Fleaology AND OTHER stuff I LOVE

Go head over to my FLEAOLOGY blog today for a fun giveaway.

I just got this fab cupboard from my friend and Fleaology vendor Bruce. I love my white pottery in it. Doesn't it look awesome?

My anniversary and birthday are right next to each other. August 19 and 20. Usually my husband just gets me one gift, this year he did 2 really nice things for me.

For my anniversary he finally did the electric work on this little standing lamp I fashioned together.
He is the light of my life, so it is very appropriate. It was waiting for me just like this when I got home Friday. I love it!

For my birthday he finished a project he started that I really wanted. I love silhouettes but I wanted a modern take on them. I wanted one of each of my sweet dotter's. I love how they turned out.


Finally, my sweet friend and fellow fleaologoist Paula got me these old electric letters for my birthday. This is my life motto and she happened upon them at an estate sale and knew it was destiny!
Thanks Paula.


Don't forget Fleaology is almost here. I can't wait......I have a feeling it will be the best sale yet! Don't miss it. I know your heart is telling you to come!

I  am also doing a wonderful event called SPARK. I will be a vendor there and participant. I'm working on lots of vintage inspired whimsy! 

p.s. I think they have a few spots left for SPARK. Come join me in the fun!

Things that Make Me Happy

 

I've challenged myself to blog every Sunday about things that make me happy. I am currently reading Gretchen Rubin's "The Happiness Project" and I am loving it. I love the challenges she gives to herself and so I'm starting somewhere

Every Sunday.....

I am really trying to become a better photographer so this will be photo heavy, and I am a much more visual person than word person.
Sunday seems like the perfect day to do this for me, because it is the end of the week. (Yes, I know to most of you it is the beginning of the week but for me Sunday always feels like the end.) Secondly, I usually have more time to reflect and have a peaceful moment to blog.


So here goes.

THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY....PART ONE

I LOVE BOOKS, ESPECIALLY ONES THAT INSPIRE MY CREATIVE WORK. THESE ARE SOME "CRAFTY" TYPES OF BOOKS THAT I KEEP ON MY DESK AND LOOK AT WEEKLY.

I JUST GOT THIS COOL MAGAZINE HOLDER AT AN ANTIQUE SHOW.  THIS MAGAZINE IS MY FAV AT THE MOMENT. IT IS PRICEY BUT WORTH IT.  LOTS OF EYE CANDY! 

I LOVE THAT RED TOP, I GOT IT IN EUROPE ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO. IT REMINDS ME TO STAY PLAYFUL AT HEART.

MY NUMBER ONE DOTTER MADE THIS AT HER ACTIVITY DAYS GROUP. HER LEADER IS SO CREATIVE AND VERY INSPIRED. HOW CUTE IS THAT?I WAS LOVING IT ALL WEEK AS IT SAT ON MY DESK.

A CLEAN DESK......NEED I SAY MORE???

I WENT TO THE WALTER LARSEN SHOW IN SLC THIS WEEKEND WITH BRONWYN. WE HAD A BLAST AND MET UP WITH MY FRIEND PAULA WHO WAS A DEALER THERE. I GOT THIS OLD BAKE RACK (1910) FROM A DEALER AND WHILE IT WAS A SPURGE IT WAS SUCH A GREAT DEAL. I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED ONE. I QUICKLY FILLED IT UP.

BEEHIVE BAZAAR IS A MONTH AWAY. I HAD A CHANCE TO WORK ON SOME CROWNS. I LOVED HOW THIS FRENCH INSPIRED MARIE CROWN TURNED OUT.

MY FRIEND SHAUNA AT URB GAVE THESE TO ME. IF YOU CAN'T TELL WHAT THEY ARE, THEY ARE HAND SEWN QUILTING BLOCKS THAT ARE ABOUT 60-70  YEARS OLD. SHE THOUGHT I COULD DO SOMETHING WITH THEM. THE IDEAS ARE TURNING.........I REALLY JUST LOVE LOOKING AT THEM.

I HAVE SOME GREAT NEW IDEAS FOR THE BEEHIVE BAZAAR THAT WILL INCLUDE THESE BEAUTIES. MAKE SURE YOU LOOK FOR THEM!

CAN ONE PERSON REALLY HAVE TOO MANY VINTAGE GLASSES? THE LATEST IN MY COLLECTION VIA MY SWEET FRIEND CATHIE, WHO HAS SUCH AWESOME TASTE!

It is really the little things in life I am learning to appreciate. Time with my daughter doing what we love, (all things vintage) or having family dinner with my parents, grandma and siblings on Sunday. In  the getting stared section Rubin's book "The Happiness Project" she quotes the famous writer Colette,

"What a wonderful life I've had! I only wished I'd realized it sooner."


I've decided to appreciate the wonderful life I'm living now.