Missing them already......
My parents just left this afternoon and I miss them already. We had such a fun visit and antique shopping was a big part of that fun! Above is my mom and my sweet little guy.
He is so good to always pose for me and my millions of photos I take! This store always has so many wonderful goodies both inside and outside as you can see.
It was inside this store I found an amazing bargain. I found this gorgeous 16 X20 oval wood frame for only $10!!! I had them hold it while my mom and I looked around the store for more treasures. When I was ready to pay the man who worked there said "Oh, that has already been paid for by a benefactor- and admirer of yours." I looked at my Mama and said "DAD!!" Apparently, while we were busy shopping he was busy buying this for me. I thought he was just at the counter showing off his grandson! How sweet is that? Thanks Dad!!
Next is my new VERY favorite antique store! This place was loaded with all sorts of goodies that I love! Dreamy, isn't it? All the lovely shades of white?? It had lots of booths full of colorful goodies, too!It was in this store I found another treasure that I have recently been searching for........
this sweet carnival doll!!! My sweet Mama bought her for me. Isn't she SO cute??
I made her a little dress of lace and gave her some pink feathers for her hair.
I love this booth at yet another antique mall, but the prices were very high, so I just look here for fun and inspiration.
Oh, and here are some yummy colored vintage prom dresses. I loved the pink one in front. Sorry I didn't get a better photo. I wanted to take it home with me but it wasn't exactly in my price range!
Here are a few of my sweet Mama's beautiful vintage finds.....
Actually, I found these beauties for her. We were in a booth and I saw a huge wardrobe and I said "I wonder if anything is in here" but in my head I was thinking there wouldn't be. But there was! I found a big ziplock full of vintage millinery flowers! We went through them and each bought a few of the best ones. What a fun and lucky find!!
Here is a plate I gave my Mama for her birthday and some more of her vintage finds.
She found the entire set of rhinestone jewelry above for only $4- wow!! I guess the Antique's Fairy was watching over us and guiding us to the prettiest goodies and the best bargains!! LOL!!
Thanks for the fun time Mama and Dad!

Heartiest Greetings, dear blog friends!My sweet Mama and I have been having so much fun! I have lots of pretty photos to share today! First are the photos from my favorite antique mall. I love the pretty pastels, the lovely creamy whites and that great piece of wrought iron fencing!Mmmmm!! Look at those wonderful chippy aqua doors!!Oooohh!! A pretty in pink prom dress!!See that pretty white vintage flower basket in the photo above? I bought it! And see the pretty pink frosted window in the photo below? It is so much prettier in person. I wanted to buy that , but it was quite pricey.I fell in love with this gorgeous table! Isn't it the most perfect shade of aqua?! I pretty much wanted to buy everything you saw in those photos above, but here is what I was lucky enough to come home with. A large doily with the prettiest crochet trim, these lovely ribbons and this gorgeous pile of vintage laces- all for only $6!!
Here is the white vintage basket I told you I bought, filled with my favorite vintage millinery flowers!And I also got this cute little flower frog. I love using them to show off old postcards and photos!
My sweet Mama bought me this amazing vintage frame that I adore!! She also bought me this super cute lantern at Hobby Lobby!
We will be going to a few more antiques stores next Saturday so check back for more fun photos!

I'm so happy!!

My Papa and mama have arrived! My sweet mama has brought some photos of the new artwork she has been working on and I LOVE it all!! Her artwork is so pretty and sweet!! She just uploaded her new collages to her flickr account. Click ALittleBitMagic! if you would like to check it out. Here are a few sneak peeks of her work.......

Soon she will be uploading photos of her beautiful jewelry and original oil paintings, too! I will let you all know when she does!

Egg hunting and house cleaning....A fun Easter was had by all here at our house. It was my 3-year-old's first time dying Easter eggs and he loved it!The boys had the best time hunting for eggs!
Today I am busy cleaning my little cottage in preparation for my parent's visit. They are coming to stay for a week or so and I can't wait!Here is a photo of my sweet Mama and me. We always have the best time and we always visit our favorite antique stores when she visits. This time I will bring along my camera and show you some photos of some of my favorite antique stores!
Well, I'm off to scrub and clean.... if only I had this cute red and white polka dress to wear while I 'm doing so!

Happy Easter!! Welcome Spring!!Just a few photos of my hutch decorated for Easter and Spring!! These are a few of my favorite things...
Pretty spools of thread, vintage flowers, sparkling belt buckles, a vintage clock....
a sweet bunny, chintz, lovely and sweet vintage cards.....
my McCoy vase in the perfect shade of aqua blue and a favorite vintage corsage flower...
more sweet vintage postcards and a sweet pink and blue pie bird that I adore.....
a lovely rose pitcher and sweet vintage teacup............a sweet little girl all ready for an Easter egg hunt and pretty plate and creamy vase....a gorgeous heart made from the prettiest rose fabric my sweet mama made for me......
and lastly, a thrift store find, this lovely birdcage! It was an awful dark green so I painted it a pretty shade of aqua blue and how perfect that it came with the sweet pink birdie already inside!! (and I just realized I forgot to take out the ugly old dark green feeder cups and reattach the bottom of the cage! I get so impatient when I want to photograph things!) Hope you all have a wonderful Easter day with your families and happy Springtime to you!!
Michelle

Happy Easter!!Who me? No photos of a hutch decorated for Easter? The girl who redecorates her hutch at least every couple of weeks? Surely, there must be some mistake! Easter is two days away! Well, I'll see what I can do about that. For now, here are a couple of sweet Easter postcards. Hope you all have a wonderful Easter!! Oh, I almost forgot to tell you I haven't posted for so long because my computer was broken, but all is well with it now (hopefully!) so will be posting more soon!