Happy Valentine's Day and Happy Birthday, Lee!!

I hope that you are all having a wonderful day of love, and hugs and kisses!! Mine has been filled with lots of sweet treats (just what I needed) and the hugs and kisses will have to wait for when I see hubby this weekend. But before I share with you some Valentine goodies I made and gave to some real sweethearts, I want to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LEE!!!!!
Lee's birthday was Sunday on the 12th! Since I could not be with her to celebrate I sent her these gifts.I made this cuff bracelet for her along with the gift bag.
I had to have a little metal something on it. Lee loves her rusty metals!
Then a box of crafting supplies. You can never have enough!!!
Happy creating, Lee. I hope you had a wonderful birthday. I miss you!!!!!!

So Valentine's day is always a fun time. Our "Stitch and Bitch" group got together today (Me, Mom, Judy and Carla) to craft and have lunch. So I brought them a few goodies to celebrate the day and our friendship.
I made for Mom a vintage lace and crocheted doily pincushion with lots of lavender. I added a picture of her two girls to reminder her of how much we love her.
Carla received a pin cushion, too.
Her's was in green to match her new studio.
I made for Judy this pretty wall hanging.
Love you, Sissy!!!
After lunch we had the most awesome brownie!!! Judy made these heart shaped brownie's that were to die for. Soft, moist, very chocolate decadence. Yum!!! At the top of the pic, is a cute ornament Mom made. it is a crocheted chocolate candy in top of a heart. Way cute!
Well, it was fun playing cupid today. We are off now to have Valentine's Day dinner out with Mom and Dad. I hope your day was filled with lots of LOVE!!!

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Good Bones and Ballet shoes

It has been a busy week or so. I am beginning to think that "busy" is the norm. Here are the highlights of what we have been up to.
The girls (Natalea, Heather, Viv, Sandy and I ) have been at it again with a Valentine Ornament Swap. I think this is the 4th year that we have been swapping for Valentine's Day! My Valentine tree is so full. It looks great.
I made these heart-shaped Valentine Ladies.
Truth be told that I started this project with a different outcome in mind, but I could not find the right shaped chenille pipe cleaners. They were going to be chenille Valentine ladies, but I improvised. I made the stick figures but needle felted heart-shaped bodies. Then added all of the extras. I think they came out cute for starting off so wrong. I hope the girls will enjoy them. I am looking forward to getting their creations this week.
The camper project continues..........
My Dad kept saying, "I think the main door into the camper is broken." Mind you it has the aluminum skin over a wood frame. So he pulled it off, carefully removed all of the aluminum outer skin pieces and low and behold, this is what we found. From the door knob down, the inside wooden frame was completely dry rotted and almost in shreds. So, Dad went down and bought the wood and started to reconstruct the door.
Here is my sweet Dad at his craft. He loves doing this stuff. He built this door frame in no time.
Here it is. Fresh and clean "new bones." We added foam between each section for insulation and then went to work on straightening out each piece of aluminum in order to recover the door. After 45 years, some of her skin has been twisted and torn in some places. So with much love and care, I have a new door to the camper. All new weather seal around it. We worked all day on Thursday to get her done and hung back on to beat the rain that was coming. Wahoo! Another project down. It is getting closer everyday.
Of course while my Dad is busy making her a strong and beautiful "mini studio on wheels" I am finding all the goodies for inside.
I found this 1950's reproduction of the "Moonbeam clock." It's about 5x7 inches in size in a pretty blue color. This baby was from L.L. Bean of all places. Found it on the back cover of the catalog and had to have it for the camper. I promise to take some more pictures of some of the other items I have picked up.
Last but not least, my sweet 6 year old is in her 3rd year of ballet. Each January they invite the parents to an open house to watch them in class. We went this week and I so enjoy watching her grow and get better every year.
Small things like finally knowing left from right and taking directions makes a big difference in the class. Her class has 15 girls in it this year.
They announced that this year's recital is going to be Alice in Wonderland. Her class is going to be roses. They will have a dance routine and then they will remain on stage as part of the scenery and keep changing poses. Should be cute.
Okay, so one last thing.
We finally booked our first cruise! In May, we are going to cruise on the Disney Dream cruise ship to the Bahamas. We are going with our friends, Paul, Marla and Jennie. We are really excited. With no airfare involved, it was really a great deal. So, the weekend is here and Don is flying back in from CA. We are planning a quiet, do nothing weekend. Lots of walking and reading. Can't wait!

