I visited one of my favorite places yesterday -- The Bakery (fabric store) and it's sister store, Blue Stem Studios. These ladies have the nicest side-by-side shops and they are the cleverest of women too. They sell the finest fabrics and notions and create beautiful things with them --handbags, aprons. wallets, children's clothes and other lovely things. They also have some unique antiques and collectibles as well as locally handmade arts and crafts for sale. For a woman who is overwhelmed by Hobby Lobby, it is much more my style -- small, quaint, eclectic shopping. I found three crocheted potholders that were once a vibrant red and cream, but had become faded in the store window display. Still, I liked them and asked if they were for sale.
"Yes, they are, but I can't sell them for the price tag. How about $2?"
"Yes, what a deal."
I was mulling it over in my mind as I drove home, how I might revive my new-old kitchen potholders and this is what I thought up. From the picture above, you can see that I jazzed them up with nothing less than a red permanent Sharpie! It worked perfectly. I am letting them fully dry and we'll see how they wash up.
I also bought a chunk of minkie fabric for a baby blanket that I will be making, and my happiest buy was a small table with a cupboard door that I wanted for a reading stand to put next to our comfy chair and ottoman. The table had been altered by one of the clever store ladies and I loved it. The music score decoupaged on it is "The Way to Ask a Girl to Marry." I don't know it at all, but it is a pretty bit of sheet music anyway.
Now, the other jazzy bit I want to share with you is about a singer whom I was introduced to through Gretchen Joanna at Gladsome Tidings. She mentioned how much she enjoyed cooking while listening to James Taylor and Eva Cassidy. I have always been a fan of JT, but this Eva Cassidy, I had never heard of before. So naturally my musical curiosity forced me to discover who she was, and am I ever glad I did. She has become my newest, favorite singer and I'm playing every piece of music that I can get my hands on. From what I have discovered, she became popular posthumously and was never aware of her success. If you have a little time, close your eyes and listen...
and again here....
