Warrenton Again!

Okay...so tomorrow....... Thursday..... I'm heading over to Warrenton, Texas with three friends!

We decided to just "run over" for the day!

Better than nothin!

These are some pictures I took when I was there last ... for the fall show of 2008!

Here are some people that are writing about it on their blogs:

Carol Spinski Roundtop-Marburger! Theresa's Garden Antiques Vintage Heather Bullard Time-Worn Interiors Those Junk Gypsies! Two Chippys Found Around Sweet Pea Home Fiona and Twig

The Antique Weekend Web Site! says this: This is a very well established event that has continued to grow in popularity for forty years. Originally started in Round Top, several other shows began popping up in other nearby communities. The largest show community today is Warrenton where several halls and dozens of fields are filled twice a year. In just the last few years there has been tremendous growth. One relative newcomer, Marburger Farms, covers a 40+ acre site just south of Round Top and has attracted the largest number of dealers. Altogether there's more than 300 acres used for the great Texas AntiqueWeekend events!

Chiffon Give-Away!

Virginia and I will be mailing out 4 flowers..... no telling what color you will get!

And I take such close-ups with my camera that you really see the fibers in the chiffon....they look gauzy on here...but they aren't.

The winners are:

Laura

Miss Lynn

Emily Pruitt

Linda Sonia

Congratulations, girls!

I think all of you, but Emily, need to send me your mailing address! I also wanted to tell you about a few bloggers

that have left comments here

and have tried their hand on the chiffon flowers

.......

great results!

Go see: Natalea's Kandeland Liz made some, too...

(even tho she was originally inspired elsewhere!)

Spring Inchies

I hosted a Spring Inchie Swap

over on the

Christian Paper Artists Yahoo Group.

Above are the ones I got.

There were lots of good ones....

but I had to share with

the group.

They were done by:

r to l top to bottom....oh and I know some are repeated up there..

I should've cropped that last photo...too late...

First photo:

Virginia Burrows, Virginia Burrows, Anna Tremblay,

Corbi Beshears, Patty Absec, Me

Second photo:

Virginia, Anna, Katie Hogue, Katie Hogue

Patty, Me, Katie Hogue and Becky Hunt

I have several from Katie because her's were over a week late (lost in postal world)...and so she mostly got to swap with me!

Realized I didn't keep any of mine except that one.

Went and found a photo I took when they were

all arriving.... these below are the ones I made.

They are "okay".....

Do you inchie?

(Don't forget to comment a couple of posts down to win a chiffon flower Sunday night!)

Bird Babies

Have you been watching Molly the Owl?

I must say I've spent more time than I should watching

her sleep and feed her babies rodents... it's fascinating.

Well..... I know it's NOT "Molly the Owl",

but I do have

my own aviary family.

I'm sure you can tell....

but I wanted to mention that these are two different birds...

one is the male and the other is the female....

One goes into the house and the other sits outside on the stoop!

This house is hanging just a few feet from my backdoor

but I know it looks like it's close to the back fence...it's not....

Anna, how is your dove family?

Cause I Owe Ya....

If you leave a comment on this post between now and this Sunday night ....

you will have a chance to receive a chiffon flower!

I'll draw four names.... so be sure I can contact you if you comment.

And if you are an Anonymous Commenter please sign your name and email me.

Virginia and I will each donate two flowers!

So.......have you made any of these?

Chiffon

Ya wanna do a "make and take"?

That's what BFF Virginia said to me yesterday.

Her niece, Kami Dorr of Oklahoma City, showed her

how to do these last week!

We love them!

I had done this with tulle....

It's a different look and OH SO flammable!

You need to gather a tealight candle,

a small bowl of water in case you have a flame

and

a piece of aloe vera for when you burn yourself....

I only burned myself doing the tulle...

which I'm not showing here.

JUST go buy some chiffon...that's what these are.

Cut circles out of the chiffon.... do it freehand, do not draw them.

JUST do as I say.... keep it simple....

You can cut them different sizes.

The chiffon slightly heated is very forgiving

of shapes you've cut...

Hold it above the flame and quickly move it

to singe the edge. You can also lightly

heat the bottom of the petal to make it

curl more.

You can make french knots in the middle or sew seed beads! Wouldn't these be great on a shoe!!!! Or in your hair or on your blouse!!!! Or on a sachet or a belt! Let me know what you do!

We can make these!

That's what I said to my daughter yesterday

when we were wedding shoe shopping!

Aren't they adorable!

I don't think she wants such big flowers on her's as it might interfere

under her long dress...but a smaller flower would be sweet!

They are slightly stitched on and hot glued!

If she doesn't wear it.... her momma will!

I mean...after my foot surgery I'll be all about

some fun shoes!

Right?