~New Cupboard~

Finally got a cupboard for the dining-room. It is not the really big one that I showed on a past post here on my blog. As much as I really wanted that one…it was just too large to fit in our dining-room. We went to IKEA on Sunday and this is what I found…

This cupboard fits perfect in there!! It is very tall and narrow which is what this room needed. If you look closely, there is blue tape on the floor…that is where  we taped down the carpet until we can finish getting it ripped out.  We are taking it up a little at a time and we don’t want to take everything out of the living room and dining room while removing the old carpet…just moving furniture as we get to those areas. You can see the hardwood floor underneath the cupboard and it looks like the wood floors are in great condition.

Still working on getting the cupboard decorated the way I want it, but I’m liking how it is looking so far.

Love that I can actually store while displaying some of my dishes in there…now I have some extra space in one of my kitchen cabinets. I’m sure that I’ll be sharing more pictures as I’m still tweaking what I want to put in this cupboard. Not to mention…that I haven’t figure out what I want to display on the top of it.

Also want to give you a peek at a couple of the goodies that I sent to Gina of “Cat Nap Inn Primitives” for her birthday. I made her the pincushion and the spool with the tape measure ribbon & charms on it for her sewing room.

I sent her a few other goodies too…she posted about them on her blog and showed where she displayed them if you want to hop over and take a look.

Until next time….        blessings, Cindy

~Simple Little Pleasures~

Simple little pleasures that make me smile…

~A new white pitcher to add to my collection.~

~A crochet doily under the lamp.~

~An antique white wood plate with a tin center.~

And the greatest little pleasure of all…

~My precious 3 1/2 month old grandson holding up his head.~

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.  Mr D and I are heading to the airport on Saturday evening to pick up my sister…she has been in CA visiting her daughter and granddaughter for the last month. I’ve missed her and can’t wait to see her!!

Until next time….      blessings, Cindy

~My Flea Market Finds or Not~

I mentioned in my last post that we were going to go to the big Flea Market Extravaganza this past weekend. Well, we did and let me share with you some of the things that I was looking for…

~Old watch pieces and lace trim to use in my crafts and jewelry making.~ I did find some, but it was not cost-effective for me to get them. I used to have a supplier, but they are not in business anymore…so I will keep looking.

~White Pitchers~ I have been looking for some bigger white pitchers to add to my collection. I have several small and medium size ones, but only a few that are large in size. Well…..I only saw a few at the flea market and couldn’t afford them. So, I will keep looking at the thrift shops and GW…which is where I got the one is this picture.

~A large wooden goose.~ I actually found a vendor that had a few large geese…but those huge geese had really huge price tags!! The cheapest one was $595.00!! Guess I will continue looking for one of these too.

So….there was no flea market goodies for me. I did pick up a small wood sewing spool that is a part of a gift that I’m making for a friend. And Mr. D & I picked up an antique typewriter for $20.00 for our youngest DD for her home office. She loved it!! Flea Market finds for me or not…we had a fun day!!

Until next time…..       blessings, Cindy