On the way to get a coke and the rest of the weekend...

On The Way to Get A Coke ...

What a weekend ..with it being Memorial Day ...a "holiday weekend" for many ..I figured there wouldn't be too many estate sales if any at all ..and few yard sales out there . Well was I wrong !!!

Thursday and Friday were packed full of sales ..and really it was take the method of spinning the dial and seeing where it landed to choose what direction to go in as there were more Estate Sales than one could make it to ....We found a ton of goodies which I'll share pictures of further on in this post. In fact we found so many I had to make a couple trips home to unload the truck both days ..LOL !! ...So on Saturday ...

When it was 2 in the afternoon we all decided we wanted a what we call "Frozen Coke" ..you know those Coke Slurpees. We don't keep soda in the house ..so going down to get a frozen coke is a treat ..anyhow ..."On the way to get a coke" ...mind you after 2 days full of sales and buying ...we're headed down the road ..and how could it be ..How could I have missed it ..another massive sign ..that reads Estate Sale ..Well ..having no will power ...we had to check it out and see what was still available ..I shouldn't have ...but ...

This Antique Iron Baby Bed ..in a very faint original paint ..was set up ...I made an offer thinking it would not be taken and well as you can see I have it ..LOL !!! These early Iron Baby beds make such wonderful pieces for the Garden ..Or they are perfect set up as a oversized chair in the house ...by adding a cushion ..and pillows and dropping the front or taking it off .

Well it's mine now ..but guess where it's going to be heading ??? Countdown to the Chateau De Fleurs show has begun ....and that's where it will be headed ..

This wonderful wood folding chair in old blue chippy paint ..perfectly weathered and aged was another find at that sale ...along with several antique leather suitcases ..a cute drop leaf 1930's table ..an old shabby chandelier ..of all things a Christie Repasy painting...pluse some other odds and ends. ..We had to laugh pulling away ..saying and all we were doing is going to get a Coke ..!!!

Reverse to Thursday and Friday ...and we hit an estate sale near the ocean about 35 minutes from were we live and another one in the hills about 25 minutes from where we live ..and here's just a snippet of all our treasures ...

To some it may look like alot of junk ..but to me this is absolute treasure ..

You can't see this table that well ..didn't realize that the shade was so dark ..but it's a cutie and just waiting for a little rouge and lipstick...

This was one of my favorite boxes ...look at all these old wood shoe forms ..Are they not awesome ..the sale these came from the man had owned a shoe repair shop ... you should have seen all the interesting tools and pieces that were there. Plus those bronzed baby shoes hiding down in the box ..were just ever so sweet and will I couldn't pass those up ..

This Bucket full of old porcelain insulators is another cool find ..People always look at some of the stuff we buy and wonder "what in the world" I'm sure ..they just see the items for what they are ..but I always see it as what it can be or can become ...and I saw these gems as legs ..perfection with the screw in already in and they are super heavy duty ..so some trunk ..table or I don't know what yet will eventually be married up with these...

So While out playing in our goodies and putting things away and beginning work on pieces for our upcoming show ..we had some fun with My Maggie. We bought this little Strainer and we turned it over and said it looked like a little helmet ..and we found the perfect little head for it to fit upon ...

Poor Maggie ..I think I've pulled , yanked, tugged, and rubbed her soft little ears to death for the last 14 years ...She's such a patient girl ..and let's me do just about anything to her. We made her pose for this picture ..and I had to stand guard that the strainer/helmet didn't pop off ...her ears are so soft there's just no grip with them so they were having a hard time staying put throught the handles ..LOL !!! ..If only I would have had a sweater clip I could have hooked it from one ear to the other to secure the helmet ..no not really ..!!!

So that was our Fun weekend ..I'm tired ..tired of Going ..and ready for a few days here at home. We are steadily working on new pieces for the upcoming show ...I have a few before and maybe some after pictures of pieces that will be headed to the show that I will be posting this week ..so check back to see some sneek peeks !!!

