Tiny Paper Dresses

In case you haven't already discovered, I'm a fabric person, a textile person, not a paper person, but lately, I'm discovering all sorts of new things about myself, and guess what??! I really AM a paper person, too!!



This is my first real attempt at paper collage, and frankly, I love it! Three little paper dresses hanging on the bakery twine clothesline, just doesn't get much cuter than that! Frames from Michaels sized for scrapbook pages/album covers. I was super psyched when I saw that they came in red!!




Little button red cherries with rick rack stems ~ just my style! Polka dots, gingham and sweet little florals * I would so wear these dresses!



Tiny dried real daisies and rick rack green grass * yum!



Even my little pom pom birdie pincushion thinks it's cute! I'm diggin' it girls, can't get enough of working with paper, just don't tell my fabric stash!

Lots going on here at home ~ getting ready for Brimfield and beyond, selling at The Elephant's Trunk Flea on Sunday,, this weekend it's The Red Sox/Yankees series at Fenway so when I'm not packing vintage treasures up, I'll be glued to the tube. Only problem is, it's gonna be 80 degrees this weekend, so we may be listening to my boys on the radio!

Anyhoo, have a wonderful weekend, bloggie peeps ~ catch ya next week!

xo P

Garden Fun!

Just listed on etsy! You can find the link over on the sidebar. Speaking of gardening . . . . . Mr. Weather says it's going to be in the 80s here in Connecticut this weekend * WOOHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Have a great day bloggie peeps! xo P

Can Somebody Help Me?

I'm not too old to play with toys, right?? I mean, heck, I just turned 50 last year. . . . . I WANT this sewing machine. I'm not really even a Hello Kitty Fan, but I am a sweet-little-aqua-Janome-Sewing-Machine-fan. . . . and Mr. Bernina needs a friend, right??? I think Little Miss Hello Kitty Janome would be a perfect friend for him.

I can put it with my DOLLHOUSE right?? See my post below from last week for THAT story! Can someone please comment and tell me that this is normal behavior??! Please help me validate?? Thank you in advance . . . . . AMEN.

xo P :)

The Dollhouse Project. . . . and The Final Update

So last year, I hit the big one, the big 5-0. The one thing I told myself I was going to do, was build a dollhouse from start to finish. I had no aspirations of finishing this in record time, I wanted it to be a long term project, picking out wallpaper, furniture, outdoor shingles. . . the whole nine yards. I decided that I wanted something that resembled my own house, in shape anyway, rather than a grand victorian mansion, but I wanted it to be solid, not flimsy chipboard like so many of those kits out there. Years ago we had a fabulous dollhouse shop locally. Becca had a dollhouse way back when. It's up in the attic now, just waiting for her . . . . Anyhoo . . . somehow, the holidays came (and went), life threw me a few curve balls, and then a month ago I started thinking about my dollhouse again. I had saved alot of information online, and I've been pouring through those files, trying to decide what to do, how to begin. . . . . . . so flash forward.

Yesterday I walk into Goodwill and there it is:










Solid as a rock, constructed of heavy wood, not flimsy at all, really well made, just waiting for me . . . . Price Tag: $18.00. So yesterday marked the Official Start of The Dollhouse Project. I'm in it for the long run, trying to figure out just where to start??? Inside or Out?? So many plans . . . . I can't wait! I'll surely post updates here on a regular basis, but don't be waiting by the door . . . . remember, it's a long term project! Hope you'll come along for the ride!

So I know you've all been waiting, wondering, hoping. . . . . . The Heisler Family NCAA Basketball concluded with my girl Becca winning it all! What does she win??! The bragging rights to remind us for the next 11 1/2 months that she's been the winner the past two out of three years! I finished a very respectable second place ~ I'm psyched! Rach and Brad tied for third, and then it's downhill from there. Thanks to UJFP aka The Commissioner for organizing the pool again.
and speaking of basketball . . . . how about those UCONN WOMEN???! Amazing Undefeated Season! Mr. Quiltdoggie and I were fortunate enough to attend three of their home games this year, and they really are amazing. So proud of them, and proud to have a UCONN Husky in the family, too!

Now, we're onto baseball season . . . . stay tuned, you know I'll have plenty to say about that!

Happy Easter, Happy Passover . . . . . . Happy Spring!