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Back At It

March 3, 2019 at 8:04 am by Claudia

The snow heading our way later today may be less than predicted. Originally the forecast was for 5 – 8 inches, then it was downgraded to 3- 5, and the weather app says the amount may be less than 3-5 inches.

Good news!

I didn’t sleep well last night. It took me a while to get to sleep, Don was snoring off and on, and I was coughing. Still. I don’t cough all the time, but I do still have some remnants of chest congestion. Sigh.

We’re headed over to Rick and Doug’s this morning for a brief visit. Doug’s daughters and baby granddaughter have been visiting over the past month. We were sick for so long that we couldn’t see them. Two of his daughters are preparing to head home, so we going to see them and the baby this morning.

I actually worked on the rescued dollhouse for a bit yesterday. Much of the work can’t be documented with a pretty picture as I was scraping excess glue out of every corner. I still have a lot more de-gluing to do. I straightened an interior wall. And in between, I found a sink in my stash and painted the taps silver.

I love this kind of sink. I had one in my apartment in Cambridge, though I didn’t appreciate it enough at the time. Now, I’d love to have one! I was playing around with it, wondering if it could fit into the dollhouse kitchen. It can, but it’s a bit cumbersome in terms of available space.

This dollhouse is going to be an English cottage. I know what I’m going to do with the outside, just haven’t started yet. It’s very small. You already know I’ve taken out the wall dividing the kitchen and the living space, so it will be one big room.

But I have to fit in a fridge and stove as well, and I don’t see how I can fit it all in unless I abandon the hutch (never!) so a smaller sink it may have to be.

So many questions that will eventually be resolved.

But the big thing is that I’ve started back in on the project!

Happy Sunday.

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Mom as Flower Girl

March 2, 2019 at 10:03 am by Claudia

When Vintage by Crystal has a blog sale, it starts at a certain time and you have to scan all the items quickly and then email them with your choices. Really  quickly. I’ve lost out on a few favorites because my email didn’t get there fast enough and it can be frustrating!

During the last sale, which was for Valentine’s Day, I sent an email with my first two choices, both of which I lost out on. My favorite was a spun cotton little girl whose face and hair reminded me of photos of my mother when she was a wee girl. When I heard I had just missed getting her, I was so sad. I ended up ordering something else, but in the course of our back and forth, I mentioned why I had wanted that little girl so much.

Then I got sick. It wasn’t until about two weeks later that I discovered an email that Crystal sent in response to mine. Somehow I’d missed it. Anyway, she said she had another copy of the face and that she would be happy to make one for me. I was so afraid that I’d lost out because I hadn’t seen the email, but it turned out that I hadn’t.

She arrived yesterday.

Isn’t she beautiful? My wee mom as a magical girl carrying a big pansy flower.

I love all my Vintage by Crystal pieces but this just might be my favorite. She’s currently sitting on the table to my left, right next to my blogging chair. Eventually, she’ll go upstairs to my pink cabinet, where other Vintage by Crystal pieces live, right along with some of my Roseville pottery.

Crystal is a lovely person and I was so touched that she would offer to make this for me.

I am in awe of Crystal’s whimsical imagination, the incredible variety of pieces that she makes – all this while raising two young children with her husband and partner in the business.

We had a little snow overnight but not much. The sun just came out.

Tomorrow night? That’s another story. We might get anywhere from 3 – 7 inches. And more later in the week. March is starting off with a bang.

Thanks for sharing your current reading matter with me. I hope that you got some ideas from other comments. I sure did.

Happy Saturday.

 

Filed Under: mom, Vintage by Crystal 22 Comments

Egg Cups and Books

March 1, 2019 at 11:15 am by Claudia

For a brief moment, I got excited when I saw an eBay listing for a Sneezy egg cup.

Then I realized that I had Sneezy and it was Sleepy I was searching for.

Darn it. Sleepy is very, very elusive. I’ve only seen Sleepy up for auction a couple of times. Each of those opportunities involved a seller who was auctioning off an entire set of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs egg cups.

And I don’t need the set. Just Sleepy.

Ah, well.

I’ll find him one day. This particular seller lived in Australia and was auctioning off both Sneezy and Happy, so if you’re interested, they’re up on eBay.

March is coming in like a lion. We’re supposed to get a lot of snow over the next two weeks, starting with 5 – 8 inches on Sunday night. March is almost always a snowy month around here, almost like Mother Nature is squeezing out as much snow as she can before April arrives.

And we’ve had our share of April snowfalls, as well.

At least we’ll be able to shovel this time around.

Another favorite egg cup:

The Artist Bunny Rabbit.

This was one of my earliest acquisitions. I still find it absolutely charming.

I saw my neighbor’s van this morning and remembered Don and I borrowing it to bring the egg cup cubby cabinet home. Thank goodness for generous neighbors! We have a lot of good finds around this cottage. I could reel off a list of them right now. But the egg cup cubby may be one of the best – at least for yours truly, though Don loves it, too.

It’s a slow and sleepy day here. I need to get motivated!

Let’s have a question for the day, one I love to ask. What are you reading at the moment?

I’m reading The Threat  by Andrew McCabe.

Happy Friday.

 

 

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