Teacup Tease {Twenty Ten}...

Well, we finally had a sunny Sunday...semi-sunny, sorta...
so I journey over the hill and through the canyon to Kae's
house to take updated pictures of her china hutch.

It cracks me up that every single day new people are
looking at that old post...I never knew that there
were so many people as sick as my sisters and me...
CHINA HOARDERS, uh, I mean, COLLECTORS OF THE WORLD UNITE!

But this is just a tease...since I took about 500 shots...it's going
to take me an hour or a week...something like that...to weed & edit!


Be sure to pop on over to Mary's for more MOSAIC MONDAY !

HELLO PRINCESS!

So, I lied...
I have been saying all along that these October give aways were
going to be PINK and PRACTICAL...
Well that ends today!



For the FINAL October give away we're all about the
FUN and FRIVOLOUS!!!



A PINK PRINCESS PHONE!!!!
Just what you don't exactly need...but always wanted!





Patty Duke had one!






And even though they weren't princesses...you know all the Gidgets had one!!

And to quote Gidge..."Moondoggy! It's the absolute ultimate!" Everyone
knows she was referring to a PINK PRINCESS PHONE!




I'd bet the farm that she had one!




Eh, ok...not so much....but fighting the Empire doesn't leave much
time for girl chat! We'll let her slide on this one.

Princess or not, here's your chance to win one of these cuties!


Here are the details...

• Rotary Dial Fashion Plate with Push Button Technology
• Flash/Redial
• Ringer Volume ON/OFF Switch
• Tone/Pulse switch
• Earpiece Volume Control

And here are the rest of the details...

For a chance to win:

*Leave a comment on this post until midnight Friday Nov. 5th
{winner will be notified by email...then added to the post
on Saturday...I know I said it would be announced on this post,
but since I am actually creating this post prior to knowing who
the winner is...well, you see the conflict...my psychic abilities
are a bit rusty!}

{EDITED TO ADD: Heather @ Pixie Dust is the winner of the
PINK towels! }

{PRETTY,PRETTY PRINCESS PHONE WINNER IS
MISS HOLLY OF GIRLS AT HEART!}


*I will say "anyone, anywhere" if you international girls want to
give it a go...but I have to admit it just hasn't happened yet...we
Americans are like ants...so darn many of us!

*If you don't have a blog, please leave your email address

If by chance, you have some to spare...please DONATE to the
Susan G. Komen foundation {or the one of your choosing}.

And if you, your BFF, your sister, mom or someone you know are a survivor,
currently battling or have lost their life to breast cancer, please leave there name
and it will be added to our sidebar for prayers, good thoughts and also a stark
reminder of just how many have been touched by this disease. {please leave a
name, even if you don't want to use the full name, just "Ann" would help...I'm
having a bit of trouble trying to figure out how to list "my step-sister's
daughter", etc....see what I mean? ;} Thx!!!


Be sure to pop over to Beverly's for more PINK SATURDAY !

Hey, Hey, Halloweiners!

I have a confession to make...
No, I am not really a weird man in Nebraska writing these
posts in boxers and a dingy beater...don't go all "America's Most
Wanted" on me! Yeesh!
But I do have to confess that I am just not that into Halloween...
nope, not a Halloweiner...I just say "ACK!" to the orange & black!

And I know I am pretty much alone in this...
I have seen your blogs...
your Etsy shops...
into your very souls...{ok, not really...I have double jointed thumbs
but that's really my only "gift"! But you were nervous there for a sec...;}



Ok...I do adore the fallicious hues of orange that are the leaves turning...
and an orange tiger kitty is my dream pet...
I am also a female, so black is part of the uniform, well unless your a
stick person who has a size 2 bahookie! But for the rest of us...the black
jeans cover a multitude of sins...and fluff...and Flaming Hot Cheetos and
that really good cake I had today! Seriously! The butter cream frosting
was just to die for...wait, where was I...ok...




{this picture is old, I know it looks freaky enlarged...forgive me!}
Maybe it's just me...but when I was a kid..."way back in aught 5"...Halloween
was not what it is today...this thing that lasts the entire month of October.
No full-on home decorating and nary a black crow to be seen {we liked to say
"nary" back in aught 5!} (BTW...does it bug the living beejeebers out of
anyone but me that Spellcheck and its ilk, do not recognize words like
nary and aught????!!!! I weep! Not that Funyons don't take away some
of the sting, but I do weep!)





