Tolentreasures

Wednesday night I came home to the biggest surprise! On my kitchen counter was the biggest box, all wrapped up in Christmas paper. It was on the porch, left by the mailman. To the credit of the USPS, the paper was not even ripped. Patti at Raspberry Lane Primitives sent these treasures to me! Wow! I just kept unwrapping and unwrapping. JWS kept saying, "Why did she send you all this stuff?" "A tavern board?" "Really?" "You got the better end of this deal!" (Clearly he puts no value at all on my painting.) But he was right about the better end of this deal. Patti wanted the tavern board that I painted for this tutorial . Always willing to barter and trade, I asked her to just do a swap with me for it. Wow! That was quite a swap! I love everything! Haven't found places for it all, other than some of the tarts went immediately into the tart burner. They smell so good! Since I have no intentions of undecorating just yet, (other than the...

Late yesterday afternoon I opened my front door and there was this package on my porch. It had arrived in the mail earlier in the day and I had not checked the mail yet. Char at the Pickled Pepper Patch was my swap partner and I love it all! I entered this swap for my daughter who actually has a laundry room and I will be giving these items to her and I know that she will love them. She has been so good to help me out the last two Saturdays on my attic project. Thank-you Char! Found these plates in a stack in the kitchen and thought that they would be perfect on this shelf in my attic. Not exactly bedroom decor, but I like it! I also found this quilt that I had made a zillion years ago, probably the only quilt I ever made start to finish. I still am not sure that I want it for a bedspread, but I think it has found a home in this room. This little cutie stayed with me last Saturday night. She is such a little ham and when she sees the camera she is ready to pose, even to the point of ...