Melony's Whimsy Daisy!

I assure you, I'm perfectly normal on this fine Pink Saturday!

I asked my 9 year old daughter, Daisy, to please come take some pictures of her old ma. She obliged and found the camera. With a rather bored gaze, she observed as I tied on my favorite pink and red rosy Annie's Attic apron, and selected the best place for the photo shoot.

 

She begins the point and click, click, click with professional detachment. So, I guess most girls her age are quite accustomed to taking pictures of their mother smiling goofily, and striking a pose with a pink hairdryer. Hmmmm...

 

I ask her, "Don't you want to know what I'm doing?"

"I guess so," she shrugs and hands me the camera.

I hand it right back like a hot potato. "Oh, honey. You know you will have to take at least 15 or 20 for me to get just one picture that doesn't show my chins doing the triple sow-cow." ( an ice skating term, but I rather like it.)

"So what are you doing?" she asks sweetly.

"I am SO glad you asked! I am doing my blog post for Pink Saturday, " I explain. "Don't you love this old pink dryer from the 50's? I bet someone felt really glamourous drying their hair with this beauty." 

 

"Oh, yeah. Pink Saturday," she yawns and holds the camera to her eye. I scramble for my last take. One final chance to show the world some pink. It will need to be the best shot yet. I put my all into my last dramatic pose. I'm feeling very Bette Davis right down to my shabby-chic apron with the removable pink rose pin. Click. 

 

Daisy shakes her head kindly, kisses me goodnight, and without a look back, she heads off to bed. She knows her dear mother is perfectly fine. Perfectly normal in every way. Happy Pink Saturday to you all, and please, have courage...click right here to visit all the other perfectly normal girls who enjoy pink! 

Scrapbook Paper Party and First Friday!

There is all kinds of fun stuff going on today! My dear friend, Renna at Finding My Knitch, let me know about the I-Made-it-With-Scrapbook-Paper-Party over at Jen's Sanctuary Arts at Home blog. I decided I would join in on the fun and post the podium I made for Sunday School! I had an old sinking music stand that was too anemic to hold my Bible.

I found some beautiful scrolly podiums in the antique stores, but they were way out of my price range. Then, I discovered the podium below sitting outside the Goodwill Store. I paid $5.00 for it, and loaded it up proudly.

Yes, the bottom of it was kind of gross. My sweet husband fixed that up for me with a new block of wood.

Lots of fun scrapbook paper later...lots of Mod Podge...and I have a new sturdy podium that is cute to boot!

 

I enjoyed cutting words out of magazines to add over the top of the scrapbooking paper.

 

I then added a little embellishment to the top with a prayer I pray (silently) before I get up in front of my group to teach. I want so much for our group's time together to be meaningful and life-changing, and not the all about "Melony" hour.

 

This blue hurts my eyes on my computer screen. In real life it is a soothing sea blue. Oh well...you get the idea! My kitty below was fun to make with scrapbook paper.

It's also First Friday Flea Market over at Miss Rhea's Sweet N Shabby Roses blog spot. There are some great girls with lots of shabby goodness up for grabs. Please go visit.

(Attention K-Mart Shoppers! Miss Kitty has found a HOME!)

I am determined to find a home for my scrappy Miss Kitty! She has "poysonality plus" and needs a new home before Christmas!

She is a big 11x14 original painting with scrapbook embellishments...patchwork pants, button, and even a little dimensional purse. She is gallery ready, which means Miss Kitty is ready to hang in that little girl's room, pediatricians office, or day care center playroom.

Miss Kitty is $30.00 ppd. in USA!  Just post a comment here and let me know you have a spot for her at your house. She doesn't eat much, I promise.

Check out my Whimsy Daisy Etsy Shop for other unique-knack-patti-wacks!  You can also scroll down for other items that are still available on previous First Friday Flea Market.

Clean Sheet Monday!

Monday has rolled around again, but Clean Sheet Monday makes Mondays not so bad...if everything else goes south...we can still look forward to crawling into a soft bed with clean sweet smelling sheets. Tonight we will sleep on green-apple-colored flannel sheets to celebrate the cooler turn of the weather here in North East Texas. 

The little handmade mouse couple was sent to me by a lady in England who was very late in sending me an order. Although I wasn't in any hurry, she included the pair as a way to say I'm sorry. I think they are so cute and have often been so glad she was late in getting her mail out! 

