Scotties!

Finished my mountain of cards today, so taking time to post to the store some of the goodies I found last week ... like these adorable Scottie dogs!

this-is-going-down-as-one-of-my-best-days day

I thought today was going to be average. I was wrong. 

And all because I went to an estate sale here.

This house was a hotel once upon a time, and a residence for the last 60 years. 3 full floors, a basement PLUS a barn. Lots of little nooks and gingerbread trim and add-ons and aqua and peely paint and wallpaper ...

So much to discover ...

Couldn't believe my eyes when I saw a newspaper peeking out from under this piece of linoleum on the floor. The newspaper is dated 1931, so the flooring has been there since then...eee! I did my best to remove it, but it was nailed down ...

...but this one wasn't! Took 2 pieces right off the floor ... won't it make a great book cover?!? (will be in the store soon)

Picked up this piece for my friends at The Barn on Sweetwood. Isn't it darling?

 

 Was tempted by this adorable bench ...

The experience offered a window on a whole different world ...

Found books ...

These are some of the books I found at the local community center book sale yesterday. Don't you just love the covers? Would make great journals ... starting to post to the store now.

And look at this one! Definitely swoon-worthy ...

Oops, your math is showing ...

Thought my card progress would be best illustrated with a chart ... this is my math background leaking out ..

Do the math ...

Doing some math today...16 days til vacation, 438 cards to make before I go...so that works out to 27.375 cards each day...there's an ocean at the end of the tunnel...I can do this, I can do this...

In-between card-making, posted a few new old metal clock faces to the store ...

Thinking about Oklahoma

Just can't stop watching the news coming out of Oklahoma ... my heart feels heavy ...

Brimfield 2013

Spent 3 days treasure hunting in Brimfield last week ... and spent the last 24 hours unpacking, napping and scrubbing the dirt from under my fingernails. In other words, I had a great time! Here are just a few highlights ...

 Look at all those yummy cubbies!

 Groovy!
 

A collection of the simplest objects is divine!

 Went inside a teepee made of lace and found darling lace dresses and other frilly things made by the girls of Rodeo Royalty Road Show

 Colorful French pottery and enamelware ...

 Leopard arms on an orange vinyl chair? Oh yeah, you see everything here!

Spent an hour digging through these paper goods ...

 Wallpaper!

I got to drive the truck home this time. I went with my dear girls from The Barn on Sweetwood who buy big stuff so that's why we have the truck. The drive is much sweeter with the world's best whoopie pie from ...to the Queen's Taste (pastries to read English Mysteries by!) and a piece of truck-driving ephemera found just hours earlier!