Spring in the linen closet??

Oh how I am longgggging for Spring!! YES...SPRING...full blown spring!! I know many of you
are as well so here's to hoping it arrives soon!!

Today I gathered up some of my supplies and my oodles of vintage flowers and made a
couple vintage flower garlands. The lighting still isn't all that great so I only have this
one photo for you. Hopefully more soon. I love how it turned out. 

I have held onto this fabric above for a few years and I am GOING to get something made
out of it this year. I WILL...I WILL...remind me of that later will ya?? :)

Stashes of my gorgeous lace that I had to share with you when I saw how pretty it looked stacked up
all together. This is a drop in the bucket of what I have and I love it all. 

More laces and doilies...in LOVE...Happy Spring my dear friends even though it has
not arrived here yet...hopefully soon.  If we keep thinking that,  it just may arrive and surprise us all!!

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!!!!

I hit the mother lode! {part 1}

You should have been there ladies!

I definitely hit the mother lode on Thursday!

My mother and I went to the local college rummage

sale that I wait anxiously for every year and did I ever

find the bargains! The first area I hit hard was the

vintage Christmas and did I ever load up.

{but that post is for next time}

We will start with the non- Christmas items.

Beautiful book called Edith Lyle's secret...1.00

gorgeous old glove box...2.00

It is missing part of the latch, but I don't care.

I love it!

a neat sign that will go in my booth

18 English garden magazines FREE

12 nests for 1.00...now I have to be creative. lol.

wooden finials for 20 cents and 30 cents

the tallest one is 19 inches high

tart tins 30 cents, silverplate spoon 5 cents,

salt shaker 5 cents, apothcary jar 50 cents

shabby chic book 1.50

lace and doilies 30 cents - 50 cents mostly

linen napkins 2.50

(they were $5.00 but got them at half off hour)

beautiful old lace hanky 1.00 (half price again)

satin jewelry box 10 cents

I have a feeling that some items missed being photographed,

but you get the idea. Just wait until you see my Christmas

goodies. Wendy Addison....umm hmm...

Blessings~

I should be out sanding , but instead...

I am in here playing...again!

I thought I would share a few of my recent finds.

I picked up this jar at the Goodwill because it

has a fleur de lis pattern on each side.

Love it.

I happened upon a garage sale last week that was

huge! The sale was in a pole barn and it was full.

I was good and only purchased a few inexpensive

things. Got a couple boxes of these old jelly jars, a

stack of feedsacks, some wooden spools, a

mirrored vanity tray and a couple old patterns.

{patterns were free with purchase}

I found this ladder last week at a favorite

antique mall. {I had to move a rug with shoes on it and dust

the cobwebs out of the corner for this photo. *SMILE*}

love this vintage *thinga ma jiggy*...bucket??

2 beautiful Ikea pillow shams for $1.00

{ribbon included}

This beautiful jar was made just for me by Tracie of

My Petite Maison. Isn't it gorgeous!!

and finally this stack of vintage lace for $2.00

What have you found lately ?

Now I must get busy and get some work done

and quit letting this computer distract me.lol.

Have a warm summer Thursday! Blessings~