I hope everyone had a wonderful three day weekend!  Despite fighting off a cold towards the end of it, mine was pretty good.  The boys are playing football this year and had their first game, which was so fun to watch.  They both played well and we were proud, cheering parents.  My parents kept the boys most of Sunday and Monday, so Jeff and I could finish a freelance building project and I can’t wait to show it to you.  I’ll start painting it tomorrow and will snap some pictures. Until then, I thought I would share a few more of my recent finds. I couldn’t pass up this old real estate sign… Chester W. Robbins?  How cute is that? To hang it, I installed a couple of d-rings on the back, top corners… …and strung a piece of picture wire between the two rings, winding the ends to secure them.

Soooo, my next big event is less than a month away and I really need to get myself in gear to get ready for it! The event that is coming up is the Market on Chapel Hill, formerly known as the Chapel Market.  It’s held in the same place, Pike Road, Alabama, in the sweet little chapel on the hill at The Waters.  It’s on Saturday, October 3, 2015 starting at 9:00 am.  This is the third year of the market and it’s always such a wonderful time and well worth the drive for us.  Many of the old vendors will be there along with some more new ones this year.  I hope those who are in the area can make it! Now that I’m feeling a sense of urgency, I did go shopping yesterday to try to find some things for the sale.  I didn’t find a ton of

I’m not into cars at all.  I drive an old van with over 230,000 miles on it and I’m content.  I know exactly how many pieces of furniture I can wedge into it.   But, if money weren’t an object, and I wanted to spend it on a car that was purely for fun, I would totally get an antique car, probably from the 1940s.  I love the rounded fenders and classic lines and I would enjoy cruising around in one immensely.  I doubt I’m ever going to have an antique car, but I got the next closest thing – an antique blue and white pedal car. Was this little guy made for me or what?!  A blue and white antique toy pedal car.  Come on, people.  It even has an “M” on the hubcaps! I’ve always liked antique pedal cars, but they are usually pretty pricey, even in this