The clock is ticking, but notfast enough for me tonight. You see, I have a blog postthat I have scheduled togo “live” on Thursday, butwhen you are a clock-watcher,I think time stands still. My finger is poised over the“publish post” button…itching to push it. This blog post has been 2 monthsin the making. Surely, it’s Thursdayin some part of the world, right? Tick, tick, tick, tick… Due to unethical websites stealing content, I can no longer provide a full RSS {Read More}

My local thrift stores havefinally started to realizewhen they have something valuable,and are pricing those items morelike an antique store would(much to my dismay),but fortunately, when an antiquearrives that is broken,they don’t always realize it stillhas value…at least to people like me,so they still put low prices on those items. For example, yesterday I pickedup a brass lighting candelabra at the thrift store. One of the decorative elementswas broken, so it was pricedmuch lower than if it was fully intact.(it {Read More}

This week I brought home severalantique photographs thatI like to refer to as “adopted ancestors”. I love placing antique photographsaround my home and it doesn’t matterto me whether they are related to me or not. If you feel the same way,just right-click to save and printthese old photos to display in your home. Aren’t these 2 little girls just beautiful?!!This photo has sold and I haveto say, I had some seller’s remorse about it. I love everything about this photo {Read More}

I like to think I’m prettyeasy to please, so it doesn’ttake much to make me happy. I picked up this little grapevineheart wreath with the silk rosesalready attached for 50 cents. I rarely do any decorating forValentine’s Day, but I haveseveral antique Valentine postcardsthat I hadn’t decided how todisplay, so the size of this littlewreath was perfect. I just tucked one of thepostcards in the back. Cheap + Cute…I like that! Do you decorate for Valentine’s Day? Blessings to you, I {Read More}

3 of my Favorite Words…White, Soft, Homey If those are 3 of your favorite words too,you’re going to love these Flour Sack Towels created byDana Kalatsky for her shopApple White NEST Flour Sack Towel She creates some of the most lovely handmade goodsthat I know you will love! Dana married her art school sweetheart and lives in Arizona with their 3 children.Her passion is creatingand she loves to paint, knit & sew.She opened her Etsy shop after dreaming of it {Read More}

Welcome back to My little party is growing!There were 71 link-ups last week.Now, having said that,I’m not hoping to ever host a mega-party. I like being to display larger photosof that each person has comehere to share!  I also thinkvisitors can more easily appreciatethe links that are shared, becausethere isn’t an overwhelming amount of them. My first feature this week is from Richard @ My Old Historic House Aside from the fact that I love his HUGE collection of oldlanterns, several other thingsabout his {Read More}

 45 years ago today…Sonny & Cher released, “Beat Goes On” The price of a gallon of gas was .33 cents 20,000 attended Human Be-In in San FranciscoAccording to my husband, this was the yearfor the coolest car in history.{1967 Mustang Fastback}Lyndon B. Johnson was President The cost of a first-class stamp was $.05 cents …..and I was born!       Wow – taking a mug shot was harderthan I thought it would be.If I look confused about which directionto look in {Read More}

My wish list is growing                     and growing                               and growing Here are a few of the Treasuriescreated on Etsy that featured one of my items in the last week.  All of these treasurieswere so well done that they look likecollage art you could frame & hang on your wall. ‘Rustic Valentine’ by gnatallica Valentine Burlap Banner… nhayesdesigns $13.50 {Read More}