Thursday's Treasures, a Fairy House and Twyla's coming

My pretty Snowball bush...

Kailee and I decided to make a fairy house...so we gathered some pretty things for the fairies Kailee decided what went where and I hot glued the items on the box...and we found some fairies at Target for the "real" fairies to visit with...plus a few other things that Kailee thought the fairies would like. The fairy house is outside...but comes in at night. Just in case some critter comes along and decides to make it their new house.

The blue printed place mats are for ME...and see the sweet little "His & Hers" coffee pots!!

The blue sewing box needs a little hot glue and a button closure.

Look what Kailee and I found at some garage sales...finally...the "hunting" has been poor..the items above are from the thrift store we also went to!! The prices were very good on the treasures for resale..we went to 4 garage sales on Thursday.

I just LOVE finding Treasures!!! Sometimes I think I need/want a bigger house...

Today I put the first coat of varnish on the 2nd door along with the trim...Only 2 more coats to go and then hubby can put them up... they are for the guest room......

I'm getting them done before TWYLA, from Two Crazy Crafter's comes for a virtual visit sometime before winter. She is walking here...good for getting in shape and VERY GREEN!!!

She does blog about it if you want to visit her sometime. We have become very good friends because of blogging!!! So...I want the guest room all ready for when she gets here along with the whole house. It's good to have a goal!!!

The weekend is here....I think we'll go to a couple of estate sales in the morning..and then back to varnishing the door and trim...

HAPPY WEEKEND!!

Warmly,

Deb :)

Swapping Treasures

Ohhh...Sooo...Sweet...this little card was in my Swap Box...looks like my boys!!!

Below are the sweet treasures that I received from my swap partner: Stacy from Goldenbird Knits http://goldenbirdknits.blogspot.com/ . This was Stacy's first swap and she did GREAT!! Sorry my photos aren't the best...she sent me a vintage egg cup with a blue flower on it, doilies, hankies, black tea, vintage postcards, notebook, blank ATC cards and a sweet little vintage bag.

Look at these darling hankies...just LOVE the little girl on her rocking horse and the sweet little puppy with his little ducky friends :) and of course love the pretty flower hankies. On the top left is a sweet little bag made from a vintage linen.

Very nice religious postcards with Bible verses on them.

The sweet egg cup looks perfect on my shelf...

This swap was from The Chateau of Remnants. THANK YOU STACY...I'll be your swap partner anytime!!!! Every gift was perfect and I appreciate your thoughtfulness in picking out my new treasures. Stacy is a newer blogger and would LOVE it if you would visit her.

HAPPY WEDNESDAY....

Warmly,

Deb :)

So Far this Weekend....

While I haven't joined the Pink Saturday post.....I thought I would still show you my little pink bowls that I have. I bake with glass ware as I feel that the cakes and such bake better in glass. I had a set of 3 nesting bowls...broke the middle one, so I'm looking for a replacement. I call this pattern "Dog Wood"...or you could call it "Pink Blossoms"...I should look it up one of these days. The large solid pink bowl is the one I make cookies in!!!

On the milkweed plant in the front garden are FOUR of these little cute guys. I hope they stay and become beautiful butterflies...

Above and below are the few items found today at the estate sale. It's a quiet weekend for sales...

Love the iron decorations. They have little acorns on them and 1 of them will have to stay with me. The cup and saucer are so pretty ...can you see the blue and pink flowers and the Christmas plate is a Johnson Brothers one and that will go to the shop for Christmas.

Had to stop at Trader Joe's for some snacks....my favorite candy shop was closed yesterday and today...so I'll "have" to eat these yummy chocolates instead and of course the "puppies" had to have a treat today too!! We went there after the estate sale.

Yesterday hubby and I went to the "Trader's Market" which is like a flea market and it's outside and I found treasures in the Dollar Boxes....love that!!! The black checkered table cloth with 4 little napkins...$1.00...and there isn't anything wrong with it...It was a very nice day to walk around and look at the treasure's folks were selling.

These are my cards for the monthly swap at the local scrapbook store. The theme is "Get Well or Sympathy"...I made these little birdies as get well cards. The swap is on Thursday so I am already for that.

I hope you are all enjoying this 4th of July weekend...it is a nice relaxing one for us.

Warmly,

Deb :)

A Little "RED, WHITE and BLUE"

While I don't have any Red, White and Blue decorations for the 4th...I have this as my before and after as RED

Before and after WHITE

and....my BLUE...these are my Blue plates on the dining room wall. Most of them are "transfer ware" and sure make me Happy!!! I'd like to find another platter and maybe a couple more small plates.

I hope you all have a HAPPY 4th OF JULY!!!....I'm not sure what are plans are...maybe this year we will stay up and go watch some fireworks. Hubby is very tired in the evening as he works at 4:30 AM Tues-Fri for our health insurance, so he is usually in bed around 8:30PM...He is a good guy!

