Ruby Floy

Do you have any friends like this.....

they find the best stuff out there....

somewhere... and then

they put it in their Etsy shops!

Nathalie amazes me with how much she finds!

Thought I'd just mention her in case you haven't been to her shop Ruby Floy.

My journaling and bookmaking friends might be interested in this old children's book!

Happy Memorial Day!

Let's see now....

I remembered that I never showed you this little sign-in book I sent off with my latest QB5 stitchery round robin piece to Margaret.

You know how the week gets away from you

and

you are like what I can I update my blog with?

...so here ya go!

I love making these little envelope books!

I Shopped!

Well...I ate first!

The birthday celebration continued into the weekend with the family.

Saturday night we met the kids for dinner!

We have to eat the local fare while it's still available.... let's don't get into THAT!

Anyway...it was delicious and we had a great time together as we always do!

Then I told DH (dear husband) that I had someplace

I had to go before the end of the month.

He could take me on Sunday or over Memorial Day Weekend!

He chose Sunday!

(Remember I'm still recovering from complicated foot surgery)

So after church on Sunday we headed to Highland Village! The game had already started... traffic is great on Sundays! You see if you have an Anthro card ... indicating you are a valued customer... you get a special gift during your birthday month! Each year it's different... last year was a darling little muslin pocket with buttons... This year.... a necklace! I had to use it! I'm always nervous about taking photos in there... so this is a little blurry.... but look at the name - don't see it spelled that way too often! Of course...the only Nathalie I know is here.... but you should check this one out, too! My camera battery died after I took that picture! But not to be denied, I whipped out my phone! Aren't these adorable! They were each well over $200. Of course they were! So....that was my first shopping experience since April 15th! I thought it was a good choice!

Birds of a Feather

Natalea sent me this sweet piece on a chain!

I met Natalea at Silver Bella in 2007!

I had been reading her blog and didn't realize it tho!

I had fallen in love with some curtains her mom had made for her

and left a comment searching

for the fabric!

Life is funny!

Below you can see her necklace displayed

on her sweet packaging

and beneath them

are the gorgeous tea towels

that Emily in South Carolina

sent me.

Emily and I are in Christian Paper Artists Yahoo Group together.

She doesn't have a blog...

but should,

of course!

People seem to know what I like!

Although my sister said when handing me my gift this week,

"You are so hard to shop for!"

Match This!

Don't you love these little matchboxes that people are swapping!

Patty does a great matchbox!

And...she sent this one to me!

She is so giving... and makes such wonderful things.

It was wrapped so sweetly.

You know how we are ...

all of us that read these blogs ...

the entire package is joyous.

We covet the paper and ribbons as much as the gift they hold.

Below is an overhead shot of all the goodies Patty sent me for my birthday.

Please understand that Patty and I have a long standing friendship.

She is not a blog stalker. rofl

Not that I know what a blog stalker is or anything.

Happy Birthday to Me!

Look what Virginia made me!

I told her I could see a series of these!

Anyone else?

I am trying to do a post every day this week...

just noticed that yesterday's got backdated and shows up

with Monday's..so two on Monday.

Don't you hate when Blogger doesn't do what you think it should?

...oh... go look at Carole's post for today on Madness and Mess! JUST indulge me, okay?

...and check out her upcoming video class!

Am I Indulgent?

I won this over on Anna's blog a few weeks ago!

She made some reuseable bags for Earth Day and I happened to be in the right place at the right time!

Carole at Madness and Mess sent me a sack of goodies!

Two great magazines and fabric and a pattern.

Have you see that Alice in Wonderland fabric anywhere

or it just available in New Zealand?

So last week this HUGE box arrives at my house!

I couldn't open it at first..... just let it SIT there.

Finally did!

It's a VINTAGE suitcase!

She loaded it with lovelies.......hankies and a little western boot "wall pocket" ... in that vintage color I love...

In keeping with the feet theme I have going on in my life lately, I thought the western boot was

appropriate!