For us, Halloween was one day and ALL about the candy...not the costume!
As soon it it could vaguely be considered dusk we set about gathering all
manner of decay inducing treats! And there were no herds of parents to
be seen for miles...that sight just makes me sad...the world we live in.





Now, as Catholic kids back in the day...Nov 1st was a day off from school!
A holy day of obligation...what you didn't know this? Yep. All Saints Day or
what we called "Candy Trading Day"...it was better than Halloween! We'd
take our pillowcases full of candy to the homes of our other Catholic friends
and trade each other depending on likes and dislikes! So much fun!
It was also quite the day of gloating! For all those brats who would tease
us as we walked home from school in our uniforms...HA! What were they
doing on Nov. 1st? HA! Not trading candy! HA! Whose the dork now! HA!
But, really, I'm over it. ;}




There really was a point to this...way back in aught 5, when I started it...




Oh, that's right! Now I remember...




For the love of all the is good and holy...
BREAK OUT!





You don't have to go all Shabbity Chic or Gag-me-pepto-pink like me...





But we are imaginative women here...
full of ideas...
vim...
vigor...
Vitameatavegamin...
can't there be more to Halloween than black & orange?
Pretty please with sugar on top?

And if your are just this sort of rebel...and have posted about your
rebelliousness...please include the post link in your comment so
I can feel like at least 2 people have my back...maybe 3? Heh?
Maybe?

Stop by Vintage Inspiration Fridays at COMMON GROUND !
And join that rebel Cindy for more SHOW & TELL FRIDAY

How Dry I Am...

So, I saw this idea on JEN'S BLOG a while back...ok, quite a while
back...and while she, ever so logically, used a plain tray with the
Dry Erase pens...more writing area and less flowers to dodge...I
just don't have any plain dishes. What I do have are cheap vintage
dishes covered with flowers & gold flourishes...even some chips
and knife marks...what can I say I run a high class establishment! ;}

So, I figured I should just work with what I have instead of running
to Cost Plus {because who am I trying to kid, I would NOT have left
there with only one tray! I am not that strong! In fact, I am not strong
at all...I am a weak weasel of consumerism! ;}




Then got to thinking...tray schmay...if it's going be a "menu board" then why
not use the dish that will actually be needed to eat the meal?
I freaked it up a notch and used a bowl.
In the spirit of full disclosure though, I do not generally use the term
"soups on" very often...I do recall using it once at work to let everyone
know that lunch for the whole office had arrived...a simple email with
a subject line that said "SOUPS ON!"...Short and to the point, don't
you think? Well, I actually heard several people say, "Soup?!! I thought
we were having Super Mex!" Who doesn't know what that expression
means? Who hasn't heard Granny Clampett say it? And I was overcome
with the urge to staple their sleeves to their desks...
but really, I over it!




I also thought that this would be a good vehicle for a subliminal messages...
Now I chose the subtle route here...you can be more direct as you see fit! ;}




An lastly, but so not leastly...a "post-it note" of sorts... to remind, uh-hem,
someone of their long held desire not to have a behind that needs its own
zip code...but saints preserve us...these cookies!!!! Wild horses could not
drag them from my, uh-hem, some one's clenched jaw! And I'm not saying
they are fattening or anything, but the calories aren't even listed on the
package...it simply reads: "WHOAAAA THERE FATTY! Do you really
think you need another one? Because from what I can see, you're headed
for a nice wide chair next to the bearded lady under the Big Top! Now
brush that powder off your chin and step away from the bag!"
Seriously...that's what is says...very rude indeed.









Oh, boy...my tablecloth facing the wrong way...yah, like I said, a high class
establishment! ;}

Pretty Little Prussian...

To me, this cup & saucer are near perfection...this pretty little Prussian
could only be more perfect if it had a backstamp that said more than
simply "Prussia" so I could find a few more pieces!





I love everything about it!





