swell finds

Wishing you a wonderful day filled with the bliss of discovery!

first shoes

I found these at my Mom's the other day.

She had written on the box

Sue's first shoes

MRS. DAY'S Ideal Baby Shoe

sweet find, huh?

The Ideal CREED

"The Shoe of the Baby Determines the Foot of the Adult."

"I'm feeling a little sad and sentimental today.

My last little chick flew the nest on Sunday.

After 28 years, our nest is empty.

Once I pull myself out of this FUNK

I'm going to reorganize this nest into

the

nest

of

my

dreams!

:)

deck the halls!

It's

beginning

to

look

a

little

like

Christmas

around

 here!

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The tree is up.

*

My nativity set adorns the mantle,

*

and another is set up for Dayton and Olivia.

There's a fire in the fireplace,
*

There's snowmen and snowflake soaps in the bathroom...

*

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and a couple of seasonal bathtub friends...

*

*

and,

 at a recent

thrift shop visit,

I

found

this

nativity

candle holder.

It

is

a

beautiful

reminder

to

my family

and

me

of

the

real

reason

 for

Christmas.

*

"For unto you is born this day

in the city of David

a

Savior,

which

is

 Christ

the

Lord."

LUKE 2:11

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I hope you'll stop by again

to

see

what else this

"work in progress"

has

been

up

to.

This is only the beginning!

I'm so happy to share the JOY  with you!

Special thanks to

Tracey

at

Notes from a Cottage Industry

for hosting this

Virtual Holiday Home Tour!

Hers is one of my all time favorite blogs!

She is an inspiring and creative woman and

I think she runs on the same batteries as the

Eveready bunny!

Thank you, Tracey,

and thank you

 to all of you

who came by.

Don't be a stranger.  Leave a comment and I'll stop by and say hello.

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"...and so I'm offering this simple phrase to kids from one to ninty two...

although it's been said

many times,

many ways,

Merry

Christmas

to

   you!"

let it snow!

Look what I found at the local thrift shop just in time for

Vintage Black Friday!

Isn't this the best top hat?

Made right here in the USA!

AND

I can't wait to pop it right on the head of a

wonderful,

classic

snowman!

Things I'll Need:

SNOW!

A carrot (nose)

2 sticks (arms)

2 large rocks (eyes)

6 small rocks (mouth)

A top hat (check!),

and

a scarf.

OK, I'm not really in that much of a hurry for snow,

but,

when it comes...

I'll

be

ready!

a sweet find...

 ...from the local thrift shop ($2.99)

a labor of love

I feel blessed.

Philippians 4:4-9 (NIV)

4Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!

5Let your gentleness be evident to all.

The Lord is near.

6Do not be anxious about anything,

but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving,

present your requests to God.

 7And the peace of God,

which transcends all understanding,

will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

8Finally, brothers, whatever is true,

whatever is noble,

whatever is right,

whatever is pure,

whatever is lovely,

whatever is admirable

-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-

think about such things.

9Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me,

or seen in me—put it into practice.

And

the

God of peace

will be

with

you.

happy vbf!

I found this at the local thrift shop. 

It looks hand embroidered.

I wasn't exactly sure what it was,

but I liked it and I thought that

  maybe one of my VBF friends

 could tell me if it has any

other purpose besides

just

being

pretty!

Happy VBF!

you're invited

   to a  pumpkin inspiration party!

on

 Saturday, October 24th, 2009.

 To participate all you have to do is

post your own fall decorating ideas 
 that highlight pumpkins and gourds!
Let's try to come up with some ideas that are
unique and special like these.

I posted other favorites in my last post.
I will run a blogroll of each "pumpkin party participant"
to the right on my sidebar so that we can visit and
chat and gather ideas and inspiration from one another.

Please ask your readers to check my blog for links

 to other participants "attending" the party.
I don't really celebrate Halloween,
but I do hand out candy to little Trick -or Treaters,
and I absolutely LOVE the beauty of the fall season. 
Maybe, like me, you've been looking for a creative outlet
and a way to express honor and glory
to
the One
who
created
it
 all.
Perhaps you'd like to bring a special
fall dessert (recipe) to share as well.

Oh, we'll have so much FUN!
I'll be sure to have plenty of apple cider,
and a couple of gifts for the party peeps
(to be drawn randomly).
Hope you can come!
Blessings!

I just realized that although it still feels like Friday night,
it's already after midnight,
 but I still have a couple of pics to post of my vintage black friday find. :)
I've been trying to remember who it was that found a lovely black velvet purse.
Was it you?
I didn't find one myself, but I did find this cute velvet hat!

 My daughter walked in as I was shooting  this  pic,

so I had her model it for me.

Kinda cute, huh?
Happy VBF!
Blessings!

vintage black friday

I almost bought this tray a couple of weeks ago

at the local thrift shop, but changed my mind.

I looked for it last week,

wishing I'd just bought it,

but couldn't find it.

I popped in again today and was surprised and happy

that it turned up under a pile of dishes,

just in time for

vintage black friday!

Click the button

on my sidebar

and

you

too

can

join

 in

 the

F

U

N

!