How I wish I could have been at this yard sale!

http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/07/27/ansel.adams.discovery/?hpt=Sbin

A fellow found two boxes of me 6.5 x 8.5 inch glass plate negatives of  Yosemite & San Fransisco taken by Ansel Adams!

He bought them for $45, worth 200 Million.

Scored this little guy at our local thrift shop.

Happy Monday!

Okay!

Some cool stuff that’s been on my mind, I thought it might be worthwhile enough to share!

• Angry Chicken’s new Mail order PDF! 16 Potions & concoctions and labels!
• The Complete Vegetarian Cuisine by Rose Elliot I checked this out from the library! It’s a fabulous book, we made the Mac & Cheese recipe last night.. so delicious!
• Men’s Knits by Erica Knight, also from the library! I think I must have been the first person to check it out! I’m excited about casting on one of the simple green “man” scarfs! Just need some yarn!
• Make your own Mini-Me at I am a Stuffed Animal .com very cute.. although probably just as easy to craft up at home!
• This pillowcase skirt I made, during nap time last week…. Just have to find the right occasion to wear it (I can’t stand wearing skirts to work)! I got the pattern idea from Sewing Green. The pillowcase was recently thrifted from my favorite Goodwill!

• These bogle face washcloths we crafted up for little baby friends, Etta loves her “prototype”, she likes to point at all the cute monster faces!

• Last but not least….VANCOUVER! We’re headed that way in a few weeks…. Etta’s first trip to Canada… we’ve been trying to decide what we want to see while we’re there! So if you have any suggestions… post them!

The other night we enjoyed a festive holiday party at one of my co-worker’s homes. Let’s just say she had 11 Decorated Christmas Trees! Yes, there was even one in her sewing room, jealousy was dripping off me. I managed to capture a few images, between the baby chasing, eating & pinata hitting!

We each got to take home one of these adorable elf’s, as our party treat!

I’m a sucker for gnomes.

The owl & fairy tree, this was one of my favorate trees! Covered in fairy, elves, birds and other flying creatures.

No holiday party is complete without a 13 month old Mrs. Santa Clause running a muck! Etta was dressed to impress in this GoodWill find for .99 cents! She even had on a pair of glittery Dorathy Shoes which I had been saving for a special occasion.

When Halloween’s over, Christmas begins, this weekend our local Goodwill Thrift Stores host their annual  Holiday Extravaganza. Each store own day special day to put out all their holiday goods, and the thrifters just go crazy!

Here’s what I picked up!

I just can resist 1)pink ornaments 2) young martha books and 3)gnomes/elfs/whatever those two cuties are!

I’ve also been keeping a look out for a little chair for our babe, today I hit the jackpot! A chair that’s also a  stepladder, made of wood  and  ORANGE!

The sweet lady who sold us the stool, also had a sister named Etta! So, we’ll just chalk it up to fate.