I’ve been having a few technical difficulties this evening, so I posted some of these pictures and this information on Facebook and Twitter already.  It’s getting late and I know 5:15 am is going to come very quickly, so I’m going to keep this brief. Today was about all of the last minute details like making “sold” tags.  It’s one of those things that won’t make me any money and some people might not care about, but I think it just looks nice to have cute sold tags. So, if you see a craft tag tied on with a red and white string on a piece, you know it’s sold.  (I’m selling some of this string tomorrow, too.) Speaking of sold, here’s a look at the custom sign I made for Jami of Freckled Laundry.   She requested a lavender sign and this is what I came up with. See?

I took a step away from the painting and sanding and upholstering to do a bit of shopping for Lucketts.  Once I got the boys off to school, I got my P90X workout out of the way, showered, ate breakfast and packed a healthy lunch to take with me. (Balance, remember?)  I went to one of my favorite local shops… (The beverage cart was on hold for someone else, but I bought this stool…) …and then I went to an antique mall I had never been to before.  AWESOME!!  This place was huge and it took me about three hours to get through.  Towards the third hour, I was getting “antique mall eyes” where it was hard for me to see anything in the booths.  I had made a huge mess of a pile at the register and filled my van with all sorts of goodies.  Thanks so much to

Last week I worked on organizing all of the junk (and good stuff) in my basement.  I then worked on sorting and pricing and ended up with two main piles.  One is the pile of stuff that I need to do something to – paint, upholster, fix, etc… The other main pile is stuff that is priced and ready to go… …and now my basement is starting to fill up with things that are ready to be repaired, reupholstered and painted… I’m selling my dining room set, so we’re going to sure up a few of the chairs and I still need to put some finishing touches and upholster the seats of two of them. I just brought home this French settee to upholster with some of my Hungarian linens (I’m a glutton for punishment)… …and a dresser and the primitive cabinet from my office are waiting for repairs and