April 23rd

Hi Everyone
Spring is definately here! Grass is green, ferns are on the front porch and flowers are blooming!! Yey!

I got lucky at the thrift store today and found 2 rolls of Perma-seam seam binding, not full rolls but pretty colors..............I search almost every week and LOVE it when I find some! I also got a huge spool of vintage cotton ric-rac, its a fine ric-rac in a natural color....way better than the new ric-racs available today. I plan on selling it on ebay in 3 yard pieces...............

April 8th

Thankyou so much to Sparkling Scrapbooks for displaying some of my crepe paper frills on her blogspot, its great to see what people are using my frills for~ they looked wonderful around the edge of the photo!

Ilisted my tote bags and teabags on ebay last night..............hope they are popular!

April 8th

Wow, doesn`t time fly? April already!

I have decided to open an ebay store, it will be called `A Touch of Vintage Chic`. Please come and check me out! I have put the link at the top of the blog.

Now I need to come up with more ideas to fill it. I do have some things in the works~ I am excited about an idea I have using empty tea bags....................they come with one side open for filling with whatever you desire.............I plan to stamp the tea bags with some French vintage designs, fill with scented dried rose buds or dried peppermint leaves and heat seal the open side....................perfect for placing in drawers, glass bowls on the coffee table, hostess gifts or put one in you bathtub for an aromatic soak!!!!!!!!!!!!Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Another item in the works are French themed tote bags...........I have some great images to transfer to tote bags, napkins, placemats, etc....Look out for these NEW items!

Thanks to all who are following this blog.........I keep waiting for someone to send me a message or write a post.........come on y`all, don`t be shy.

19th March

I do not know if I mentioned it before, but I am from England. I have been here for 15 years, although it feels like way less.................I came in 1995, January, all on my own..........looking back I don`t know how I did it!.....................I am a nurse and came here to Savannah with an agency that found us our jobs and accomodations......there were nurses from Australia, South Africa and Ireland.

I must say, it took a while to adapt to life and nursing here, very different to England.

My contract was for one year, and now 15 years later, here I am with a husband, two lovely boys and a goldendoodle!.................

My husband works at a resturant, a very famous one actually.................it is called The Lady and Sons, it is downtown Savnnah, and owned by Paula Deen................you may have seen her on the Food Network....He has worked there for 14 years, before Paula was even famous, he is now the kitchen manager, but started back then as a line cook.......................we have been very fortunate and are grateful for it.

These are my boys ~ Thomas and Caleb, aged 11 and 8.

18th March

Good morning!

Hope you had a good St Patricks day. We live in Savannah, GA. one of the largest parades for this day. We, however, did not go, downtown is CRAZY!

Instead my husband and boys built a treehouse, a pretty cool one too. Now we have to decorate it!

In the mail yesterday came my 2nd set of vintage seam bindings ~ gorgeous. I have already listed some on ebay which I have stamped with French script. Very pretty colors, ones I probably would not have choosen had I bought it new.

How do you like my clothes pins? They come with a magnet on the back for the fridge ~ great for kids artwork ~sure is better than ugly plastic clips!

12th March 2010

Good evening

Another rainy evening in Savannah GA..........................wet footprints on the floor from my dog, Harry Bear.

I guess I never mentioned my dog before, he is a Goldendoodle, so cute...............GREAT with my boys! He is 4 years old and still acts like a puppy..we LOVE him so much!

My youngest son, Caleb, likes to take pictures of him all the time.

Does anyone else have a goldendoodle?

March 7th 2010

Good morning.

We had fun scouting yard sales yesterday, I was lucky enough ti find a Cath Kidston Home journal for a dollar! It is gorgeous, I`m so happy!

I woke up today and felt inspired to create something new.........................after a short while I came up with these...................

Crepe paper frills votive candle holders......neopolitan style, I have just listed them on eaby and we`ll see how they do............I think they are adorable, hopefully others will too!