Vintage Fabric

The best time of the year to go thrift shopping is before the seasons change.  I can tell from my recent trips to local area thrift shops that there are more donations recently.  People are cleaning out their closets and getting ready for cooler weather.
I’ve had great luck finding vintage fabric in the last couple [...]

Portraits of Me

I love the idea of having my portrait painted. It doesn’t have anything much to do with vanity. I just love art and artists and having a portrait painted of oneself seems like a sneaky way to be included in the process. The portrait on the left was done about eight years [...]

Vintage Quilted Bag – Recovered

I was in a funk yesterday. Maybe it was all that rain.  Anyway, a trip to Goodwill pulled me out of it.  I found this vintage quilted bag for $2.99.  It is soft and worn and well loved.  But….that stencil of the little bear was killing me.  I bought the bag and took it home [...]

Vintage Towels

I love my vintage towels. I use them as beach towels. I got all these at Goodwill for .99 cents a piece.

Sol Lewitt Wall Drawings

Years ago I lived in a university town. As a town resident I was allowed to take books out from the university library. Every few weeks the boys and I would stroll over to the library to get a stack of books. I smile a little thinking about how stressful it was [...]

Recycling Forgotten Little Toys

I read about these Jar of Whimsies a while back. It struck me as a good idea for a gift. I told myself that the next time I saw a large tub of small toys at Goodwill I would rummage through them and pick out the most interesting items. But more recently [...]

TED Talks

This past weekend I was on vacation with family and friends. I mentioned TED to a few people and told them I’d put the link on my blog. I just noticed that you can sort the talks by “most emailed“, “funny” or “jaw dropping“. Have fun surfing.