what treasures $100 can buy if you are out hunting and gathering...

 the cutest bookshelf...

 not one but two cool as a cucumber linen towels...

 a darling old Mccoy and the sweetest box...

 vintage kids games in mini boxes...

 ah...what was inside the cute little box...

 a to die for mirror...

 the sweetest jewelry box with pink lining...

 baby shoes, a gold compact...baby hangers...

 the sweet jewelry box and vintage Christmas ornaments...

 and the LARGEST complete alphabet flash cards with the most amazing graphics...

thanks ASTRID!!! I totally love my purchases from your sale...
all of this- one sale- $100 (well, really $105)...

(oops...lets not forget the giant giant wash tub!)

hope you all find great treasures today!!

hanging around the house...

 I put on my pjs...

 i grabbed a blanket and turned on the TV...

and I relaxed...(perhaps not as relaxed as the cat)...

hope you all have a wonderful, relaxing, weekend!

yes, yes, yes, and yes...Plucky Maidens...

Yes...we sold our house on the day we listed it...
Yes...we are moving in mid November...(yep- the cottage in the trees!)
Yes...I am still doing the November Plucky Maidens (wouldn't miss it!!!)
Yes...Life is a bit crazy...

and finally...
a huge huge thank you to all of you readers and friends and followers that have stuck by me during what undoubted will be remembered by me to be my craziest, busiest, 2011 and 2012...
thank you from the bottom of my heart...
here is to a super fun 2013...
oh...so many plans :)

my next little cottage?

We should find out today or tomorrow...could this be my next cottage amongst the trees? Inside and out...it reminds me a bit of what I picture a fairy tale cottage to look like...

sometimes a girl just has to do it...

it was sunny today...it was windy today...it rained a little...it was cloudy...

it was a typical northwest fall day...

so...

I got out some lemons...

and baked...

lemon cookies...

YUM!

selling our house and moving...

so we put our house on the market on Tuesday...

 and by Wednesday at noon it was sold...

 so now I am feeling a bit excited, panicked, happy, terrified...so many different emotions...

 so what am I doing? Slow cooking some stew, looking for houses on Craigslist...and wondering...

what do I do with all of the vintage junque in my basement???

an idea stolen from Flea Market Style magazine...gobs of ladders

i have a thing for ladders...I see one and I can't stop buying them...so when I saw this idea in the new Flea Market Style magazine, I thought what a perfect idea to redo my bedroom...so...here is my new headboard! 

Did I mention that my hubby thought I was a little bit crazy?