A New Shop In Town

A very nice gal from Los Angeles has been snapping up some lovely vintage towels from my shop.  I've been intrigued by her user name *cozyterry*, and have wondered if she makes things from the towels she buys.  Thanks to a lovely message and photos I received from her the other day, the mystery has been put to rest!  The answer is most definitely YES!

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 Look at this precious kiddie cover up she made from this towel here!

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 And feast your eyes on this fab bag made from this towel here!

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Lucky for all of us, CozyTerry is now an Etsy shop filling up with all sorts of this talented designer's one-of-a-kind creations.  Please stop on by and show Lisa and her work some love!  Enter CozyTerry by clicking right HERE :)

Makeover Monday: Halloween edition

For today's makeover, I started out with my lovely almost-six year old tomboyish daughter. 

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A little bling and a crown and a gown, and she became an Egyptian princess.  She wouldn't admit it, but I think she had fun being all dolled up!

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Not the greatest photo in the world, but I wanted to share the fun of the "hand bowl".  Sophie has wanted one of these for about 3 years, and this fall her dream came true.  We got the last one at Target a few weeks ago, and it has been a riot to have around the house.  The motion detector works from several feet away, so we'd often get a sudden, creepy voiced "trick or treat" or "happy Halloween" or "want some candy" just from walking by the table.  Made me jump a few times, that's for sure!

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Did you have any fun Halloween adventures?  Do share!!

Love This Girl

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I have three X-factor favorites.  I already introduced you to Chris Rene.  He is my second runner up.  This is Drew, my first runner up.  As you watch, keep in mind that this amazing girl is FOURTEEN years old!!

Friday's Favorite Fabric Finds

Ooh, happy almost Halloween weekend!  It has already been a week full of parties and fun, and it will continue right on through Monday evening.  That's when I plan to collapse!  Sophie was planning to be a zombie- until we went to the Halloween store and she got scared out of her wits.  She grabbed the Cleopatra costume and said, "Let's get out of here!"  So, my tomboy will be wearing a long princess gown... with sparkles and a headpiece.  I can't WAIT!!!!  What are your little ghouls and goblins going to be?  How about you- any costume planned? 

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While you're planning what to write in your comment (heheh), here are a few fabrics coming soon to sosovintage:

Abstract floral from Cannon

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Pretty twiggy pattern on a pale blue background

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cotton "cutter" tablecloth ready to become a pillow or tote!

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And my favorite for the week- another cotton cutter tablecloth in pink and aqua...looooove!

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If I don't see you before Monday, be sure to come on back for a spooooooky makeover on Halloween!

Thursday's Treasure

Aren't these porcelain babies adorable in their little pink dotted onesies and bows? 

I found these... along with 8 of their closest friends in a *bag* at the thrift store.  It was sale day, too...so instead of $3.90, I got the whole bunch of them for $1.95!!  Treaaaaa*suuuuuure :)

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Over there on the right are the fruits of our labor.

THIRTY SIX POUNDS of apples!!!!

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And yes, it's the rare photo of me and Sophie... rarer still to have one I'm willing to share.  Perhaps it's the way I conveniently hid behind her, lol.

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I like that when I crop it and turn it greyscale, it has a grainy old days quality to it.  Good old days, for sure :)

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Now, for the yummy recipe.  I'm no chef, but I do have a love affair with my crock pot.  This recipe for slow cooked homemade applesauce was so easy that I had to try it.  I mean, I had everything I needed right in the house!  I used 9 medium sized apples and went with only half a cup of sugar.  I was liberal with the cinnamon.  Set it on high for 4 hours, and it was finished in about 3.  Best applesauce ever!!!  Do you have any sure-fire awesome apple recipes?  I could use them!!

Another Kind of Picking

Sunday dawned cool and crisp, so we decided to venture out west toward the mountains to do a little apple picking.  The leaves were colorful, and the orchard was full. 

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The smell of apple turnovers and freshly baked apple bread, pies, and cinnamon sugar donuts wafted out of the orchard store.  I told Sophie if she'd help me get some good photos she could have a donut when we finished picking.  I was really hoping to get a good shot to use for a Christmas card, and hey, a little bribery never hurt anyone.

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She loosened up a little once we told her she could go up into the trees a bit to search for apples.  This was her first tree climbing experience, and now she's hooked.

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The problem with going so late in the season was that many of the apples near ground level were picked or had fallen.  We chose not to get one of the long picker thingies when we started out- a bad decision that we only realized after we had trekked up and over the mountain.  So, orchard rule number two *no climbing the trees* was broken.  Hubs can be a bit of a scofflaw, but he is also very enviro-friendly, so he was a considerate climber.  No broken branches in our trees!

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I'm not 100% certain, but I think we may have gotten at least one apple from every tree.  It seems like just when we thought the bags were full and it was time to leave, one of us would spot another "good one".  Guess how many pounds of apples we had when we finally got back for the weigh in?  Go on- guess.  I'll post the answer tomorrow, as well as share the recipe I used to make a yummy apple treat!