ODE TO the DOLLAR stores 

There are dollar stores, and then there are DOLLAR stores! Some around here are sort of dirty and unkept. Sometimes the clerk is visiting on the phone, or doing her nails, but I can usually browse around in most and find some little sumpin' to take home. Not just anything, but some little sumpin' that truly is a good deal. I have found a great Dollar Store located by Target and Kohls and the Bible Bookstore. The Dollar Tree is clean, well stocked, and organized. The clerks are friendly and helpful. I love the craft stuff situated throughout the store. Here is my latest scoop of craft goodness. If anybody needs wedding decorations, these stores seem to carry lots of cute stuff for what???? $1.00!

 

I am especially liking the pink velvet ribbon with little beaded flowers. It has a victorian vintagey look to it, which I like. I am on a lollipop making binge right now...fake ones with felt and beads and buttons. These embellishments will be so much fun to use. I even found some glasses to put the lollipops in for display. What did they cost???? $1.00, of course! They have been sprinkled with glitter today and are drying as I type. 

 

For the first time in nearly a year, I have television again. I enjoy the computer so much, I'm afraid it won't get as much attention as it once did. My kids have learned to cuddle down with a book, or go outside and enjoy the world. I'm hoping we can practice moderation and discipline now that the boob tube is back in the house.

Happy 50th Birthday to my friend, Marty! His wife, Debbie, has been such a good friend to me through many years. In our younger days, we would take off to town to shop with our newborns in tow. We'd pull over in some store parking lot and breastfeed our babies in the car. We would never miss a beat in our conversation. Now, Debbie and Marty are grandparents! I love this couple. Marty has helped me out in my widowhood years with things that were beyond my abilities. He spent many an hour killing fire ants on my 13 acres before my daughter's wedding. That's a true friend! 

  

I really don't think Marty looks 50 years old.

Happy Clean Sheet Monday to you!

 

Happy Pink Saturday!

It's a cold day in East Texas. It's about time.

Today I want to show you some old prints. They have a soft sophisticated sort of look to them. I can picture these hanging on the wall by a fireplace in a 1940's little cottage home. I have these for sale in my Etsy shop, but nobody has pounced on them. Is it bad that I'm enjoying them in the meantime? The soft delicate blues...hollyhocks???? I'm not quite sure. Anybody recognize the flowers?

Please enjoy your Pink Saturday and make sure you visit all the other Pink Saturday girls by clicking here and visiting Beverly at How Sweet the Sound!

  

Flea Market is open!

It's another First Friday, and here are a few sweet items up for grabs!  

*Be the first to post in the comment section waaaaay down at the bottom, and tell me exactly what you would like to purchase.

*E-mail me at Melony@gowebway.com , or leave me a way to contact you. I will accept Paypal, personal check, or money order. My e-mail address is also my paypal payment address.

Please visit the other Friday Flea Market girls at Miss Rhea's!

 

Miss Kitty is $30.00 ppd. in USA

 

Miss Kitty is a big 11 X 14 mixed media painting with lots of Meow! She is wearing patchwork pants created out of cute quality scrapbooking papers, and carries a little 3 dimensional purse. She even has a button sewn to her sunsuit bib. She would be a delight for any cat collector, and right at home in a childs room or nursery, pediatricians office, or just anywhere! She has been sealed, and all the edges have been painted so she is ready to hang.

 

 

Little Dearie is $14.00 ppd. to USA residents

 

Isn't she the sweetest? I am so tempted to keep her. She stands 5 1/2 " tall. Nice paint and shiny glaze. I was told she was a lamp, but I thought she would look cute with a little bottlebrush Christmas tree in the hole of the base.

 

This sweet deer, still wears her original price tag. Just had to take a picture for you! I promise I paid more for her than that!

 

Next...

Rosey the Lonely Baby is $14.00 ppd.

I am such a sucker for orphan baby dolls, and I couldn't leave this one alone at the flea market. Will somebody love this little Ideal doll from 1971? She is about 13" long, and her open and shut eyelashes are all intact. She has those rosey little pink  cheeks and lips. She comes in only a shirt and wrapped in a vintage rose cross-stitched dinner napkin. You will have a great time making her something sweet to wear.

Three Doll Patterns are $11.00 ppd.

