Thrift Store Scores!

I have an obsession with hitting up thrift store after thriftstore. Lately I've been lucky finding things that just leave me feeling tickled pink. Picking up cute fun junk always seems to make my day.

Check out my latest finds!






These in particular make me smile. I remember my grandmother used to give me vintage cards for all holidays and they were just so cute I couldn't resist snatching these up!

What is the best thing you've ever found at a thriftstore or garage sale?

Big Eyed Children Prints

I've always been fascinated by these big eyed kids prints that I find during my thriftstore adventures and I found this really neat blog today that features Medeiros prints. There never seems to be a lot of information out there about these old pieces of collectible gold and I wanted to share it with you.

Here are the two prints that I have in my collection.





Make sure you check out the other section on the blog page to see other neat big eyed artists! I always hope to come across these at thrift stores in the future!


You can find the blog here:
http://medeiros.weebly.com

Let's Go Fly a Kite! Up to the highest height!

I want to talk about kites.

I have fallen in love with kites this spring. They let me be outside in the open air to look at the beautiful blue skies - to feel the sun on my skin. I'm going to live it up this summer because I feel that I missed last summer due to pregnancy and my gall bladder problems.

I purchased this beautiful kite. I love it so much. I think that I'm going to start collecting kites. Only a few - I don't want to go ever board like I have with my beads. They aren't TOO expensive - and I don't need too many. The first one I bought was a 2 handed kite and i just couldn't handle it. It was too wild and there were too many strings to deal with. So I went back to basics and purchased this simple well made kite and I'm very happy with it.




Almost there kite! Just a little higher.


Here she is in action. I think each kite I buy should have a pet name. What should I name this one? Tell me what I should name this kite on my jewlery fan page and get entered to win a free pair of earrings!
Name my kite here:
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Beautiful Days

Today the hoarfrost on the trees was absolutely AMAZING. It would have been a shame not to get out so I got Evy out on his sled and we went around the block. BOY is it hard to pull a sled on the cement. There isn't snow all the way around the block, on the streets and sidewalks. Evy tipped over in the sled at one point. Poor boy :( I was trying to pull him through snow that was too deep. He got a big cold wet faceplant into the snow. I was very suprised he didn't cry. I picked him up dusted off his face and wrapped him back up in his blanket and put him back in the sled. What a trooper!

By the time we were walking back home the frost on the trees had started to melt. But I got a few amazing photos <3






Compared to what it is like here normally we've barely had ANY snow this year. It's kind of odd being able to go outside a bit, not wearing a toque or mitts. I think we're going to have a hot dry summer. Or a very wet summer because we've had no snow this winter.

Welcome

Hello all, this is the premiere post for my new blog called "Sweet Things". I decided that starting a fresh new public blog would be a great way to start off 2010! I hope to use this blog to feature fun shops, host contests, post fun photos, and to pick out all the little sweet things in my life. I hope that you will enjoy this new blog and share it with your friends too.

Lots of love and Happy Holidays,
exousia