I just added these goodies to my Etsy store this afternoon...
Ephemera packs and vintage compacts full of little odds and ends...
And check out my friend Jessica's blog to see her favorite little things...
Looks like she and I have been doing a lot of shopping on Etsy lately...I'll show you what I've been buying tomorrow! I LOVE Etsy!
and these were the little treasures we found Saturday. I didn't have room on the same shelf so these girls are sitting on top of my ribbon shelf.
And, when I headed to the downstairs area of the store this is what was waiting for me...Tom (channeling Mike and Frank of American Pickers) wearing this cute...or creepy? gopher mask. We can't quite figure out if this is Goldy Gopher, the UofM mascot, or the Minnesota State Fair mascot...most likely it's the latter because he wears the old-time straw hat just like this one. Not sure how he ended up in Wisconsin but it's back in Minnesota now...and please don't ask me what we're going to do with it...because I just don't know.
Of course there are other things I got like more white vintage buttons and trims but there were two items I didn't buy that I'm now regretting. I just might be making a phone call to the antique store and sending Shelby back to pick them up for me. All in all it was a nice trip...just wish I would've brought my camera!
And I also listed some more packs of those Michigan estate sale photos...
Isn't she just the cutest thing you've ever seen?
I'm off to get ready for my date tonight...Tom and I are finally celebrating our anniversary and Valentine's Day...better late than never!
I forgot to tell you about our little Saturday road trip Tom and I took last weekend. We headed down to Red Wing, Minnesota, expecting to hit many of the antique shops but much to our dismay, about 3/4 of the shops had closed down...I can only assume because of the economy? We were really disappointed because Red Wing was known for their wonderful antique shops, but there's only three left...so needless to say, we didn't find many treasures...but I did find this:
They had three of them...big fat ledgers dating back to the 20's (not super old but old enough to make them interesting)
And every page is filled with that pretty old handwriting. I'll eventually rip it all apart to use the pages but right now I just want to leave it intact.
So today is February 6th, and as promised, I drew a name for my giveaway. I used a very scientific method for the drawing...mainly I wrote all the names on a pieces of paper, folded them three times, threw them in a bowl and let my 18 year old pick a winner.
And he chose Jessica of Kids Napping? I'm scrapping! Thanks to everyone who left me a comment telling me how you stumbled upon my blog.
ok...gotta go watch the Super Bowl half time show!
I thought Sebastian had always known he was AT our wedding but I thought wrong. Don't get me wrong...I'm not ashamed of having him "out of wedlock", I had been married once before and it failed, miserably, so why on earth would I ever try it again? But this was news to Sebastian, it was really sort of comical, how genuinely confused he was. He truly did not understand HOW we had a baby without being married, he kept asking me over and over "how did you have a baby... when you weren't married"...guess I opened a can of worms there!
Anyway, that was the morning of our anniversary and the evening of our anniversary I was hit like a freight train with a nasty virus...so we'll be celebrating on Saturday (picker style), better late than never (just like our wedding!)...and to Tom I say:
