I had plans to be here, but long story short I ended up here where I found a bounty of goods.

Trying to decide whether or not to keep it for my kids…it does match their room…but I don’t have any idea how to go about matching a shade to this lamp.  Oh, I found this on ebay- same lamp!  It came with the balloon lampshade but their were only 3 balloons left on it and I thought it was ugly (so I threw it away…).  I thought the plastic balloons were an after thought add on, oops, better go digging.  Mine is missing the “balloon’s for sale” box too.

Machine pieced, but hand quilted, for only $1!!!

Added this one to the shop.

Took a little gander into Mesa today and found a little treat for the shop.  Could it be any cuter?

My trip to Mesa also included a business meeting….there are some exciting things cooking here…things I am nearly bursting at the seams to tell you.  I want to wait until all my “eggs hatch” before I say too much (but some hints are ok i guess).

feeling a bit drained, it has been a long week with a lot of late nights.  Found some great books while thrifting today, but no chair for the sewing room.

willing to part with the grammar books if anyone is interested (email me).  hope to show illustrations from the 365 book later in the week (potential for embroidery patterns).  so many things i should be doing now, but am gluttonly clicking my way through the Boden summer sale and drooling over this dress but i can’t bring myself to spend  $64 on a single dress for myself.

alright enough whining, i’m going to go fold laundry but not before i slip on some soft jammies.

Another repuposed/upcycled outfit for my daughter (made using Simplicity 3511)!  I found this sheet at a local thrift store and just loved it, I paired it with some pink thrifted bias tape and voila! I love this summer sewing thing, next week will be pajamas for my son!  Only 1 more day to enter the contest!

We were all awakened a little after 6am today when my son announced that he lost his first tooth!  He has been pretty excited about this and is now anxiously looking forward to the tooth fairy’s visit tonight.

Also noteworthy in my book, the husband is installing a door to my craft room!!  We’ve slowly been updating our house with panel doors and new trim/casings.  I’ve been doorless for about a month and it is really hard to keep the kids out of there!  There is a price to this though, my entire house-carpet, wood and tile are COVERED in dry wall dust.  Me and my mop will be busy tonight (after I get back from meeting ms. jen).

oooo-look what I found while thrifing today!

The best part is I am not keeping them for myself.  I’ve added the Pyrex, Glasses and a fab new blanket to the shop.  Hope your Tuesday is going well too!  Don’t forget to enter the contest if you haven’t already- I bought the vintage sheet today that I will use for the skirt!

thanks to all who entered, I’ll post the winners on sat

I realized today that I haven’t had a contest for July yet, nor did I have one for June.  OOPS!  So, to make up for it, this one will be really good….

I made my daughter a skirt today from a vintage sheet I found at Goodwill for $1.  Not only was it super easy, but it looks SO cute on her.

Here’s the deal, I will make someone’s daughter a vintage sheet skirt, with puff ball trim!  “But wait,” you say, “I don’t have a small daughter” .  For those who are not interested in a skirt I’m offering this cute small vintage pyrex serving dish in the butterfly pattern and I’ll fill it with bits of vintage sheets.

I’ll leave the comments open until friday July 18, and as always feel free to link back.  Just mention in the comments which prize you would like.

Sarah tagged me to tell the whole wide internet about 5 strange foods that I eat. I’m really not sure that I can come up with five…

1. You already know I like my pudding warm (which grosses out a lot of people).

2.Um, I’m not concerned about washing out my drinking cup if I switch beverages through out dinner (I may start with milk and then when that is gone I’ll have juice and just pour it right over the remnants of the milk)

3. I can, and will and do eat Marshmallow Fluff out of a jar.

4. I like my grilled cheese sandwiches made with Mayo.

5. I like tuna fish (I told you I couldn’t come up with five.) My husband hates tuna, so he thinks it’s gross.

Check out this great chair I bought from Stephanie at the Vintage Junque Fair on Saturday.  Their were two but the other one had already been purchased before I staked my claim on this one.  I also snagged an old small Samsonite suitcase and a few vintage children’s prints that I’ll hang in the kids room (eventually).  Hope you had a great weekend too!

I drug my children thrifting today with the promise that if they were good they could pick out a book at the thrift stores.

Most of the thrifted treasures have been added to my etsy shop, red square Pyrex, Cinderella Pyrex mixing bowl, vintage fabric and linen/cotton dishtowels!! I also got a vintage cookie gun, squirter or whatever they heck they are called. I told the kids we could test it out and see what kind of fun cookies we can make!

Best find of all?  An old metal typewriter stand with fold down sides, for $2.  I’ll photograph it after I paint it, I’m thinking aqua.

Today started early for our family, my poor husband was up at 4:30am for work and used the last of the milk for breakfast. By the time the rest of us got up at 7 we realized there was nothing in the house for breakfast even if we had milk. After quickly getting everyone ready for the day we ate breakfast at Einstein Bagels, and barely made it to school on time!

After dropping the boy off at school I noticed an “Estate Sale” sign and decided to stop. Thankfully I had some cash (I rarely carry any), because I found some GREAT stuff. Here is just a small amount of what I found.

I don’t really have an interest in this needlepoint book, I thought it said “needlework” when I bought it (that’s what happens when you are wandering around a backyard with an unfenced swimming pool and a 3yo in tow). So…I would be willing to swap it for some other craft books or vintage transfers if anyone is interested….email me or leave me a comment.  The vintage buttons on the book…those I have plans for!

Anyhoo, life has been really busy lately-hence the sparse postings. I’m working on a quilt this weekend for a baby shower next week (it seems the whole month of May is packed with baby showers), so hopefully I will have some pictures on Monday.

Have a great weekend! You know what I’ll be doing!

Found at a nearby Goodwill with a green tag, and low and behold, green tags were 50% off today!

I don’t typically buy pottery as I am not much of an enthusiast, but I really liked this piece. The aqua color and the scalloped top. I thought it would look great in the new office/sewing room. After I bought it I realized it was MARKED!

From what I could gather from limited googleing- this is real pottery and could be old (although I don’t think it is too old).  It does show some wear on the tops of the scallops.  Are their any pottery people out there that can tell me more?