I bought these for the graphics, not necessarily the pattern. It appears they are stuffed with their correct patterns, but I haven't gone through it. Envelopes are certainly not perfect, but these were too sweet to not purchase. They will be adorable displayed in a sewing room. I will stick them in an envelope and send them on their way.  

 

Fall Kitty is ready for Thanksgiving pumpkin pie. 

$7.00 for 10 cards with green envelopes ppd. in USA.

These are blank on the inside.

 

The Dizzy Circle of Life...

 

His name was Zack. His daddy and I loved him very much. His hair stuck straight up on his head when he was a baby. He was full of fun and sweetness. He was stubborn, but not too stubborn. He brought lots of joy to our life. 

 

He loved to wrestle with his daddy and his brother. They worked in the yard together. They went to games and fished and practiced baseball. He did not like getting bossed by his younger sister, Molly!

 

Zack liked to play outside much more than sitting around in the house. He liked to take lawn mowers apart and put them back together. Zack liked taking anything apart and putting it back together.

 

Zack was such a help with all the foster children we had. When we decided to adopt Sam and Daisy, he was supportive in every way. He was great with babies.

 

Life was good. Full of laughter and love. Then, Kent got cancer. God held our hands as our family labored and struggled through the battle. We were there as the strong leader of our family...my husband, my children's daddy, slipped from this earth and into Heaven. My heart was broken.

Kristen was with Zack the night his daddy died. She was the perfect girl for him, and they dated, fell in love, and got married. Their wedding day was a joy-filled day for me. It was a reminder life continued on. 

   

I trudged on. My days were dark at times, and the nights long. Sometime all I knew to do... was just to do the next thing. Out of five children, I had two little ones left at home. They gave me a reason to keep looking for the laughter, to search out the beauty of life. They gave me reason to get up. Wash the clothes. Buy groceries. Take the kids to the movie. Mop the kitchen floor. Then, one day...out of the blue...unexpectedly...God brought this incredible, wonderful, man into my life. I never imagined I would find somebody to love me, and to accept my children, and to want to be a part of my life. I hadn't even been looking! What a loving strong man God gave me. Bob is such a gift! What a sweet shock to realize God created our hearts to heal and to be able to love deeply lots of people.

Bob and I got married. Our circle increased. My cup overflows with blessings of his kids and my kids...and knowing they are OUR kids! 

  

Once I had a little boy. Now, the little boy is a man. Zack tells me he is going to be a daddy. I know his daddy is proud from Heaven...of that I have no doubt. My mourning has been replaced with dancing. My pleasure in life is immense as I watch all my children grow and learn. I am grateful for the love of the past and joyfully blissful in the love of now. I am thankful for Bob who has found love in his heart for my children, and who is so excited to be called "Grampa". I am thankful I get to be "Cookie". God is so good. A new life. A new baby. The circle continues.

 

Bob and Zack...  

Clean Sheet Monday

Yes, Clean Sheet Monday has rolled around once again. It is my day to change sheets with this theory in mind: If everything else in the day goes poorly, there are clean sheets on the bed to look forward to!

As usual I'm dragging my heels, but did make a great deal with my husband. He brings home homemade tamales for supper tonight in trade for a good cleaning on his bathroom. Actually, we both would have done this for each other without a "deal", but it helped in the motivation department for each other.

 

Sometimes I can't believe, a vintage girl like me, agreed to this modern bedroom that is my husband's taste. Fresh clean sheets make it livable and enjoyable! It's a love thing!  

I can always go and sit amongst my "junk", as he calls it, if I need to.

 

Happy Monday to all!

Happy Pink Saturday!

My post below has some pink Flea Market Finds for sale, so check it out.

My Pink Saturday item today is an old florist tin that was used for storage. It was the right color of pink, and why I don't have pink roses in it, I don't know. Daisies are good too. A vintage handkerchief is tucked in the top.

Please visit Beverly and all the other Pink Saturday participants! It is always a lot of fun for all of us who find pink is our signature color! 

First Friday Flea Market

Here is a little of this and that for your shopping enjoyment. 

*Be the first to post in the comment section waaaaay down at the bottom, and tell me exactly what you would like to purchase.

*E-mail me at Melony@gowebway.com , or leave me a way to contact you. I will accept Paypal, personal check, or money order. My e-mail address is also my paypal payment address.

Please visit the other Friday Flea Market girls at Miss Rhea's!

