on my!

It's been so long since my last post. Not much has changed, but a few thing have.
I am gainfully employed...here.

I work Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday for 10-6.
The hours are hard, but somehow I manage!  :)

I am also moving into a larger shop space.  My space now is 2'X8',  my new space will be 8'X7'.
I have been a busy bee making loads of stuff, and thrift-ing my butt off looking for treasures!

I have been making loads of chalkboards from  funky frames.

I am keeping this one.  Love the frame, I have had it for years.

I am glue-ing starfish on anything that doesn't move....
People love all things beachy here!

Of course I find more thing that I keep for myself than for the shop;
 like these thrifted fuzzy bunny banks from here. LOVE THEM!
I need more.

Oh my! I love these pixies from Jacksonville... keeping them!

I am a collector. There I admitted it.
I don't think there is a cure though.

My ever growing vintage picture collection.

I need more hobnail glass.

We (well Bob) put in a dunking pool! It is 9' X18'. It fits in quite perfectly.
We are working on landscaping and a deck...photos to come soon.

TTFN......

Have you ever

had that perfect sweater? that was the perfect color? perfect fit? so soft? 

went with like 3 of your dresses?

I have that sweater.  I wear it a lot!  Then the un-thinkable happened (oh, wait it is thinkable.... I have a 9 year old boy), it got stuck in my son's skateboard wheels. Um' yup.

I did manage to get all the black grease off. 

I must apologize for the bad (night time) photos,
 (I generally like to photograph by daylight).

I know most of you are thinking "trash it",
but really...  it is pretty close to perfect.

I have always been inspired by  these folk at Alabama Chanin.
This is a very, very simplified version of one of their most basic ideas.

I got into my stash of wool felt.  I chose a light pink, buttery yellow, and a dark teal.
Using a circle template I traced different size circles on each color, then carefully cut them out.

I arranged them to my liking....then pressed them with a hot iron.

Really the hardest part is next; sewing in circles. Super hard.

don't over think it....you really need to become one with the circle(seriously).
 Ask any of my friends, and they will tell you the first thing I say about sewing,
"it will never be perfect".

IT'S NOT PERFECT.....

BUT IT SURE IS CUTE!

So, I want to share with you one of my thrift-ing treasures.....
Thrift-ing has it's good days and it's horrid days! Well, on this thrift-ing trip it was a GREAT day!

all of my "designer" friends should recognize this as
the Herman Miller Aeron Chair.
I remember when they released this chair, all of "us designers" fell in love.
 However, if I remember right it was around $1000.00,
(for a short time they were giving designers a chance to buy it for $500.00)
still way out of my price range

hem..... yup $34.95.
You can buy it here on sale for $869.00
The first thing I did when I saw it,
was flip it over and check for the appropriate tags,
and of course the Herman Miller mark.
Yes, they were all there.

.....and I must say it is just as comfortable today,
as it was when I first sat in it 10 years ago.
YAY ME!