Saturdays. I Love You So...

My 4 yr old daughter played with her toy iron & vintage metal ironing board yesterday & helped me do laundry. She ironed her socks & undies. (Thanks! Now I don't have to!) She piled the undies high as she finished each pair & called it her "pantie stack". haha!

I love Saturdays. Very much. And this morning I'm so glad to FINALLY go Christmas shopping with Mr. WhiMSy love-- & leave the girls to bake cookies with grandma. Now we can get all those last minute gifts & stocking stuffers for the wee ones. Hopefully we score some dealios & get out quick. Crowds AND shopping is not my idea of fun. And this IS the last weekend before Christmas too. Triple whammy. I'm crossing my holiday shopping fingers that we get front row parking & encounter only friendly people. The first scrooge I meet gets a wedgie.

Is anyone else also freaking out about all their handmade holiday gifts STILL needing finished? How about the projects that actually need STARTING & finishing? I received some supplies in the mail yesterday so I'm excited to get sewing on something I've never tried before. We'll see how it goes! I'll show you----AFTER Christmas-----because a certain little Tia reads my blog & I don't want to spoil any surprises.

I've decided to close up shop for the holidays. Sunday will be the last day open until after the new year. I want to enjoy the holiday break with my girls. I'm excited to do all sorts of fun Christmas-like stuff with them & just be their mom. (Oh, I'll still be blogging!) Thanks to all my customers for SUCH an awesome year!! See you next year with some new goodies & old favorites!

Another Fabulous Saturday!

I'm getting back into my little "Nikki time" routine on Saturdays & I must say....I LOVE Saturdays. Today I had a fun one indeed. To start off the day my sweet mom & I went to 'Antiques in the Park', which is a fun outdoor venue with a couple dozen vendors selling their sweet vintage treasures--& sometimes cheesy collectibles. I've gone for the past few years & I always bring my 20 bucks & find a bunch of cool little items. I picked up these 3 lonely children's teacups...& these WONDERFUL vintage buttons! I can't wait to make them into button rings--& other lovely handmade surprises!

I bought these vintage flash cards for 25cents each. I'm not sure what I'll do with them---probably display them somewhere.

I also picked up this vintage children's book for a bargain because it's missing its front & back cover & a few other pages. It'll be great for making into notecards!

Then my mom & I stopped by one of my favorite coffee spots. I sipped on a peach italian soda. Yum. It was hot outside. Very hot.
We also hopped over to "Art in the Park" which is a HUGE collection of vendors from all over the state (& surrounding states) selling their stuff by the river. This weekend is a busy one in our city as it's the weekend of the Hydroplane Boat Races that come ever year. I got to meet an Etsy gal--my first encounter with another Etsian! She & I are also on the Eastern Washington Etsy Street Team (EWAET) & we're anxious to get together with other local Etsiers to have lunch, craft & get silly.

Sally sells skirts & aprons on her Etsy shop, but at the "Art in the Park" she was selling her other line of products--windows that she has turned into tables, shadowboxes, message boards, chalkboards, etc.

I guess I didn't have my thrifting appetite filled, so I ran over to Goodwill & found this AWESOME vintage globe lamp! A steal at $3.50. It is so cool. I have always thought it would be cool to have one. And now my dream has come true. Mr. WhiMSy love rolls his eyes when he sees me comin' home with my bags full of "crap" (as he calls it).

And now I'll show you my weirdest purchase of the day. It's a hamster wheel. I was drawn to that vintage blue color. Strange, I know. I don't have any pets either. But my girls are having a blast playing with it. I'll think of something unique to do with it.

After a day of shopping I came home & made those "cup" cakes that I mentioned on the previous post from Laura's blog. I must admit that my first attempt was a disaster--I forgot to add the sugar. My 2nd attempt wasn't any better--I added the sugar this time, but cooked it too long & it became a "cup" brick. I will try again tomorrow.

Hope you're having a good weekend!