Life in our little cottage in the country
Happy Birthday, Dad! My Dad is 86 years young today. This photo is of Daddy and I on a visit to meet Santa. Look at my Dad’s snappy hat! What a handsome guy my Dad is….I look pretty bundled up, don’t I? Our visits to Santa at our local department store, Muirheads, were always magical and we got to ride on a little train, too. I love this photo.
Wish I could be there with you, Daddy – I love you.
I have a serious case of the I Wants. I have wanted one of these vintage dress forms for so long! I see them everywhere in blogland. My fellow bloggers are so creative – they adorn their dress forms in jewelry, hats, clothing, you name it. The one pictured above is from the Barn Sale back in San Diego.
Of course, I have no idea where I am going to put it in tiny little Mockingbird Hill Cottage. But why bother dealing with such a silly worry? I would find a place…I would.
My preference would be vintage, but I have seen a few wonderful tutorials on aging a new dress form. That would certainly cost less and the ‘aged’ forms I have seen are wonderfully vintage looking. There is even a Vintage Dress Forms Flickr group. Such eye candy! (The forms pictured above are from Vignettes.)
A girl can dream….
MeetTressa. Tressa is my sweet doll with two left feet. I have written about her before, but I thought she deserved special attention on Pink Saturday. My friend Heidi and I found Tressa when we were antiquing. Heidi had her in her shop but I knew I would bring her home to MHC someday. I did. She really does have two left feet. At some point she must have needed a replacement leg and for some reason, the replacement leg had another left foot. When we purchased her, we were told that a true doll collector wouldn’t want her because of her two left feet. Well….you can understand why we immediately said, “We’ll take her!” And now she lives here. I adore her.
