What a Summer it has Been!

This summer is going entirely too too fast!! My summer has been filled with working my antique mall, auctions, flea markets, thrift stores, yard sales, creating/crafting, working online and trying to squeeze in the rest of my life. No wonder I am tired, lol. Seems like each week just runs into the next one. I guess my blogging takes a backseat lately. I just hate to post a blog when I don't have time to visit my fellow bloggers, I feel guilty. I need to get over that huh?
My sister I did get a camper weekend in this past weekend, that was a good time! We worked on making some fun things. I am redecorating the camper a bit so will post pics when I am finished with that.
~~Make sure you check out the some of my recent adds in my Etsy store

I am going to leave you with some photos of some of my recent finds and creations. I got this great cabinet at an auction and works perfect in my studio! I have only begun to fill it:-)
Make sure you visit my Friday Flea Market

The photo at the bottom is of "the boys" playing in a box I was tossing out, lol.

Friday Flea Market

Make sure you check out my new Friday Flea Market treasures~here
and I posted some great vintage finds in my Etsy store
Keep cool this weekend!
Michelle
Go here to see all the gals at Friday Flea Market!!

Vintage Theme Wedding Costume Party

There will be a lot of photos on this post~We had a wonderful time hosting our 1st ever Vintage Theme Wedding Costume Party!! the weather was perfect we couldn't have asked for a better day. We had it on my patio/courtyard~~There were vintage honeycomb decorations, old cake toppers and photos, crepe paper, a bubble machine, little nut cups we made, lots of fairy lights and bows. Everyone was asked to come as a vintage bride, bridesmaid or anything else wedding related. We even had a grandmother of the bride and a hostess with one of those cute frilly aprons! We all brought our favorite appetizer and I made that old fashioned lime sherbet punch but added lime vodka to it. (Couldn't even tell but I think it kicked in later on, lol. )We played vintage Bride bingo and had a dirty gift exchange. Each person had to bring a cheap vintage "wedding gift" to put on the gift table. We put a number under each nut cup and the lowest number went 1st. they got to pick a gift and then the next person went and could take a new gift or steal a gift already open. That was super fun and everyone got a gift to take home. I think everyone had a great time, I know I did!! The **photo at the top is of me with my friend that I hosted the party with~I am in yellow and blue ~~there is a photo some place on here with me and my sister.

It's the Last Day of May...How Sad

I hate to see the month of May go. So much has happened this month but we end the month celebrating my birthday:-) This photo was taken at my grandmother's house 41 years ago! Note that pink was the color of choice back then AND my grandmother gave me a fresh flower arrangement, a pink diva in the making, lol. Do any of you remember those doll cakes? My sister and I got those for a lot of our birthdays when we were young.

I have many photos to share but I will have to do that a different post. A friend of mine and I are hosting a Vintage Themed Bridal Costume Party~everyone has to come dressed as a vintage bride, bridesmaid or flower girl. That is this coming Friday and my courtyard isn't finished yet~~ Yikes! Gotta get busy.

I did capture this completed rainbow yesterday after some storms blew through, not often do I see one that I can see the top part OR do I have a camera handy, lol.

Hope to visit everyone soon, until then
have a wonderful week!

Look at what I have!!!

I have my very 1st grand baby!! After some difficulties he came into the world late afternoon last Friday. He is so cuddly and cute:-) I am going to be called Mimi~I am too young to be called "grandma" lol! Everyone is doing great now.


We have been working on expanding my back courtyard to include the wonderful vintage Cherry Camper~I will be posting photos soon! I have these little fairies that I tuck into the the flowers. They were a bit damaged and I hated to throw them out so they became Garden Fairies.

I picked this bouquet out of my grandmother's yard on Mother's Day. She is going to be 90 this year and still lives at home. She is a very special lady and does amazingly well for her age.

There has been a lot going on lately and not much time to blog. Hope everyone has a wonderful Memorial Day! We are going to have a cookout at my parents and they live slightly over 60 miles away from Indy so we can watch the Indy 500 on TV. I have been SO many times over the years and it is always fun. I used to love to go but now I just don't care for the crowds and heat. More fun to be with the family. Hope my son and daughter-in-law will come visit with the BABY!
Have super weekend!
Michelle

Happy Mother's Day & The Winner is...............

I just love this vintage Mother's Day card, it fits me to a T~I have blond hair, 3 black and white cats, and love pink! I wanted to share it with you all:-)
So sorry for the delay on announcing the winner of my post but if you look at the photos of the wallpaper boxes you will understand~I bought all of those PLUS other stuff at a sale!! I had to drive a little way to this sale, my mother called me and told me about it. I opened my store late but it was SO worth it!!! I even got a lot of vintage wallpaper, sewing stuff and trim. I just didn't have the energy to post last night.

Back to the winner~~~~Congrats to Michelle @ I am a Little Teapot~

Happy Mother's Day to everyone!

100th POST GIVEAWAY!!!

OK I just realized I am one post early~For a change I am going to stick to be early for something, lol. I have a sweet Tea Party towel that decided my color scheme~Blue & White~included ~a vintage lace hankie, vintage blue and white trim, vintage lace, a china pendant, and a Paris chandelier tag. I might even find a few other things to add in to the package!!
I can not believe how fast time goes by and I didn't achieve my 100th as soon as some people do, but I am farther than I ever thought I would be!! I have met so many wonderful bloggers along the way and even made some great friends!!
Thank you for being part of my blogging world and I look forward to my next 1oo!!
Make sure you leave a post on the blog to sign up for the giveaway~I will draw and post the winner next Friday, May 8th:-)
btw~Happy May Day!!
M

Happy Easter!!!

Me Easter 1968 at my grandparents house:-)

I hope everyone has a wonderful Easter weekend. I am going on a short getaway with my "attached" man~HE thinks it is a vacation~I say~~~2 nights=getaway, 3 nights=mini vacation, 4 nights and over=vacation. MEN are soooooooooo clueless.
It should be fun though, lol!
xo,
Michelle

Take trip through my Antique Mall

I thought I would take you on a short tour through my antique mall. There is a lot more to it than what the photos show but you can get an idea of the fun stuff that is here. I have 14 dealers and I love being able to shop off of them! When I go to redecorate or I am working on project late at night, I can go click a light on and shop!! Even try it before I buy it, lol.














































I love old wedding dresses! A friend of mine and I have talked of doing a girl's afternoon mock wedding reception and everyone has to wear a vintage wedding dress. Even if it has to be pinned up the back because it doesn't fit, Wouldn't that be a hoot!??
It seems like all the vintage dresses were all so tiny!

In the photos at the bottom~I bought the cool fabric in the mall and it will look great as my cart liner for the flea markets. And isn't the little metal shelf great? Not sure what I will use it for but I had to have it, lol.

Hope you enjoyed your short tour today and will visit me again!
Have a wonderful weekend:-)