vintage

I am cleaning out Portia and Sophie's room today, really organizing it.

I came across this vintage doll skirt.  Isn't it divine?

I love all the little details around the bottom.

I feel like I should be doing something with it, but what?

And I have a stack of frames and photo's that were taken down when I painted.

I'm not sure where to put them but, this is my favorite vintage frame.

I love the color and the fabric inside the frame.

I love my vintage blue chair it's sitting on also.  That is in my bathroom.

So I am also redecorating the girls bathroom, sort of.

I am taking out some decor and shifting around the rest.

That is called ....free redo

That poor bathroom is in dire need of attention, the money kind of attention.

The tub/shower needs retiling, the floor needs retiling.  The wood trim, well it just needs wood trim.

The sheet rocker who put the texture on the wall had a heavy hand, and it looks like frosting rather than a light texture.

Anyway.... I have decided after all this money sucking work is done, who knows when, I will paint it pink.

What girl doesn't need a pink bathroom?  The vanity cupboards are light yellow, and that is my fave combo right now!

Pink and Yellow.

Someday.

Also I came across my hair flower I bought from Glamarella Junk.

I really like her style and her flowers.

I wear my flower around the house, when I sew, to the grocery store.  I love it!

I will be wearing it at The Vintage Barn sale this weekend too.

Are you tired of me talking about that sale???  sorry I am excited.

I am doing last minute things, whipping up last minute Lolli's and making price list's and checking reservations.

I can't wait to share the photo's with you!

Happy 4th!

Hope you guys have a safe and happy 4th of July!
We are going to BBQ and swim!

What are you doing to celebrate?

Giveaway!

You guys all know about Bluebird Notes blog right?

Her photo's are divine, oh if only mine were so.

If someone knows how to take better photo's, please let me in on the secret!

Anyway....

Koralee at Bluebird Notes is having a giveaway and she is giving away

that sweet apron in the photo!

So hop on over and enter!

And have a happy, safe, 4th of July!!

4th of July

God Bless America!!

Odds & Ends & Updates

Sophie is getting so big I can hardly believe it!

I don't think I have ever had a week go by between posts.  Well that must be how summer blogging goes.  I cannot believe July is here!

I know I have alot of updates, I told you a few weeks back that I was painting my bedroom and making my headboard.  I have the bedroom painted, but hubby has yet to do the headboard for me.

I will post before and after photos when that is done.

My grandpa is still hanging in there in hospice, stubborn as a mule.

Only God could turn his heart around, were still praying.

Remember I planted some flowers in May in my wagon?  I do have a photo of them now.

Ok, so the before photo wasn't that great!

The flowers are getting big! and so are my girls.

Also I have a couple before and after photos of my garden.

That was my loofa gourd spoon and my zucchini spoon.

I thought it would be fun to grow loofa gourd!

The zucchini row turned out to be way to small, so I transplanted them to the other garden bed.

This is the whole view of the garden, the two raised beds are in the back corner, someday I will have this whole area into a garden.  I am dreaming of many beds with flowers around the fence line and either pea gravel or bark o mulch in the walkways, with chicken wire to keep critters out and an old garden gate.

I am lucky that when hubby irrigates the coral my garden is watered too.

What I have growing are:

cherry tomatoes

zucchini

italian parsley

corn

watermelon

loofa gourd

beans

carrots

peppers

lettuce

There is so much more I would love to grow, but that is a good start for me this year.

I've never had a successful garden, so it's looking good.

What do you gals have growing in your garden this year?  Even if it's just a couple pots of herbs on your window sill :)

A Vintage Friend

I  just found out my best friend is flying out to visit me this summer!

I couldn't be more excited, this is good news, really.  Now I won't need to find that therapist.

For soon I will be laughing so hard that it will turn silent, with tears streaming down my face.

I will tilt my head back with my mouth wide open making wierd goose like noises.

I will be laughing so hard my body will go limp and I'll fall to the floor, my face will wrinkle up.

Rach and I call that the "face of pain".  Although it is pure pleasure, laughing that hard with your buddy.

That kind of laughing gives your abs a workout, your lungs a workout.  It really negates any calories you have consumed that day.

