Holy Sheet!

 One of the many boards I have on Pinterest is entitled "Things I am on the lookout for".  It has odds and ends pinned to it of things I need to remember that I want if I ever come across them.  One of the things that I have pinned is vintage sheets.  A couple weeks ago I visited my favorite thrift store and guess what I found?  A whole bunch of vintage sheets!  Jackpot!  There were 4 different patterns and I took them all.  I paid less than $10 for them.  None of them were complete sets but that didn't matter to me.

 Yesterday we visited an Estate Sale and everything was 50% off.  I got another set of vintage sheets for $5.  The top sheet had never been used!  But what am I going to do with all these vintage sheets?

 

I am hoping to make myself a vintage sheet quilt.  I have no idea how to quilt nor can I sew a straight line, but I am bound and determined to make one of these if it is the last thing I do!  Anyone have any pointers for me?  The easier, the better.  It may take me a few years but I will have a quilt one of these days.  And I am still on the look out for more vintage sheets!

 via Pinterest

My in-laws go down south every year before Thanksgiving and sell Christmas trees.  After their job is over, they head to Lake Havasu to stay warm and hit the flea markets.  My father in law knows that I was on the lookout for gumball machines and look what he brought back for me!

 These dudes are totally getting a makeover of some sort, kind of like the one I did before, or maybe something totally different.  I can't wait to get started on them, whatever it is I decide to do!  But just look at this big, beautiful one that is on a stand!

 Apparently while my mother in law was selling stuff at the flea market, she kept my father in law happy and busy by giving him a weekly "allowance" so he could shop and buy whatever he wanted.  He found this before he got his allowance one day and had to go ask for it early so he could buy this for me.  He knew I would love it and boy was he right.  And how sweet of him to spend his allowance on me!

 I have been wanting a big one on a stand for a long time now and I finally have one!  I think this one will probably stay just the way it is and I can dress up the inside if I want.

  It isn't a super old one but it isn't brand new either.  The brand is Carousel and it has been around since 1913.  I will definitely have to do my research to find out more about it.  Thanks for thinking of me Sonny!

In other news: My nephew's baby was born on Monday.  I still haven't gone to meet her yet, but I will soon.  I love babies so much and holding them is my idea of heaven. 

Are you a Dateline NBC watcher?  Do you remember the episode entitled Deadly Desire?  It took place here in Idaho.  A young, married lawyer had an affair with an older paralegal that he hired and her husband murdered him in a Walgreen's parking lot.  His widow just started blogging about all of it almost 3 years after it happened.  I highly recommend that you check it out.  Her message is so powerful.  When I hear about something like this, I always have so many questions that I wish I could ask and this blog she has started to write is helping to answer these questions.  Many of the stories will bring tears to your eyes but her strength and willingness to forgive is so amazing.  The Moments We Stand is well worth checking out.

Hope everyone had an amazing weekend and that your week flies by!

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