Tolentreasures

Apple Blossoms on the neighbor's tree. Double Tulips that are exceptionally nice this year. And... I have been cleaning up at yard sales lately! I have even managed to add a few more items to my etsy shop. Stop on over if you have a chance. https://www.etsy.com/shop/tolentreasures?ref=search_shop_redirect   I am trying to add new items daily.   Canister set, that I have not decided if I am keeping it or not. The cake carrier to match. Vintage recipe box. I might just paint this. And these owls!  25 cents!    They promptly went on the wall in the camper  to cover a place that that trim was missing!   Stop on over, EllieJ is shaping up!   http://restoringavintagecamper.blogspot.com/2013/05/more-decor.html    

Has anyone else been having issues with posting pictures to Blogger?   I sure have!     So, since it only wants to take one picture at a time.... here it is!   A giveaway!   A 7 x 14 Snowman Canvas.   All you have to do is comment on this post and you are entered.     How easy is this!      I have not posted in awhile, have tried, but the pics just won't load and I get impatient and frustrated!    I have been adding things to my long abused Etsy shop!    If you shop on Etsy, Stop by!   I am trying to add things daily.   https://www.etsy.com/shop/tolentreasures?ref=search_shop_redirect

Last night was another auction at our local fairgrounds. The fair board sells the food at these auctions. Some of us spend way more than the fair board makes. Money in, money out. We sure have fun at them though! I saw this quilt come up for bid. Somehow, I had missed it in my early preview. Since we have to get food ready ahead of time, I manage to peruse the goods prior to the auction. Missed this! I did get it for what I thought was a good price. It looks like feed sack material. The stitching is really nice.   (Just as a side note, Blogger is being a little contemptible about loading pictures in order or at all. )     Also, scored this ice sign.  I missed that in the preview also. I have been looking for one of these for awhile and didn't want to pay the high $$$ that they were running.   There are more treasures in my car, it was raining when we came home and we were tired.   However...

We took a little ride on Monday to find an Amish canvas shop and soon realized that it was laundry day. I wish I could have got more pictures, but, JWS was going a little faster than I realized. Most of them were pretty blurry. And then, this is what we found. Yes, that does say, "Call at house 1-800-WHOA" Apparently, that is Amish humor. We snapped a few pics while we waited. Beehives on the ceiling. And how about this adding machine?   Finally, this week, I managed to finish the cushion covers for my camper dinette.   The procrastination was worse than the job.

  The boys and I made these owls. Not only is it the general consensus of those around here that they are just a little weird, but now the picture won't post right side up. How Bizarre! I have to find sticks for the boys' owls to perch on. and drill holes for hanging in the trees outside. They were for them to give to their Mom and other grandmas.   I have a feeling they will all be hanging in my trees. That's OK. I love them!   Prior to the spring warm-up, and the commencement of spring mowing, I was seriously working on stash busting all the yarn I have accumulated. This afghan is finished.    I think it will go in the camper. The rest will be part of the new Yarn Bomb. Watch for it! And for those of you that DRIVE by my house... Watch for Coal Trucks! You know who you are.   This will hopefully be the biggest yarn bomb in Dayton to date! Last Sunday, I finally got a...

Absolutely not! Some of the best wearing shoes and most comfortable shoes that I have owned have been purchased at thrift stores or handed down from my kids.   That being said, there are two types of shoes that I am picky about. Athletic shoes (JWS informed me that I was no longer allowed to refer to them as "tennis" shoes) (he also informed me that I really didn't qualify to call them "running" shoes) (I know that I am stretching it calling them "athletic" shoes) ("Old lady, trying to work off winter fat" shoes, just is too bulky to say) and Winter Boots (we will leave those for another post...like maybe October) The pair pictured above are way past their prime. The are actually smooth on the bottom. Believe it or not, they have over the recommended 500 miles on them.  I have been procrastinating the purchase of a new pair. The chore of shopping for them causes nothing short of...

If only, reading a fortune cookie made it come true!   Happy? Most of the time. Peaceful? Rarely.