etiquette of the Greeting
• Classic Culinary Arts, classic American culinary arts recipes and techniques, such as Classic Culinary Arts
• Old Fashioned Milk Paint
  Lovely, lovely milk paint.
• Inspire.Co.
  Amy Powers beautiful studio space.
• To Hell With All That: Loving and Loathing Our Inner Housewife, By Caitlin Flanagan
  Book review...
• MomAdvice: The Community of Tips, Advice and Articles for Moms
• America's BookShelf.
• The Martha Stewart Video Library.
  For Mimi.
• Pearl River
  Chinese Gifts.
• Just Organize Your Stuff
• Brocanteo - Brocante et Decoration

Brocante Bookmarks.

• Creme Brulee.
• Casual Cottage.
• GarbageScout.com - Found treasure map - a recycler's dream, a cheapskate's best friend, and a dumpster diver's companion
• Fredericks 1977 Catalogue.

Brocante Bookmarks.

• Cleaning
• The Vinegar Institute - Uses & Tips
  Love the stuff.
• Debrada's Green Clean Catalog
• Safety Girl
• How to make the perfect cup of tea.
• MenKnit.net
  Almost there...Men's Knitting Site for Men Who Knit
• Christmas Day With Cath Kidston.
• Lena Proudlock
• For Sugar, it's spice and all things nice.
  Just how nice can Martha be?
• At home with Miss Prissy Perfect Huffy Bitchy Whatever...
• Readers home in on blog-inspired `Desperate Housewives' criticism
  Was the blogosphere the ruin of Bree?

Brocante Bookmarks.

• Offbeat Homes
• Simplify, Simplify, Simplify.
  A Cautionary Tale..
• Good Stock.
  Scrumptiously gorgeous idea...
• You Knit What??
• My Flora - PlantDatabase
  What a wonderful idea!
• Welcome to BoyGirlParty.com
• Ball of Wool / Ball of Yarn
  Utterly charming.

Brocante BookMarks.

• Mediabee - Family Calendar, Organizer, Group Planner, and Dashboard for the 21st Century
• Fabulous Stationery.Com
  Personalised notecards.
• Exploratorium Science Of Gardening: Feed: Plants and people alike, we all have a need to feed.
• HassleMe
• CLEANINGHUNK.COM
  Hilarious.
• The Gardeners Almanac.
• VintageSewing.info
• SUPERfantastico
• My New Slipcover
• Lillie's Five and Dime. Retro Handmade for Everyday.
  So cute.
• Over 100 Uses for Bread and Budder Buckets

Brocante Bookmarks.

• PocketMod: The Free Disposable Personal Organizer
  Fabaroo.
• Silver Moon Chicago - Vintage
  Beautiful.
• Vintage Make Up.
  Because I wanna be a starlet...
• Heloise
  You've gone too far Heloise.
• Clean Like A Man!
• Grenouille Plus
• ChartJungle.
  Don't get carried away...
• Poppy Cotton - Vintage fabric pillows, wall hangings, and lampshades
  Oh so lovely...
• The Desperate Housewife
  Podcasts.

Brocante Bookmarks.

• Excessive craving for 'distressed' look is distressing
• HotMomsClub
  Are you a Hot Mom?
• Frecklewonder!
  Scrumptious. And coming soon...
• Fabric Origami Workshop
  So pretty!
• Organic Gardening.
  I will be a gardener...
• CookingByNumbers.com
• Chore Buster - Organize your family's chores...
  Great idea!
• The Traveler's Lunchbox .
  Another inspirational food blog...
• Crazy eBay Mom
  Beware it could happen to you!
• Lace Eggs.
  How beautiful are they? I want bowls and bowls full of them...
• CraftSanity
• Crocheted Home...
  Fabulous vintage inspired home scrumptiousness...
• Jessie Steele: Fine Hostess Aprons

Brocante BookMarks.

• Petulant Feminine.
• Memory Lane Vintage Patterns
• Cucina Testa Rossa
• Dreamy Bedrooms
  From Country Living.
• Sweet Grass Farm.
  Oh so scrumptious!
• Creatively Self-Employed?
• Daring Female
  Dare you...
• Delicious:Days
• Seventies Design
  Scary stuff...
• Parishotelboutique.com
  Wow!
• Pam Garrison's Easter.
  Because everything she does is utterly beautiful.
• Wallpaper-By-Numbers
• Secrets of organized families: Insider strategies for getting your house in order

Brocante Bookmarks.

