Junking and Crafting

 A little church in the town of Nocona, Texas-so pretty. We went to a few antique stores and a vintage car museum. This is the one I want.

 Don't you love that bubblegum pink?

 Here's what I've been working on. Little scottie embroideries.

 Making Christmas ornaments-this one is for son who dressed up like a Lollypop Kid for Halloween-there was a whole group that dressed like Wizard of Oz characters. I still need to add the hangers.

 A gift for Bowies Doggie Day care Mama.

 Random embroidery-I need to erase the blue pen on this.

 Found loads of wooden ornies. I will be making a wreath or two with these.

 These were thrifted- a whole bag of vintage cookie cutters-some with the wooden handles and another bag of old jello molds. Can't wait to do something with these.

 But today was so nice out we went on a picnic-Bowie is will be a year old in about a month. He's such a sweetie and I'm so glad we adopted him!!

Is it just me or do you hate paying antique store prices the more you go to thrift stores? Hope you are having a great week!
Leslie

Random Monday

Happy Mothers Day to you all. I had a very fun and relaxing day yesterday. Flowers are from son. He also brought chocolate covered strawberries-my fave.

The whole room smells like lilacs. That has to be one of the best smells.

I haven't been thrifting much lately, but got out for a little bit on Saturday. I found these two cuties. I think I'll use them in my craftroom.

I always pick up aluminum stuff. I will add these to my coaster collection.

I've been stitching away on this mini sampler. Almost done.

 Mostly I've been taking care of Bo. I thought I'd show you what one week does. The first few days he would just sit and look at the toys. Now he's tearing across the yard with his toy. He loves to play fetch. He's such a happy little guy.

Here he is posing for the camera. We're making some progress on potty training. I forgot how time consuming that was.

Thanks for all your wonderful comments about Bo. He has truly added so much to our family already. Just love that little guy! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.
Leslie

A Few Things

Here are the little woolies I've been working on. They are little zippered bags and they are so much fun to make. I love coordinating the fabric lining with the pretty wool on the outside.
I think this is the first time ever that I'm kind of ahead of the season. You can tell I'm ready for summer to be about over-I should say I'm really looking forward to fall. I'm getting out my back to school decor this week.
These will be in the shop this week-just wanted to give you a sneak peak. I got a box from my Auntie that was here a few weeks ago. These are 2 of my favorites that she sent. I will frame this and put it into my guest/craftroom.
This is the cutest doll dress. I'll be looking for a vintage baby hanger to hang up this pretty.
Also I thought I'd share with you how I organize my rick rack,bias and seam tapes. My shoe box was overflowing. I used a 12x12 scrapbook project box. I cut foam core to make dividers and glued them in. It ain't pretty but it works.
I sorted them by color, and now if I need one, I can quickly see what I've got in that color. Sure beats rummaging around the shoe box and then dumping it out.
Speaking of trim,I ordered these cute bias tapes with little crocheted edging from Holland Fabric House on Etsy. They are so cute and I can't wait to use them.
I don't know what we'll watch on TV now the Olympics are over. Maybe that will force me into more crafting mode. Y'all have a great week!

Leslie

This and That

I found these thrifting awhile back and want to do something with them. Maybe a shadow box. They remind me of the images on vintage cards. I keep getting off on tangents, like working on geneology, when I should be sewing away on wool. Do you ever do that?
This is a photo of my Grandma and my beloved Aunt Ruth. They were 2 years apart and inseparable. I could move into that kitchen right now. I think that roasting pan went to my Mom , because I faintly remember it. Look at their cute dresses!
Aunt Ruth is the one who taught me to love crafts and later I taught her to sew with a pattern. I have alot of her ceramics that she made(always with long human eyelashes) I'm so in love with that sink!!! I am going to try to get back on track today. Just thought I'd pop in. My computer was down over the weekend so I didn't get to do my Mothers Day post. I hope you all had a great day and weekend!

