Happy Friday!!!!

Hello my friends :-) !!!!  Today is the first day of Summer Break for both of my kids, and I was the mean Mother who made them go to the dentist this morning bright and early 8am.  teehee... Don't feel bad for them because I made it up to them with a trip to Goodwill (OK that was more for me) and a huge brunch when we got home.  I also told them that they'd have the rest of the day to do whatever they wanted after their appointments.  The bad thing is it's raining.  I came home and finished up a swap I am doing with a Facebook friend.  I can't show pictures until she gets her package.  The theme was Americana.  I am really excited about one of the items she will be getting. ;-)

Yesterday I was hoping to get more done than I did.  I spent the day doing "research" on the computer.  Yeah, that's what it was.  I found a wonderful out of print book I wanted and spent most of the day tracking one down.  

Doesn't this book look intriguing my stitcher friends? I finally found one on Amazon.  I'm not happy with how much I paid, but there weren't any on Ebay and none of my Facebook friends had any.  I still can't wait to get it!  I saw it on a blog post from someone a few years ago as I was looking for some inspiration for some new pattern ideas.  I may just need some elf stitchers with all the ideas I've been getting recently.

As promised I wanted to show you my $.99 1984 Longaberger basket. As you can see the handle has been mashed, a couple chipped splints, but it's still usable.  I just put some of my Feed N Wax on it and the patina got even more beautiful. That's my lunch box in the background. LOL.

Hey ya Mary what's in your basket? I heard someone ask in blogland.  Well, that was my find today at Goodwill.  Wood fruit.  They really aren't that bright.  They reminded me of stone fruit.  What I really need is a wood compote to put them in.  But for now they will sit in my basket. :-)

I also found this wonderful treasure...

I'm still debating whether to paint it (black of course) or just touch up the stain.  I do know I have to give it a bath in Murphy's soap because this must've been near a kitchen as it is greasy in places. ewwwwww.... I think I'm going to put it in my living room above my couch. in place of the strainer where I wanted a hooked rug or penny rug.

Then I found these 100% black wool skirts that I'm going to cut up for wool hooking or penny rugs.  I rarely come across this kind of stuff so I bought both.

Well, I need to go and get some things priced for the booth.  I am doing a major renovation this weekend as a big display piece sold and a few smaller display pieces sold.  I need to decide what I want to get rid of or move around here at the homestead to get pieces out there.  I may take my storage buffet in my craft room out there for awhile. Only time will tell.

I'm at a stand still on my cross stitch for the time being as I can't decide how to proceed.  I just have too many ideas and can't decide on just one! lol

I will be sure to take pictures of the booth as it gets a face lift :-)