I Need To Buy A Lotto Ticket!

I NEED TO BUY A LOTTO TICKET that's what Bunny at I'm Just Sayin said! Well, I think she is right because Tracy from Frugal Luxuries just notified me that I had won the give away for the book she has written. I am so excited & want to thank Tracy (please stop by & see Tracy & tell her you learned about her from Charlene at My Heart's Ease) & all of the other generous Bloggers that have giveaways for all of us. I think the amazing things we are exposed to in all the different blogs & the amazing women that write them are the biggest blessing of all. Don't you? THANK YOU TO EACH OF MY BLOGGING BUDDIES! I feel so blessed to have each & every one of you in my life!

Winner of Giveaway!!!! Lucky Me!!!! Thank you Theresa!!!

I have been sooooooooooooooooooooo busy with having my mother here from Palm Springs, CA & add Halloween & I have been missing my blog time & friends. Imagine my surprise & DELIGHT when I came in to "catch up" a bit (Mom is reading a book I got her hooked on) & found out that I WON the Giveaway from Theresa at Garden Antique Vintage! I won a $50 gift certificate to her shop(go visit her & check out her wonderful BLOG & SHOP) & Starbucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How did she know I love Starbucks(now I have to decide coffee or hot chocolate hmmmmmm that will be a hard one)? THANK YOU Theresa for choosing my name as your winner & most of all for having such a wonderful giveaway. It was Theresa's Blog Anniversary so a big congrats for that! And also, I have had so many visitors from her wonderful blog come over to visit & congratulate me. WOW what great folks bloggers are. I am so blessed to have everyone of you in my life! Thank you Theresa & my wonderful blogging friends!

Great Movie Find!

Yesterday I took my mother & a friend to see the movie Amelia. There are a lot of movies a girl CAN NOT take her 80 year old mother to these days! But, this was a good one. Hillary Swank did a great job portraying Amelia Earhart. I remembered things about her from history class but, this is a great Chick Flick for sure. If you have a chance take a favorite Chick & go see this movie. Have a great weekend & Happy Halloween. Gonna play with all 5 of the Grands tonight. "Honey" wanted the 4 oldest to spend the night after Trick or Treating... I said "Are you outta your mind????? Jacked up on all that candy & all that excitement.... do you see STUPID written on my forehead"? Heck NO! Enjoy!

Trade Days Over

Trade Days at Collected Treasures has come & gone. After all the rain last week Saturday morning dawned clear & cold (45 degrees when I left at 6 AM). We set up in the dark & when the sun came out it was a beautiful day indeed. What could be more beautiful than a day of friends? I did not bring my new camera so I have borrowed a few photos from my friends(Lisa & Joanna) that took pictures & here we are: Lisa, JoAnn(no blog yet but, we're working on her), Carolyn, & Pat (of course I always get to stand in the back because I'm the tallest one in the group). I took a lot of the things I had left from closing my shop at Antiques & Moore but, one fun thing I did was make caramel apples & caramel chocolate apples. Just can't have a Fall Festival without carmel apples don't you think? You should have seen Lisa's triplets sitting at the table eating apples as Mom & Dad packed up the remains of the day. Soooooooooo cute!

And here is Joanna & I (yes, the sun was a little bright as you can see us squinting) we had met over a year ago at a class we took & just had a chance to reunite a few weeks back(in yet another class). Joanna was so sweet to loan us a tent for the show. Thanks girl it was a life saver! Joanna is a talented gal & just finished teaching a class at Paper Cowgirls the wonderful paper art & mixed media event held in Waxahachie Texas.

Joanna & Cami posing in front of Joanna's booth. Cami came to visit & be moral support for all of us.

And this is Joanna's friend & partner Angela. I had never met Angela before but, she was a sweetheart. She hates to have her picture taken but, Joanna forced her to do one! Angela hope we see you again at one of our classes or at some event.

And Jana of Collected Treasures with the new trike she bought her 8 week old grand baby Sterling. Kristi brought Sterling up for the Trade Days & she is such a little doll. We never heard a peep from her. All in all my sore feet aside it was a fun day with friends & I am glad that I now can look forward to getting ready to have all 5 of my GRANDS here for Halloween.
And yes, I have apples left for them. I will get photos of a few of the goodies I bought but, I was very good & restrained myself. Are you shocked? I was!

Have a great week!

Show & Tell Friday Cut Crystal

Cindy thank you for hosting Show & Tell Friday (Click on side bar to visit others) for us again. I wanted to share a few of my treasures. Cindy shared the beautiful cut crystal shaker with sterling lid that her Mom gave her & I commented that I LOVED IT! Well, you see I have an addiction to cut crystal & also shakers. Above is a couple of the ones I have out on my counter. I just love to look at them while I do the dishes. One of them has a dark lid that hasn't seen polish in who knows how long. It was like that when I got it. The other one is just as I found it to. I love the cut of this crystal shaker (click on the photo to get better detail). This treasure was purchased from my friend Carolyn. She has a number of this type in her shop. The little container next to my "Carolyn shaker" is supposed to hold toothpicks (I think but, if you know I am wrong please correct me... I just knew I loved it). Next to the dark lidded shaker is a small salt that has wonderful cut work. And the last container in top left is a small condiment container. Which is your favorite? Leave me a comment & let me know.

A little more broad look includes a small cream pitcher in Blossom Time by Royal Albert. I shared the tea pot for Pink Saturday HERE. Also, the two leaves are rooting African Violets from my friend Judy who owns the B&B I stay in when we visit Arroyo Grand, California. The beautiful little vase is Juliska. Have you seen Juliska items? AMAZING! The little jar at the top left is a Juliska Jam Jar with one of my sterling spoons that has the most amazing flower design... I'll share those another Friday. And last but not least is my little birdbath with the beautiful eggs I bought in Carmel, CA in a wonderful boutique back in April. The eggs have a GLOW of gold shot through them. I hope you enjoyed my treasures this week. HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND!!!!!