Southern Spring Show

My husband's boss,Bob, gave my daughters and me passes to the Southern Spring Show held in Charlotte this weekend. Thanks, Bob! We had a great time admiring the beautiful flowers, plants and vignettes. Look at this cute little train going in between the flowers.

This is a butterfly on the floor that is made with the lights above.

This is my favorite booth - full of cat things! This same vendor is at the Southern Christmas Show every year. I hope someone noticed that I want one of these cats!

This was set up as a soda shop during WWII.

Butterflies! These are farm grown butterflies that are mounted between glass so that you can view their beauty from either side. Shh! Don't tell Holly that I bought one for her wedding shower!

I took this picture of a machine embroidered quilt to show my mother. This unfortunately was the only booth with any needlework. I'll just have to wait for the Christmas show.
Would you believe these are just Nandina bushes?

Beautiful tablescapes!

Redneck lounge chair?

Check out this late 50's-early 60's house! Even has someone sleeping in the front yard!



Back Patio.

My favorite car of all times, the 57 Chevy! My parents bought one off the show room floor when I was small.

More tablescapes.





We stopped at the Goodwill on the way home. Found this. Don't exactly know what it is , but I like it!

Happy Birthday!

Birthday Cakes from WiddlyTinks.com

Goodwill Hunting

Stopped at the Goodwill after my doctor's visit today. This is what I found. A tablecloth ($2.99), sugarbowl (1.99),creamer (.99), a plate(1.99) and saucer(.49). The plate and saucer don't have any markings, but I recognized them from a set that my Mother has had ever since I can remember
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I bought this leather horse for a friend who loves horses more than people. I paid $2.99 for it. I have seen them at craft shows for 5 times as much or more.
Polka-dotted christmas ornaments for $1.99
Couldn't forget the grandkids. Hulk Hogan ($1.99) and a Bulls-Eye Ball game ($2.99)

This gives you a high that no drug can top!

Vintage Reading

Welcome to Vintage Thingy Thursday! Don't forget to visit "Colorado Lady" for other posts.
My sister gave me this "Ladies Birthday Almanac" one year for my birthday. It's dated the year I was born.
How many remember the taste of Syrup of Black-Draught and the smell of Soltice?

Are you worried abot the change of life?

I found this Good Housekeeping Needlecraft magazine dated Fall/Winter 1977/1978 while cleaning my mother's sewing room last weekend.
Ad in magazine.
Some Little Golden Books. How many remember reading "Misty of Chincoteague? I used to read "The Animals of Farmer Jones" everyday while I was rocking my son for his nap.

Doohhh!

I can't believe I deleted my header!! You big dummy! I'm at work right now, but I will correct this as soon as I get home! Can you say "blockhead"?

Thrift store finds

Hubby woke me up this morning at 2:30am snoring! And he was laying on his stomach! Tried to go back to sleep but all I did was think about things I wanted to do today. So I just got up at 3:15. This is the moon when I went out to get the paper at 5:00am.
Finally got the hubby convinced that he had to wear a suit to our son's wedding instead of blue jeans, so off we went to have him fitted. He doesn't own a suit and probably never will. Anyway, after we got him fitted, we went to the two thrift stores in town. The tea set on the left is marked "Made in Japan" (see next picture). I found the "hand" at a yard sale later this morning when I went shopping to find a dress.


I also found three 'Golden Wheat' tea cups for $1 apiece. I remember my Mother buying Duz detergent and collecting plates, cups,saucers,etc. I found a complete set at a yard sale for $10. Another woman was commenting that they were from the 40's. I told her real quickly that she was wrong and that they were from the late 50's and early 60's and found in Duz detergent. She didn't believe me!

I also found this platter (19") and the cute 'hamburger' that is actually a trinket box.


Maybe next week, there will be some yard sales out. They are predicting another snow storm for Tuesday, so let's hope they are wrong.

Apology

I want to apologize to everyone for being such a dunce-head! I am not this dumb, but learning how to blog has been quite a learning experience. Please bear with me, I know I will get it right eventually.

Snow White and babies

Welcome to Vintage Thingy Thursday. Don't forget to visit Colorado Lady's site. This is a 3-D ceramic picture that I found at a yard sale for 50 cents. The back has "Walt Disney productions", not Disney. I have tried to find out what it is worth but even the people at Disney have never seen one before. It's about 5x7 and has a string to hang it with. If anyone knows anything about this, please let me know.

These are pictures again bought at a yard sale for $1 apiece. They are Bessie Peage Gutmann prints titled "Awakening" and "A Little Bit of Heaven".

No more snow!

Wedding

Just received the invitation to my son's wedding! Holly and her family made the invitations. She loves butterflies, can't you tell? I am so happy for them.