Easter Tag Swap Completed!!!

Above are the six beautiful Easter tags I received from Karen Payne, from Tattered Treasures . We were partners in the For the Love of Supplies Valentine swap where we filled decorated heart-shaped candy boxes with fun craft goodies for eachother. That was an awesome swap!! We decided to do a little tag swap together for Easter. I love the look of her tags!! She is going to teach me how to antique paper the way she does. I hung them on my aluminum tree I change out for the seasons. She also sent me some vintage trims and a red and white enamelware plate!! Thank you Karen!!

Here's what was in the green gingham package I posted a few days ago...Karen's tags!! I had a lot of fun making these!!

I tore these blue flowers off of a hat I bought at an estate sale recently. I have a ton of these flowers and I just love them!!
This fabric yo-yo is turned upside down and glued into a small treat cup. I added a vintage blue button to complete the flower.
I found this old image of these gals on flickr in a collage group where you may freely use the images for art. These girls looked so proud of their bonnets!! The end of this vintage cupcake pick popped right off and made this bunny the perfect embellishment for the tag.
This print came out of the cutest arithmatic book I bought that was printed in the 1930's. At the top of each page is a picture of something super cute for the kids to color and look at while they do the problems.

There are pages about each holiday, it is so fun!!
This music sheet background came from the flickr collage group as well. It was posted by my friend, Heidi, for others to use. The sweet little girls came from there as well. It was so fun to dig through all of my trims and see what looked good together while I made these tags for Karen. Too much fun!! Pull a bunch of your own supplies out and make some tags...you will really enjoy it!! Love, Kristin

I Have Been Tagged by Sarah from Experiment Land

6 interesting or quirky things about me? Hmmmmmm.....well....
1. I never wear socks. I only wear flip flops or slip on shoes that don't require socks. Living in Southern California has a lot to do with it I am sure. However, because of this, my heels are a mess and I am always in desperate need of a pedicure. I have heard all the remedies, I just don't choose to do any of them!! The thought of sleeping in socks is so gross to me, and even more so with vaseline on my feet!
2. I am addicted to Chipotle!! I'm serious, there are times where I just have to get in my car and start driving there. If you haven't been...go immediately. My standard order...a bowl with ciantro rice, black beans, chicken, salsa, corn salsa, cheese, and sour cream. Aren't their chips so yummy too? My family is super sick of me dragging them there...but they still go!!

3. I have a kinda weird ritual of putting one of the two Father of the Bride movies on when I am about to start cleaning the house. I don't like to clean the house and somehow putting a movie on helps. It has great music and I can catch some Martin Short moments that just kill me!! It just became a habit. I will also do the same with The Grinch.

4. I want to write childrens' books. I am in the process right now of studying up on the subject and am excited to submit some stories soon. This means I spend lots of time in Barnes and Noble reading books(with coffee). Fun fun fun!

5. I love to crack knuckles. I will crack anyone's knuckles who will let me. My husband gives in occasionally, but the best sport is my son, A. Cracking backs is fun too, but I better leave that to the professionals.
6. I am a Christian and love for others to meet Jesus as their personal Lord and Savior. If you want to know Him today and know that you will go to heaven when you die, click here.

That finishes it for me, and I now tag the following people:
1. Karen of Tattered Treasures .
2. Heidi of Vacuuming in High Heels and Pearls

Farmers' Market Fun

My friend Mandi invited me to the Oceanside farmers' market today. We took a break from work and went to check it out. It is a small market, but there are lots of fresh fruits and veggies to buy! I brought my basket and filled it up with the yummies above. I don't think you can see the chunk of chocolate fudge I bought that is so delicious. We also shared a crepe with strawberries, bananas, and nutella. Whenever nutella is involved, there is never time for a picture~ it is gone too fast!!!
These are my 2 youngest girls on the outsides, E &A, and their super good friend,K ,sandwiched in the middle. Hey~ they're always up for a field trip in the middle of the day.
We also stopped at the post office to mail off a swap package. I'll show ya what's inside that little package soon. Love, Kristin

My hutch is Irish!!

