Sunshine! Wee Hoo!

I can't believe we finally have sunshine here in the PNW! It has been an unusually wet and dreary spring. I hope the sun will stick around for awhile. I have lots of painting to do and I'd love to finally get out in the yard and work a bit. It's really a mess.

I had to work my lunch lady job a couple days this week, but I did manage to squeeze in a little thrifting too. Are you at all surprised? On Tuesday I did my usual goodwill, value village, salvation army boutique run. I even made a quick trip into the cancer society thrift store where it's usually hit or miss. Value Village had blue tag .99 day and fortunately I found quite a few blue tags. Here is a picture of my Tuesday finds.

Cute hand made vintage cabinet with drawers, little spice shelf thingy, floral wallpaper hat box, little white shelf, ticking travel pillow, glass and brass box, cute cottage style clock, jewelry box (I'm definitely keeping this one), metal mesh tray, wire tractor and vintage crochet hangers.

Isn't this little gal cute? What really sold me on her is her Princess Edith sash, not to mention her lovely dress and crown. Not sure hold old she is, but I've never seen a princess doll like this before.

Close up of the little tractor. Perfect for Farm Chicks!

On Tuesday, Joy and Isabel came over to work on some projects. Here's Joy cutting out a liner for her shopping cart. Notice the dresser/ cutting table? I got that a couple weeks ago on craigslist. It's in great shape. Just needs new knobs and a little sanding and it's good to go.

On Thursday I headed over to Monticello to straighten up the booth before the big sale they are having this weekend. On my way over I made a few thrifty stops and got these goodies. Pillowcases, floral quilted sham, rose fabric box, silver sugar/creamer set, metal mesh holder thingy, clip board, tool caddy and bag of trim pieces.

Oh yeah, I forgot to show you the picture of the box I sent to Heather for her Junque in my Trunk swap. Unfortunately I forgot to take pictures of the inside of the box, but you can see them on Heather's blog here.

Awhile back I was asked to post some blogging advice which was pretty funny as I was and still am a blog dork and I am amazed each and every time I am able to put together a decent post. One thing I think I should have added though, was it's important for people to be able to email you through your blog. A lot of times I don't want to comment, but I want to send an email and I am always frustrated when there is no link to do so. You can either put a link on your sidebar to your email address or like me, put it in your profile. Boy, do I sound bossy, or what? But seriously, sometimes someone will comment on my blog and ask a specific question. When I go to their blog to answer, I sometimes have no way to do so other than leave a comment which isn't always appropriate.

So, soccer this morning and then I will be a painting maniac. Hope you all have a truly wonderful weekend!