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Thursday, June 18, 2009

It's a cloche party!!!

Woo hoo!!! It's a new blog party. This time it's a cloche party hosted by Marty at A Stroll Thru Life. Be sure to check out her cloche's and to see what all the other participants have to share. I can hardly wait.

I got so excited when I heard Marty was hosting this party. I love cloches & apothecary jars. Yes, Marty said we could show apothecary jars as well as our cloches. So get ready, here we go.

Now my original plans were to set up elaborate vignettes using my cloches & apothecary jars. But since I am the queen of procrastination, it didn't get done. In fact, I didn't even take my photos until after I got home from work. Then my battery went dead in my camera. So I had to borrow my son's camera. Such drama!!! But I still have a lot of photos for you. So you are getting to see how mine are currently without any special spiffying up.

I made collages of my photos or you would be here all day & I know you want to see everyone else's goodies. You can click on any of the photos to make them bigger so you can see the details better.

First we have the cloche that I usually keep on my dining table in my living room. These photos are of my June bride centerpiece. When I got married 3 years ago I bought numerous bride & groom figurines to use on my tables. This is the tallest one that I have. It fits perfect in this cloche. The cloche sits on a cake plate that I made using a china plate with roses & a crystal candlestick holder.
This collage is the same cloche but with different holiday arrangements. Bells for Christmas, Pilgrim couple for Thanksgiving and my cute little leprechauns for St Paddy's Day. This time a different cake plate was used underneath each time.
This apothecary jar sits in my eating area of my kitchen/family room. Here is a collage of the different ways I decorated it this past year. The upper left is how it is decorated currently with moss rocks. The bottom left was Easter with eggs, middle photo with Christmas jingle bells and far right was Valentine's Day with hearts & heart garland.
This next cloche sits on my kitchen island bar area on top of my 2 tiered lazy susan. The photo on the left has a silver creamer pitcher with faux African violets. The photo on the right is how it was decorated at Christmas with a cardboard house ornament that came from Mervyn's & some mini Christmas trees.

This collage is 3 different cloches that I currently have on display. All 3 house some cute little birdies. The 2 on the left are both in my living room. The far left is actually a cheese dome on top of a small pedestal bowl. The middle one came from Goodwill. It has a little birdy on the top. And the far right cloche is on my china hutch in my family room.
This collage is the same cheese dome cloche at different times on my china hutch. Harold & Maude my Target birdies called this home before they went on their whirlwind worldwide trip. Now it holds a tea cup & saucer.

Here is a collage of some holiday cloches. All but the bottom right are the same cloche at different holidays. The far left was Valentine's Day. The large middle was Easter, the top right was Halloween. The middle Easter cloche & the bottom right Easter cloche are actually 2 different ones. I bought them off ebay & the one with the lamb came with the cloche part broken. So I took it apart & used the base with the lamb & tree under the cloche I already had. The bottom right one is the actual cloche that came with them. That one the cloche didn't break, but the rabbits came unglued & arrived upside down. I had to carefully shake it until I got the rabbits right side up & sitting in the correct spot & not break the attached glass cloche (not an easy task).
This set of 3 apothecary jars sits on my white trunk in my family room. The photo on the left is how it currently looks. It currently holds green moss rocks, large bird eggs & small river rocks. The photo on the right was at Easter.

These are my 2 newest cloches. They are quite small. Both came from thrift stores. The one on the left is covering a small cherub (thrift store find) on a blue & white saucer. This is sitting on top of my vintage kitchen scale on top of our secretary desk in our kitchen. The cloche on the right sits on one of the shelves in the secretary. It too sits on a blue & white saucer & holds a small vintage metal compact & a salt cellar. It sits in front of an old crock.

We can't forget my bathroom. The small apothecary jar on the left holds my q-tips. I put a french perfume decal on the front. On the right is a glass vase holding some of my shells.

Well I hope that I didn't overload you with my cloche & apothecary jar photos. I hope that you will leave me a comment & let me know what you favorite one is. It is quite fun decorating with cloche's & apothecary jars. I'm not very creative with mine, but enjoy them anyways.

38 comments:

  1. Hi Kim, As I read your blog I kept thinking, I know this girl! then I read that this was a new blog- you see, I've commented on your other! Anyway, you have pu t together some really pretty cloches/apothecary jars. It was really hard to pick a favorite- but one of the simplest ones says a lot to me- I like the small one w/the compact and the salt cellar under it. Yup simple... but says something to me. I'm glad you visited my blog. I have more cloches, but want to post more if Marty does this again.There were so many cute ideas out there. I think your new blog is really going to take off... I'll come back to visit again.... Sue

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  2. Girlfriend....
    You got it going on and are a pro at these cloches !
    Love them all !
    Hugs ~ Kammy

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  3. Hey Girlfriend...

    Ohhh my goodness, I do believe that I've died and gone to "cloche heaven"!!! Girl, you have soooo many pretty cloches and I love how you've decorated each and every one! Oooh...the tall cloche with your beautiful bride and groom figurine is just gorgeous!!! Love the photo mosaic and how the light is shining down upon the couple..so very pretty!!! I love the idea of being able to change the decor of the cloches and apothecary jars with the seasons! You gave me some great ideas...I especially liked the pretty Christmas ornaments!!! I'm definitely going to have to keep my out for some more...hehe!!!

    Just want to thank you for all of your sweet compliments on my button cloche and vignette...you're just such a sweetheart, my friend! We leave for Texas tomorrow...I'll miss ya and will catch up with you when I get back!!!

