What a dope! I left the house without my iPhone! This is like leaving my brain behind. It’s my camera, my email, my WordPress, my Words With Friends my everything! Know what I mean? So, I’m going to improvise, using my first-generation iPad. I got to the airport, went through the top-notch security system and sat down to use my phone. What? NO phone? How will I cope?! So since I have no camera, I have relied solely on my artistic talents! Oh dear, let me re-direct! After a brief stop in Denver, I am now in Raleigh, North Carolina,…
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Greetings! How’s everything in your neighborhood? Simply wonderful, I hope! Good news! The Blog Sisters Events Calendar has now gone “live”! The events calendar, is up, just a few days before the Southern Bloggers Conference! Have you seen all the sponsors and speakers scheduled? It’s going to be a blast! I’ve also posted the (drum roll please!) opening date of The Treasured Home Work-Shop! I am sure that there are hundreds, if not thousands of classes, antique, vintage and crafter shows going on every week, and the plan is that we’ll do our best to list events by region or…
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Did you ever read “Where’s Waldo” books with your children? My kids loved them. I sort of feel like I’m living the book right now, as I spread myself very thin, hopping from one project to another! Not that you’re chewing your fingernails down to the quick, wondering where my blog posts are, but in case you noticed, I haven’t been writing them! And I probably won’t be writing too many at least until I get to the Southern Bloggers Conference next Friday. I am putting ribbons on 100 of these Blog Sister bookmarks for the conference next week. Cute,…
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I just spoke with the second woman I know, on her way to the Round Top Antique Fair! Go girls! Towing trailer, and all! Talk about the “Ultimate Girl’s Road Trip”! Does it matter that I can’t drive a trailer? Can an old dog still learn new tricks? With over 2000 vendors, showing October 3rd through 6th, I think you’d need more than a stinking little trailer! I’d need a serious truck, trailer and complete staff of burley moving men! Plus, an endless supply of Ben Franklin’s! Details aside, wouldn’t this be a hoot?? I’d come home talkin’ Texan, for…
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I’ve risen up from the blog underworld. That’s the place you go, when you haven’t blogged in a few days. Trust me I have not been sitting idol. One exciting development, is that I completed a drapery (woo-hoo!) panel and love how it turned out! I made this with painters drop cloth and velvet. One more two go! The other development that really makes me happy, is that my old shutters will fit perfectly on the walls, between the picture rail and the baseboard. I have enough to install another section on the other side of the room, I think.…
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Well, the baby has arrived! The “nursery” isn’t quite ready, but that isn’t stopping me from shipping orders out! (you can see my cabinets are not quite finished!) If I’m as excited as I am, I can’t imagine how Marian, (Miss Mustard Seed) must feel! Oh, dang! Isn’t this a pretty sight? I’m checking and double checking, to make sure I don’t send Boxwood out, instead of Luckett’s Green, or some such thing! I have a few technical details to get through, or I’ll never leave the “mail room”. Nothing like a little operator error, to make me want to…
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I’m taking a mini vacation from cabinet painting, sine my son will soon be out at sea, on his Naval frigate, with a few hundred of his best buddies, for six months! So, Mr. Wonderful and I have flown down to San Diego for the weekend to celebrate the “holidays”, before he leaves. His wife, who I adore, had a wonderful idea! Her plan is to decorate their small apartment with little corners each decorated for all the different holidays he’ll be missing, over the next six months. (Andrew & Jessica, last Christmas) We brought down a small, pre-lit Christmas…
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One of the characteristics I most admire today, is that of empathy. Especially since so many in our world are getting by with less. Do you know what I mean? “In your face” conspicuous consumption doesn’t sit real well with me at this time, considering our economic conditions. It’s not as though I feel like I need to apologize for my own success and good fortune. It’s more about understanding that I don’t need to rub it in anyone’s face. I know that sympathy and empathy are some times confused. So I researched on line, to find a more accurate…
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