Little Dearie is $14.00 ppd. to USA residents

 

Isn't she the sweetest? I am so tempted to keep her. She stands 5 1/2 " tall. Nice paint and shiny glaze. I was told she was a lamp, but I thought she would look cute with a little bottlebrush Christmas tree in the hole of the base.

 

This sweet deer, still wears her original price tag. Just had to take a picture for you! I promise I paid more for her than that!

 

Next...

Rosey the Lonely Baby is $14.00 ppd.

I am such a sucker for orphan baby dolls, and I couldn't leave this one alone at the flea market. Will somebody love this little Ideal doll from 1971? She is about 13" long, and her open and shut eyelashes are all intact. She has those rosey little pink  cheeks and lips. She comes in only a shirt and wrapped in a vintage rose cross-stitched dinner napkin. You will have a great time making her something sweet to wear.

Three Doll Patterns are $11.00 ppd.

I bought these for the graphics, not necessarily the pattern. It appears they are stuffed with their correct patterns, but I haven't gone through it. Envelopes are certainly not perfect, but these were too sweet to not purchase. They will be adorable displayed in a sewing room. I will stick them in an envelope and send them on their way.  

 

Fall Kitty is ready for Thanksgiving pumpkin pie. 

$7.00 for 10 cards with green envelopes ppd. in USA.

These are blank on the inside.

 

Miss Kitty is $30.00 ppd. in USA

 

Miss Kitty is a big 11 X 14 mixed media painting with lots of Meow! She is wearing patchwork pants I created out of cute quality scrapbooking papers, and carries a little 3 dimensional purse. She even has a button sewn to her little sunsuit bib. She would be a delight for any kitty cat collector, and right at home in a childs room or nursery, pediatricians office, or just anywhere! She has been sealed, and all the edges have been painted so she is ready to hang.

 

Happy Flea Market Friday to everyone!

 

Change....

That's what I've been thinking about today. I was so sad about the election results, but so thankful I live in a country where we can have differences of opinion and can vote our hearts and beliefs. So, what can I change? Me! That's it...just me!

I must change my focus and my attitude. while maintaining my beliefs. I will pray for this new president and his family. I didn't vote for him, but supporting him with my prayers is the right thing to do. I will not make fun of him, as some tend to do of the President when elections don't go their way. I will strive to remember the authority of the office, and the respect the office of President is due. May God bless President Barack Obama, and lead him in making crucial decisions for our country.

It has been my honor since having children to teach them about voting. Back in my foster parenting days, I would load up all six children, and take them to the voting booth. I wanted them to see voting in action and  know there were men and women who died for the right for our citizens to vote. I am proud to say all three of my grown children voted in this election, and my two youngest are voters in training. My daughter, who was born in China, and my son of Panamanian heritage look forward to the day when they can vote in this wonderful country of the USA!

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Okay...so back to life with a new perspective. God is still in control, and there is beauty all around. I wanted to take pictures of the kids under the one tree that makes our yard look like Fall. It is a beautiful golden buttery yellow. Unfortunately, it was almost dark, and after baseball practice. The kids were tired, giggly, and goofy. The picture turned out grainy, but it's still a funny picture. I had to make it black and white just to see anything very well. So much for the yellow buttery tree, but hurray for a funny memory.

 

I found an old tin of buttons in an antique store, and for some odd reason was inspired to wash them. I let them hang out in the sun to dry out. I cannot tell you how much these buttons stink...AFTER I washed them! Now, that they are thoroughly dried out, I can live with it, but what was up with that? Is this the smell of bakelite? Someone said bakelite smelled like pickles.

As a tea-aholic, I drink lots and lots of Lipton decaffeinated diet tea with lemon. If it's bad for me, don't tell me, I'd rather not know! ha ha! I don't want to give it up.I can't give it up, I tell you! I've been saving tea jars with the idea of painting the lids pink and aqua and some pretty vintage colors. Then decorate the jars cutesy and fill them with buttony goodness, or scraps of ribbon, doodads and such. These will sit in my art studio (the non-existent art studio at the moment) and provide me inspiration and organization. It is a work in progress. I could hardly believe the amount of tea these jars represent (and how many visits to the lady's room)!

 

Okay, I feel better now. Blogging is therapeutic for the soul!

Check back for Flea Market Friday and see what I have up my sleeve. You just might want it!