Happy Thanksgiving!

Wishing many blessings for you and your family.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Back To Greenwood

I headed back over to Greenwood this morning.

That place is overflowing with wonderful Christmas goodies.

See anything you would have brought home?

(I'll have to show you what I purchased in another post.)

By George, I Think She's Got It!

By George, I think she's got it! 

Ripple crochet, that is.

I've been working with some leftover yarn to try to learn how to zig and zag.

After  messing up and pulling it back out three times

I think I may finally have the hills and valleys figured out.

So, I'll be starting on another baby afghan this weekend.

Now,  to figure out how many sets of 14 chains I'll need....

:-)

I like having a cozy project to work on when the weather is cool.

Don't you?

Invite A Fairy To Come For Tea

Invite a tiny fairy to come for tea.
Then sit back and wait for the fairydust and magic to happen.

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Teacups:   Royal Albert-  Wild Rose and American Beauty

Tiny Teacup- Occupied Japan   (Thank you, Tami!)

Joining:
Tea Cup Tuesday with Terri and Martha
Tea Time Tuesday with Sandi

Getting Together

Yesterday I drove to Greenwood, a little town that has several antique/vintage shops

 as well as a pretty tea room.  (With delicious food, I should add.)

Some cute little bits and pieces did come home with me.

But the best part of the day was getting to meet a blogging friend:

Twyla, from Two Crazy Crafters!!

Twyla, you are such a sweetheart.  

Thank you for the soft slippers, inspirational book and tea towel and other goodies! 

How glad I was to have this opportunity to meet you in real life!

Let's get together again soon!

Little Red Riding Hood

Jessica Zemsky,  Whitman 1961

 Another favorite fairytale from my childhood was Little Red Riding Hood.

Boy, did we ever learn not to stop and talk to strangers, after reading this one.

And if it has ears like a wolf and teeth like a wolf, it probably is a wolf.
Not Grandma.

There are so many beautifully illustrated versions of this Grimm story.

Do you recognize any of these?

Elizabeth Orton Jones,  Golden Press 1948

Illustrator identified only as AH,  Brimax Books, 1962

(If anyone has any information about this artist,  please contact me.)

 June Goldsborough,  Whitman 1964

 Frank Aloise,  Abingdon Press 1969

This version is retold by The Gant Sisters and includes several of their songs.  

Anne Sellers Leaf,  Rand McNally Elf Book, 1963

 Wooden puzzles from Sifo and Playskool

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Click here to see my Little Red Riding Hood tea set.

Paperdolls from Tami

I want to show you the paperdolls that Tami (Vintage Connections) gave to me.

Each time we've met in real life, she has arrived with the sweetest gifts in hand.

Baby Grows Up-  Whitman 1955

Aren't these darling?

The cutest little baby paperdolls! 

 I'm old enough to remember wearing clothes very similar to these.

Princess Diana and Prince Charles- Tom Tierney,  Dover Publications 1985

Any other Princess Diana fans out there besides me?

  I remember every single one of the outfits pictured in this book

and can probably even tell you where she was when she wore them.

I still get a lump in my throat when I think of the tragic way her life ended. 

Thank you, Tami,  for these wonderful additions to my paperdoll collection! 

You are too sweet!

And I love them!

The Goodies That Came Home With Me

Yesterday was so much fun!

I got to tag along on an adventure with Tami from Vintage Connections!

We stopped in at several antique/vintage/retro/gift shops, all of them new to me.

One was so huge, we only got through half of it.

(Yes, I do hope to go back and browse through the other half, very soon.)

I tend to gravitate towards retro/vintage rather than antique;

often things that remind me of my childhood.

So these are the little goodies that came home with me:

Pale blue gingham apron with smocking and ric-rac trim.

Long string of vintage mercury glass beads

Two Christmas tree brooches to add to my collection

Aluminum heart molds

Green and red felt/chenille/spun-head ornaments

Cornflower (Corning Ware) loaf pan 

Thank you so much for making my Saturday so much fun, Tami! 

I can't wait to get together again soon!

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PS- Be sure to check back later this week.
I need to show you the sweet paperdolls that Tami gave to me.

Little Christmas Tree Quilt

I finished one of the Christmas projects I was working on:

A little tree quilt that I will use to display my collection of Christmas tree brooches.

I cut out a muslin triangle and attached strips of green fabric.

Next I added ric-rac and lace trims 

and sewed on the angled side pieces and trunk. 

I cut out a bunch of squares to create the rest of the quilt top,

made my quilt "sandwich", 

top stitched to hold it all in place

and sewed on a binding. 

Beads, sequins and rhinestone buttons added sparkle and shine.

I searched through the Christmas decorations in the basement 

and found my tree brooches.  

There are plenty of empty squares, so my collection has room to grow.

(Santa always puts one in my stocking.)

I can't wait to hang this in the hallway come December! 

Autumn's Brilliance

Autumn's brilliance on display.

Greens melt to persimmon, crimson, copper, 

maroon, rust, citrine, bronze, amber and russet,

while each puff of wind drops hints about the season finale.