In case you are still following this blog, I have moved over to http://roseylittlethings.blogspot.com The shoppe will still be here at http://roseylittlethings.com Sorry you have to change your book marks again, this will be the last move. So pop over to the new blog, I have posted a few pictures.

XOXO Jen

It’s that time again, Friday Flea Market. This is going to be a super quick post to show you the recently added items for Friday Flea. Today is opening day for lollishops, and I am right in the middle of the blog switcharoo. The new blog site is http://roseylittlethings.blogspot.com. I will be posting over there later today or tomorrow.  I was interviewed at swapdex so click here to check it out.

You can find these items in the Shoppe in the Friday Flea Market Category and they are on sale!

Have a great day. Check back for the big blog switch and to participate in a giveaway at the new blog.

Jen

I have to start by saying thank you all for the supportive comments in regards to the survey situation, it is so nice to know we are not alone. Chad is trying to get them to change the way they administer the survey and at what age, I will keep you posted on his progress.

The transition to the new blog is in progress and should be complete in a few days, so stay tuned for the big move and a giveaway.

I made some fun things, some of which I have to wait to show you until my swap partners receive them. I will show you one item I made of my self and another that is now in the Shoppe.

This is the item I am keeping, I love the way it turned out. I show Chad every item I make and I say” look I made this, isn’t it cute-pretty-neeto”  He mostly always has the same response “YEP”  Once in a blue moon he actually likes something a lot and is impressed and says so.  It is very far and few between.  This happens to be one of thoes projects. He thinks I should sell it, I told him I love it and made it to keep, plus I would have to sell it for 80$  because it took so long to make.  Once again I saw this on Sarahs blog and had to make it, she has a tutorial for it too.  Beware it takes a million buttons and pins and pearls, it is a 9″ cone, can you imagine if you made a larger one. YIKES.

I made a bunch of these darling little girls.  She will look sooo cute on a Christmas tree.

Here is another one, you can find them in the Shoppe HERE.

Hey all you swappers, today was the day to mail out your swap goodies to your partners.  It has been so much fun hosting this swap, I have met so many amazing new friends and a lot of new blogs to visit:)   If anyone is having problems or is going to be late mailing out their swaps, please let  myself and your partner know.  Make sure to join the flickr group here,  so you can upload your swap photos and see what everyone else received.We all ready have some great pictures posted.

No photos today, however I have a ton to take and upload.  I have been crafting like crazy.  I have been getting ready for the opening of lollishops and a craft fair I am doing on Dec 6th.  Lollishops will be opening this Friday, so make sure to check it out.

Off to bed as it is 12:30 YIKES!

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In my mind this post is potentially long, we will see what happens in reality:) I am going to rant and rave a bit, and show some fun photos. I try to keep the blog a happy place, but some things just need to be written.

I think I will start with the ranting and end on happier thoughts.

Another reason I hate word press, is the endless amount of spam comments, I get about 60-100 a day. I have also accidentally marked real comments as spam as they were in the middle of the million spam comments with no way to get them back. SO annoying.

I sent out a custom order today, and did not photograph it before I mailed it . UGGG You will have to use your imagination. My client ordered two vintage quilt wreaths for her double front doors, and she requested red bows. They turned out really cute. You can click here to see the vintage quilt wreaths I have in the shoppe.

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This is the part that may get long. About two weeks ago Gabby came home with a opt out permission slip for a survey they would be taking in Health class. The permission slip said there may be questions about sex, drug and alcohol use. So, we decided she did not need to be exposed to these types of questions and opted out. We have talked about sex and answered her questions, she is aware there are drugs out there and she is aware of alcohol as we partake.

Last Friday night she informed me that her teacher forced her to take the survey. WHATTTTT?? She said the teacher told her she turned in the permission slip to late. As far as I am concerned up to30 seconds before is not too late. She also raised her hand and said her parents did not want her to take it and the teacher stuck her hand out and basically said too bad.

To say the least, Chad and I are furious. On Monday Chad wrote a letter to the superintendent of schools MO GREEN. I am going to go off on a tanget for a moment. Mo Green is new as the superintendent this year, and he started a campaign “Mo wants to Know”. He asked to community to email and ask questions or state problems and he would address them. The beginning of October I wrote him an email because I found out that he thought he would cancel all holidays in the schools. The kids only get a spring and a winter party. NO HALLOWEEN, Christmas, VALENTINES day, St. Patricks you get the point. I am so upset, who doesn’t remember making/buying valentine cards and passing them out to your classmates. I guess I understand not celebrating Christmas since we have to be politically correct. The point being he never wrote me back and Chad never heard back from him.