The gorgeous rosebud inside...now I adore a cup with a little surprise
on the inside, but I always wonder why anyone ever decided to put
anything at all on the inside...was it to fend off boredom?
{Upon Matilda's third delicate sip she noticed the prettily painted rosebud perfectly placed on the inner lip of her cup. And ever so thankful was she for the distraction of it, as she felt sure that if she had to listen to Rupert's rhapsodic praises of his late governess Breg, for one more minute, she would pluck out his wispy Vandyke... hair by hair. Or drown herself in the aspic!}

Ok, maybe I am the only person who wonders about these things? ;}





The wear showing on the edge...
{possibly from Matlilda's teeth as she bit the rim to keep herself from telling Rupert that he was absolutely full of twaddle!?}





The amazing hand painted roses...
{Matilda stared at the roses wistfully, wishing she had run off to Paris with her friend Gertie, who had not only cut off all her hair...but NEVER wore a corset! Polite society referred to her as a trollop...but Matilda often wondered why Gertie didn't wheeze like all her other friends...}




The worn handle...
{Matilda was unaware that she had been rubbing the handle of her teacup as if a talisman to ward off evil...or Rupert. Her brow furrowed, she bit her lip...she could never marry a man this mind numbingly dull, as dumb as a box of hair...and with such a mommy complex...no matter how much money he had! Especially now that she knew there were men like Joshua out there...just waiting...





See. The sheer perfection that can only lead to a happily ever after...
{Before Matilda realized what she has done, she left the hapless Rupert sputtering with a face full of tea in the breeze of her flying petticoats. If she ran...ran like no genteel lady should...he would still be waiting under the big oak where he had carved their names. And she would take his calloused hand and leave behind the stately homes, the prying eyes of servants, her parents demands and the slow death of a marriage of necessity to a titled man. Joshua was heading back to California where he had already staked a claim...to his gold as well as her heart. It was 1850 after all, anything was possible...and she could hardly wait to get her bloody corset off!}

Oh boy! Sorry about that...got a bit carried away...
obviously way too much time spent reading The Wall
Street Journal! ;}!

Be sure to hurry {like no genteel lady should} on over to
MARTHA & TERRI'S
for more Joshua Tues...I mean, Tea Cup Tuesday!

Freakerella!

Have Michael's gift card...will shop...that's my motto!
Even when I am there and they appear to be in the middle
of restocking...seriously, the shelves were bare!
FYI Mr. Micheal's whoever you are...bare shelves do not
induce commerce...you're just lucky that I am made of
better stuff than that! I will purchase...I will not be thwarted!
I wanted to buy some Martha stuff, you know because it's
so cool and all color coordinated and you know how important
it is to have all that cute crafting stuff just so you can make a
burn mark on it with your glue gun...or grab it with a painty hand!
Alas, there was nothing good to buy...sorry Marty, I won't be
helping you make your mortgage payment this month!

But I did manage to buy a few things...like cookie sticks and tiny
pumpkins...the sticks were meant to be wands...and the pumpkins
were going to be itty bitty dioramas, but either I am way too old
or those pumpkins are way too small, cuz it just wasn't working!

Then I got an idea...{I was eating a cinnamon roll...I find food
VERY inspiring! ;}




I just glued those little 'ol pumpkins onto those sticks...




and glittered them up...and VOILA! Pumpkin Pops...not to be confused
with BAKERELLA'S cake pops...mostly because mine are not edible...but
other than that their exactly the same! ;}
Just call me Freakerella!







I just thought they'd be cute stuck in a plant...in an arrangement...in
a wreath...wherever one puts a tiny pumpkin...you know, all those
nooks & crannies that simple cry out for a bitty pumpkin on a stick...
{hey, don't look at me...you came here of your own free will! ;}



Then all the sugar from that cream cheesy frosting laden cinnamon roll
kicked in...and instantly the plain pops were just not cuttin' it...I needed
more!



Let the embellishment begin!



Now isn't that better...





Who among you would not benefit from a ruffled collar and a feather...I ask
you???!!!






This one sort of looks "bridal"...what would be the point of a bridal pumpkin
pop? I have no idea either...I just went where the Muse took me...{between
you and me, this is not the first time that I have wondered if she adds a wee
nip of that hard stuff to her coffee...but let's keep that on the down low}




Bling/steampunk...the badger special...all shiny brite! {sorry,
I had to get at least on Christmas reference in this post...
I'm annoying like that! ;}




Just silliness and falderal, I know this...but it keeps me from a life a crime...
among other things! ;}


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