Better Get BUSY...

Road Trip.... Hugh and I went to visit our friends Linda and Stu Davidson in South Carolina over the weekend...What fun , we shopped till we dropped ! Some of my GREAT finds...A Unbelievable HEART shaped vintage birdcage on a heart shaped stand... I got so excited when i saw it ! LOTS and LOTS of old vintage lace for my creations....Two Wonderful woven sewing baskets and a Victorian photo album...And three GREAT Camisoles ! BLESSINGS ALL... It's time to take down all the shop Christmas and create Valentine displays... Better get BUSY.....

Anxiously Awaiting...

More BEAUTY'S....Look at these precious Victorian Child's Shoes ! Exciting News ..... Cheryl is expanding her Beautiful Area.... In January she will have MORE TREASURES for you to choose from ! We are anxiously awaiting her transformation....

Whipping in the WIND...

Windy ... Windy... I don't ever remember Atlanta being so windy.... Sunday afternoon I got a chance to dye some velvet ribbon and a few old linens for Valentine projects....They dried quickly in spite of the 20 degree weather , BURR RR.... Can't wait to create !

Lakewood 400 Road trip...

Christmas at Lakewood was inspiring... My Friend Robin and I just LOVED all the great booths... We both came away with lots of TREASURES ! Nancy from Sassy Trash made these darling HEARTS... I've posted a few of my favorites... Enjoy...

Sassy Trash...

Nancy has done it AGAIN ! Wonderful eye candy... She is so creative....

The Painted Fern...

Jocelyn's booth was WONDERFUL... A beautiful Winter Garden ! She had darling moss heart wreaths....

Grosgrain Annie's Lakewood 400

Look at this YUMMY Lace....Joanne has out done herself ! It's GORGEOUS! It's always a treat ...

This DARLING Valentine tree greats you at Grosgrain Annie's.... Precious little postcards....Stamped holiday tickets....Couldn't be CUTER !

Treasures from Grosgrain Annie's....I bought lots of cones to make valentine GOODIES.

She Be Shopping in STYLE !

Shopping in STYLE ! Michelle Klima's shopping cart has been transformed ! Watch out Lakewood ....She will be shopping in style....She hasn't seen her cart yet , I hope she likes it ! I'll be delivering it on Friday.

Christmas Memories...

Creating Memories...I've been BUSY sewing ,creating and making memories ! Christmas Day is only 8 days away , I need to stitch FASTER ! Why is it i always feel rushed.... The shop has been busy ,PRAISE GOD ! I am stitching between customers.... Will i finish my treasures ? YOU BET... MERRY CHRISTMAS...Go make Memories !

More Corn....

My friend Linda Davidson came by on Sunday, from South Carolina ! She brought me the most WONDERFUL Corn picture, it's embossed....An early Christmas Present ! We hung it right away.... Love my CORN... Thank you!

Jewels and Old Lace....

These Vintage boots have been embellished in old lace and jewels..... A Creation of Cheryl Alexander... SORRY they left 5 minutes after they arrived... So creative...

Dancing Shoes....

These precious embellished shoes arrived yesterday..... If they don't make you feel like a Princess nothing will... Love the little bird !

A Surprise.....

We were so thrilled to receive this wonderful drawing of our home as a Thank You for having our home on tour. It will be TREASURED !

Historic Home Tour....

Saturday night we opened our home for Lilburn's first Historic Home Tour.... Our 1895 Federal style Farm House was all DECKED OUT....Come see.... I have posted some pictures of our humble 1500 sq foot home that I LOVE. We restored it 10 years ago with a lot of sweat, toil and love.....ENJOY ! Have a BLESSED Christmas... Rowann and Hugh

Hugh QUICK get that ladder off the porch ! They will be here soon...We had a line forming at 4:30 OH MY !!!! Get the cider ready and light all the candles....The docents are arriving.... HELP....We opened the door on time....Cats would not go upstairs , they hid under the beds for 4 hrs !Bless them they were freaked out...

The porch all ready for the 450 people who toured our home.... Carolers Sang and a Beautiful Horse Drawn Carriage took everyone around to the 7 Homes on tour...Hot cider was served in the yard.... It felt like SNOW ! MAGIC !

The Light of the World.... Our favorite nativity proclaims Christ's Birth ! Reminding us the reason for our celebration ! WE ARE SO BLESSED !!!!!!

I love cedar trees... The perfect match for my antique ornaments.... worry over CAT climbing so far has been for not... Penn. child's cradle is a treasure...Old Santa... My only GREEN Church I love...

My big splurge for the Tour was to have my 30 year old sofa recovered...YEA, it needed it desperately ! Berlin work over the sofa is the LORD'S PRAYER...A TREASURE !

Hugh's Room....I made the spread and pillows...His childhood bed and Grandfathers roll top desk...Old quilt top over window has BUTTON centers !

The stockings are hung on Hugh's old car belt rack....WHAT FUN...

Shelves in Hugh's room... His Grandfathers Cello...No Hugh doesn't play.... Maybe lessons one day ?