Chad then wrote the principal of Gabs school an email. He has been emailing back and forth for most of the week. The principal talked to Gabby and the teacher. The principal has apologized numerous times, but this does not change the fact that our daughter was exposed to unnecessary information and the fact that we her parents we treated as if the teacher has more say then we the parents do. Chad got a copy of the survey sent home with Gabby.

Here are some of the questions my 11year old and other 6th graders were exposed to.

Have you ever seriously thought about killing yourself?

Have you ever made a plan about how you would kill yourself?

Have you ever tried to kill yourself?

Have you ever tried cigarette smoking, even one or two puffs?

Have you ever had a drink of alcohol?

Have you ever used marijuana?

How old were you when you tried marijuana for the first time?

Have you ever used any form of cocaine, including powder, crack, freebase? OMG-

Have you ever sniffed glue, or breathed the contents of spray cans, or inhaled any paints? Introducing a behavior she new nothing about.

Have you ever had sexual intercourse?

How old were you when you had sexual intercourse for the first time?

With how many people have you ever had sexual intercourse with? ( Making it seem ok to have multiple partners.)

Have you ever vomited or taken laxatives to lose weight or keep from gaining weight? ( Once again introducing behaviors she knows nothing about)

Here is one of the responses Chad received, Bureaucracy at its finest:

Mr. Smith,

Regarding the question about the Youth Risk Behavior Survey:

The Youth Risk Behavior Survey was developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and is administered approximately every two years by the State Department of Public Instruction in school districts across the state of North Carolina. This survey is also used in other states across the United States. The Youth Risk Behavior Survey was administered to all the middle and high schools in 2003. The School Health Advisory Council recommended to the Superintendent and Board of Education that the survey be administered again locally to all middle and high schools. The Moses Cone-Wesley Long Community Health Foundation provided funding for the survey via the Guilford Education Alliance which is overseeing the project. The data that is obtained from the administration of the survey is used by various community agencies/organizations and school system staff when developing and updating programs. Thanks.

There is so much more to be said on this topic, but this post is way too long all ready! Chad is thinking about writing an editorial to the local paper. This incident will be notated in the teachers file. BIG DEAL!

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On to other happier topics.

Autumn is done here, there are only a few leaves left on the trees. We have officially moved on to winter with temps in the 20’s-30′W. we woke up this morning to snow. Not a lot, but enough to delay the start of school for two hours. I took a photo of the front yard before it all melted.

May not be too exciting to a lot of people who have lived or live where it snows. But for me the CA girl it is neeto. The girls were outside in it this am,they are hoping for a real snow so they can sled down our hill.

I made this quilt. It turned out fine, not exactly how I wanted. Last year I saw a quilt just like this but cuter on Sarah’s blog, I loved it and knew I needed to make one. I love the colors she used. I used what I had laying around.

I just added some vintage flinch cards to the shoppe. They are a bit different than the ones that are all ready there. You can find them in the emphemera category.

Another new item in the shoppe, vintage bingo cards- 10 pack. Check the ephemera category.

Off to knit and relax.

Quick update from the most recent swap I finished. It was a red and aqua swap, my partner was Tonya, she loves vintage too, so it was fun swapping with her.

Here are all the goodies she sent me, Love the darling vintage apron. The vintage buttons are amazing, I ate the jelly bellies right away, YUMMY! The girls love the mad libs!

Here are all the goodies I sent her. I did not make the scarf.

I just added this item to the Shoppe, in the category for the home. It is a darling vintage stocking. I will be adding more christmas stuff over the next few weeks.

New to the Shoppe, Shiny Brites in their original box:) You can find these in the category-for the home.

Off to knit.

XOXO Jen

A quick update for all the participants of the Vintage Pink Christmas Swap.  I have heard from a few of you who  have all ready sent out your packages, so I activated the flickr group.  Here is the link to join our group, if you want to post sneak peeks, that is fine, just wait to show the whole photo until your partner has received her package.

The deadline to send it the 25th of November.  If you have any questions, drop me an email.

Off to bed. XOXO Jen

I had to take a break from pink Saturday because I was too busy. I missed visiting everyone, so I am back this week. You can visit Beverly at How Sweet The Sound to see all the other participants or to sign up for next week.

One of the local yarn shops was having a huge sale, so I went to check it out. I got 60$ worth of yarn for $20. There is more, but it is not PINK!! I love to get good quality yarn for great prices, it makes knitting much more affordable.

I got home from the grocery store to find two packages on my front porch, which is always exciting. This one is from the super sweet Deb. It is a gift for hosting the Vintage Pink Christmas Swap. She made the cards, aren’t they lovely! So thoughtful, I love it all! Thank you Deb!