Thrifty Thursday

I still managed to get out thrifting while in Arkansas and here are my finds. I collect red and white enamelware coffee pots, so I nearly mowed a lady down when I saw this one. You don't see them with red lids very often. I'll use the little Ginger can in my Christmas decor.I have one fireking cup and saucer with tulips, and I found these two at different shops. I'll use them in some kind of spring vignette. I still want to find one more-maybe the pretty blue floral, or the red and pink floral that I've seen. I want to have a set of 4 mismatched cups and saucers.
The pillowcase was found at the GW. for 50 cents.
I love this book! I keep saying I don't need any more books, but I couldn't pass on this.
The illustrations are so charming and it's in excellent condition.
I'm catching up on things around here and getting lots of little things done. Hope you all have a great day!

Leslie

This and That

Hi there! I' thought I'd share some of my thrifted finds of the week. I almost ran over another shopper when I spotted this across the store. A vintage tablecloth-worn on the edges, but still has great colors and can be used. $2.50!! Yeah! Below is a milkglass dish and I also found the pretty linen behind it. It's in great condition..75!!!
Last -these cute tole painted tiny trays. I love the colors on them. Not sure what I'll use them for yet-but I love them.

Thanks for all the lovely red comments! Painting the brass key holder red definitely won out. I'll share when I get it painted.

I'm playing along with Cindy at Rick Rack and Gingham on 8 questions that she asked. Check out her blog to see what others have answered.

1,Disaster is upon you-all your family and animals are safe-you have all the necessary papers and family albums. You can only fit 10 items into your car-what 10 do you grab?

My Blue and white quilt that my Great Grandma made, Family videos, geneolgy stuff, my Mother's charm bracelet, my old piano. I think everything else could be replaced.

2.You are in a store shopping for groceries-limited time-in a big hurry-you need to fix supper quick for a large group-what do you grab and fix?

Canned refried beans,hamburger meat, grated cheese, jalapenos, tomatoes and tortilla chips to make natchos. We have them all the time!

3.A memory of a car trip as a child? What did the car look like?

I remember in California, my parents driving about 150 miles out of our way to drive through the huge redwood tree called Wowona. I read a story about it in fourth grade. It's still there-but they don't let cars drive through it anymore. I can't remember what the car looked like, but I do remember-no Air Conditioning!

4.You have won a lot-I mean a lot of money! So much that you need an accountant to help with it- what are you going to do with it-whom do you help with it?

Once I knew my kids were set, I would probably go on a nice trip with Hubby, and then donate the rest to start a scholarship fund for kids going to music school.

5.What would you plant in a fall garden if you lived where the weather was garden friendly?

tomatoes,peach tree and avocado tree. I could probably live on those things!

6.A religious song that means a lot to you. What memory goes with it?

Amazing Grace. I used to play piano at an old Baptist Church out in the country and remember the older people singing their hearts out!

7.What has blogging meant to you?

I started blogging on a whim-I've always read alot of blogs and loved them. When I started getting comments and making blogging buddies everything changed. It is now a two way street-not just me putting stuff out there. I miss it when I'm away and look forward to posting and sharing stuff with everyone out there in Blogland.

8.Your favorite pie-color-candy-flower-season- and smell?

This is easy-chocolate pecan pie-(I live in Texas),color-RED,candy-anything with dark chocolate,flower-daisy-they are so cheerful,season-spring and fall,smell-cinnamon rolls baking the oven.

Hope you got to know me a little better. Feel free to answer any questions on the comments. I'd love to hear from you!

Leslie

After the Party and Little Treasures

I am still trying to get through the list on Where Bloggers Create-I have found so many great ideas, and some really awesome craft rooms and studios. Thank you for all the wonderful comments on my space and on my dolls. Amazing how many creative women are out there.

Thought I'd show you a few garage sale and antique store finds from last week. Above is this cute little girl-she's the second one I've found. Does anyone know anything about these? No markings.It seems like they all have that little pattern on the dress and they come in different colors and always holding different things. Love the face.

I'll add this to my metal tea set collection-love the blue-it's alittle dented, but well loved.
Bought the embroidered pink and gray for 50 cents at a church sale and the Easter tablecloth below at a garage sale.
Many of the comments I received about my craft room were-how neat and tidy-well that was my space cleaned up. I took this before-this is what my desk looks like when I'm scrapping-I know- there's no place to work.
And here's my ottoman that you are supposed to put your feet on- more paper. The scraps are thrown on the floor. I keep big scraps and the trash finally makes it into the trash can when I'm done with a project. Sorry to mislead you all-here's the real room!
Hope you all have a great day!
Leslie