Downton Abbey drama......

Do you watch? If not, you're missing out! This show is beyond amazing, even my dh was hooked after watching his first episode.
This is THE most exquisite show, and we enjoyed watching a documentary about the 'castle' where Downton is filmed.
Really amazing stuff, and I just love all the sets and clothing.
Sigh, do yourself a favor if you haven't watched it yet and start...you'll be so glad you did.
I won't spoil last night's episode if you haven't seen it yet but as dh and I were watching we knew what was going to happen.
We blame it on too many years of watching ER!

Our Oregon day.....brrrrrr!
Freezing fog.....not fun! I was supposed to go to Portland today but the thought of freezing fog in the valley made me change my mind. Tonight it's a fire in the fireplace and blankets galore.
Stay warm everyone!

Valentine's day goods.......

romantic pink velvet hangers
~SOLD~

glorious valentine

antique German valentine

love the crepe paper

pretty celluloid organizer
~SOLD~

All available now in my Etsy shop!

Finally....some shopping time

A stack of fun books

A lovely roses dacron twin quilt made for Sears Roebuck

Found beauty

Some gorgeous floral cotton fabric and cool book

Sorry for the choppiness of this post....I don't know if it's my new computer or what, but my images didn't load in the order I wanted them too!
DD and I have been cleaning and organizing her bedroom (our yearly New Year's chore).....getting rid of old toys and books, etc.
We took them down to donate and then did some shopping.
It was a good day....these items will all be listed soon in my Etsy shop.
I do hope your New Year is getting off to a great start. We have some big plans for some fun trips this year.
How about you? Right now a warm climate sounds great to me!!

A very tiny bit of creating going on.....

Well hello friends! I don't know about you but I'm finding it hard to get back into the "swing" of things after a mostly relaxing Christmas!

I am, however, so smitten with this immaculate heart of Mary image that I have all sorts of ideas floating about in my head for it.....and since I'm being lazy around the house recovering from a cold I think I'll just go ahead and make those ideas happen.

I've listed this in my shop but will be making a few other items with this image since I only have one more of these large fluted tins.......
I do hope you all had a restful and fun Christmas! My dh surprised me with a new MacBook Pro computer that I can't wait to start using....he does spoil me so!
In the meantime I'm looking desperately for some new and beautiful decorating books to peruse but so far no luck...what's up with that? I didn't care for Sibella's latest (blasphemy, I know!) but it seemed to be all just photos and not enough content for me.
So I await the new Stampington magazines that are due in a couple of days with my fingers crossed.
In the meantime, if you know of any great new books that are out please let me know! I'm needing one desperately.....

Our holiday home...........

our decorated tree....for now

love my glitter ornaments

the most special of all, our nativity

religious statues and books

the family room mantle is all about snowmen and women

over my kitchen window

over my stove

a comfy chair in our living room

foyer decor

family room mirror......

I know these photos aren't the best.....it's night and I had to use a flash.....even in the daytime it's hard to get a decent photo inside our home! We decorated our tree tonight and are so looking forward to a wonderful holiday.
I hope you all are doing well, take care and give hugs!

I bought this for myself......

I'm a big fan of this artist......have been since college (just the other day.....:)
I remember one year discovering a beautiful calendar by this artist.....it had all these beautiful paper cuts as if you were looking through a window to a scene on the other side.
I haven't had one of his calendar's in years so I thought it was high time I did!
My dear departed Mom was a huge fan of his as well and when she passed a few years ago I got two books of his art that used to belong to her......my Mom was 100% Swedish and proud of that!

I've been a bit under the weather lately so haven't accomplished a ton, just working on my shop and trying to take it easy.
Hope you're all well and taking some time for yourselves.

Til next time.....

Fleas aren't always a bad thing..........

shiny brites anyone?

smaller shiny brites

stunning victorian framed print

victorian valentine

another victorian valentine

antique reward of merit card (why are these so very hard to pass up?)

trees I bleached last year, reindeer found today.
The great news is that the flea runs again tomorrow!
And this is but a portion of what I found today, many of these are listed in my Etsy today.....or soon will be.
Happy shopping!

My before and after wallpaper box....finally

Remember this "beauty" that I found at Goodwill?

I used my favorite wallpaper, sanded it down, then attached a...

very cool old victorian children's block with the word "vintage"

I love how the top looked after I ripped off the fabric topping, couldn't have planned that one better!

The inside is still a bit of a mystery to me because the glue that someone used on this is so hard and thick it's hard to remove.

This is a portion of the top after I took off the trim that was there before........perfect!

I didn't have a replacement knob so I simply covered the one that was already on there with a piece of old wallpaper....what else?!

I do hope you all had a wonderful and relaxing Thanksgiving. We had family come down and it was perfect! I look forward to the coming season and simplicity is my word going forward.....what's yours?

Such pretty pretties and just plain cool stuff~~~~~

prettiest ribbon packaging

cute and complete child's card game

lover-ly candy box

entire box of party cards

pretty half doll for your artwork (maybe an angel?)

gorgeous hanky with "Mother" on it

beautiful boudoir hanger

And that's not even all of what I found today!
I'm working hard at keeping my shop stocked up for the upcoming season and I do hope it's a great one.
We're hosting Thanksgiving this year so I'm preparing for that as well as trying to keep the store stocked. The flea today helped me out a lot so I can list a few things every few days until Thanksgiving is over and then devote some more time to it.
I hope you're all getting ready for the holidays and enjoying it.
Remember, no stress this year! I'm making as many gifts as I can and not worrying about it.......hope you do the same...;).
Take care friends!!!!!!