Midweek ramblings

A while back I entered a blog giveaway by Nostalgia at the Stone House and won!!! Niki lives in England, near Bath, and has the most wonderful collectibles I have ever seen! She also makes beautiful dolls, bags, pincushions, etc. I was thrilled, obviously!!! I have been wanting to share what she so graciously sent me, so here it is (minus a darling millinery flower that I seem to have misplaced..). Isn't it wonderful? Thank you so much Niki, and I am sorry it took so long to post about it!

I also wanted to show you my new business cards. They are called MiniCards and are from MOO. I love the fact that I can actually feature my favorite pictures...!!! Well, Moo has sent me an offer that I wanted to pass on to you: if you are new to MOO, you can place an order (over $15) and get free shipping!!! Here is the code you should use: Q3C3JX. The great thing about this offer is that if 3 or more of my friends place an order, I get a free set of cards! So we both win!! Love these offers...!!

A few days ago I stopped by our local antique mall and came home with this adorable vintage child's sewing machine! There is a piece of the base missing, but it doesn't bother me and the price was right!!

I also came across this darling doll, the doll's head is reglued but for $5, I couldn't resist!

I am working diligently on preparing to open a store on Etsy... In the meantime, please check out my good friend Natalie's newly opened Etsy store, she has the cutest things ever...!!!

Tomorrow Lisa and I are heading north to stay with our friend Timi! We will be attending a blog party and can't wait! Originally, we thought about taking the train... Then we thought it might be better to drive, just in case we want to shop!! Lisa's minivan is not as sweet as this ride (seen at the BH flea market), but it'll do the job!!! Maybe we'll see some of you there??

I wanted to end this post with a cute story from my ten year old daughter.... My girls were watching a rerun of Wife Swap (I know, quality TV...), and one of the wives said that she believed her job as a woman was to make her husband happy. Rita turned to me, with an incredulous look, and said: "I thought it was the other way around, I thought it was the man's job to make the woman happy...."

Yep, my job is half way done...!