I've Been Tagged!!!

I've been tagged by Marie at Marie Chantal to list 7 weird things about me.
If understand this right, I list my weird things then tag seven other bloggers. Well, I have only been in blogland for a few weeks and most of the bloggers I "know" have already been tagged this week. So, can't promise I'll be tagging 7, but I'll try to find a few.
Anyway, on with my weirdnesses:
(1). I can cross my toes. I know there are several out there who are completely freaked by feet, so I won't go into details. :)
(2). I have three CD players (in house and cars) but, I don't own even one music CD. Have never purchased one. Its not that I don't like music, I just have always listened to the radio.
(3). I say "Please" and "Thank You" to my dog.
(4). I will rarely eat the last bite of my sandwich. Don't know why...been that way since I was a kid.
(5). I hate flying. Ok, that's not really weird, but it has kept me from going places I would have liked to have seen.
(6). I drink a ridiculous amount of coffee.
(7). Sometimes when I leave my house, I get so worried that I've left my curling iron plugged in and the house will burn down, that I call my house because I figure if the answering machine comes on, then it hasn't melted in a fire.

Now, I tag Darcy at Minnasota Mama
Trudi at Trinkets and Treasures
Sweet Roses and Vintage Chic
and Jen at The Cottage Nest

Really! Everyone else has been tagged already this week!

Flea Market Finds

Well, the website is still down (Grrrrr...) so, I am not a happy camper.

My mom knows how anxious I get over this type of thing, so she suggested an improptu flea market outing. It was a beautiful day Sunday and we made it to just the tail end of the Lawrenceburg Antique market. Its a pretty large show, but we made the rounds in about 2 hours. Here's what I got: 3 pretty feedsacks,3 yards of vintage border print fabric,

Peach floral barkcloth drape panels (all 4 panels for 30.00!!!) ,

And my favorite, a children's counting book from 1942. Look at these adorable graphics!

Hope everyone else had a great weekend! :)

They're Here! They're Here! and Web Woes

I'm so excited! My pretty fabrics have arrived. I ordered this lovely group from Sew Mama Sew. A wonderful website...easy to navigate, quick shipping, generous cuts, and she even included a pretty "extra" piece of fabric. How great is that?!

There's some "Freshcut" by Heather Bailey, Flea Market Fancy, Building Blocks, and that fabulous bird print from Alexandery Henry. I'm so happy with the colors: they all go together well. I can't wait to start sewing. :)

Its a good thing I have pretty fabrics to play with, because I am completely fed up with my web-server. Now, I readily admit to knowing little or nothing about how all this internet stuff works, but I expect the people I'm paying to be able to keep my website viewable for at least a majority of the time. "Server Errors" are a daily occurance lately and now even my emails don't want to work. :(

So, if you have attempted to contact me and have your email returned, I apologize. I wish I knew how to fix it. I have issued a support ticket to my hosting site, so hopefully they will find the problem soon. Grrrr.

Easy Weekend Project - Fabric Tabletop

Today's project is a tabletop that has been decopaged with vintage fabric.
The top of this little telephone table had seen better days. There is a large split in the wood, several nicks, and one corner even looked chewed on? Even though a coat of white paint was an improvement, I thought I would take it one step farther.
I absolutely LOVE this vintage voile, but because it is sheer and lightweight, I was never quite sure how to use it in my home. I decided to try my hand at decopage. Here are the supplies I used for this project: Fabric, scissors, decopage glue, bowl and sponge brush, and a mist sprayer.

The table was painted several days earlier to allow it to fully "cure" or set. The fabric was cut slightly larger than the table and dampened with the mister. After applying the decopage medium the the table surface, I worked the fabric into place. I damped and smoothed the fabric until I was happy. I actually left some wrinkles because I wanted it to still look like fabric.


I then covered the surface again with decopage medium making sure all the edges were secure. After it was dry, I trimmed any excess fabric and applied 3 coats of a spray-on polyurethane (sorry, forgot that in the supplies pic). I haven't decided which room I'll use it in, yet, but I like it. :)

Patio Moss

I finally managed to get some work done outside this week.

Oh, I've had the time, I just wasn't motivated. Its been a strange spring. First we had 70-80 degree temps at the beginning of April. The plants were happy...hostas poking through, cherry and crabapple trees blooming, bleeding hearts, wisteria, and lilac all just starting to open their buds. Then, the very next day, a cold snap. We're talking lows in the 20's for a week staight. :(

Hostas were mush, wisteria brown and limp. I was too depressed to even look at the bleeding heart. But this week I had to ready the patio for flower planting. During the clean-up I noticed the moss on the bricks. I mean REALLY noticed the moss. Its beautiful! I had to take its picture.

The picture above is the patio at the beginning of last summer. I love that chartreuse sweet potato vine. I hope I can find it again this year. I'll be sure to post pictures as soon as I decide on a color scheme for this years baskets.

Happy planting!

Cottage Charm Giveaway Reminder

Just wanted to remind everyone that there is still plenty of time to sign up for the cottage charm giveaway. Check in at One Woman's Cottage Life for a complete list of all participating blogs. There are some wonderful giveaways!!! I'll be giving away a vintage fabric (and goodies) package. Sign up today! Please make sure I have a way to contact you. You can send me your email address through the contact link on the side bar.

"Coffee, Coffee, Coffee!!!"

"Coffee, coffee, coffee"...that's a line from the show Gilmore Girls. Lorali walks into Weston's bakery and orders "coffee, coffee, coffee". The waitress brings her 3 cups of coffee, she says "No, I didn't want 3 cups...I just really needed coffee."
That's how I feel most days. I love coffee. I'm probably addicted to the caffeine, because I do get migraines if I go too long without it. I've switched to half-caff, so we'll see if that helps any. But I love coffee. Its my comfort food in liquid form. We make a pot in the morning and one after dinner. All year long, summer and winter. I like the fancy Starbucks coffee (Cafe Mocha, Carmel Latte), but I'm pretty happy with my plain ole Maxwell House Slow Roast.

In my next house I'm determined to have a coffee station. Look at the monster that sits in my tiny kitchen.

Its a double burner Bunn restaraunt coffee maker. Its AWESOME! As soon as you pour the water in, steaming hot coffee is filling into the carafe. Fantastic for parties! As you can see its large and awkward and we've tried to banish it to the basement several times, but we always bring it back. Its a part of our lives. It just needs a bigger home. :)

Ok, time to go get my second cup...