This particular combination is called the "happycheer 10 pak" - ten rolls of delicious colours and designs that I can honestly say make me feel pretty darned happy and cheerful!
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Happy Tape = Happy Girl
I came home last night to discover my order of Happy Tape stuffed inside my mailbox.
This particular combination is called the "happycheer 10 pak" - ten rolls of delicious colours and designs that I can honestly say make me feel pretty darned happy and cheerful!
If you'd like to order some for yourself, you can find all the various colours and designs here. Order them singly or in groups, did I mention I have a birthday coming up?! (two months today, but who's counting? Oh wait, I am!!)
This particular combination is called the "happycheer 10 pak" - ten rolls of delicious colours and designs that I can honestly say make me feel pretty darned happy and cheerful!
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Another Face
I am pleased to report that my face drawing skills (as taught by Jane Davenport in her online class called "Supplies Me") are definitely improving. I drew this one the other night after watching one of Jane's instructional videos and I like it so much, I'm afraid to draw another one, in case I can't do it again!!
Monday, September 26, 2011
Shopping at Aberfoyle
Why yes, as a matter of fact, I did pick up a few treasures at the Aberfoyle outdoor antique market the other day, besides the vintage photo album I told you about the other day.
I got a hardcover children's book that is Peter Pan on one side and Alice in Wonderful on the other. Funny thing is, when I got home, I discovered I already had one just like it - how did that happen? (so if anyone would like a copy, let me know!)
I got a bundle of french music books, wrapped in brown paper marked 1959 and deliciously aged (because Maria Von Trapp isn't the only one who has an affinity for brown paper packages tied up with string!).
I got a Partridge Family trading card, for nostalgia's sake. I remember collecting these cards when I was young, they came in a package with a stick of gum. It was a bit scary how many of them looked familiar as I flipped through the selection on hand to choose from. I liked this one because it has the whole family and the bus, and okay, yes, because Keith (a.k.a. David Cassidy) looked cute (as always)!
I got an old issue of Popular Mechanics and a LIFE Science Library book about Time that I had to have simply because I loved the watch face on the cover (for $2, I couldn't resist). It was published in 1966 and for all I know, the science inside is completely out of date by now but it's still quite interesting and the old photos are entertaining.
But the best finds came from a vendor who had several boxes of old envelopes, stamps, maps, black and white photos and various pieces of ephemera for sale at the fabulous price of 3 for $1.00. I spent a long time in his booth, going through what he had and I got tired long before I got through it all. For a grand total of $15, I got some old maps:
several old security envelopes (including one from the newspaper in my hometown postmarked 1955 with a five cent stamp attached), several of which are either filled or covered with stamps (I focused on North America):
and one which was filled with pictures of France (several of Mont Saint-Michel, which I wish to visit some day):
and a bunch of old B&W photos.
As you can see, I picked up lots of vintage goodies with which to create things in the days ahead!
I got a hardcover children's book that is Peter Pan on one side and Alice in Wonderful on the other. Funny thing is, when I got home, I discovered I already had one just like it - how did that happen? (so if anyone would like a copy, let me know!)
I got a bundle of french music books, wrapped in brown paper marked 1959 and deliciously aged (because Maria Von Trapp isn't the only one who has an affinity for brown paper packages tied up with string!).
I got a Partridge Family trading card, for nostalgia's sake. I remember collecting these cards when I was young, they came in a package with a stick of gum. It was a bit scary how many of them looked familiar as I flipped through the selection on hand to choose from. I liked this one because it has the whole family and the bus, and okay, yes, because Keith (a.k.a. David Cassidy) looked cute (as always)!
I got an old issue of Popular Mechanics and a LIFE Science Library book about Time that I had to have simply because I loved the watch face on the cover (for $2, I couldn't resist). It was published in 1966 and for all I know, the science inside is completely out of date by now but it's still quite interesting and the old photos are entertaining.
But the best finds came from a vendor who had several boxes of old envelopes, stamps, maps, black and white photos and various pieces of ephemera for sale at the fabulous price of 3 for $1.00. I spent a long time in his booth, going through what he had and I got tired long before I got through it all. For a grand total of $15, I got some old maps:
several old security envelopes (including one from the newspaper in my hometown postmarked 1955 with a five cent stamp attached), several of which are either filled or covered with stamps (I focused on North America):
and one which was filled with pictures of France (several of Mont Saint-Michel, which I wish to visit some day):
and a bunch of old B&W photos.
As you can see, I picked up lots of vintage goodies with which to create things in the days ahead!
Sunday, September 25, 2011
More Photos from Aberfoyle
Here are a few more photos from the outdoor antique market at Aberfoyle yesterday.
There were buggies, big:
and small:
and wooden letters, short and tall:
There were buttons and bottles and coins to delight:
and scary-faced baby dolls to give you a fright.
All manner of old things that were built to last:
like this Easy Bake Oven I remember from days past!
There were sleds and snowshoes, toys for one and all:
and of course a black jaguar watching over us all!
There were buggies, big:
and small:
and wooden letters, short and tall:
There were buttons and bottles and coins to delight:
and scary-faced baby dolls to give you a fright.
All manner of old things that were built to last:
like this Easy Bake Oven I remember from days past!
There were sleds and snowshoes, toys for one and all:
and of course a black jaguar watching over us all!