I Ordered Mine!

I saw Elizabeth Hasselbeck wearing this T-shirt on The View last Friday and I had to have one. GO check out Dang Chicks and see what they sell. Cute T's and jewelry. Go USA!!

Light Fixtures for the Camper

Finding replacement light fixtures for my little Shasta has been challenging. What was in there was something new that the previous owner had installed. So not cutting it. So, I started looking at new ones that would have a vintage flair or something that would go with the "Glamping" style. They were either rediculously expensive or did not have a switch at the source. So I finally decided to look up vintage light fixtures on eBay.
Low and behold I found these beauties. They are from the 1930's, porcelain and painted with a soft blue trim and pink roses. I found the pair! One will go over the dinette table and 1 over the sink where the tiny kitchenette is. Got them in the mail and cleaned them up and they are perfect. Honey will rewire them and install. There is 1 other light fixture that hangs on the wall in the back over the couch/fold down bed. So I kept searching and found from another eBay dealer a matching wall sconce. SCORE!!!! That one is being shipped. Will show you that one when I get it.

Also, Dad finished rebuilding the closet today and is officially finished with all of the woodwork. He has primed the entire inside and she is ready for her paint job. I decided on a color called antique white. It is a warmer white that matches the faux tin roof tiles I bought to finish the ceiling inside. I didn't care for the wood tone inside so she will be a pretty white. I plan on adding color with the cushions, curtains, pillows, etc. Can't wait to show you the details.
More pictures of before and after next week.

Where would we be without our friends?!

Friends have a special way to lift us up! They add so much to our lives. I cherish all of my gal pals. They are a true treasure. This friend is a big, sparkly, pink diamond in my collection of jewels! Mind you, all of my friends are beautiful, but very unique in their own way. Remembering my birthday and always thinking of me even in the smallest of ways makes my day. Getting her funny texts or messages each week keeps us connected. Thank you pal for all that you do. I so appreciate you!!!! Luz sent me this lovely journal and she made this sparkly rose brooch. She cleverly added paper text to the rose petals.
You didn't think it would be all sweet and soft now did you? Yes, I am a circus freak and I know that because she tells me so. What a fun pillow. It of course reminds me of her immensely. I think it may be the shoes.
Yes, she found one! A tiny vintage trailer ornament even in the colors that I am planning to use. Way cute. I will be leaving this out and putting this in the camper when it is finished as a part of her accessories.
When your friends get you, it really makes you smile. Such a pretty, soft vintage apron with tiny red strawberries. What a great collection of goodies. Many thanks, Luz for all the pretty gift tags and care you gave to making these gifts so special. YOU ROCK!!!
Speaking of my trailer, she is really coming along.
With Don at home and his son visiting, my Dad got them to lift the new air conditioning unit on the top. Dad literally works on this little buggy everyday and he absolutely needed help with this. It went on very quickly and smoothly. Don got it wired and away it went. I am happy to say that it is super quiet when it runs. It even works as a heater, too. I was not thrilled about adding it to the camper, because I thought it would look hideous on top. Well, to make a long story short, once the cover went on it, you can't really even see it up there. And hubby said that he would be going no where with me if it didn't have air. I have to concede, that by mid May it would be too hot to enjoy it, if I couldn't cool it down in some way. So, Hubby 1, me 0. He was right, it was a good addition.
This was the latest mess Dad uncovered. The door frame and part of the trailer frame has dry rot. I am happy to say that he has already ripped it out and rebuilt the frame and rebuilt the part of the floor at the entrance. She is solid again! Advice to anyone thinking of purchasing a vintage trailer, pull up the carpet and lift the outer skin to inspect what is underneath. I still would have bought her, but I would have chewed them down on the price a bit. Thanks goodness my Dad loves doing this stuff. The Spring is looking good for her to be finished. In March I will start pricing out her new paint job. Stay tuned......

Little Vintage Trailer GIVEAWAY!!!!

Look what I stumbled upon!!!! Little Vintage Trailer is giving away this fantastic artwork of none other then a sweet little camper. I SOOOOOO need to have this hanging in my sweet little canned ham. My Dad is working feverishly on her and she is looking wonderful. I will share the recent photos soon. So help me out my friends. Head over and enter to win!