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Ironing In The Dark…
My jetlag is really terrible. The latest I’ve stayed up this week is 9PM. Mostly have been passing out around 7:30/8PM. Then at 3AM…pop awake. What to do? Iron! I’ve been ironing my sewing fabrics in the wee mornin’ hours. Penny Pickles Pocker is enjoying it. She loves when I work at my table and toss little [...]
Continue reading...Flea Market Goodies From France & Belgium
20. October 2009
Dearest Sun: Please come back so I can stop using the blasted flash. Thankskaybye. So here’s a quick round up of most of the fabric I picked up in Paris & Belgium and a few other items. This yellow Provence-style fabric will be sewn up to make a tablecloth. Laura and I bought 3 meters for 10 [...]
Continue reading...Goodies & A Giveaway
19. October 2009
My Life in France by Julia Child with Alex Prud’homme is a great read. How do I know? I received 2 copies for my birthday! Do people know me or what? I read the first copy on my recent trip to Europe. Loved it. Loved reading about Julia and Paul’s adventures, passion for food, wine, art, [...]
Continue reading...Flea Market & Fabric Shopping In Paris.
11. October 2009
Flea marketing and fabric shopping…in Paris? What’s better than that? Not much! On Saturday morning we headed to the Porte de Vanves flea market. Love this market. I scored some great fabrics, tablecloths, dresser scarves, jewelry, etc. Photos later this week. Our apartment in Paris has a washer/dryer so they are in the wash now. I [...]
Continue reading...Paris Day One. Belgium Day Two.
9. October 2009
Ouch! My Feet. On our first day in Paris we wandered around overcome with jet lag giggling our heads off and trying to decide how we felt. Laura and I finally decided we felt ‘clammy’. That settled, we headed off to pay our respects to Notre Dame, eat a crepe and drink lots of tea. [...]
Continue reading...Thrifty Birthday Fun!
6. October 2009
Thank you so much for all the birthday wishes. It means a lot to me! This afternoon the Fiance drove me around to run errands before I take off on my big trip (tomorrow!) with Laura. In between the I-Must-Buy-A-Travel-Alarm-Clock-Or-I-Will-Simply-Perish type stops, I also ran into a Salvation Army store. Hello! It’s me. What did you [...]
Continue reading...Shhh. Sleeping.
3. October 2009
There was so much activity this morning! Two estates sales. Salvation Army. Banking. Post Office. Vet Appointment. Home Depot. Cleaning. Then I made a curtain for the bathroom from the fabric I bought in Paris last Spring. I can’t remember if I’ve ever shown this fabric to you. I bought about 25 yards at one of the [...]
Continue reading...Nothing? Nothing.
3. October 2009
I went to 2 estate sales this morning and came up empty. The first estate sale was a super annoyance. Took me almost an hour to get there (mind you, only 10 miles away) because my GPS was freaking out. When I finally arrived they only had a few pieces of furniture. No kitchen stuff, [...]
Continue reading...Killer Monkeys & A Contest
1. October 2009
PINK CONTEST BELOW! Raul, NY’s finest handyman came over the other night with his super tall ladder. Raul helped me install yet another light and new curtain rods in the living room and bathroom. This might be the fastest I’ve ever gotten a light from purchase to install. Look at me all zippy-zippy-gettin-it-done. Umm, not so [...]
Continue reading...Back To Etsy and Paris+
29. September 2009
I am back on Etsy. Sure their photo system makes me scream, but what’s a girl to do? Fancy a cast iron footstool with Ralph Lauren upholstery? Available on Etsy. Hoping to get 6 more items listed this week including custom pillows and some jewelry. You know who’s awesome? THIS GIRL. Lunch with Laura today and she brought me [...]
Continue reading...Granny Chic Apple
27. September 2009
All the design blogs keep harping on about the Granny Chic trend. I looked around my place the other day and burst out laughing. I think I’ve been Granny Chic since the day I was born. I’ve never felt comfortable stuck in one style – mid century, hollywood regency, modern, English, Victorian, Contemporary, etc. Granny [...]
Continue reading...Jiggety Jig & Nutella Pound Cake.
23. September 2009
My Mom used to sing “Home again, home again, jiggety jig” when we were on a long drive and finally headed home. I never knew the proper spelling for Jiggety till the other day when I ran across this puzzle in an antique store. Now I know. The blue plastic storage item is for hosiery. They [...]
Continue reading...Little Treasures.
22. September 2009
I found this tin at a flea market this weekend. It was too pretty to pass up. I’m sucker for pretty tins. Inside the tin I have a smorgasbord of new little treasures…fancy buttons, not-so-fancy buttons, old clip-on earrings, French ribbon, eagle tin pins, etc. Little tin full of treasures. Also on my travels last weekend [...]
Continue reading...French Recipe Mayhem.
21. September 2009
I found this super old cookbook (really, it’s more of a pamphlet than a book) at the junk store this weekend for a quarter. It was falling apart but I hobgoblin’d it back together with some tape, staples and a high powered scanner (Hello, Hewlett Packard, are you getting this? My birthday is coming up!) which I [...]
Continue reading...Flour
20. September 2009
Several years ago my Mom found part of a Purinton canister set. Since she only had the flour canister, she used it to store wooden spoons and other kitchen items. For years I’ve been scouring flea markets and whatnot looking for the complete set for her. I’ve run across it from time to time but [...]
Continue reading...I Mowed The Chair.
17. September 2009
I don’t think I’ll win any re-upholstery awards (check out that lump on the front right corner) but mohair is super hard to work with because it’s so thick…and because I’m just making it up as I go along and because that seat was as hard as a rock. Want a few more excuses? There she [...]
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22. October 2009
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