Shelburne Museum

We started out the day (with me, primarily!) really tired from  yesterday, so we went to a wonderful little coffee shop that served awesome lattes and scones baked fresh at Shelburne Farms. The weather was cooler, so we decided to take the day and visit the Shelburne Museum.

YUMMO!

Artful latte!

Another shot for our digital collection of vacation license plates.

For sale in the gift shop!  Made by the Amish.  I have to say, one of my very favorite things at the Shelburne Museum was the In Fashion exhibit.  We weren't allowed to take any photos of it, but look at the web site to see what's there.  The Christian Seriano gown from Project Runway 2009 was FANTASTIC!

Also for sale in the gift shop -- made from can pull tabs.  Super cute!

And has a zipper!

The Shelburne Museum is a complex of buildings.  It's a collection of buildings, really. Each building holds something different.  The round barn had carousel animals as well as a paper cutting exhibit.  

Carousel animals collected by the Webb family.

I love the giraffes.

Every horse seemed to have a different expression.

Part of the paper exhibit downstairs.  This was fantastic -- like a mask!

I loved this one the best -- it looked like a bird cape.  The piece was made out of paper coated with acrylic paints and draped over wooden spools.

Beautiful garden spot -- one of many.

Yarrow.

A closeup of a quilt in the collection.  Look at the bee!

This was a crib size quilt -- maybe 36 by 40 or so, and made entirely of silk.  The outer border was a really pretty lilac color.

Cool hatbox!  One of many in the exhibit.

A close up of a cathedral window quilt made of silk and embroidered like a crazy quilt.

This one was so cool -- a signature quilt.  Each little square was about 3 inches square, and the whole quilt was probably 60 inches by 72.  You couldn't really get the whole thing because of lighting and photo restrictions.  But, the lady made a square for each member of her family and friends and had a blue star for WWI vet and a gold star for one who died.  Kind of ironic when I think about it.  It was dated April 1917 - 1918.

Really a beautiful place.

Being funny.

Enjoying the garden.

Folk art for sale:  "Housewife on the Edge."

A cool idea.

From another building: Altered Book exhibit.  

Another altered book

Elektra Webb, who began the Shelburne, collected buildings, including a light house from the Colchester Reef on Lake Champlain.

From inside the lighthouse.

Craig's always taking pictures of me.  We have this tradition of me trying to set up shots that I then have atimer set and have to run to get into!  That's what I was doing.

This little boy holding the turtles was adorable.  He had such a mischievous look on his smiling face.

Another collected item -- the Ticonderoga

Cool clouds on the way home.