My loot from the road trip

Waking up this morning with Miss Abbie, so tired from our trip. Ren is home now and he had his

cheerios in the mornings and a dryer-warmed blanket each night as the vet said. Ren has really

captured the hearts of our vet over the past 8 years. Our vet listened to his heart with his

stethoscope and he looked up at me and said, "Every day is a good day for little Ren" ;)

So, unpacking the loot I got along the way. Here is some new 32 count Belfast linen.

And because the cross stitch shop displayed their intricate, beautifully-stitched Blackbird

Design stockings, I made a vow to make these throughout the year for next year. The tiny little

stockings are so incredibly cute. I got the January booklet.

With the 3 pieces of linen already precut small for the individual stockings.

I got a pack of Piecemakers needles in size 26. I've heard alot of good things about these needles

through reading different blogs and so I'm going to try a pack.

And at a thrift store, I got a 1936 old copy of Gone with the Wind. I've never owned a copy and I

love the book so much, I was pleased with the find to add to my little library downstairs.

At the old General store in Sylva, Vera Bradly had a 40% off their "Frill Collection" and as you

can see why the name, Frill. Very bright stuff but I loved it.

This little pack could double as a scissor case.

And this little zip up bag which inserts into a notebook would be great to carry to work for lunch

hours small stitching.

Yes, this is really shiney and red! I'm a girlie girl though.

Definitely will need a solid outfit with this purse.

I will be stylin' though. LOL

Now, this, my friends, is really a put-together system that I found in a store and it's really for

jewelry. This store had alot of inserts to boxes with clear tops and anything and everything

including tags to attach to jewelry if you make beads, earrings, etc.

My mind immediately went to .......OMG, I can store my precious silk floss in these, so I put

together a case for my silks. I have only 4 silk flosses as they are quite costly but now I can put

this with my DMC wooden box for organization. Gosh, did I say organizing? That's so not

me! :0

Love it. I got a pad piece that goes in the middle to give me 2 layers, a possibility to keep 16

flosses in this box.

While I don't have very few silks, I know a place now that I can add to another box if I attain

more silks. Or When I attain more silks.

I got this blanket on a discount table for this chair. It's crocheted in beautiful mauves and pinks

which compliments this room and feels oh so comfy and cozy.

At the cross stitch store, got me a copy of this magazine which I thoroughly enjoyed reading

about thinbles and the origins, history, etc.

A few special threads I needed.

And for 99cents each, these pillow covers.

I liked them because they would be great to attach a stitched piece on the front with lovely

buttons and it has a zippered back. I got 2 navy ones and 1 williamsburg blue one.

Deb, I thought of you when I went into an antique store called Memory Lane. I think I got lost in

this place and spent 2 hours there. No flower/scissors frogs out of all the stuff in there. But, I

did get this crystal bowl/vase to hold my large Ginghers.

It's shiny and pretty heavy to hold those special larger scissors.

So, I did get more than I should have on this trip but I'm loving each special one.

I have a "Frosted Cranberry" candle burning now and the family room smells luscious. I'm in my

PJ's still at almost noon and catching a few minutes with CNN. Then I'm off to try to get some

cleaning done. The furbabies are all napping right now, recovering from their journeys.