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And of course ..I haven't forgotten that today is Memorial Day ..and want to say Thank You To the Veterans of our country and to those in Service Today as well as to their families for the Sacrafice they have made for Me and My Families Freedom. May our Freedom be untouched and may all of us realize how precious that Freedom is to us ..and may we fight the fight along with our military to keep our nation Free !!! It is good to want peace ..it is good to desire peace ..it is good to pray for peace ..but the reality of peace is in order to achieve it ..every person in this nation would have to come to one mind of thinking. Being that we all are different and have different views ...Complete Peace will never be achieved ..but we can be peaceful in our views and come to one mind of thinking about our Freedom ..that we Love it and that No one including our own government is going to take that away. It is up to us the people to unite and remember what our Veterans did for us and what our men in sevice are doing for us today ..and Keep Our Freedom !!!

Thank You to the men and women who have given their lives ..to the men and women who have fought the good fight ..to the men and women who have sacraficed their lives and the lives of their families ..WE SALUTE YOU !!!

Seasons of Life ..Change ..

As I have been sitting here this evening working on our website ..changing graphics ..removing sold product, old product and trying my hardest to remove all that was ..to make way for the new ...

This Thought came to mind...

We all go through seasons in our lives ...in many ways ...emotionally, physically, spiritually,

I find in the artisitic and decorating part of my world ..I am like the fall leaves ...being blown to and fro ...I love so many looks and styles I find it hard to stick with one.

On the other hand ..I am like the dormant winter ..where some of the older styles I used to love ...I find them dreary and depressing now.

And I am Like the spring ..I find new buds of style are popping up all the time in me ..I'm finding new loves all the time ..and it seems they come upon me quicker than I can fathom them ..LOL !!!

Being constant and focused can be ever so hard for me ...I think it's that artistic nature deep down inside ...It can be a blessing and a curse ..driving me in many directions ...Yet keeping me growing in new directions all the time.

I think the picture above is testament to our lives and what we go through....Right now I have entered my lighter and brighter season ..Liking whites, creams, pinks, aquas, light greens and blues ....They appeal to me more than ever ..they tend to bring out a happier me ..physically, emotionally, and spiritually

My Days of Deep Dark Primitives have passed ..and my Days of Farmhouse Romance ..a little glitz, sparkle and glamour ...are touching my soul ...and filling my life in a whole new way. I'm loving the change ..sometimes change is a good thing ..and for me this is good change.

Finding your niche ..is sometimes a long and winding path ..so enjoy each day and where the journey leads ...

I'm enjoying mine !!!

So have your tastes changed ..have your seasons changed ?? Are you changing loves in style ..or are you still loving the style you are in ??

Farmhouse Romance Pillows ....

Finally ....I'm getting time to get some of our new line of Farmhouse Romance Pillows listed ..

It seems time is always against me and there is always more to do than is possible.

So a few days back as some of you may remember ..when I had trouble with my photo software ..well I had just finished a photo shoot of new offerings to be listed and ..didn't get them listed...

I'm finally getting the hang of this new software ..mind you I'm still not pleased with it ..but what's a girl to do but go with the flow ..and bend like a tree ...

Sometime learning new things and adjusting to new ways can be hard ..and I still stand firm that I like the old software better ..but the only one injured in fighting the new software is myself as the companies really don't care ...

Well enough about that ..today ..I'm resting ..Sunday always a good day for that ..I am sitting here in my Jammies ..with Emma playing ..never can watch that movie enough times ..and trying to get things listed ..

I have just finished listing 3 of our Farmhouse Romance Pillows and will keep going as there are several more to go along with some other wonderful vintage finds ...

I know I had a few people waiting for me to get the pillows listed so I wanted to let you all know it's finally happening ..

And Here's a sneek peek ....

Oh Yes I'm listing them in our Etsy Store ..you can get there by clicking HERE ...

I hope you are all enjoying a Beautiful Sunday Afternoon ...it's a cool..cloudy, blustery day here ..which is unusual for this time of year ...and I'm Loving it !!!

Blessings ..Sara

Glitterfest was absolute pure FUN !!!

Back from Glitterfest and was it ever so much fun !!!

I made sure to get up and get to Glitterfest first thing this morning ..I think we arrived about 15 minutes after opening and there was still a line of at least 60 or more ladies waiting to get in and that wasn't counting all those already in shopping.

Abbey and I had never been before ..Our Friends Christie, Rita and Lisa who I posted about a couple posts back were going to be there introduced us to it and we are so glad they did.

