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My parents arrived on Monday for a week long visit, and Christopher and Katie are coming home from college tonight for Fall Break. For the next 4 days I'm going to have all my favorite people in my house {E is here too}! I'm SO happy! I'll be back next week...
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I took a little road trip last week and went to Nashville for 2 days for the flea market. Any excuse to go to Nashville...one of my favorite towns! October is the big month at the flea, and I have never seen so many vendors! The weather was perfect and I met Kana on Friday for a day of treasure hunting. I took my camera and didn't take a single picture...bad blogger! Here's what I found...
chair: $6.00, pink crinoline: $20.00...
magazines from the 1950's: $2.00...
Barkcloth curtains: $8.00, bag of lace $4.00, nicer lace pieces: $1.00 each, card of daisy trim $5.00...
sewing tin: $10.00, 2 linen tablecloths: $1.00 each, picnic tin: $4.00, wooden knitting needles: $1.00, glass door knobs $7.00...
metal locker baskets: 2 for $25.00 (saw those in Texas for $40.00 each), ceramic glove mold $8.00, industrial letter "S": $10.00...
crochet religious medallion:free...
rhinestone buttons: 25 cents to $5.00, assorted embroidered linens: $1.00 each...love these french knots!!
and a bag of Christmas ornaments for $4.00...
I think the prices are fair, don't you? The Nashville Flea Market is the 4th weekend of each month, and will be ending in March, so hurry if you want to go!
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In my never ending quest for 10 cent flea market rick rack, I found these 2 packages, in which the owner had a few ideas that I thought were so clever...
I have made flowers from rick rack, but never a little star...might be perfect on a Christmas decoration, or for the 4th of July. And the 2 colors mixed is a new one on me as well. Someone was clever...don't you think?
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Here's a few projects I'm working on...I finally finished this altered journal swap a few weeks ago...
I mailed it all off to my friend Michelle Geller, who is hosting this swap, and she is putting the journals together. I will receive my finished journal at Silver Bella in a few weeks, can't wait! Speaking of Silver Bella, I will be taking an advanced class from Sally Jean, so I have been brushing up on my soldering skills. I haven't soldered anything in 2 years since I took my beginner class from her! My work is a little rough, but I am practicing!!!
And I have been stitching too...white on white. Seems a little boring now, but hopefully it will perk up!
I started with a vintage linen from the flea market...25 cents, so how bad could I wreck it? :) I'm trying to stay with a design that will look good from any direction, since the piece is round.
Still have one swap to finish for Silver Bella, and I haven't started...but the ideas are swirling in my head!!
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Fall is in the air, and the leaves are changing colors, but some hardy flowers are still hanging on...
Fall is most definitely my FAVORITE season!!
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Yesterday was a PERFECT day spent with friends at a cookout. I made this Cornbread Salad and everyone loved it. Thought you might like it too...
You will layer the ingredients to assemble the salad. I use a clear trifle bowl with straight sides and it looks really pretty
CORNBREAD SALAD
Combine to make salad dressing mixture:
1 package (dry) Hidden Valley Ranch salad dressing mix
1 cup sour cream
1 cup mayonnaise
I pan cornbread-crumbled (I use Jiffy)
2 (16 oz) cans pinto beans, rinsed and drained
3 large tomatoes, chopped
1/2 cup chopped green onions
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
2 (17 oz) cans sweet corn, drained
(mix together the tomatoes, onions and peppers)
layer:
1/2 cornbread
1 can of beans
tomato/pepper/onion mixture
1/2 cheese
1 can corn
1/2 salad dressing mixture
repeat layers
Cover with plastic wrap and chill 2-3 hours before serving
(I took this photo before I put the final layer of salad dressing on the top, because it looked prettier...but the finished salad has salad dressing on top)
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This might be my favorite photo from Texas. It may not mean anything to you, but it is everything to me. It is...she and I...we...us. We were at Zapp Hall one night, listening to a band, sitting on an old couch under a huge oak tree with a sky full of stars and twinkling lights. My leg was crossed and touching hers and I snapped this photo. We were not even talking, we were just being. And I just like being with her.
Reason number one-million-and-ten of why I love being a mom.
counting my blessings...xo
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We both saw it. The perfect pincushion. To us, it was gleaming like a Faberge egg. All those pins sticking out in all directions...tangled bits of thread. We tried to be cool when asking the price...$2.00 the seller replied. We looked at each other with a knowing glance, and then the seller said..."do you want me to take those pins out for ya?". We gasped in unison (and shock). We created a momentary void in the Texas atmosphere. "NO" we both blurted out. Jinx. We talked the rest of the afternoon about how horrible it would have been if this pincushion had fallen into the wrong hands...if someone had removed the pins and started from scratch. To us, it was a little time capsule that had to be kept intact. We are strange like that. I love it when we're on the same page about a purchase.
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After 6 days shopping in Texas, we did not come home empty handed! We bought stacks of vintage linens...crochet doilies, embroidered pieces, dozens of hankies...
piles of lace...
dozens of postcards...
and greeting cards...
and this fabulous old Valentine candy box...
filled with vintage sewing supplies!
more good stuff tomorrow!
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OK, he's not Patrick Dempsey, but he's MY McDreamy {and my baby} and he's home from college for the weekend. We just went to his favorite little Mexican restaurant for lunch and he even let me take this picture. My weekend is going to be close to perfect :)...hope yours is too!!
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