Booth beauty, a MOUSE and a brownie!

Just to put your minds at ease,  the mouse did not eat the brownie, but we will get to that
 later. lol

A few weeks ago when we visited my daughter and her family,  I stopped at the Memories
antique mall by Fenton, Michigan again. I always love to visit there because there are a couple
booths that I just love and these first few photos are from one of them.

Can you believe that I walked out of there and didn't purchase one thing?? I KNOW!
 I had just purchased several items at the Peacock Park sale and I had to be good.

The lady who has this booth always has such wonderful items and displays so I had
to capture it in pictures once again.

Just look at all the amazing and lovely white treasures!

She sure has a knack for displaying her items beautifully!

Love this olive oil soap and the dish it sets in.

A neat way to display old linens. I love old hangers and I have several in my stash.
I need to get them out and do this. :)

Okay...now we are to the brownie part...I made these brownies a week or two ago and they
were sooooooo yummy!! I just mix up a regular brownie mix , put it in the pan and add
dollops of peanut butter and then bake it. We love them this way and if you like peanut
butter and chocolate I think you will too!

I have been busy , busy, busy trying to get things made for a craft show that I am going to be in
and although things are not moving along at warp speed I am getting some treasures finished.

I found these nests  with the eggs inside on clearance after Easter. They were brown and of course
 I sprayed them white and added some Martha Stewart Tinsel glitter. Love how they turned out!!

Now on to the story about the MOUSE.  Our two granddaughters Annika and Ainsley
 {little gal in these pics}were at our house last week and we were in the living room playing
with toys when we saw a mouse run around the room. Of course it startled me so
 I screeched...well kinda...ha ha!

Of course that got the girls all excited and Ainsley wanted to literally jump in my arms so I
rescued her and we tip-toed into the dining room and watched the mouse run into the kitchen
and then on into the bathroom.  Ainsleys eyes were wide and she kept saying, *BUG ,BUG*
and pointing. It was just too cute!

These pictures are her trying to tell her gpa all about it when he got in the house. It was so
precious!! She got her face so close to his and kept whispering about the mouse. I told him
to keep her talking while I ran and got the camera and thankfully it worked!!!!! She just
went on and on. I just love her facial expressions that I captured! The above photo almost
looks like she is kissing him, but she isn't...she is just whispering. :)

"oh , paw paw we saw a mouse"...
don't you just love her little hands on his face. :)

Then she had to point and show him where it ran off to. So glad I got these special
moments to keep!

Last , but not least...my little vase of violas. I was outside this past week cleaning up
my gardens and found a few of these flowers still blooming so I had to pick them.

I sure hope I can keep in touch. I think my computer is on it's last breath, but I am
praying that it limps along for another year...think that will happen?? ha!!

Happy weekend everyone!!!!

My booth and wandering Gypsy

Remember when I gave up my booth to take a break from whatever it was that I was doing? I recommended that my friend Marian take it. {Remember I met her at her store in Blissfield ,Michigan and she knew who I was from reading my blog ...she grabbed me and hugged me} It was a great day!! Well anyhow...she now has my the booth {why I keep calling it MY booth I have no idea because it really isn’t mine anymore} and I wanted to show you how fabulous she has it all set up. I intended to get back up and get some more pictures and that has not happened.

                                      Love all these goodies and how she has them displayed.

                                            I am thinking I need this sign for my kitchen!

                                                            Gorgeous chandelier!!

                                                     In L.O.V.E. with this chalkboard.
                          I stole her idea and came home and wrote the same thing on  mine.
                                                             shh...don't tell her! :)
                                                         

                                              Can't have too many pillows!

LOVE...LOVE...LOVE this basket too!!

I just love everything about how she has it all set up and I hope she stays

there for a long time because it is the best booth in the whole mall!!!

I am so tired today , but wanted to get this post up since it has been several days since I posted. I have just plain ran out of steam from shopping today so I will be resting tomorrow. {that is the plan anyways}   *Smile*

Now for some sad news regarding my kitty Gyspy...she has wandered off and we have not seen her since Sunday.  Remember hubby found her in the middle of the road and brought her home? I think she was born to wander.  We really think that she went to church with us or my daughter's family underneath

the car and then made her home in the town that our church is in. Several of us were standing inside the

church foyer Sunday and noticed this kitty walking around underneath cars and someone made the remark that it probably rode to church underneath someones car. We now think it

was Gyspy because we haven't seen her since!! Little stinker! We put out the word and drove through town looking for her, but so far nothing. I have a feeling if she did come back that she would just do it again.

She obviously has a wandering spirit and just can't stay too long in one place.

Darling gd Annika just loved her to pieces and played with her last time she was here... I haven't told her yet.

I am not planning on replacing Gyspy, but I will keep her memory in my heart.

xo

Sandi

{accidentally blew away my signature again...oops}

Choices

choices : plural of choice (Noun) An act of selecting or making a decision

when faced with two or more possibilities.

I have been wrestling inside in the past few weeks

with some choices that I knew I had to make.

...some easier choices and

some hard choices.

