Good fabric and a suprise in a book.

I had a great breakfast this morning with my friend Kate. We talked about life and Sputnikfest. It was a good time. Thank God she called me this morning to remind me or poor Kate would have ate by herself! I think the weekend killed a few of my braincells and I totally spaced on it.

Got done in time to make a quick run to the old St Vinnie's and found some great books. One of them even had an old Easter postcard in it from the 40's. Love it when that happens. I got a great plastic necklace, some fiddle playing squirrels, some old kids books and 3 things of fantastic vintage fabric. One of them is this teal with black flowers and the flowers are fuzzy raised and the other in the picture on the right is again a great teal color but has stenciled mums in gold. I love old fabric. I am thinking I am going to put some books and fabric on etsy soon and see how they go there. I sell it okay in the store but so many crafty people are on etsy it would be great to see the stuff go to people who will use it to make something fabulous with.

My very very pretty new bag....

So I got an email from Stefanie the other day. She makes these adorable bags and sells them on etsy. She was coming to the Manitowoc area and did a search on estate sales and my blog came up! I love that. It is so great to meet fellow crafters that live so close yet so far away. So now I sell her bags, fabric flowers and pony holders here too! Plus now I have a cool new friend!

A Perfect Productive Lazy Day.

It has just been a very pleasant not too busy but getting a whole lot done kinda day. I bought these white boring shoes awhile ago and intended on prettying them up ages ago. Well in my closet they sat until last night when I picked up a Country Living and they embroidered some Chuck's and wahla ... I was inspired. They really look nothing at all like the ones in Country Living but the idea of embroidering shoes made me want to make them. I have been hoarding vintage fabric for sometime now and decided this project was worthy. I of course only have to use small pieces so it makes it easier. I have a long way to go yet ,I really want to fill those babies up with stuff. I asked Glenn if he liked them and he choose not to answer at all. He did ask if the other one is going to be the same? Yeah I'm guessing not.

So besides my cool shoes we also spent a hefty sum on plants and dirt today at Roorbachs. The planters look just like I wanted them to. I love how they turned out. Hopefully we can make it through the summer without any major destruction!