Box of Happy

Another tale from a 'big box of happy'...coming from my mum. You see, from time to time my mother gathers up bits and baubles that she thinks I might like. Perhaps a yard sale, a neighbor's uncluttering, ebay, or even her own stash of goodness.

When she has enough things to fill a box, she then sends them off to me. I receive them with a little happy dance and then savor the process of going through the box of delights.

I thought I would share the latest. I wish we could get some decent light around here. We had a sun break yesterday but, I used the opportunity to work in the garden instead of photographing.

A whole lovely mess of vintage linens, pot holders and some much desired vintage wooden hangars!

And then this treat...

I love this little Japanese tray and coaster set in mint vintage condition along with those bright red knitting needles with wee wooden tops! Both of these items are from my mother's own collection and I am just pleased as punch that she wanted to share them with me.

The linens need a good soaking and washing before I decide their fate, but I look forward to that kind of laundry.

Speaking of my dear mum, she is coming to visit later this week and we are quite excited to see her!

I will be back tomorrow to hopefully show you what me and my machine have been getting up to.

Give Away Winner!

Thank you for all your entries and sharing some music and info about yourselves. It was so fun to read all the comments and I discovered a few new tunes as well.

I numbered your comments, excluding the Engineer's, a repeat, and a non-entry comment. Then cut up the numbers and put them willy nilly on our picnic table.

Now, a tennis ball with a bit of sticky tape.

The Engineer then did the honors.

Bounce!

The winner!

Number 23, Mama's Collection, you win the Zakka Sewing Book! Congratulations, please send me your address via email to lolanovainfo@gmail.com and I will put it in the post.

For those of you who didn't win, I will be having another give away soon, so keep checking back, and thank you for playing.
Have a great day!

Today is Backwards Day

Wednesday was Crazy Hair Day.

Next Wednesday is Graduation Day!

This Fall, that beautiful little-big girl will be going to the 'big' school for Kindergarten.

Amazing!

By the way, she loved the pants...a lot.

There is still time to enter my Give Away!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Hot Pants

I should say, "Hot Pink Pants".

Pony Girl has no pants. Not entirely true but, all pants are looking as though she is prepared for an epic flood, or has gone into the plumbing business. She needs pants and she needs them now! So, what's a mama to do but, spend an hour (give or take) with some fabric scraps and some serious speed sewing. Mix it all together and you get crazy hot pink pants with some iffy dotty appliqué.


Excuse the dodgy photos, it's coming on summer here but, you wouldn't know it by the weather. Dark and dreary, wet and wetter...enough already!

While I don't love these pants, Pony Girl will... and I wont mind a bit if she mucks through the mud in them. I call that a success!

Hurray for pants!

A Rainy Day Song

The rain keeps falling and it's a quiet morning at the cottage. With my mug of coffee and my honey toast I put on a morning song.

Alela Diane is kind of a local gal, I got to see her live last summer and thought her songs were real pretty.

Here is the one I listened to today.

Give Away Monday!

To celebrate...

YOU!
I have one copy of this book to give away as an appreciation for all your commenting, visiting, sharing, and friendly goodness!

While I intend to keep this pretty simple, no tricky rules like tweeting, or following to get extra entries or the like. No, nothing of that sort but, what I would ask of you is this; please leave a comment on this post with a little tidbit of information about yourself. I'm not looking for a standard "Hello, my name is..." kind of thing. Nope. I want to know what music you have been listening to lately. Is there a song or a band that has you dancing, humming, dreaming or just making you happy? Tell me about it!

Commenting will be open until Saturday May 29th, after which I will devise some random picking method to draw a winner. I will announce the winner on Monday, May 31st. I will ship anywhere.

Happy Monday all!

Wanted Man

Due to the recent increase in the princess population, with nary a prince in sight...

The Lumberjack has found himself to be the object of some pretty pursuit. At first he relished the attention but, it all started to get a little intense. He found he couldn't go anywhere without a gaggle of gussied up girlies running after him.

On this particular morning, whilst out on a coffee run, he heard the tell tale giggling coming up behind him. Before he had a chance to spot an escape route, he found himself surrounded.

I wonder how he's going to get himself out of this little pickle?

Have a lovely weekend all!

There's a kind of hush...

Storm clouds are gathering, the air is slightly electric, the light is dim...
there is a kind of hush - before the rain falls, before the lightening strikes, before the thunder claps...

These flickr favorites feel a bit like that "hush".

1. Flowers for the garden III, 2. Flags, 3. Desperately Seeking Songbird, 4. Some Favorite Notions, 5. milky, 6. A Market Basket, 7. Bloomingville 3, 8. All Eyes Are on You, 9. Untitled