A Game

O.k. this is a game I play sometimes...just in my own head...but it is oh-so-fun! I'm guessing it's not just me that plays this game, but I suppose I could be wrong. I like to think this doesn't make me materialistic but rather a "dreamer" ;) since after all, if I really wanted to DO this and not just PRETEND to do it, I could. I'd have to charge up a credit card or sew my fingers to the bone, night and day, but heck, I could do it!

No, I'm not playing poker in my head. :) Are you curious? Have you guessed my game? It's called, "If I Had One Thousand Dollars." Ah yes...you HAVE played this, haven't you? I knew it! Or it's close cousin, "If I Had Five Thousand Dollars" or "If I Won the Lottery"? Well just for fun I'm going to play this outside of my head with my bloggy buddies! I'll show and tell my wish list and then I'll tag someone or a few someones to play it on THEIR blog! Fun way of sharing favorite links, stores, products and tastes that others might not know we have....

O.k. so here I go, spending $1,000 in my head....if you want to go to these sites, double click on the titles of each item or any highlighted words!

1)Birdcage Window Panels by Urban Outfitters


As you can see, these are just the sweetest curtains that were ever made. In fact, there are times when I have considered actually purchasing one of these panels and cutting it up into other little happy things. But I would really like them for my soon-to-be studio. $30 each and of course I need THREE so that I can hang two on the window and have the third for making a chair cushion or somesuch.

Subtotal....$90...alright $100 with shipping


2)Incredible Tops from eshakti



These are gorgeous. Simply and amazingly detailed voile tops with embroidery (which you know I love) and the best thing is...they can be customized! As a nursing mother who is under 5 feet tall (read: parts of me are big and parts of me are small!) , finding a top that just "fits" these days is next to impossible! So if I had money to burn, I think I'd be buying these two tops AT LEAST:



Don't they look like something out of a really wonderful period film in India? Oh I adore them. Check out the page of white tops. I think I'd get one of those, as well...perfect with a pair of jeans for a summer night, I think. About $30 each, so again, I'd get three!













3)Polka Dot Panty Clutch by Lori Marie



This is a clutch! Isn't it adorable? O.k. so I wouldn't walk outside holding only this. BUT I would put my makeup in it and carry it in my regular tote, and just KNOWING it was in there all cute and funny would make me very happy! Kind of like wearing a cute pair of ACTUAL panties! ;) I love this! Actually I love everything fab designer, Lori Marie, creates. Everything is bright, totally unique and always FUN! Lots of applique and embroidery which I am in awe of. What I wouldn't give to sit down and chat with her about how we learned to embroider, how it makes us feel, etc. And her studio is adorable, too. See it here, as well as lots of her other sweet creations. She was even featured on the Martha Stewart show and she designs for Pottery Barn Kids!

Subtotal: That was $40 so I'm at approximately $250...

4) Flock Together Tee in Pink by Random Nicole

So Sweet!!! I just love this tee.


5) Rosie Flo Coloring Books
No, these are not for my daughters; they're for me! Well, I guess I'd share with them. Maybe. These look like so much fun. My girls will tell you I LOVE to draw dresses. :) Little-known wierd thing about me! I've been doing it since I was a little girl myself! These are about $8 each and I'd get 3 of each of these two...one of each for me and one of each for my girls...

Subtotal: $375

6) Full-Size Dress Form
O.k. there is no link here because there are tons of these and I don't know which kind I want yet, but here is an example. These come in actual dress sizes, so I guess I'd get one that was my size, but I think I'd also like a small one to "model" some of my designs for kids. So let's say two of these, one in my size and one in a child size.

Subtotal=$450

7) An Ann Wood Bird

Aren't they just the dearest things you ever saw??? She only has the wedding cake toppers for sale right now in her shop, but you can go to her flickr gallery to see all the sweet little birds she has made/sold! Oh how I love these birds. I do so hope she reinstitutes "the daily bird" by the time I have some money to burn! :) So since I am pretending to shop I will pretend that Ann has a bird for sale and that I bought it!

Subtotal=$500

8) Sarah and Her Singer by Marmee Craft

Marjorie, if you're reading this, I am HOPING that you turn this lovely painting into a print someday so that I can buy this sweetie BEFORE my proverbial ship comes in! Pretty please??? :)










But in the meantime I will just ogle her in Marjorie's shop...

I almost forgot I was "pretend shopping"! So I WILL buy the original above and while I'm loading items into my Marmee Craft shopping cart (which of course would be a delightfully-whimsical cart), I guess I'll add some more Marmee Craft pretties...

The Bug Blanket (this for Andrew's room)

and this one, Tea Time, for Emily's and Rachel's room!
Subtotal= $625

9) A whole bunch of Lovelies from Summersdarling

I can't pick just one! I just love everything she makes! The incredibly yummy cake cover I talked about on Monday is from her store, and as I said, I DID purchase one of those and am anxiously awaiting its arrival on my front porch. Don't worry! I'll show it to you when it gets here! ;) But look at all these other pretties...

Sundae Pincushion! How yummy is this?????

"Just Between Us Girls" Pillow...perfect for my studio, I think!

Delicious jar of bath salts for my bathroom. I just love the pink lid and the roses!

