Miss Flibbertigibbet

If you've followed me even a little bit, you know I collect stuff.  Lots of stuff.  I need stuff to decorate with.  Stuff to fill spaces on furniture, in bookcases, on walls.  Stuff for indoors and outdoors. I also collect stuff that is just for making more stuff. I don't apologize for my stuff.  I don't take stuff wrongly from others.  I don't … [Read more...]

The days have been so busy here lately with setting up the shop {you can peek at it here} Working in the yard {peek at that too, here} and last but not least....getting ready to go to PARIS two weeks from this Sunday!!! My house is suffering in many ways! The yard is only partly groomed and I have been doing Spring cleaning  which means that for … [Read more...]

Are you ever disappointed that you can't have the "real thing"? I have a few real things.....but I have LOTS and LOTS of things that are best classified as  "close seconds". Usually, I don't have the real thing because it's just too expensive. Maybe that's why I love thrift shops.  I can get kind of close to the "real thing" there.  Vintage but not … [Read more...]

Today I wanted to share with you about one of our kids.  She is fifteen now but was fourteen at the time she wrote a short essay for a book.  The book was published by the school system and is full of essays from  school employees and students about the Power of Belief.  The idea was formed based on an National Public radio show called "This I … [Read more...]

Good Morning Dahlings!! Today I'm off to a lovely local nursery...not a child nursery...a plant nursery! This will get you ready for gardening if nothing else does! Back soon! Tah Tah!! I have some really lovely garden center pictures for you! It is chilly and very overcast here today  but it never rained so that was a good thing! This garden … [Read more...]

I have a project to show you today that is a bit crazy.  I think it's pretty but I can only imagine  some of the head scratching that might go on out there! Inspiration comes to me in so many ways.  I save many magazines...too many, I'm sure.  Every now and then when I want to have a lazy day I take a stack  and go through them.  I tear out things … [Read more...]

I worked on a few of my thrift store finds yesterday after THE KIDS WENT BACK TO SCHOOL {in case I didn't mention it yesterday} Here are a couple before and afters Remember the vintage botanicals in the old frames? Before After The botanicals really show up better with a lighter frame don't they? Remember the vintage … [Read more...]