Come spend the night at NANNY"S we will watch movies and eat popcorn....The pillow cases say...All that I have thy hand hath provided... and...Great is thy faithfulness LORD unto me... A gift from my sweet friend Nancy !

Grand Kids room mantle...can't hang all their stockings...between us we have nine ! All TREASURES !

My cats think these old candy containers are their toys.... I keep finding them on the floor...

Poor Santa , filling these stockings would break the bank....

Pine wardrobe in Grand Kids room... You may notice that I have lots of trunks and cupboards....Old homes with closets are rare , they taxed them as rooms , so most have no extra storage...

The Grand kids Room.... Antique crib....Folk Angel by Robin Gunby.....Raggedy's by Cathy Hill... Red work pillow by ME !

Welcome to my dinning room...Hugh's great Aunt Ella painted this woodland picture in 1898....The small black chairs were from the Odd fellows lodge and they are accompanied by two Firehouse Windsors...

Can you believe this floral arrangement ? I was so BLESSED to have Taylor Made Gift Baskets as my florist for the tour ! The designer Doug, out did himself ! White roses , rosemary , dusty miller , pine , cedar , honeysuckle vines , and white cabbages..... The dinning room set for guests !

1800's 3/4 post bed...I made the spread and pillows. My favorite place to be....

My bedroom mantle , these floral pieces are called BROWN SUGAR, I just loved them...

This is my BLING tree , I've hung my junk jewelry on it ! When the sunshine comes in the window it's BEAUTIFUL...

Back porch restaurant china , can't get enough... I use it every day.

Back porch Santa , made by my friend Robin Gunby ! It's WONDERFUL ....

One of 3 stoves in the kitchen. Old round child's slates on wall. I collect vintage tomato and corn items.

Part of my Church collection..... Dinning room. I've been gathering for 20 years...

Lilburn Christmas Parade....

Yes , we CELEBRATE Christmas in Lilburn ! The city has a wonderful parade, the biggest in Gwinnett County, Georgia... About 3000 people are gathered ......Praise GOD we live in America , and can celebrate CHRIST'S birth.... Tonight is the BIG night, I am almost ready ! My sweet elf Cristina came and worked miracles last night ! BLESS HER she is a life saver.... Pictures soon....

Wonder Woman.....

It's Friday.... 30 hours until Lilburns historic home tour ! We are one of 7 homes on the tour. Working the shop till 5, then I'll need to turn into WONDER WOMAN ! Trees to decorate with antique ornaments....Finish fluffing up the greens and add those bows that i just made.... Pictures to come !

Learn to do Good.....

Lookie... Lookie... Whats that in the window ? LEARN TO DO GOOD... What a great Berlin work !

Tantalizing Treasures...

Tantalizing treasures are here ...Cheryl has filled her booth with wonderful....wonderful...things

You will always be in our hearts...

Our hearts are heavy..... One of our SWEET dealers passed away on Saturday. Debbie Atkinson was one of the most genuinely sweet and caring souls. She always lightened your path...What can i do to help...I've been PRAYING for you... ALWAYS caring, A TRUE southern Christian. Our LORD has welcomed a GEM home....We will miss her GREATLY. We all loved you Debbie.

The Stockings were hung...

Scurrying around .... and around.... Our home is on our city's Historic Home Tour the evening of the 6th ! My mind is on overload ! I want it to bring visions of the past ..... So much to be done ! I made these stockings from vintage linens and collected treasures.... When the stockings are hung i will REJOICE. . . everything will be ready.... I have a long way to go........

A Thankful Heart....

May you all have a BLESSED Thanksgiving ! I so look forward to my time with my family.... Like most families we see each other far to little. Our loved ones are a gift from GOD , tell them how special they are ! GIVING THANKS is what it's all about.....
HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Sweet Snowmen...

I just love these darling snowmen that Linda Napier made for the open house. They are made of SUGAR ! So Sweet..... This would be such a great project for our kids and grand kids ! Lots of finger licking..... And Snowman KISSING.

Mill Towne Gourmet....

Road trip yesterday to Griffin Ga. We had a great time ! Went to the Antique Griffin....it was wonderful ! Found an old coke blackboard, At a GREAT price and a darling primitive child's desk, also some old flower frogs. We ate at a NEAT little place , Mill Towne Gourmet ! You have to go there, the food was unbelievable. Her oatmeal raisin cookies were to die for YUMMY ! Then on to Ms Wendy's in Brooks and to see Cindy at The Plum Tree in McDonough. The shops looked great , as always... i didn't come away empty handed !

More Monkeys....

Bev Norris and her Mom came by the shop.... She got so excited, she collects old sock monkeys ! Three more will be monkeying around with the rest of her collection... Bev has a booth at Lakewood 400.

Fabulous Friends Gather...

Robin Ewing, Betty Watson and Robin Gunby at our open house. Robin Ewing took the photos that follow.... She is talented, Blessed really! It was sooooo.... special for her to share them with us. Her Shop is located at 3242 Lenora Church Rd. Snellville Ga. 770.736-3214 or you can contact her at robinewing@comcast.net She specializes in Precious Children's photos and Commissioned Oils on Belgian Linen.