Great Giveaway and wonderful blog!

For the one or two people who visit this blog (or less) there is a great giveaway going on over at My Sweet Savannah - check it out!

Look for the button on the side! Thanks!
Oh, garage sale goodness coming up, if the rain will let up!

WIP Wednesday

These are my wip's (works in progress) minus one. Maybe if I post them it will encourage me to get working and turn them into FP's - FINISHED PROJECTS! YEAH! Oh, sorry for the sideways pics in the last post. I'm still learning!!

Be Still My Heart (or, as Jeff says, More Crap!)

Sometimes when you need it the most, you get a little lift. I got a serious one this morning. I love to yard sale. I think I might have a problem, but oh well! My weakness is for vintage linens. However, I use them, so they are practicle (justification for the weakness, in case you couldn't tell). This morning........Jackpot! See above for the spoils! And, got everything shown (which covered a queen size bed and more) for $10.00!!!!! Yeah! More stuff to move to Tennessee when the time comes. Just what we need! There's also a fabulous blue bowl and a silver mirror in there. I wish you could see the detail on some of the linens - they are amazing. Now they have a wonderful new home. I also got to teach some ladies a little lesson on vintage linens and their care. They were very interested. We have to take care of these little treasures. Well, at least I feel I am called to do so. I had a great morning! Yeah!

Update

My vacation was wonderful! Thank you Nana! We had a great time shopping, stitching, eating the best BBQ in the world, stitching, visiting and stitching!! Staying with her is like staying in a Bed and Breakfast. I can't wait to go back.
Cleaning project is going slow. I hope to have another update this evening with more pictures - DS # 2 graduated from High School last Wed. and this week was pretty hectic. Celebration dinner tonight and BBQ with family in another country tomorrow. Still, I have alot to get done. Will post pictures tonight, I promise.

my santa mug collection - this weekend, I went garage sailing. Found 5 large santa mugs for $1.00, 5 small mugs for $1.00 and at another one, found 3 that I got for a quarter! LOVE IT! The Santa mugs are put away for now, but come the holidays, I will have more! YEAH!

going on vacay!

Tomorrow I'm leaving to go see The Nana in Almost Heaven! I'm so excited! Of course, this means that the rest of this week will drag by and everything that can go wrong will before I leave. I got most of the second corner cleaned up and might have time to post a pic tonight. I'm so happy with the work I've gotten done. I know it doesn't seem like much, but it's a big job. After the room is cleaned up and organized, I will post some decorating pics and some craft ideas. Look out, Nana, here I come! Have a cold Coke at the ready!!!! BYE!!!

Costs and a new corner to clean

Here is the next corner to tackle. The cost for the first bookcase was a whopping FREE! It was on the side of the road and I knew it would be perfect for organizing my endless craft supplies. I have stuff in this room for embroidery, quilting, cross stitch, scrapbooking and crafting in general. That's alot of stuff, folks! The drawers on the bookcase were wonky, so I just had some shelves cut. I plan on replacing the white tubs with pretty baskets. This shelf unit is a nice green, but I think I will paint it another color. The bi-fold door has a match and I'm going to cover them both with material and flannel for a giant noteboard. I think that will be a great place for inspirational things. Those projects are later - now I just need to get everything cleaned up!