• Soul of the Rose: Sweetheart Rose Pan
  How cute is that pan?
• Swaporamarama.
• Lily Blue.
  So pretty!
• Easter egg designs are a folk-art 'prayer'
  The beautiful art of pysanka.
• SESE CREATION
  It's in French, but it's beautiful. As recommended by Tongue In Cheek Antiques.
• The word on domestic goddesses
  From Heloise to Martha.
• FASHIONDIG Vintage Clothing, Vintage Clothes
  Utterly fabulous, comprehensive vintage site.
• Mangiacotti Florals: Specials
  Floral scented housekeeping...
• Cupcake Bakeshop by Chockylit
  Scrumptious cupcake blog...
• The Home Maker.
  Cath!

Brocante Bookmarks.

• Kate Hill's French Kitchen Adventures
• Shelterrific
  Fabulous new house blog from the writers of the now sadly demised Budget Living.
• Adventures in Domestic Sustainability & Building
  Inspirational.
• Bath Puff and Scrubber.
  Oh if only I could crochet.
• Tinsel Trading
• Pink of Perfection
  Scrumptious!
• Very Good Things
  Inspired by Martha.
• Martha's Apprentice: Dawna Stone
  Blogs her way through her new job...

Brocante Bookmarks.

• The Year of Spending Stingily.
• Send in the Housewives Clones.
  Suburban Shoot Out!!

Brocante Bookmarks.

• Learning To Wait By Anna Neagle.
  In The HouseKeepersCompendium.
• IRENE WILLIAMS: Queen of Lincoln Road.
• Silverfishes.
  Ephemera & more for collage and assemblage artists...
• Miss Misa.
  Go get yourself a stud subscription...
• Simply Thrifty.
• Vintage Junk Online
• Retro Vintage Collectibles.
• Sarah Ban Breathnach Pisses Me Off.
  Jealousy, dear Valerie will be the death of you...

Brocante BookMarks.

• Garage Sale Susan.
• May I Have The Pleasure Of Your Company At The Shops?
  In The houseKeepers Compendium.
• Order Period
  Get your life in order.
• How To Craft A Wedding.
  Doing it your way.
• Beep Blog
  Aunt Beeps Blog.
• Basic French (a lifestyle thing)
  Utterly gorgeous shop.
• Are They Talking About You??
  In The HouseKeepers Gallery.

Brocante Bookmarks.

• Black Apple Tea
• Make Your Own Blackboards
  From the Farm Chicks.

Brocante Bookmarks.

• Hip Tranquil Chick
  Yoga, life and more...
• LuLu's Vintage Blog
  The retro retreat for the fashion elite.

Brocante Bookmarks.

• Drafty Door Stopper.
  From the ever so clever Not Martha.

Brocante Bookmarks.

• Anna Sova.
  Divine organic lifestyle site.

Brocante Bookmarks.

• curiousbird.com
• Floral painter turns her cottage into a canvas of shabby-chic style...
  Christie Repasy.
• Romancing the home
• One Woman's Failed Struggle to Quit the Fabric Habit
• Home Safe Home
  From mary Janes Farm..
• Organic Authority.
• Vintage Decorating Tips & Trends.
  Ten easy ways to bring vintage into your home...

Brocante Bookmarks.

• Clothe Your Naked Soap Containers...
  You know you want to...
• Wifely Expectations.
• Bittersweet Genevieve.
  Coming soon. Looks divine.
• Recipes Of The Damned.
  Real scary recipes from vintage cookbooks.

Brocante BookMarks.

• French Kisses
  Gorgeous vintage postcard at Tongue In Cheek.
• Small Farms: A Blog from the Heart
• Budget Living.
  This cute little magazine has died and gone to heaven.
• Rosie O'Donnells Flickr Photostream.
  Martha and me: behind the scenes on the Martha Show.
• Levittown.
  Building the surburban dream.
• Daddy-O's.
  Retro dresses I want to diet into...
• Punk Fui: The Love Connection
  At SuperNaturale...