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A Present, Egg Cups, Square #32

April 1, 2010 at 1:18 pm by Claudia

I have been the happy recipient of two packages this week. One – from Jodie – I wrote about yesterday. The other arrived on my doorstep during the torrential rains on Tuesday. My wonderful friend Brenda of Cozy Little House sent me a present. By the way, it came via Susan’s shop at The T-Cozy – another favorite blogging friend.


Oh. my. gosh. McCoy – in pink! Pink McCoy is harder to find out there and I don’t have this piece. Needless to say, I am thrilled. Thank you, dear Brenda, for this lovely, thoughtful gift. If you are not familiar with Brenda’s blog, you can click the link above or on my sidebar. You will be happy you dropped by. Brenda writes beautifully and has the most wonderful house and garden, as well as some beautiful and beloved pets. I am so grateful that we have become good friends.

How about some more egg cups? It is Easter time, after all.


These sweeties are mostly decorated with chicks and ducks. The one on the left, however, has two dogs holding up the cup. I forgot to post the egg cup sitting on the pink McCoy along with the other bunny cups. I’ve always loved this one because the bunny reminds me of Scout. The egg cup in the foreground with the two yellow chicks was made for Fanny Farmer and was given to me when I was a very little girl by my godparents, Edith and Nick. Both Edith and Nick passed away recently. I held on to it all those years and it eventually sparked my desire to collect more.

I have a few more to share with you in the next few days.

Okay, square #32 – warning: I am not real happy with this one but it is what it is.

“Ode to my favorite baseball team, the Boston Red Sox.” I tried to copy the logo freehand – but the left sock looks like it is has stretched out. Reminds me of the sock I wore over my walking cast when I had a broken ankle! Oh well.

Filed Under: egg cups, stitchalong 24 Comments

Elyse, Jodie & Scout

March 31, 2010 at 9:48 am by Claudia

Boy did we have rain yesterday! Wind, rain, flooding and another long drive to and from the airport in the middle of it all. Today will be a tad gloomy and rainy and then tomorrow…sun and at least 70 degrees! Thank goodness. My dear pal Elyse has been coping with flooding in her basement. I saw on the weather channel that the area she lives in had a record amount of rainfall. Speaking of Elyse, I have been meaning to post about this article in Romantic Homes:


I’m so happy for her – you all know how much I adore her. She’s talented, smart, funny and just plain wonderful.

I am continually amazed by the talents of my fellow bloggers. One such blogger, Jodie of Everything Vintage, recently did a post about some jewelry she created. I fell in love with one of the necklaces and zipped right on over to her Etsy shop to order it.

It arrived the other day. It was so beautifully presented:


I saw the button card first – isn’t it lovely? And I love, love vintage buttons. Next was the necklace, wrapped in a hankie embroidered with a ‘C’, tied up with a beautiful ribbon and a pendant. What a beautiful way to present the necklace!


The back of the button card was signed by Jodie and the necklace came in this pouch.


Ah….there is the beautiful necklace! I love it, Jodie. In fact, I wore it that day, although I don’t think it was shown to its best advantage with the old sweatshirt I had on.

I used to be the kind of person who threw some wrapping paper on something and impatiently taped it together. Blogging has changed that. I am much more aware of creative presentation now. Oh, and I am getting the jewelry making bug. I haven’t really tried anything yet, but I think it would be so satisfying to gather up vintage elements and create some jewelry.

Square #31 – remember this photo?


The back of Miss Scoutie’s head. Here is square #31:


Scoutie’s head with the word ‘love’ because Scout is all about love.

Have a great day.

Filed Under: Elyse, Fellow bloggers, Scout 18 Comments

Rainy Day & Square #30

March 30, 2010 at 9:23 am by Claudia

Yesterday, today and tomorrow: rain. Today is windy, cold and rainy – a sinus-headachey kind of day. Begone, headache! The dogs are bored, I’m irritable – sounds charming here at the cottage, doesn’t it?

My Dad sent this photo of a coyote. Yes, a coyote that was right outside his door in Florida.


Great photo, Dad! I’m glad your new kittens stay indoors. I wouldn’t want them near this guy. My sister lives in the same area and says she sometimes sees them walking down the street.

I wanted to share a photo of my father-in-law:


This was taken last year while I was out in San Diego. I’m so glad I had the opportunity to spend time with him. I miss you, Lee.

Square #30:


A white wicker rocker on my porch.

Have a great day.

Filed Under: Dad, Lee, stitchalong 25 Comments

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