My little white hutch begged me for a cream and green makeover. She wanted to be just like Rise's hutch. They always have to match!! Easter is coming soon too though, so she will be changed out for Easter in a week or so. I picked up this set of cream china last year at an estate sale for $15.00. I had no idea what I would do with it, but it has come in handy! It went out on loan to my friend Rebecca for her Thanksgiving table last year, and it works perfect for mixing with green. It has tons of crazing and I just love how it looks old. It is very thin and delicate also.

I found these cute leprachauns at a sale in a senior community once. When those types of sales are listed in the paper, I am always there!! Great place to find vintage Christmas items, crocheted pot holders, recipe boxes filled with recipes!
Last weekend when I had the chance to hang out with my friend Sarah, she gave me this old postcard. Thanks Sarah! It is so fun to throw these things together in little vignettes. I spotted the jadite cream and sugar in my kitchen and threw it into the mix and liked it.
I made this banner in 30 minutes or so from printed postcard images off a holiday vintage postcard images cd I bought on ebay a few years ago. It is so easy to make fun things when you have this type of cd to use!! I printed on regular paper and backed the images with scrapbook paper. I whole punched each one with two whole and wove some cream satin ribbon through. So easy!! Rise', don't be sad that your hutch doesn't have a banner, because I am putting one in the mail to you on Monday. :0)

We are off to the opening day of baseball today...hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. Love, Kristin

Sweet Little Nest Swap

I can show you the things I sent Heidi now that she has received her package. The Sweet Little Nest Swap was a big success...so many cute nests were made by all the different gals that joined the swap. You can peek at the on flickr if you do a search for "Sweet Little Nest Swap" under groups. Swaps are so much fun, if you have never tried...why not? If you want help to find one to join, leave me a comment and I will help you. Anyway, this adorable bird couple found their way to this darling, vacant cage and moved in. I wanted to use this Bible verse, because it is so sweet and to remind us all that we are so blessed to have our spouses and all of our friends too!

Good Finds!!

That little blue pyrex bowl completes my set! I love this crocheted red and white blanket with hearts, it reminds me of my beloved pot holder collection! Crocheted clothes pin holder, vintage orange juice pitcher and glasses, milkglass pie dishes, cream pottery, red and white enamelware, and all the cute spiral birthday candles a girl could ever want!
These needle packs were all in a bag with lots of vintage sewing notions
for $3.00. Yay!!
Picked (haha!) these vintage cupcake picks up too!!

So here is the story of my weekend...it was amazing. Friday was supposed to be a very productive day for me. On the list was cleaning the house to get ready for our regular friday night party of the husbands playing music and Mandi and I playing scrabble, going to Bible study, and turning in my daughter's high school application for next year. Then....all that changed when Mandi called early in the morning to tell me there were LOTS of sales in the newspaper. The addict in me came out, and all responsible behavior went out the window! We were off to the sales...and we did find lots of treasures! Saturday morning my husband and I dropped our son off for his baseball game. We had a half an hour to kill before the game started and wondered around the Carlsbad neighborhood we were in and hit a few garage sales! Then, as if that were not enough for a 24 hour span of time, I had plans to spend the rest of Saturday with an old friend from college, Sarah. I had mapped out a whole route for us to hit...and lunch...and even a pedicure. I was so spoiled!! It is amazing how many places you can go in a day when not toting 4 kids! We went to 4 garage sales, 2 thrift stores, an antique store, and 3 barn sales in Fallbrook. Phewwwww! After all of that, I am coming up for air and taking the month of March off! Hope you enjoy seeing all the finds! Did anyone else find anything great over the weekend? I would love to know about it! Love, Kristin

Sweet Little Nest Swap!

Here is my nest from Heidi-I love it!
Little packages for my little birdies with chocolate eggs tucked inside.
More adorable goodies from Heidi!
These really take the cake!! Oh the possibilities of words to spell here!

Thank you so much HEIDI from Sweet Woodruff Acres for the best package in the whole world. I love everything she sent so much!! It was so fun opening up this package with my kids. Boy were they surprised there was something for them too! Everything had such a cute theme of nesting running though, and lots of scrabble tiles, which is perfect for me because scrabble is my favorite game and I play every Friday night. (and any other chance I get!) THANK YOU HEIDI...you rock bigtime!!!