I so wish I was participating in the selling today ..but it was fun shopping too !!!

I did my best to get pictures but ..it wasn't easy ..the aisles were literally packed with gal pal ..all of us trying to squeeze past to see each artisans offerings.

The artisans were awesome ..there was such a great variety to choose from ..from shabby, cottage, mixed media, primitive, glam, and more. Something for everyone !!!

O.k. So I thought you all would enjoy the pictures I took and here they are...

First up ...Christie Repasy ...her set up was fabulous ..Great Job Christie ..!!!

Then of course Lisa Loria of Vintage Bling ...Oh my gosh ..she's taken my dislike for dolls away ..her's are just so sweet !!! ...and Her Jewelry is to die for ..I walked away with one of her bracelets ...It goes with my new sweater ...I know a sweater when summer is on the way ...well it was on clearance plus I had a 30% off coupon ..so I couldn't pass it up ...LOL
Here's Lisa ...Isn't she just the cutest !!! and below is her table ...It looks well positively wonderful ...!!!

So It wasn't hard to spot Rita of Mammabellarte ...when I was paying I just looked in the air for the pink parasol and new what direction to head ....

Rita ...your setup and offerings were so breathtaking and delighful ..It's no wonder ..ladies flock to take home her handmade pieces of Joy !!!

Look below at these bottles Rita put together ..Oh It was hard keeping these a secret ..I got a sneek peek before the show ..and well they are simply wonderful ..I bet She'll make more for the Chateau De Fleurs show in June....

Next up ...is Iva's creations ..I greatly admired her work ..and wanted to share it with you all ...

Carolyn Carrara of Twigs ...Look at these flowers ...I love her work ...

Judy of Shellebration ..Wow ..this gal has the patience of Job ..Look at all this Shell work she does ..Abb and I were just blown away by her work and amazed at the precision and Beauty ...

Lori Gutierrez ...Her Art dolls are just amazing ..I was drooling over them ..

Well that's the end ...and this was only a small glimpse into the show ..there were 48 artisans ..all top notch ...Sooooooo

If you missed this show ...

Then Mark your calenders ..Glitterfest will roll back around ...OCTOBER 2nd ...

Pulling My Hair Out !!!

Here's me this afternoon ...!!!

Wondering why ???

When Something works and it's great the way it is ..why does someone come along and think they can make it better ???

Why is is that they think more options ..and more in general is better ???

For 3 years now I have used a photo editing program by the name of Photo Explosion. The last version ..version 3 ..they no longer support so had to upgrade to Version 4.

Version 4 was said to have more of everything which sounded great.

So I opened the program to start editing my photos ...and nothing was the same ...not one thing !!!

So I picked up the over 300 page manual and began reading ..Uggg.

What I loved about this program was how simple it was ..seriously it was as easy as 1, 2 , 3, No Raster layers ..no vector layers ....just simply import your photo add a frame and text ..and save ..Oh you could do more ..but if you didn't want to it was that simple.

Now...it's not that easy ..it's as complicated as many of the other photo editing programs ..and by complicated I just mean there is alot more choices and alot more steps in order to get your photo edited than what this program did offer.

Someone though thought I guess it was too simple ..and took that simplicity away ..as well ..no more cute frames or 3d layers ...all gone ..!!!

So now I have to figure out where to get and add frames to my photos ..as well as how to do it quickly. I like to dress my photos for the website and etsy ..but time is time and there's not ton's of it ..so it's limited when your trying to dress up your photo's.

So do any of you have any image editing programs that are simple ??Any recommendations at all ?? And or do any of you have any suggestions for places to pick up some of those cute white scrolly frames that I can layer on to my images ???

Any suggestions would be so appreciated !!!

I try to limit my time to the computer ...as about a year ago I spent so much time on it learning how to do things I literally burned myself out and made myself sick ..and I won't do it again ..So I'm asking for your thoughts and help ..so I don't go nuts trying to find a way to simply dress up my photos .

Oh and all this started today ..when I was taking photos of new product ..to list on the site and Etsy ...when I went to edit them and ran into all this ,...well nothing got listed today ...isn't that the way it goes ..

So I'm thinking I'll just have to post the photos as they are until I find a new way to edit them.

Looking forward to your suggestions and help ...

Blessings ...Sara