You know what else my best friend and I do?  We pray together, we talk about our Heavenly Father, what a great dad He is.  We reminisce about miracles past.  We wonder if her dad and my mom are hanging out in heaven.  They are probably discussing all the trouble we caused in our teenage years.

I have known Rachael since the second grade, and by the sixth grade we were inseperable. 

Do you have a friend like this?  A friend who puts no expectations on you?  Who loves you unconditionally?

A friend with whom you can go weeks without a word and nobody thinks your mad?  You can just pick right up?  Rach and I are different that way, we only e-mail and have the odd trip to see each other.  We talk on the phone just a few times a year, if that.  But when we see each other, it's like we live right next door.

I am blessed to have her.  She has got me through the worst times in my life and has been there in the best times. 

She let me grab her hair and pull her head into the bedrail when I was giving birth to my first child, I still feel like apologizing for that.

I can vent and whine and complain and the next day get super excited and brag about something and she listens to it all. 

I hope you gals have a friend like that too.  My best friend is Rachael and we've been friends for 30 years.

How long have you known your besty and what's her name?

Tablecloth....DONE!!

So I finally finished my Lollibag tablecloth for the Vintage Barn Sale.

Keep in mind it is wrinkled :)

I am not planning on ironing it till I take it out of the suitcase in Idaho!

Also the table I have it on now, is way to small but I just wanted to show you.

I made it out of denim and added two huge flowers on either side of the Lollibag's banner.

Since I am not driving, (hubby didn't want me to) I won't be able to bring really cute display pieces.

Oh well I am going to use my vintage baby blue suitcases so I can use those for display.

But then again, will they get ruined being tossed around in the airplane?  yes.

ugh, oh well, I am happy that it will only take an hour on the plane compared to a 10 hour drive!

Any ideas for display?

I really want to have a good display.  What could I pack in a suitcase that would make a huge impact?

Update on Grandpa

My dad went to visit Grandpa last night.

He asked him if he had thought anymore on the conversation about dying without God.

My Grandpa said I believe in God, but not Jesus.

I'll admit my hopes were dashed.  But I still have faith.

I have faith that my Grandpa will have a death bed conversion.

He is literally in his death bed in hospice care.

He has not eaten in days.  In hospice they just make you comfortable, so they are not feeding him through an IV.  He has no appetite.

I figure it can't be much longer, but I pray God will keep him alive until he recieves Jesus.

My dad said, this is the great deception.  Believing in God but not Jesus.

You must believe God sent His son Jesus to die for your sins on the cross.

Only God can reveal this to Grandpa, it must occur in the heart.

Thanks for continued prayers and I'll keep you posted.

On a lighter note.....

remember pink sponge curlers??

I need your prayers

I have been praying for my Grandpa to be saved since I was 5.

There have been years where I have just given up and stopped.

My Grandpa has always made fun of my dad for trying to tell him about Jesus.

For the first time tonight, my Grandpa was receptive to hearing about Jesus!

He knows he is dying and is scared.

He said to my dad, but I am evil, how can God accept me?

My dad said God will.

Tomorrow night my dad is going back to visit my Grandpa.

Please pray for the next 24 hours, that God will prepare my Grandpa's heart and draw him close and save him!

I will let you know when I hear from my dad tomorrow.

Thanks guys!

Olde Farmhouse

I stopped by The Olde Farmhouse sale this morning and took some pictures.

This is where Lollibag's are till Saturday.

I put my etsy shop on vacation till then.

Not that people are lining up to buy them!!! But I just knew if I left my etsy shop open,

then the same bag would be sold twice....just cuz.

Don't you love that mailbox?  Good idea!

I love flags.

I love birdhouses too, the rustic shabby ones.

Isn't her house great?  It was built in 1895.  History.

I took Lauren and Sophie with me to the sale and while we were inside a little old lady went up to Lauren..

She had my vintage zipper Lollibag in her hand. 

And she said to Lauren..... isn't this a clever idea?  Good way to use up those old zippers.

Lauren and I just giggled a little bit, she had no idea I made that bag :)

I sure hope she bought it!

I bought 2 birdhouses, the prices were good.  I'm going to add them to the pasture fence.

As you can see the grey sky is still here in Oregon, it even hailed the other day.

I do wish for sun!