A Bit of This and That.....

Last week I showed you 2 busts that I bought at a flea market.

Well, here is where they found a home in my Dining Room......


I like the white against the pink walls......



This is one of the lamp shades that I make to use on candle lights....

I love to use cameos, ribbon roses, lace and beads......


Here is another one in my Den....


Now on to some great buys while out shopping....

This is from the Christmas Tree Shop. It is from their Christmas in July line which is nautical in theme.
I took some of the shells off already and may take the rest off. I love the color of this bottle brush tree as I am planning to use color along with pink and other pastels in my Guest Room this Christmas season.
I think I will paint the picket fence pink.....


For more Christmas Treasures that I found recently, Please click HERE to visit my Christmas Blog...

At A.C. Moore's, I bought these for $1.00 each!!
There are 2 pot holders in each set.
Perfect for my red Kitchen.......


Also at A. C. Moore's were these rolls of lace for $1.00 each!


And tags and little bird's nests on Clearance....


Now on to some Flea Market finds....

I bought about 12 of these ....

Will be giving them a coat of pink and some gold and some ivory paint and dabble them up for my Holiday Craft Fairs that I will be participating in....

A darling little tea pot.....


And you all know that I can not resist a Tree......

I will do something a bit fancier with the base......

And love these Burgundy Chair Seat Covers. There are 4 of them....


And I just love this one......

I do need to clean it but I wanted to get this post done....

Isn't this the cutest thing????


I am going to find a place to display this little baby in my Craft/ Sewing Room. I have seen so many creative spaces after visiting Where Bloggers Create and have seen so many vintage sewing machines nicely displayed in so many Studios and Craft Rooms........

We donate to Habitat for Humanity and they sent me this cute little Bear named Sawyer!!


As for a garden update....
Things were really beginning to dry out with the 90+ degree weather we had been having. Then on Monday the heavens opened up and we had 2-3 inches of rain in one day. Other parts of my area had 6 inches and flooding problems!!

I showed you several critters in my garden...

first a chipmunk,

then a ground hog in my next door neighbor's yard

and now this is the latest addition to my garden critters.....



I know garter snakes are good and eat spiders and insects and mice BUT I am no lover of snakes!!!!

When my parent's built the house that I lived in from 4 years old on til when I married, it was a new development which had been an orchard. We had black snakes and also copper heads which are poisonous...... I don't like snakes!!!!



This weekend is our Church Festival. I hope to take some pics to show as we are going on Friday. I am working the rest of the weekend at the hospital but Joe is helping out working the Big 6 Wheel.

We also do a Theme Basket Raffle where we have about 40 different Theme Baskets made up and donated by parishioners.
Here is a pic that I took showcasing what I put in my Tea Time basket that I made up....

I forgot to take a pic of the basket all done up. I hopefully will remember on Friday evening.....

I now want to draw your attention to something that I think all women should be concerned about...
Brenda over at Cozy Little House did a very powerful post during the week entitled "A Tribute to Maria". It is about physical and emotional spousal abuse and Maria's last words.

This post triggered for me very upsetting memories.....

My sister's best friend was Maryann. Maryann lived directly in back of my sister. My Sister, Barbara , was God Mother to one of Maryann's daughters and Maryann was God Mother to my niece Lynn. My Hubby Joe is Lynn's God Father.

24 years ago this month, Maryann was stabbed to death with a butcher knife in her kitchen while getting ready to go to work , by her husband, while their 2 young daughters slept upstairs. He then left the house and drove to the State police barracks and turned himself in stating that he had just murdered his wife. When the State police arrived, the girls were still sleeping and they were kept upstairs so until the crime scene could be secured before they could be taken out of the house and into the arm's of their maternal grandmother who lived next door. Those girls hung out the windows of their bedrooms screaming and crying that their mother was murdered by their father to family and neighbors below.

Yes, my sister was interviewed by the Police and yes, she told them that he was insanely jealous and was very controlling but unfortunately, it was too late. He later went to prison and died in prison. Every dog has his day......

There was a nurse that worked at the hospital where I work that was shot to death by her boyfriend in the driveway of his parent's house as she picked up their daughter after a visitation. She died in front of her 2 year old daughter.

One of my good friends that I worked with was married to a lunatic. She left him twice and eventually divorced him. We actually had escape routes planned at work because we feared that he would come into the hospital at night when we were working and blow us all away , looking for her.

So maybe you are not a victim but maybe you know someone. If you do , please try to help them before it is too late and they suffer the same fate as Maria. and many , many others.
To read a Tribute to Maria, please click HERE

I am linking up to these great parties:

Home Sweet home

Show and Tell Friday

Thrifty Things Friday

Pink Saturday

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday

Rednesday

Vintage Thingie Thursday

Please stop by and visit these wonderful hostess's and some of their party participants!!

Thanks so much for stopping by to visit today!!

Hugs,
Debbie