My first choice came after I visited my doctor

for a checkup and bloodwork. Some of my numbers

suggested that I need to make some changes in

my lifestyle, my eating habits and lose some weight.

I never had a problem with weight until I was

diagnosed with fibromyalgia 24 years ago and then

when I was put on meds to control the pain, I packed on

about 25 or 30 unwanted lbs, but just figured

hey this is me now.

I realized that attitude has to change, so I have been doing step aerobics and have already seen a difference. It is a great feeling when others can notice that I have lost a few lbs too, but I have no scale in my house so won't know until I visit my doctor again just how much has melted off. lol. I do know that it isn't melting off fast enough for me, but that is usually the way it goes. Much easier to put on than to take off.

{I am hoping by the time I visit him again that I will have lost at least 10 lbs!}

I also need to learn how to relax and not stress out about things that I can't control. I think I am doing better in that area too.

But the hardest choice of all ...leaving my booth that I have enjoyed having for the past year and a half. My heart just isn't in it anymore and with gas prices soaring, my 60 mile round trip on a weekly basis will definitely save money.

It was such a hard decision...I even shed a few tears over it, but I know this is what I need to do for now. It is always good to hear that they are going to miss me and when the owner told me: "Sandi ,you know you are welcome back anytime" I shed more tears...glad I was on the phone and not in person or I would have been a blubbering mess.

They are such kind ladies at that mall and I will miss them, but I did tell her that I may be back in the future and I will definitely visit to go antiquing. It is my favorite store in the area.

So there you have it...a few choices that were made that will definitely change my daily routine, but I know it will be for the better...at least for now. Who knows what may come down the road... God is good all the time!!

Blessings~

Overwhelmed with *stuff*

I don't know if it is the time of year or what , but I am

finding myself just overwhelmed with too much

*stuff*.

I don't think I have ever told you that probably 98% of

the *stuff* that I take to my booth is not what I have

made for resale, but rather items that I have used in my

decor at one time or another and my tastes have

changed.

Such as these flowers...really had a thing for them at

one time, but not so much anymore so I wrapped

them up in brown paper , added cute tags and off

they went to my booth.

I purchased this crate just to display them in. How could

I pass it up at $8.95?

{adding to my more stuff dilema} I think it is just a

vicious cycle. :)

I have sold several of these tissue paper pom poms

and love the look of them hanging from my ladder.

I intended to add butterflies flitting around overhead,

but forgot them again so I am making a list for the next

time I go!

This wire cloche didn't last long in my booth.

Love it too , but just can't keep everything.

{I did keep one a tad larger just like this one

though! lol.}

More *stuff*

...and yet more!

I did paint this vintage wooden spoon holder

white and hung the hankies on it so that is one

item I did pick up just to refurbish.

This little cutie didn't last long in my booth. I thought it turned out adorable and I am glad

that someone else loved it too!

{thus helping me de-stuff even more}

French stamped ribbon that I made several days ago

using up some more fabric in my stash.

I also made these pretty tags to go on the ribbon...

hoping that someone will buy them to help get rid

of yet more stuff. lol.

A vintage pillow ticking case that I loved at one time,

is now for sale in my booth. I do still think it is so pretty,

but I am leaning more toward neutrals so a lot of

pink items are going...going...gone

around here.

I am about ready to add a sign in my booth that says,

Everything is $1.00...

just buy it and get it out of here.

I probably won't go that drastic , but some days I

am very tempted!

So what did we conclude from this ridiculous long

post? I have too much stuff!!

Do you get the itch to purge at this time of year?

I am on a roll and a purging I shall go!!

Blessings~

I found some goodies

I spent all day so far taking down and putting away

*Christmas* so I thought I would take a break and

share some of my new found goodies with you.

I picked up three of these LOVE signs packaged

together at Hobby Lobby on clearance after Christmas.

Wish you could see how sparkly it is. It is covered with

glitter and is quite large. I am thinking

Valentines Day.

It will be here before we know it!

I also found four of these cats and dogs signs at the

Goodwill. They were brand new and still in their plastic

wrapper. Love the colors.

This is a Katie Brown plate that I thought was interesting.

Now if any of you have an idea of what this dish is please

let me know. Another Goodwill find. I am thinking butter dish

but, on the bottom is stamped, " designed by gourmet village

dishwasher and microwave safe" and then it has some

words in french as well. So I am now thinking why in the

world would a butter dish be microwave safe?? What do you think?

I also purchased this wire basket at the Goodwill

and sold it the same day I put it in my booth.

My *icing on the cake*...Rachel Ashwell simply

shabby chic comforter in perfect condition for $15.

I have also picked up some neat old books lately and

a few other goodies, but don't have pictures of those

yet. What have you been doing?

My house looks like a hurricane struck trying to get

everything put away,but I am getting there. Much sorting

and digging out to do in the next few weeks as well.

I am purging and most of it will probably end up

in my booth.

If you see anything you are interested in give me

a shout out and I will see what I can do.

I also want to give my booth a makeover sometime

soon so we will see how that ends up working out.

Have a beautiful day...

This is the day that the Lord hath made!!

Blessings~