    Love ya,
    Chari

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  4. Wow! I am impressed and delighted by all the wonderful ways you have used cloches. So much eye candy and so much fun. Love it all. Have a super great weekend. xo Lynn

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  5. P.S. I forgot to say I love the name of your blog: Starshine Chic

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  6. Not an overload at all - you have some great ideas.
    Glenda

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  7. Hi KIm! I LOVE your cloche's and the groupings. So pretty!Thanks for dropping by Bloggertiaville today. Come back soon! I (heart) bloggy my friends.

    Leigh
    Tales from Bloggeritaville
    www.http://lbratina.blogspot.com

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  8. Hi KIm! Oh, what beautiful vignettes of your cloches! You have so many! Your brides and grooms are lovely!
    Be a sweetie,
    Shelia :)

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  9. Love what you have done! It goes to show you can do so many things with them, an that you even made them work for the holidays! love it!

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  10. Oh my word. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE all of them. You have so many fabulous ideas and cloches. Such wonderful eye candy. I have been trying so hard to take a lot of mental notes, I think you have mastered the decoration of cloches. Thanks so much for joining the party. Hugs, Marty

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  11. Not very creative- who are you kidding- yours are wonderful!!!!! I love the apothecary jar decorated for Christmas and the romantic pink one next to it- but really all so fantastic!

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  12. My you have quite a few of these cloche. And they all have beautiful things in them.

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  13. Thank you for visiting my blog recently during Kimba's Garden Party. These are beautiful displays. I have seen the cloches and apothecary jars all over, and I'm thinking I need to try this. I've got a couple of bird nests I think would be nice, but I will have to wait until the birds move out.....

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  14. oh so many great ideas..not an overload! I need some apothecary jars and a cloche or two now!

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  15. GM Kim girl you out did yourself with this awesome post...love it all great job...may you have a great weekend my friend...hugs and smiles Gl♥ria

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  16. I love all your cloches and apothecary jars. I also like how you showed up how you change them out for different seasons and holidays. I can picture you trying to get that little bunny to stand up in the cloche. Thanks for sharing.

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  17. ~Gorgeous cloche ideas Kim!
    Absolutely stunning!

    ~Good luck on your newest blog venture. It looks wonderful so far and I know I will be back to get inspiration from you often.

    I've added you as a follower and to my blogroll as well. I hope that's okay :)

    Have a blessed day.
    ~Melissa ;)

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  18. Kim, you are the Queen of cloches! They are ALL soooo beautiful! Clever to!

    Hugs!
    Maryjane

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  19. Wow! I'm like so envious of all these cloches!! You have them all decorated so beautifully, I love every one! Love your new blog, Cindy

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  20. Kim...I am glad you liked my cloches...I think those little mini ones are so cute. I have looked for them, but no luck so far. Congrats on your new blog!
    Have a great weekend.

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  21. Wow Kim ,do you have a cloche I can borrow ???? LOL !
    They are all just too cute !

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  22. Well Kim, you sure have a lot of cloches! And I love what you've put in them. Now I'm thinking all these brides can put their sweet cake bride and groom out for everyone to see because they'll be protected by glass! I ordered three apothecary jars off ebay about a year ago, and they were broken. Yet my husband ordered me one from Williams-Sonoma, and it came perfectly fine. So I only have one.
    Brenda

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  23. wow!you do have a collection and a great one too,they are just beautiful but. i might have to steal some of your ideas.you have a great blog and i'll be back soon again ,thank you for stopping by mine...have a great day....

    silvia.

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  24. Hi Kim, glad you found my blog. Love your beautiful blog and all of your cloche displays!!!
    Have a happy bloggin' weekend!
    Maureen

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  25. Oh, Kim...you have an amazing cloche collection! :-) I couldn't pic a fav although the one from GW with the birdie on top really caught my eye...reminds me of an old historic greenhouse. You have some gorgeous ones! I love seeing Harold and Maude again! Those birdies did have quite the time when they went on holiday! :-)
    Happy Cloche Party! Susan

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  26. Great collection and amazing displays...My eye was immediately drawn to the Halloween display, as I am a fool for fall and Halloween. thanks for visiting my blog and for your nice comments. This party was F-U-N.

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  27. Amazing cloches!!! You are so creative!! I love them all!!! I can't believe all the wonderful decorating ides everyone has, this is so wonderful to see!!
    I forgot to post the Christmas ones!
    I am still having trouble with the whole picture posting thing, you girls should post help tutorials so us newbies could learn!!!! Hehe hehehe!!!!
    Thanks for sharing you fabulous pictures,
    Margaret B

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  28. Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today, and yes ma'am I think we'd get along just fine!! I love all of your cloches. I tried to pick a favorite, but I like all of them! If it's ok I'm going to add you to my blog list so I can easily find my way back here.

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  29. You have done a great job creating so many cloche designs and vignettes! I enjoyed seeing all of them!

    Katherine

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  30. Wow, what a collection you have, I don't know how you have room for them all! Thanks for stopping by my blog!

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  31. Hi Kim, thanks for visiting my blog, I really enjoyed seeing all your beautiful cloche ideas too, especially the holiday ideas. Aren't the cheese domes great? You can do sooo many things with them and they are so cheap at the thrift stores. Have a great weekend. Linda

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  32. I think that you have done a wonderful job with all of your cloches. I especially love the simple river rock, but you have a talent that is obvious by all of these lovely vignettes!

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  33. What a pretty cloche parade! I'm so glad that you figured out a way to keep playing with us and keep your family happy as well!

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  34. I have been lovin this cloche party such a fun tour thank you!

    mary
    hoganfe handmade
    handbag originals

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  35. Girl you have brought the cloche to a NEW level! Fantastic ideas!

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  36. Soooo many fabulous cloche ideas in this post, and I liked every one of them! You must be the Cloche Queen. I bow to you, your majesty! laurie

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  37. Wow, you have quite the collection! I like the collages that you made to show them off!

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