Happy Saturday!
Yesterday I treated myself to a little visit at the Salvage Chic antique store a few minutes from my house. I like to go in there every once in awhile to see what’s new and how they display their items. The store has many rooms that you can move around in and it is set up like a house. The kitchen items are found in the kitchen, the bedroom type items are in one room, office stuff in another, etc. It’s a nice place to spend some time wandering through and you never know what you might find! Nothing came home with me but here are some things I looked at…

Pretty little granny square afghan.

This poor old Crazy quilt. It was so tattered and worn it had to be displayed in a cardboard box…someone put an awful lot of care into making this and it was sad to see it in such a state.

This was an enigma. It was so stuffed into this barrel that I couldn’t get it out even when I tugged on it a bit. Some things are better left alone?

There were cute and I was glad to see them displayed on a bed…

But this, this stole my heart. I so wanted to bring this beautiful coffee set home. The aqua and white stripe…oh my. The store wanted $30 for it and I almost caved and bought it. It was so beach-y looking and I was daydreaming of coffee by my cabana and how lovely it would be to have this little set for company then I realized, it’s hot out at the cabana…and it’s glass (not a fan of glass in the pool area) and really I’m usually drinking water or a beer at my cabana! LOL!!! So it stayed at the shop but it’s still calling to me…those cute red spoons in the mugs…seriously.

I have a few other things to share with you that have come across my path this week…one is the awesome video invite to my quilt guild’s show at the end of the month. Quilter’s Connection has a lovely quilt show and I am sad that I can’t participate this year as I have another commitment. I’m sharing this with you because it’s such a great idea to make a video of the show announcement…maybe you would like to suggest this to your own guild. Here’s the Youtube link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y45LWsZvm8&feature=youtu.be

I follow Lindsey Cheney’s The Pleated Poppy blog and I love her What I Wore series. She is a stay at home, home school mom, crafting entrepreneur and she got tired of wearing yoga pants and pajama pants all day so she started dressing better and takes photos of her outfits each week to post. Others are welcome to link up to her. Last week she did a post on packing light for a trip to Barcelona that she is going on. She lays out several basic wardrobe pieces and accessories and turns those pieces into 11 days worth of clothing. I’m fairly fashion challenged at the moment as I’m home also and naturally gravitate to the comfortable. I made a list of all the pieces Lindsey shows and then check marked what I already own and then I went out and bought some missing items to beef up my own wardrobe. I confess, I got some of those basic pieces at the Salvation Army Store because they are a treasure trove of basic pieces!! I didn’t really need much, I think I just needed to see how to coordinate what I have in a more fashionable way. Check out her blog, you won’t be disappointed! Here’s the link:

http://thepleatedpoppy.com/2014/04/packing-light/

Today Nancy Zieman has an interesting post on what size rotary cutter is best for which job…worth the read and there’s a cool new rotary organizer gadget at the end of her post…

http://www.nancyzieman.com/blog/sewing-with-nancy/sharp-tips-for-rotary-cutting/

Have a beautiful Saturday!!!