REDNESDAY

This is my newest Valentine planter, found at an antique store. It's proof that if you wait, the things you want will come to you, at your price. She's not in the best shape, and that's the only way I was able to afford her!

This is a valentine that my parents gave me when I was a little girl. Yes, the hoarding started at a young age!

A little card from my aunt and uncle.

I recently bought this one at an antique store, and it reminds me of Holly, who likes all things cute and fluffy!

But this is one of my most priceless cards!

I'll be sad to pack away all of this red stuff after Valentine's Day! What's next? Oh yeah, St. Patrick's Day, with all of it's greenery. I think I need to do some red shoppin'!
If you would like to see more reds, visit Sue at It's A Very Cherry World for a whole list of red lovers!

Ok, YOU Asked For It!

Remember when I asked if you'd like to see me in my cheesehead hat? Well, majority rules!
It was rather cold when Mr. Old Glory took this shot, so I look a little tensed up, and I think he caught me in mid sentence, probably when I was telling him to just take the *#%& picture!

I thought I'd share our gameday menu too. I decided to stick with a green and yellow palette, which are the Green Bay Packer colors. This will be the main course. It's so.......green.

This side dish gets high marks for it's great use of our chosen colors!

Ah, the good old Jello mold, packed with olives and many unidentifiable things as well.

And we'll wash it all down with our drink of choice, good old Pabst Blue Ribbon.
Then, when we can't eat a single more bite of green or yellow, we'll gather round the TV and cheer on the Packers.


I hope to do alot of this during the game, because this is what I do when the Packers score a touchdown. But it also includes a jump in the air, along with alot of yelling. I would have done that for you here too, but as I said, it was cold, and I didn't want to draw the neighbors out of their homes to see what all the yelling was about!

GO PACK GO!!!

Everything Is Prettier When It's Covered In Snow!

22 inches of snow! That's how much snow we received between Tuesday and Wednesday. I've been angelsitting this statue for a friend who was moving, and she is buried up to the tops of her wings.

My angel can't see a thing!


There's a perfect little snowball on each part of this plantstand!

What's that big wooden thing by the garage door?

Let's try to get a little closer.......

Oh, it's Smokey The Bear!

Can you see the top of the pink chair there, next to the tree, under that sign? Neither do I!

Even the birdcage next to the back door is filled with snow.

I love snow, but this was a doozy of a storm! Everything looks so beautiful when it's covered in snow, doesn't it? And now we're in a deep freeze. Tomorrow I think I might actually venture out onto the roads, and see what's going on outside of my little world!

Vintage Valentines

It occurred to me that since we're under a !!Blizzard Warning!!, I had better do this post now, just in case we have no internet later tonight. We're supposed to get about 20" of snow, along with high winds, possibly causing 5-10' drifts. I guess Spring has been pushed back a little bit! Here's part of my vintage valentine collection, and instead of blathering about each card, I'll let them speak for themselves!








If you would like to see more reds, please visit It's A Very Cherry World, where Sue is our hostess.
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I'm also linking to Mary's Vintage Valentine Party, at her blog Very Merry Vintage Style. If you've never visited Mary before, you really should, because she loves all things vintage, and she takes really great pictures of them too!

My Weekend Finds-Spring Fever!

Thanks for tuning in to another episode of My Weekend Finds! It feels good to have some things to share, because it's been slow going since garage sale and flea market season ended.

It must be all of the seed catalogs that's giving me a case of Spring Fever! Because I was drawn to all things floral and Spring-y colored.

Did I need an old rotary phone, in a nice sunshiney yellow color? Why yes, yes I did! It was only 50 cents, and as soon as I find my phone adapter, I'll let you know if it works.

It's always a good day when I find some Pyrex, but when it's got flowers or veggies on it, I have an extra bounce in my step as I almost skip to the register!

I'm crazy about the design on this fabric. I've made dining room curtains, bathroom curtains, and couch pillows with this design, but all with the cream colored background. When I saw the same design, but in this beautiful blue background, at 50% off per yard, I knew that I have to remake the couch pillows. And possibly everything else that I've made with the cream background. Oh, and it also comes in a yellow background......

And this tiny cup and saucer covered in violets came home too. I am not a cup and saucer type of girl, but as I said earlier, I was feverish and in need of some Spring-like decor. It's all just in time for the Blizzard Watch that we're under. They're not even saying how much snow we could get, and that makes me nervous. It says "Heavy Snow" for Tuesday night. Hey East Coasters, help me out. What does Heavy Snow mean?????

PINK SATURDAY

Will you be my Pink Valentine?! I made these little decorations last year, and they're now hanging on my green cabinet.

A vintage candy box, sitting on an old biscuit tin/sewing basket, with pink flowers on it.

A vintage valentine that I got for 25 cents. There is a booth at one of the antique malls that sells all of their vintage cards for that price, and she always has tons of them. Inside it says:

You're just as truly my Sweetheart now
As in our single days,
But a nearer, dearer Sweetheart
In a thousand sweeter ways.

Awwwww! How come cards don't say such sweet things these days?! Did you notice the quilt that the card is sitting on? My sister made it for me for Christmas, and it's loaded with vintage fabrics. I wish I could have just one yard of that fabric to the left, with all of the cute pink clocks!
If you would like to see more pinks, why not head over to How Sweet The Sound, where Beverly hosts this pink lovin' party each week!

REDNESDAY

I know I've been complaining nonstop about how horrible thrifting is right now, but I stopped griping for a few days when I found this cute little girl, with her red telephone. Isn't she cute? She's chippy, and someone repainted her little red pants, but I'm ok with that, because She's So Cute! But I AM back to complaining about the horrible thrifting again!

I decided not to go too crazy with the Valentine decorating this year.

A close-up of some of my vintage valentines.

The dining room table, the way it looks for now.

A close-up, all thrift finds except for the plate on the right, which was from Hobby Lobby a couple of years ago. I normally don't buy "new" things, but at 50 cents, the cheap side of me couldn't resist!
If you would like to see more reds, please visit It's A Very Cherry World, where Sue is our hostess!