My Clucking Reputation

Boy! I have been remiss! Ya'll wouldn't believe the beautiful things that have been showing up in my mailbox! I'm beginning to realize that I have a bit of a reputation...

a "chicken" reputation!

My buddy Stacey sent this beautiful hanky to me! I was thrilled when I opened an envelope and found this cutey! She has an antique store in Maryland near DC. I can't wait to visit!

Isn't this apron adorable? And check out the close-up of the chicken!

One day, I'm going to figure out how to turn my collection of chicen aprons into a vallance in the laundry room. Won't that be cute?

This cute little hot pad is right up my alley!

And, look at this finger tip towel. Anyone attempting to dry their tips on this cutey might get a smack to the back of the head!

Check this out! My friend, Kelly, made this. She makes all sorts of mosaics with all kinds of fun stuff. Check out her blog to see what she is up to. Look at the butter dish at the top of her page.

Thanks so much for thinking of me Kelly!

I can't wait to play with this jello mold! I didn't have one of these! Can you believe it? If only I could get blogger to upload photos the way I saved them!


These cute ornaments and a few of the chickens came from my buddy Gin. She was my swap partner for the Year of Enchantment swap for the month of June. I'm sad to say, Gin is still waiting for her ornaments from me! Don't give up on my Gin, they are coming!

The theme this month is Gnomes! Isn't his little face adorable?

Gin had an extra pattern for this, too. I think I have seen these before. Once you sew it together, you add a brick to the bottom to make the chicken stand up straight. I can't wait for time to play with this!

A note came with the goodies from Gin...Do chickens and gnomes get along?

Answer: I hope so because this box is filled with both!

Thanks Gin!


Last month, I won this treasure from Pixie! I have spent hours perusing the pages of this work of art.

Isn't the cover beautiful!

It's filled with crochet patterns. I wish I knew how to follow these patterns and create beautiful clothes!

Like this adorable apron that should never be worn while making biscuits...unless "making biscuits" is your code word for "meet me in the bedroom!"

Vintage adds were included in the book.

And my favorite part is this handwritten ditty:

Cant write shall be drunk

With my little wigger wagger in my hand

Wrigh dodwn the curains I shall

be drunk a Mondgy night,

Something had been erased after the coma. I wish I could make it out! Don't you wonder who wrote this, how drunk they were at the time, and whether Mama beat the crap out of them when she found this poetry in her pretty book?

Thanks so much for spoiling me! I miss you all!

What Do You Think?

In my mailbox yesterday was this postcard. I have scanned and cropped it so you can't see what it is advertising. I want to know what is in Santa Boy's box!

What do you think they are advertising and what's in the box? Leave me your thoughts in the comments section.

I'll post the whole postcard next week. Should I blur the address details?

If you guess correctly, I'll send you one of the ornaments I have been making for a swap!

Look What was in My Mailbox!

When I got home from Ohio yesterday, there was a pile of mail on the kitchen table awaiting my attention. Since it is usually bills and junk mail, I was thrilled to see a card with real handwriting and Halloween stickers all over it. I was even more thrilled to see it was from my buddy Chris. (We seem to be twins separated at birth about a decade apart! See her blog to see what I mean... http://vintagechristine.blogspot.com/) But, I digress...

I opened the card which looked to be straight out of the 20's and busted out laughing at what was inside. I think it is best to show you in photos. It required a little bit of preparation...

This is my truck before. I had to wash some dirt off the window.

This is my truck after. Can you see what was added? Need a closer look?

Meet Mudflap Man!

My redneck, old-men auction buddies are going to love this! My husband says he doesn't think he can drive the truck with this on it. My son thinks people passing me are going to think I like fat chicks! All I know is it makes me laugh! Thanks Chris! I think you need to plan a trip to NC. Maybe I need to head to Mississippi. Wonder where the midway mark is?