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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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

********************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

Here are the questions for my Vintage Pink Christmas Swap in case some of you missed them. I am also answering them for my partner.

1. What is your favorite Christmas decoration?  That is a hard one, I have so many that I love.  I really love all of my Vintage ornaments.

2. What colors/themes do you decorate for Christmas?  I decorate two trees, One that we use to get flocked pink when we lived in CA and they flocked trees, the second a regular green one.  The pink one I decorate with white, silver, gold, pink, pale blue and pale green- lots of vintage ornaments.  The second tree I decorate in traditional red and green, lots of vintage .

3. What Christmas item would you love to have?  I would love to have a vintage feather tree, or more mercury glass bead garland.

4. Favorite goodie & hot drink?  I love all milk Chocolate,  Hot chocolate and hot apple cider.

5. Are you a crafter? If so what crafts do you do?  I knit, sew, collage, make jewelry, and scrapbook(which I have not done in a while)

6. What is your favorite pink item in your home?  There are so many to choose from- Probably my vintage chenille comforters, or my pink vintage pyrex or my vintage pink wall phone.

7. What do you collect?  Vintage quilts, vintage pottery, vintage pyrex, vintage books, I could go on and on, if it is vintage and pretty I Love it.

8. Do you have special family traditions for the holidays?  We use to, now that we are not near our families, it will be different this year.

My kidos are Gabby 11, Gwen 8 and Graham 21months.

Off to knit and watch a movie with Chad!

XOXO Jen

I have been sewing, sewing, sewing.  Everyday, I spend a at least three hours sewing.  In the evenings while we watch TV I cut out projects or knit.  I also added a ton of things to the Shoppe, some sewn some vintage. I have also been busy matching up partners for the Vintage Pink Christmas Swap.  If you are participating, I hope to get your partners info to you tomorrow!

Remember a couple of days ago I said MCcoy, here it is.  I picked it up at the estate sale I went to last Saturday.  It is in the Shoppe in the China cupboard.

New Ephemera packet. Be My Baby

Here are some of the reusable market bags I have made.  They are also now in the Shoppe.

Fun vintage pin, now in the Shoppe.

Fun bangles.

Pretty vintage Holly pin.  I entered a ton of other jewelry, so check it out.

Ok, had to show you this one, isn’t it pretty.

I will be posting all the fun sewing projects in the next few days.

XOXO Jen

For pink Saturday this week, I thought I would show one of my favorite rose pictures. I got it fairly recently at an estate sale. I only paid a couple of dollars for it. I love it. It is in my powder room:) I didn’t get around to taking other pictures once again, so this is the main event. I love the pink frame too. You can pop over to Beverly’s too see all the other pink goodness.

For some reason I thought the deadline for sign ups for my “Vintage Pink Christmas” swap was today. I just looked at the details and the deadline is the 15th, so there are a few more days left to sign up. So, partners will be assigned next week. If you want to sign up click here for the details or to sign up.

Have a pretty &pink Saturday.

XOXO Jen

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I have been busy all week with my in laws, so I have not had a lot of time to photograph things. So there will only be one pink item this week for Pink Saturday. This is one of my favorite pink items, not that I don’t LOVE all my pink goodies.

Yes, we actually use this phone. Mostly just to answer calls, unless we can not find one of the three cordless phones we have. The girls will have friends over and they will ask about the phone because they apparently have not seen one before:) I got it on Ebay seven years ago.

Only a few more days to sign up for the Vintage Pink Christmas Swap. You can go here to sign up.

Beverly at How Sweet the Sound is the Hostess of Pink Saturdays, if you want to join.

Have a great weekend:)

XOXO Jenpi

My in laws arrived Saturday night, so we have been busy with them. Sunday we went to Old Salem, which was really fun. We may take Graham to the zoo if the weather cooperates:) Just thought I would pop in and post a couple of projects I have finished recently.

A lot of my projects lately have revolved around Halloween. I have been wanting to make one of these for a while. It is hanging in my kitchen as we speak. I used paper, crepe paper, glitter, vintage sheet music, vintage lace, vintage ric-rack and some cute black and white letters. It was a fun project, I love how it turned out.

Another Halloween goody, this was in one of the magazine, can’t remember which one. I thought it was cute, so I whipped it up. It is sitting on a chair in my family room.

Lastly, I made this snake scarf for my nephew Eli’s second birthday.  I found the pattern online and now can not find the web site again, because it is bookmarked on my laptop.  It is supposed to be back to me by the 6th, thank goodness.

Only a few days left to sing up for the vintage pink Christmas swap.  There are quite a few ladies who have joined all ready.  I am looking forward to assigning partners so we can get on with the swapping.

Off to bed!

XOXO Jen

Happy pink Saturday! Sorry I have been MIA this week, I have been getting ready for my in laws arrival tomorrow. Here is a look at some lovely pinkness.

I made this bracelet for my sister, I had to wait until she received it before I showed it to you. It arrived in CA a couple of days ago, so I thought it was perfect for pink Saturday.

Next on the pink agenda, is the Vintage Pink Christmas Swap I am hosting. If you are participating in Pink Saturday, clearly you are a pink lover, so check out the details below.

You will have one partner to spoil. Minimum of 25$ before shipping. One Handmade item and at least one true vintage item. You can make or purchase your items. Just make sure they are Christmas, vintage, pink or a combination of all three. Items can be repros or vintage inspired, other than the one actual vintage item.

Sign ups will be open until October 15th, to sign up leave a comment on this post. Make sure to leave some way for me to contact you. Also, specify if you don’t want to send international. Swap needs to be mailed to your partner on or before November 25th. You need to find out about your partner, their style, likes and dislikes, so you can make your package extra special. Make sure you send things that you would love to receive. Please only sign up if you plan to follow through. If for some reason you are unable to participate after you have been assigned a partner, please let me know as soon as possible.

If you are interested in seeing all the other fun pink Saturday posts or in signing up for next week. Go visit Beverly’s blog How Sweet the Sound.

Have a wonderful Saturday!

XOXO Jen