Wow~ you girls sure know how to make a blogger feel good! All the comments and personal emails were so sweet regarding my last post. I had a few people email me with personal stories of family members affected by schizophrenia and shared their personal stories....my little world just got a little bigger....(you know who you are!) Thank you all so much! I hope it inspires you to help someone the next time you see a rushed mother with young kids....someone in distress...or my all time favorite...old people!
Today I was searching on The Nester's blog because I wanted to copy her plate wall she did behind her master bed. I've been accumulating white stoneware for a few months to do a whole wall behind my bed. It involves painting the room first.....but while I was there I saw her ragamuffin garlands. OH MY GOSH. They are almost identical to the "scrappy garlands" I thought I made up in my head! I must have seen the Ragamuffin garlands last year and filed it away in my tiny brain....and it popped out all these months later and I was thinking..."oh...fun idea!" well I felt awful and emailed her and told her I'd made some...not quite the same as hers...but I had no intention of copying hers! So I won't be selling them anymore. That's just wrong in my book! I'll still make them for fun and for gifts......I did however tell her I totally intended on copying her plate wall! And when the day comes that it's completed I'll be sure and give her credit. She has an INCREDIBLE blog.....if you don't know of her I urge you to set aside a few hours and hop over there!
Today was also set aside for a little nesting and cleaning myself. I got rid of all signs of winter, valentines day...etc...and dug out my birds, nests, and all things Spring. The entire time I was listening to minute by minute details of how a big winter storm is looming over Virginia and be prepared......
She followed me everywhere today...back and forth...up and downstairs, got stepped on SO MANY TIMES! It was quite irritating every.single.time.I.did.it. I tried to bite by tongue and just say "Sorry Girl!" She's just the most devoted little dog and wants to be right up on my lap...even if I'm not sitting.
See what I mean? She was confused because I was standing on the dinning room chair....not something I do often...and I was taking pictures of my hearts hanging in the window (thanks Rosemary!) (also pay no attention to the packing scraps on the floor...did I mention I was trying to clean today?
So I'm up on the chair...and she wants to try it herself.....
holding onto my leg....
Pay no attention to the junk on the table. I'm supposed to be cleaning remember? Not standing on chairs taking stupid pictures!
We did a lot of this too....looking to see if the snow had started yet.....
These are REAL eggs that have been sugared and glittered! I found them in the glass case last Summer at Goodwill. I invested a quarter each for them. I got four! They are soooo sweet. The flowers are plastic so I'm guessing 1970's?
You see that sweet little blue bird in the back under the cloche? I ordered her from Kathy's Cottage last year. Love her! The little mini birdhouses were from Karla and Beths "Bling your birdhouse" party last year.
This sweet little bunny was the top to a box I think. I found it thrown in the bin at Goodwill for $1.00. The crepe paper around the neck is so soft and fragile! I just plopped it on top of my homemade cake plate....took a thrifted candlestick and a thrifted plate and hot glued them together......
I did the same with these......
I also got to do some crafting and cleaning! I wanted to show you some of the costume jewelry I got from my husbands granny when she passed away a few years ago.....
all of it was so sweetly boxed with little notes like this.......it says "costume jewelery but very precious from my dear daughter in law....on one of her trips to Chicago when vising her father" It was almost like she intended for someone to go thru it all one day...and she's right there explaining it all. There are several boxes of this stuff....all neatly marked. I found a few crowns in there too! One day while raking the yard...I looked up and my husband had one of the crowns pinned to his sweatshirt! Just waiting for me to notice!
Well, so far there is barely a dusting of snow.....and the website to our county's public schools says this:
County public schools will be closed on Monday, March 2.
President Obama doesn't live too far from me. Once before when this happened he laughed and said this.
My husband and I are doing the snow dance. We open the door every hour to see the progress. We have a plan....if it's more than 4 inches we are BOTH calling off work tomorrow!
Keep your fingers crossed!
Cute post, Robin. I love the picture of your doggy looking out the window for snow.
I was touched by your husband's grandma writing those little notes about her jewelry. I have found similar notes on many of my mom's belongings. Too cute.
Posted by: Kim | March 07, 2009 at 05:29 PM
Hope you enjoyed your snow day! I love your Easter decorations and at such a great price. I have not had that kind of luck at Goodwill. Maybe next time.
Posted by: Kana Conger | March 02, 2009 at 10:41 PM
My little dog, Spikey, is exactly the same way. He sits on lap anytime I am sitting and stands and barks at me when I'm up doing something!
Posted by: Denise | March 02, 2009 at 07:49 PM
I hear the snow is getting thick there! Hope you get your snow day.
Robin, don't be worried about stealing that garland idea. I don't think you did a purposeful rip-off and I am sure that your look was different than hers. We all see things we think are cool and modify and make them in our own ways.
Posted by: karla nathan | March 02, 2009 at 09:42 AM
I love all your decorations you put out! And I KNEW you would make those little Tennessee hearts happy! I LOVE what you did!!! Yep, I remember the snow advisories. I sure hope you got your milk and bread. OMG. All the rush to the grocery stores where mobs are waiting in line with bread and milk. tehe. Fond memories. I say stay home too. It's funny you mention your dog. My dog used to do that too, but there was a line behind her! Once, we took everyone (mom and our French exchange student) with us to the Bay up there. I SWEAR, I was like mother duck! If I turned quickly, I would run into the dog, who would run into Raphael, who would run into mom! It drove me absolutely CRAZY. But, like you, I bit my tongue. Wouldn't it be sad if I wasn't loved like that. Yes it would! Hoping you get to stay home tomorrow!!! xo
Posted by: Rosa | March 01, 2009 at 11:29 PM
Your dog cracks me up! She so reminds me of one of my dogs. I swear I should've renamed him Shadow after we adopted him. Every single morning when I get my coffee and sit at my desk, Marty (my big old Briard) thinks it's "Mommy time" and has to jump up in the chair with me and sit there and look out the window! He's so funny!
We're hoping for a snow day here tomorrow too! My husband works down at Andrews and we live here in Baltimore so I can only imagine the nightmare that will be the Beltway tomorrow morning! I'll keep my fingers crossed that you guys get to stay home tomorrow too!
Lori
Posted by: Vintage Whimsy | March 01, 2009 at 10:10 PM