blog #465 >> Reading Nook

I can't wait to get a few of these books!

'Reading Nook' by roaringcrafts

Antique Rare The Woman In Wh... TwoBirdsVintag... $30.00	Rare Antique Book, Children... WhimzyThyme $28.00
Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights... ForgottenMargi... $135.00	Vintage TREASURE ISLAND 1940... ladyfranslibra... $16.00
A Full Set of "The Seco... GrandpaJoesShe... $60.00	Antique (1927) copy of Black... jollytimeone $15.99
Vintage Charles Dickens Book... DaydreamersUni... $29.00	The Scarlet Letter by Nathan... ThePaperTomato $5.95
My Bookhouse Antique Childre... oneredhen $13.99	A Vintage Collection of Sher... GrandpaJoesShe... $8.00
treasury item...1900s Rebecc... MyraMelinda $7.50	Through the Looking glass, L... elitas $26.00
Antique David Copperfield by... CleoTheRio $20.00	Hawthorne - 1907 House of Se... jollytimeone $17.99
Jules Verne 20.000 Leagues U... VernasVintage $795.00	8 antique volumes Novels & L... ToppaTheLine $35.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

blog#457 >> by the dozen

I know, another etsy treasury post, she must be printing cd's. Yes! I am!
And I just can't stop thinking of all the things I need to finish before Sunday. Easter is coming and Good Friday is today. I finally finished my secret project last night and got the entire living room picked up and clean. (I'll post pictures Monday morning.) It really is one of the most fantastic things I've ever made and I'm bursting at the seams to show it off. Tonight is church, and tomorrow I'm helping my sister decorate he daughter's birthday cake. It's a fairy village... I'll have to post pictures of that too. And I haven't even started my annual Easter egg yet.

But since soft boiled eggs is one of my favorite breakfasts, I thought I'd do an egg cup treasury for Easter. Plus, they make an excellent Easter breakfast with tea and toast.
What's your favorite breakfast?

Vintage Plastic Egg Cups in Green Metal Tin
from Camp Hobachee
$20.00

Two Red Rose Vintage Egg Cups
from Four Finds Vintage
$14.00


Boiled Egg Service Set
from Sea Glass Vintage
$18.00

EGG CUPS Chicken Design by KN0BLER
from not forgotten vintage
$20.00

Bossy Lady Egg Cup w/ Shaker
from Stuff Carrie Likes
$15.00

Vintage Chicken Egg Cup Japan
from Treasure Cove Ally
$7.00


Vintage Egg Cups Hankscraft
from Juney W Cleaver
$25.00



Vintage Porcelain Egg Cup Farm House Cottage Country
from Katy Bits and Pieces
$8.00

Vintage Cow Egg Cup
from winkin possum
$12.00

Visit by the dozen etsy treasury to see more!
Have a good Friday!
T

blog #456 >> Keeping Cozy

Well... basically I'm blogging because I am bored. There's not much happening in the art dept. today which means I'm stuck in the dup. room. It's not so bad in here... Pick blank disk up, place on tray, push button twice, tray goes in, makes crunching sound, tray comes out, take printed disk off, drop on spindle, pick blank disk up, place on tray... over and over again. I'm still lamenting the death of that robotic arm. I'm all caught up on google reader, facebook, and I don't think I can take much more internet news; therefore, it's time for blogging!!!

Last night, I made this wonderful etsy treasury of tea cozies. I'm sure there is an easy way to post your favorite items from etsy to your blog, but I've yet to find it. So if you have a trick for it, please let me know and in the mean time, I'll do it the slow way. Below are some of my favorite tea cozies and tea cozy patterns from etsy.

Vintage 60's Handmade in South Africa ZULU Felt Tea Cozy
from Babylon Sisters
$24.00

Vintage 1960s Australian Knit & Crochet pattern booklet
from All The Precious Things
$16.00

Blue Cottage Tea Cozy
by Baby Dear
$23.00
(I own this one, I can confirm that it's the perfect tea cozy! It will keep tea hot for a couple of hours!)

Vintage spotty tea cosy
from Jenny Lou and Patsy Too
$16.00

SWEET OLD LADY Tea Cosy - Pattern
by Hand Made Awards
$4.50

Vintage Rooster Tea Cozy
from Vic and Julie
$12.00

Retro-Style Knitted Tea Cosy
by Little Tin Hut essential frivolity
$30.61

Blue Bobble Tea Pot Cosy
by Georgina-Kay Designs
$30.00

Vintage Flower Basket Embroidered Teapot Cozy
from Blissful Notions
$24.00

Peach Flower Basket Tea Cosie
by Andrea Lesley Crochet
$32.00 (She has lots of other cute colors too!)

KNITTED LIQUORICE SWEETS TEA COSY
by JACKSKNITS
$25.00

I have a few more in my treasury that you can see here, but I've got to go to lunch.
Cheers!
T

blog #396 >> Cool things I've been meaning to post for awhile...

I've been putting this off for entirely too long.
Here's my latest assortment of cool stuff I've found online.


The Antique Typewriter blog:
This makes me want to tear my laptop apart and give it a wooden case, cool buttons and a custom paint job.





Wise words to remember, I think I'm going to embroider that onto a bookmark.



Did you know that sharks can smell tea from a mile away?
...I made that up.


The Amazing Lobster Rug!


Great instructions on how to make homemade ricotta cheese.... it didn't work out for me very well... but that wasn't the recipes fault. It was entirely user error.


Build you own mansion, I need this for the city of London I've started on my desk.

The original button cookie recipe. I may have already posted this... but by brain is fuzzy on the subject.
And a button stamp to package them with.


Pretty crocheted jar lamps, these make me want to work on my crocheting.


Lost Alarm Clock

4 8 15 16 23... 46? Oh $#%@!!!

It's been a long, boring day down in the Swan, chilling in your khaki jumpsuit, listening to your favorite Mama Cass record and staring at a blinking cursor.

Where's your partner? Why can't you switch off number-punching duties? Oh, right. You killed him. And now you have to wake up every 108 minutes or the world starts shaking and metallic objects threaten to pin you against the wall.

Trust us, brother, this is no way to live. And luckily--or not, right, Hugo?--you don't have to. Our Dharma Initiative Alarm Clock is conveniently programmable to go off only once every 24 hours, and at a time convenient to you.

But if you don't get the numbers right before you see the hieroglyphs, there's no guaranteeing what will happen.

The Trouble with Tribbles by Edward Gorey: see full comic here
Alright, I'm not a HUGE "Star Trek" fan, but I did find this VERY funny.
...but I am a LOST fan.



More words of wisdom: only this ad is making me crave chocolate marshmallow Easter eggs.


A place where I'd fit right in... well... almost.



And an adorable summer dress from etsy.
Even though it's ENTIRELY too expensive.


And last but not least an old photo I found of my Grandpa from when he was a flight instructor during WW2. Many more WW2 posts to come... and they will be fantastic!
(My grandpa is the good looking one on the left, the other one is my uncle. And to think I was going to photoshop the "other guy" out. I'm still feeling a little guilty about that one. NEVER mess with history. Lesson learned.)

That's all for now, I've got to get to bed!
T