Xmas Treasures

For my dear friend Barb, I gave her little christmas treasures wrapped with old sheet music and vintage newspaper clippings. They were finished with a sash of ribbon and bits of sparkly jewelry. So pretty.... Barb did not want to open them up!

Curiosity Cabinet

Thank You Dottie Angel!

A few months ago, I helped out Janine at Uppercase Magazine stuffing envelopes and sewing stitching onto postcards for the new Dottie Angel book.

And to thank me for my helping hands, the artist herself Tif Fussell sent me a lovely hand-wrapped care package with a personalized note. It was a real treat opening up this treasure of goodies!

I am just thrilled that I was able to help out both of these very talented ladies. And I never thought doilies could be so cool.

Thank you Dottie Angel!

Studio Snippets

School House on the Prairie

As promised, here are a few more shots of the school house. There is just something about the color of weathered old wood that I just love — a perfectly muted brown grey. Unfortunately, the outside is covered in stucco, so not sure what year the school was built. Maybe the 40's or 50's? The inside walls are painted that hospital green color which I think was very popular back then.

It is too bad that my father has since passed away. I am sorry now that I never did think to ask questions such as "Where did the school house come from?" or "What year was it built?" Back then, my younger self did not have any interest in these kinds of things. Which is too bad. But that is life.

School House on the Farm

I grew up on a farm just outside of the little town of Quill Lake, Saskatchewan. My dad was a farmer, but he liked to collect and tinker with old cars in his personal time. Back in the late 60's, he had an old one-room school house moved to the farm to use as a shop for his tools and parts. As a kid, I never understood why he had a school house for a shop. Why did he not have a shop like everybody else? But now, I can have a greater appreciation for the fact that there is a school house on the farm. And not everybody can say they have that!

Button Love

I know that this post would be more appropriate for Valentine's Day. But I just happened to sort through my button collection this weekend and discovered a beautiful way to keep and display all of my pink vintage buttons. 

The heart shaped chocolate box was a treasure I saved from my mom when I was a little girl. When I was in Grade 6, I remember baking heart-shaped sugar cookies and decorating them with pink icing and presenting them to my school teachers in the staff lounge. I also distinctly remember lining the bottom of the box very carefully with wax paper. To this day, I am so grateful that my teachers returned the valentine's box back to me once all of the cookies were gone.