wednesday = books

today's book is:

title: The Lunch Box Cookbook
publisher: Culinary Arts Institute Chicago, Illinois
illustrator: Lou Peters
copyright:1955

weekend thrifting photo recap

aptly named store:




I love how someone carved the keys of this thrift store piano, I wish I could have bought it:


and I wish I could live here:

holiday mantle

I had a really nice weekend thrifting with friends {hi patty & jill!} in kansas city.

one of the items I bought was a crewel tree which I used as the centerpiece for this year's holiday mantle:


the flocked trees were an after xmas clearance purchase last year at walmart & the bunny was a summer thrift purchase painted green by my visiting sister {hi sue!}.

more weekend photos to come...

polaroid bandwagon

yeah, I'm on it - thanks to a recent estate sale:




{have a good weekend!}

thursday = embroidery

no actual embroidery to share today...not that I haven't been busy, just haven't had time to take photos. I'm alternately working on xmas gifts & new things for the shop.

I hope to do a shop update very soon...I'll try to post about the update prior to it actually going live this time. I don't know if anyone out there really cares, but I've noticed some people do that & I can see how it could be helpful.

moving on...here's today's embroidery transfer:



{I'll be posting all 7 days of the week on flickr over the weekend}

wednesday = books

today's book is:


title: The Casserole Cookbook
illustrator: Kay Lovelace
publisher: Culinary Arts Institute
copyright: 1956

a{nother} dog photo