I did see an ad for estate sales this weekend and there is always the thrift store to check out...

so you never know what we'll be doing....maybe I'll be staining another door...after all...Twyla is coming soon for a visit!! You know she is walking to my house...more on that soon!!!

Take care.

Warmly,

Deb :)

A Winner, pretty flowers and Jackson Brown

The neighbor and I "share" the space in between our driveways and she planted these lillie's...they are SO Pretty !!

These are my clematis on the south side of the house. Their color is deeper than the photo
This is the other lilly that the neighbor planted...WOW ...

Jackson Brown on his "perch" getting some sunshine ...this spot seems perfect for photos of him.

Okay...yesterday after working out...there was a garage sale on the way home and I bought this darling aqua serving tray. It's in perfect shape and notice the shape...so unique and it has a cover for the "dip"...only $1.00 ... deal of the day...

I forgot to show you this sweet little "Blue bird" plate...it's hanging on the wall in the dining area.

Okay....you all want to know who won....first...Again I THANK YOU all for the kind words, encouraging words, decorating ideas, prayers and everything else for the past year and I look forward to meeting more blogging buddies....SO THE WINNER IS......

THERESA from http://theycallmeganky.blogspot.com !!!! Hurray...!!!! Theresa please email me with your address so your little gifts can get in the mail. Thank you! Theresa is a Grandma like me and I'm sure would love to have you visit her.

NO estate sales this weekend...did get the lawn mowed, garden weeded...yuk...and patio cleaned off and the house vacuumed...no more "dust dogs" for awhile....The weather is great today and I opened the windows to get some fresh air inside. While I'm glad that we have AC, I love to have the windows open.

Enjoy your Sunday....

Warmly,

Deb :)

Garage Sale Goodies

Isn't this the sweetest tassel you have ever see?!!! Lorena at http://rosechickfriends.blogspot.com makes them and you can buy some!! I sent her this bird and she made her oh..so...Pretty for me!!! Yes...she does custom orders...just ask!!! Thank you Lorena...I love my little birdie...I have another one...that's a gift and I don't want that person to accidentally see it. Trust me...it's wonderful!!! So....today is Garage Sale day...and Miss Kailee went along and here are the highlights of our morning of shopping...

Sweet little sofa...that's what I'm calling it! Love it and it will be hard to sell it...it's in good shape and just a couple of spots on the cushion...love the legs on it.

Cute bird cage...only $5.00 with 2 little birds inside...too cute

and here are a few more goodies...the white bowls were $4.00 for the 3 of them...candle stick holders 3 for $3.00, pretty flower hat, cute tin, white bird planter and love the vintage pictures with curved glass...it was a good day for treasures...just HOT

Later we went and I got my haircut...a little shorter as is grows so fast with all this HUMIDITY...

Guess Kailee and I will hang out together on Tuesdays and Thursdays this summer... :)

I'll be drawing a name soon... I'm thinking I need to have a garage sale SOON....this weekend we will be working around the house...the weeds have taken over the garden...the "dust dogs" have taken over the house...and the re-sell items have taken over the family...time to "TAKE" back the house...

Warmly,

Deb :)

HOT & HUMID...and my Blog Birthday...

It's my blog birthday...I'm 1 years old....and to celebrate this milestone......

this sweet little baby shoe pincushion and hankie and a couple other items will be someones soon...just leave a comment if you would like to win them. Remember....this isn't to be shared with others...it's for my regular reader's and gals who leave comments. Thank you! These SWEET cupcake ATC and Tag are from the swap...aren't they great and don't they make you hungry for a cupcake!! THANK YOU GIRLS....they are are Wonderful and I appreciate all your creativeness!!!

This is what you do when it's too stinking HOT & HUMID in MN....of course you have to SHARE the sprinkler with others....even the 4 legged ones....

JB LOVES the WATER....we can't water the yard with him outside...he goes crazy for the water and DIGS a hole where the water puddles....and then he becomes a Mud Puppy....even Old Mack gets into cooling off .....

I wish I had a video camera...watching JB DANCE in the water is just too funny...he'd do it all day if the sprinkler was on...

It's been a fun year of blogging. I have made some very dear friends...learned that spray painting is FUN and a quick fix, that gals I've never met will pray for me and my family and that anything can be used as a "cloche"...that MOST of you have so much talent that you share and that giveaways and swaps are awesome and that blogging is the BEST thing! My hubby calls me the "blogging Queen"...and sometimes he thinks I spend too much time blogging... hey, I don't watch TV much any more!!! Isn't that something?! SO, Thank You for all your comments, prayers and love through this modern thing called blogging....I guess face book is next...Ha ha...

I'm sticking to blogging!!!

Warmly,

Deb :)