In between holidays

I haven't put away all my winter decor yet and here it is almost Valentines Day!


I have a red glitter LOVE banner {Wendy Addison} that looks exactly like
the one pictured on the card above, but I haven't dug it out yet.

I tend to forget where I put things and then it takes me awhile to find them.
Anyone else do that? I fear it is getting worse the older I get.

 I vow to be more organized someday.
 

I told you...mixing Christmas with Valentines. HA!

I really ought to take the greenery and pine-cones down today.
 I love the very old little glass bell that is on this piece of ironstone.

Did I ever tell you that I got this piece of ironstone on the RTE 127 sales last year for

ONE DOLLAR?

It was in a box along with other old bottles and it was the find of the day.

Dirty and sad looking, but I cleaned her up. No chips, but some crazing and a little
discoloring. Kinda like me..lol

This is a piece that I picked up at the Goodwill for another dollar.

I used to find a lot of goodies at that store, but now not so much.
 It is a GOOD DAY when I hit the jackpot though.

These little butter pats were also found on the RTE 127 sale for $1.00 each.

They had a huge bin of them. I have since thought that I should have bought more.

{Hmm... ONE DOLLAR seems to be the going rate on this post}

I found the four bowls underneath the one on top at the Goodwill and they are ironstone as well.

I think they were 50 cents each, but we will say 2/$1.00. *SMILE*

Another little piece of LOVE that I have added to my decor. 

I won't tell you what I paid for this pitcher, but it was the same price as other items
in this post...*wink*wink*

Well, this post started out about holidays and somehow it ended up telling you about all my
dollar treasures.  That is what happens to me a lot. I start one thing and find several other
along the way that get me sooo distracted. It is a fun distraction though so I will embrace it.

How about you? Do you decorate for Valentines Day? Have you started?

I would love to hear about it.

Blessings~

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!!!!

The Growers Daughter gifts

My wonderful giveaway win from Maria at

The Growers Daughter

came in the mail last week and it is all so

beautiful that I had to share it with you.

My box was stuffed full of more goodies than you

can imagine.

{I added a few dried sprigs of my own lavender for the

pictures}

A little ironstone pitcher, lavender bath salts...

...three kitchen towels with french graphics.

...a lavender sachet...

and this amazing burlap tote.

I also received a lot of paper goodies that I will show you

another day.

{french book, song sheets, handmade french tags,

paper fleur-de-lis, french vocabulary cards}

Thank you so much Maria!! It made my day!

I will be linking this post over at Faded Charm

for White Wednesday this week.

Blessings~

A little redecorating ~

A little vignette on my antique oak buffet

that I put together this week.

I hit the jackpot this week at the Goodwill.

I found a vintage scrabble game that had six wood trays and lots of numbers and letters.

I was thrilled to find it. I can always use more trays

and letters in my vignettes.

It still needs some tweaking and maybe some added height, but

so far it is what it is until I figure out what else to.

Blessings~ Sandi

{yep...accidentally deleted my signature yet again...lol}

Beautiful White Wednesday ~

picked up these beauties for 2.99 and 3.99 at

Home Goods

when we were visiting my daughter

Thanksgiving week~

love my antique pinecones ~

silver and white

is there anything better ? handmade star ornaments~

christmas wishes ornie~

i made several of these for my booth

and they sold the day i took them~

vintage sugared bells

and

a vintage ironstone platter they lay on

{the platter...99 cents at the goodwill}

stars and glitter~

some camera glare on this star ornie,

but it is still pretty to me ~

Join Kathleen at Faded Charm for more

White Wednesday posts~

Enjoy and blessings ~