And the pink LUNCHBOX! Oh my gosh. I am in love with this. I have an ivory one like it that I bought from her and I keep my vintage lace/tatting/ribbon/trims in it and it is currently just sitting out in my living room because I love it so much. It is such a delight to see, to open, and to display...

Subtotal= about $700

10) The Rose Garden Mirror by Birds of a Feather

Gorgeous!






I love this mirror. She used actual vintage roses she collected at flea markets and the like. I just adore this and would put it over my couch in the new house. Or in my room...hmmmm...

But Heidi has a lovely blog, too, which I just started enjoying and you can see here.

11) Little Lady Tote by speckledhen

I love it! This is one of my very best friends, Lauren, and I love everything she does.She just listed this today and I am in love with it! Adorable. So retro-sweet. Just like Lauren!

Race you over there! ;)

12) Nola by Sweet Nellie

O.k. I know I already bought a number of birdy items, but I can't help myself! I LOVE sweet little Tweets! This one is delicious.























With my last $25 (ish) I'm going to "buy" this:

12) 2 yards of this fabric by Rachel Ashwell (tm) Shabby Chic (tm) so I can make some yummy new pillows for my bedroom! Here's the bedding set I have (well I have some of it):

I love it but it needs some added personality. I used some other Rachel Ashwell fabric to make these pillows for my girls and then I sold some, too. Such fun! Mine wouldn't have fairies...maybe roses....

So did you have fun?? I know I did! I loved cruising around with you, window shopping together! Let's do it again soon...

Now to tag some of you..... :)

Yummy...

That being said.... ;)

I'd like to start a tradition of sharing with you, my bloggy pals, yummy treats I've found when I'm out and about in cyberland. You know I spend lots of time there these days since Sweet Mr. Andrew (a.k.a. the cute 7-month-old growth on my hip) has decided that he can not, will not be put down. So you can often find me standing in front of the computer in my kitchen with said growth, cruising around, looking for deliciousness! Next to putting you in my little cyber-sidecar where we can cruise around together, window-shopping in tandem, I think the best thing is for me to show you the MOST yummy of the yummies I find every...let's say Monday since this is Monday...of every week. Sound good to you? Sounds good to me! So here we go....

First on the menu is something I simply adore....really and truly and with all my shabby-pink-vintage-roses-cupcake heart!

~Yummy Thing One~

The Cake Saver by Summersdarling

You love it, don't you????? I just knew you would! This delectable creation is a OOAK vintage cake saver by summersdarling of eBay. I bought one very similar to it last week....couldn't help myself. It was a "haftahave," right up there with toilet paper and Benadryl! ;) Can't you just picture it on the countertop of my almost-done new shabby sweet ivory and pink kitchen? Oh I know I can! Pink cupcakes under it or even used as a prop to showcase some of my baby onesies. Mmmmmmmm.....so yummy....

Here's the link to her auction, but be sure and check out her whole store since she has several of these cake savers listed and each is a bit different! Feel free to ask her any questions....she is a real live Doll, besides being talented!

http://cgi.ebay.com/HOMER-LAUGHLIN-CAKE-PLATES-CAKE-CARRIER-VINTAGE-ROSES_W0QQitemZ270142988904QQihZ017QQcategoryZ451QQcmdZViewItem

~Yummy Thing Two~

The "Favorite Recipes" Box

super limited edition mixed media Cake Art Collage Box by Jenny Heid & Aaron Nieradka

Isn't it scrumptious?? Oh I think so! I just love everything about it, from it's pink-rimmed lid to the yummy vintage cake images on top and vintage recipes on the side. But can I tell you a secret, my bloggy friends? I don't want to put actual recipes in this box. I want to put sewing patterns in it! Wouldn't that be ADORABLE in my new sewing studio? I can hardly believe that I will really and truly have my own studio in our almost-complete new home, but it's the truth. And I dream about this room every day...o.k. every hour! And though I haven't totally nailed down how I want this room of all rooms to look, I KNOW it is going to be pink and shabbylicious! And I think I really must have this box....or one very like it. So here's the linky-dink to the eBay auction where this lovely resides:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Baking-book-collage-CAKE-ART-Recipe-Box-altered_W0QQitemZ120029395764QQihZ002QQcategoryZ20158QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem

You can also find Jenny on etsy, Glitter & Grunge and on her delectable blog which is of course in my list of yummy bloggies on the sidebar!

~Yummy Thing Three~

"The Sisters Five" by Marmee Craft

This yummy is another one I bought. Had to! For those of you who don't know, I am the eldest of five girls! Yes, it's true! Condolences can be sent to my poor father....no, just kidding. The poor man really should have bought stock in Tampax. Would have made a bundle by now! But I digress. This delicious print is going in the guest bathroom of the aforementioned new home. I just adore it. I love the calico of their dresses, the samenesses and the subtle differences in their faces and the colors she used. I call the artist Marmee in my head because her etsy shoppe is called Marmee Craft but because I read her blog daily, I know that Marmee is actually the name of her cat! Marjorie is her real name and she seems like such the kindred spirit - like someone I might have met in the stacks of the public library during the summers when I was a girl too old to play with dolls and too young to drive, while checking out my 20 books for the week (because 20 was the limit, not because 20 was enough). I love her blog (also found in my list of favorite blogs) and her work. So without further ado, here is The Sisters Five:

And here is where you can find Yummy Thing Three:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=6053586