Saturday, September 24, 2011
I Almost Didn't
I almost didn't go to the last outdoor antique show of the season today. If I'd had to decide based on yesterday's heavy rainfall and forecast predictions, I would have stayed home. Luckily for me and everyone else at the show, including all the vendors with their fabulous goodies, the day dawned dry and by nine a.m., just as I was arriving at Aberfoyle, the sun was starting to come out. It ended up being a very warm, sunny day, perfect weather for strolling around looking at vintage and antique delights of all sorts.
I saw this exquisite old Japanese photo album at the first table I stopped at, right next to the admissions booth. The raised figures on the cover were made out of ebony and ivory, according to the vendor, but the price tag of $275 was way out of my reach.
I almost didn't even look inside, until she told me the pages were hand-painted on silk and that there were old postcards in there as well. Look how beautiful they were!
I almost didn't buy the next (and only other) vintage photo album I saw. It seemed way too large, measuring 13 inches tall, 11 inches wide and a full 3 inches deep. It's really heavy to lift and I told myself I just didn't need another album. But the cover design was so unusual, with all of the various images stamped in gold on the burgundy leather cover (a globe, a crescent moon, palm trees, something that looks like a sea serpent, a stork eating a snake - I assume the album is Oriental in origin from the design in the bottom right hand corner), I kept going back to see if it was still there and flip through the pages again (all of which are in good shape). In the end, I couldn't resist the $30 price tag and I ended up bringing it home with me.
I saw this exquisite old Japanese photo album at the first table I stopped at, right next to the admissions booth. The raised figures on the cover were made out of ebony and ivory, according to the vendor, but the price tag of $275 was way out of my reach.
I almost didn't even look inside, until she told me the pages were hand-painted on silk and that there were old postcards in there as well. Look how beautiful they were!
I almost didn't buy the next (and only other) vintage photo album I saw. It seemed way too large, measuring 13 inches tall, 11 inches wide and a full 3 inches deep. It's really heavy to lift and I told myself I just didn't need another album. But the cover design was so unusual, with all of the various images stamped in gold on the burgundy leather cover (a globe, a crescent moon, palm trees, something that looks like a sea serpent, a stork eating a snake - I assume the album is Oriental in origin from the design in the bottom right hand corner), I kept going back to see if it was still there and flip through the pages again (all of which are in good shape). In the end, I couldn't resist the $30 price tag and I ended up bringing it home with me.
Friday, September 23, 2011
Things I Didn't See Either
In a post today, my friend Kate McKinnon blogged about "things I have never seen", describing a nest that she hadn't noticed before today but that has probably been sitting in its current location for several months.
I had a bit of a chuckle to myself when I read this, only because I had a similar experience myself a month or so ago. In my case, I was stunned, shocked and totally surprised to be driving home along my street one early summer evening when I suddenly noticed that there are several medium-sized trees all along the boulevards that divide my street. The shocking, scary part? I had absolutely never consciously noticed any of these trees (and there are several) before in the more than two and half years that I have lived here.
Now, some trees on my street are young and quite straggly looking, like this one:
and if that were the case with these trees on the median strip, I could perhaps excuse it to myself.
Alas, this is not the case. Here are a couple of photos (not taken today, as it has been grey and/or very wet all day today) of the trees I am talking about:
As you can see, they are not newly planted trees, they are medium to large sized, healthy-looking trees with lots of foliage. I drive past and between them every time I exit or enter my building, which is let's say an average of a dozen times a week. How could I have never noticed them before?!!
And, as Kate says, it does beg the question, "what else am I missing?!". Perhaps, in my case, I should be asking, "am I going blind and/or completely losing my marbles???" Lord knows, some days it feels like that!
I had a bit of a chuckle to myself when I read this, only because I had a similar experience myself a month or so ago. In my case, I was stunned, shocked and totally surprised to be driving home along my street one early summer evening when I suddenly noticed that there are several medium-sized trees all along the boulevards that divide my street. The shocking, scary part? I had absolutely never consciously noticed any of these trees (and there are several) before in the more than two and half years that I have lived here.
Now, some trees on my street are young and quite straggly looking, like this one:
and if that were the case with these trees on the median strip, I could perhaps excuse it to myself.
Alas, this is not the case. Here are a couple of photos (not taken today, as it has been grey and/or very wet all day today) of the trees I am talking about:
As you can see, they are not newly planted trees, they are medium to large sized, healthy-looking trees with lots of foliage. I drive past and between them every time I exit or enter my building, which is let's say an average of a dozen times a week. How could I have never noticed them before?!!
And, as Kate says, it does beg the question, "what else am I missing?!". Perhaps, in my case, I should be asking, "am I going blind and/or completely losing my marbles???" Lord knows, some days it feels like that!
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Facebook Changes - Good or Bad?
If you use Facebook regularly, you know they are always updating certain things, changing things around, adding new stuff, all without telling anybody in advance so that one morning you log in and it looks a certain way and then you log in again after lunch and surprise! it's all switched up and there are all sorts of annoying little explanation boxes popping up everywhere that disappear too quickly that by the time you realize you'd like to read that box again, it's long gone. Just when you feel like maybe you're used to the latest changes, some you like, some you don't, they switch it all up again. Seems like the past few weeks, they've been doing a whole lot more of that and while some things seem a little better, other things are totally annoying and frustrating, especially when you can't figure out how to alter or remove a certain feature.
One of my FB friends posted this last night and because it so perfectly describes the way things seem to be with the FB administrators, I just had to share it:
One of my FB friends posted this last night and because it so perfectly describes the way things seem to be with the FB administrators, I just had to share it:
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