The second package was from my partner for the Just for You FQ Seceret Santa Swap. I know it is not pink, but I was so happy with everything, I had to post it. I really want to make a vintage skirt from the pattern, I love that era of clothing.

A close up of the darling vintage pottery deer, he looks so cute with all of my other pottery!

She also sent me this vintage apron!!!! She attached a note saying if I didn’t like it I could use the fabric for a project! Never, I love it.

Happy Pink Saturday, I must get ready to take the kids to the Library.

XOXO Jen

It is that time again, Friday Flea Market is back. Here are the new items added for this addition of the Friday Flea Market.

Click here to go shop at all the other Friday Flea Markets.

This lovely vintage necklace is in the Shoppe in the Friday Flea Market Category.

This is about the cutest vintage bib, it hasn’t even been used. Also in the Friday Flea Market section.

Adorable vintage baby blanket is now available for Friday Flea Market.

Last new item for Friday Flea market.

Have a happy Friday!

XOXO Jen

********************WARNING***************************** There are a lot of photos on this post!

Let’s start with things that are bugging me. 1: I decided not to pay for Premium shipping services for my Shoppe, it was an additional fee on top of my web hosting fees. I thought it was not worth it,now I am thinking it may have been. Every order I have received since I canceled this has had goofed up shipping. I thought I fixed the problem and apparently not. If anyone has wanted to place an order and the shipping stopped them, contact me and I will get it straightened out, plus you will get an extra goodie for your troubles. I hope to get the shipping under control in the next day or two.

2: I lost my cell phone:( On Halloween and keep hoping it is going to turn up. It has not, so I have been using Chad’s old cell since then. UGGGG So if you don’t have Chad’s old cell number, email me and I will give it to you! I hate using his phone, it has a dumb ring tone, it is not pink and it has a LA Dodgers screen saver:(

3: Still can’t get the Cache to clear, I found the tab at the top under tools, and I clicked on clear cache and Nothing happened. UGGG Still can’t upload photos on Flock.

I thought there was something else, Hmm.. can’t seem to remember though!

Ok, on to some fun stuff.

Thank you all for the crock pot recipes and the crock pot web site. I am excited to try them.

ATTENTION PINK CHRISTMAS SWAPPERS!!!- Just wanted to make sure everyone is taking the time to get to know their partners. The send by date is November 25th. If you have any questions please feel free to email me.

There was a garage sale in my neighborhood over the weekend, so I popped in. The lady who’s house it was at was a crafter and quilter, and a vintage quilt collector, it was heaven.

This is a terrible picture, but this is a whole shadow box full of vintage black glass buttons! Love them!!!!!!

1 skein of verigated eggplant wool yarn, and half of a vintage chenielle comforter. Since this one is all ready cut up I am actually going to use it for crafting and not as a pretty decoration.

One more vintage quilt for my collection! She had about 20 for sale and I would love to have had them all, but this one was cheap and the others were not!

I got this one also, it is a small lap size and was super cheap!

Is this not the cutest vintage rocking horse, I got it for 3$ it looks adorable in Grahams room:)

This is a swap I received for the Pay it forward swap. I love everything, I am so excited about the mica flakes!

I made this neck warmer for my swap partner for the Seceret Santa Fat Quarter Swap. I made myself one and I LOVE it!

Here are all he goodies I sent to my Fat Quarter swap!

This is Grahams idea of an outfit to go outside in! Mind you it was freezing out. The girls and I were cracking up!

Here is Gab jumping into the huge pile of leaves. She hates this picture, I love theat she is in mid air! My girls were a bit hesitant to go in the leaves at first, but they got over it.

Playing in the trees!

Leaf head!

Leaf piles are so much fun!

My three G’s in a pretty red tree.  They are in their grubby clothes, but I love this picture!

Miss Gwen jumping in the leaves. I love the look of joy on her face!

I made these heart ornaments out of a vintage quilt.  I am taking them to the craft fair I am going to and if i make some more, I will put a few in the Shoppe.

I made these trees before Halloween, they are not done yet, I need to fancy them up. Sarah wrote a great tutorial on how to bleach and dye trees.

I made this bunting before Halloween, and I had it hung out front, but it would not stay up. So inside it came, I don’t love it here, so I may relocate it again.

These two were both made before Halloween, this picture doesn’t show how sparkley and glittery it is.

I made these ornaments for the craft show. There is a tutorial somewhere online and if I can remember where I found it I will let you know.

I made this ornament the other day, I am planning on selling it, even though I LOVEEEEEEEEEEEE it!  Below is the back, it is vintage wallpaper.

I knitted up this scarf the other night, I am not sure what I am doing with it, it will probably be a Christmas gift!

Sheesh that was a long post!  Making up for the lack of posting lately.  Off to bed! XOXO Jen