Vintage Botanical Window

You may remember the post I did on the vintage botanical book, here.

I've had this large chippy paned window for a couple of years now,

 just waiting for something like this.

I didn't want to destroy the individual sheets

so fortunately the book was a spring binder.

All I had to do was lift them out and gently tape them in place.

This is how it looked when I purchased it:

Page after page of wonderful old yellowed paper with original dried

wildflowers and grasses intact.

I brought the completed window outside to photograph

along with my very old wicker chair

 and some wildflowers I gathered last weekend.

Queen Anne's Lace and Black Eyed Susans;

A beautiful bouquet just there for the picking.

My best guess is that this collection of wild flowers

was a school science project from the 40's.

The paper, tape, and typewriter set are indicators.

I found it for just a few dollars at one of my favorite flea markets.

I've never met a watering can that I didn't want to paint.

I love them a naturale,

but to me they just look happier with a paint color.