whatever you do, do with all your heart, as to the Lord. Col.3:23
It’s giveaway time again! But before we get to the details of that lets read a bit about dining and look at some pics of pretty dinnerware!
From the dawn of time, dining has been a necessary and important part of life. Even in the Garden of Eden there was food – and OH what food it must have been! God placed Adam there and told him to tend it and watch over it. And eat of it too!
Click through on this one! You won’t want to miss it!
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Whew. What a weekend. I have to admit it was rather fun being a vendor instead of just a shopper! Getting in early by just waiving a parking pass. Seeing the first of the shoppers wind their way through the booths. Seeing all the great stuff displayed by so many wonderful vendors. Just being in on the behind-the-scenes, learning a bit more about the ins and outs of a pop-up shop. Spending time with my friend who set up shop with me. She’s the sweetest thing and it has been so fun working with her. We set up together at The Brick Farmhouse Event in 2011. We wanted to do Springfield last year but neither May nor September worked for me. And now here we are a year later with one Springfield show under our belts!
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Heading out early this morning to finish the last minute prep for the show… and to make sure the wind and rain didn’t destroy our set-up! Here are some quick pics I shot for you before I loaded up.
Read More … Lots of pics of my stuff!
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Today I am loading up all my vintage finds, makeovers, and handmade stuff I’ve been stockpiling the past 2 weeks and setting up shop at the Springfield Ohio, Flea Market Extravaganza. You can find me and my friend Marcy among the Vintage Marketplace’s outdoor spaces. We would love to see you there!
I thought I’d share some pics from a year and a half ago when I did my first ever pop-up shop at ‘The Brick Farmhouse Event’, my friend Kara hosted at her home.
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It started out as a new roll of wire reinforcing for putting in concrete. It was purchased to be used in a DIY concrete sidewalk project that never materialized. So it languished away by the side of the barn through Summer’s thunderstorms, Autumn’s leaves, and Winter’s ice and snow.
And slowly it gained this wonderfully rusty, beautiful patina. Patiently it waited, longing to be noticed, wanting to shout about how lovely it had become and how perfect it was for some fun project.
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Just when I think I’m ahead of schedule I decide I’m actually behind.
Just when it seems I’m getting almost to the finish line, I remember a few more things I wanted to do.
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Four years old, with dirt on my face I’d been out in the backyard
pickin’ dandelions all day
I burst through the front door when I’d gathered enough
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My internet is finally back up and running. After hours on the phone, 3 different modems, and a tech out for an hour they finally changed a password and viola! it worked. Go figure. Why couldn’t they have tried that on Monday morning when I was on the phone with them the first time? Seriously. The tech didn’t do anything I hadn’t already done. Oh well, I’m just glad it’s back.In the ‘down’ time I managed to get quite a few projects finished up for the Springfield flea market. One week from today we will be setting up there!! Woo-Hoo! I’m praying for clear skies and perfect temps 
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My internet went down last night. One of my pet peeves is being without internet. It didn’t bother me too much last night, I just figured I’d get up and post to my blog early this morning.
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He was going to be all that a mortal should be.
Tomorrow.
Now one should be kinder or braver than he.
Tomorrow
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I like this house I live in. It has become the place that is home to me. I share it with my husband and our three girls. It’s where I want to be most of the time. It’s where I want to go to when I’m somewhere else. It’s comfortable. It’s mine. It’s familiar. It’s just home.
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The giveaway has ended and I just have to tell you how overwhelmed I am at the response. The last giveaway I did that was just from me, just for fun was a couple years ago at least. I was delighted then to have about 25 comments! This time there were over 100 comments 
Thank you so much to each and every one of you – you cannot know how much I appreciate you coming back here and supporting me!
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