Happy Anniversary

Our 29th and still crazy about each other!! 

More Sneak Peaks

Here are some more sneak peaks for the

Cottage Vintage Home sale May 5th.

See previous post for address and time.

 

Many more little treasures. 

Cute little candle holders. Rulers. 

Napkin umbrellas, trivet that expands,
laundry sprinkle bottle, tins. 

Colorful box of drawers, cookie cutters
recipe boxes. 

Precious little baby record book, unused. 

It has great graphics! 

Vintage bottles, pin cushion, bolling pin shaker,
small games.

More things are being readied. Many fun
items to peruse. 



Sneak Peak for May 5th

Here are a few sneak peaks for the sale I am doing at

Cottage Vintage Home

 

May 5     10am to 3pm

 

2819 E. Evergreen Blvd

Vancouver, WA

360-721-9980

 

 

Please ignore the garage stuff in the background.
I will have my usual eclectic merchandise. 

Button jars, tins, paint by number, squeaky toy.... 

Little blue shelf, game, jar of letters
that hook together. 

Great old jacket with U of Oregon colors.
Has a zip hood.   

Basket full of  $ 1    items.  I will also have
a basket of 25 cent items.  I am clearing out
so there will be lots of little things for sale.

Sure do hope you can come by.  17 vendors
plus the shop to keep you busy!! 



Tree news

 

The man that I married likes to move

things around in our yard.  Sometimes it

is because they need to be moved and

sometimes because he just wants to move them.

A couple of days ago he needed to move

a tree from the back to front yard so it could

get more sun.

 

Originally he had a couple of friends to
help him do this.  But it poured that day. 

So he decides he can do this by himself.  

And I am watching him turn the tree from
side to side and cut and dig and then... 

He uncovers this poor little guy who was
just trying to do whatever he was doing
underground.  I think he is a salamander? 

I decided to look at the flowers  Our tulips
have just started to bloom. 

I just love bulbs of any kind and hope to
plant more this fall. 

Turns out the only help he needed was
a little bit from me to get the tree into
the wheelbarrow for the trip to
the front yard.  Fortunately it was
mostly a downhill ride! 

And he did it!!  Now this paperbark maple
will be where it can get more sun and be
a much happier tree.  If the deer don't eat it. 



I'm In an Event!

Many of you know of my days

of being the lady behind Andy's Attic.

 

I stopped doing my mall space and had

stopped doing shows but now have

decided to do a show in May.

 

 

Cottage Vintage Home is putting on an
event in May that my friend Sue of BirdSong
is doing and I will be sharing a space with her.

This will be a fun event on May 5th from
10 am to 3 pm.  I will be posting some
sneak peaks later.

2819 E. Evergreen Blvd.
Vancouver, WA
360.721.9980

If you are local I hope you can make it!!

More to come,

Annette   :>)
 



It was a Plucky Maidens Day

On the right is the Pluckiest Maiden of all
Pam Knecht, who runs the show, and on the left
is Sue , who came to the show with me and has
been a Plucky Maiden herself. To learn more
about Plucky Maidens just go to pluckymaidens.com

This is the booth of Voondi which is our
friend Cher.  She always has fun
things to sell and you can tell is almost
sold out.

This was a new person I met. Debbi has
many very nice hand made things at
Marionberry Cottage

I did not get this nice ladies name so if she
sees this she needs to let me know.  Very fun and
funky things in her booth.

April of Vintage Vixens had a chair
that I wanted to take home.

This is the chair!  She said if it didn't sell
it will be in her Etsy Shop.  She had many
other great things, too.

This is my friend Mel's booth,
All My Favorite Things.

Mel had sold so much and she had a great
wire mannequin she had made into a garden but
my picture did not turn out.

I call this the bling booth!!  But she is
really Pitula The Jeweler.

Not only does she have tons of bits and bobs
to choose from, she also has cool jewelry
that she has made!

And many little packages of little fun things
to make art work or jewelry or whatever.

There was no way to get pictures of everyone.  The place was packed yet there was plenty of room to move around.  A super way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

Making the Cut

When we bought our house we had
a retaining wall built.

 

All of the ferns you see just came
along voluntarily.  I think that was
very nice of them.

And every March I cut the ferns. All
of the ferns.

All of the way down to the bottom.

March is the time to do it so the new little
fronds (seen here) have not yet lifted
their little heads.  Therefore you do not
cut off their little heads.

One year I waited too long. It took
forever to do the job because I
had to be so careful not to cut
the little fronds.

I guess you could just cut off the
old ugly leaves and leave the newer ones.

But I just love how green and beautiful
they look when they all come up

new and fresh every year.  I also trim
all the ferns we have planted and all
the ones around the yard that have
sprouted up and found a home here.

We try to get all the ornamental grasses
cut in March, too, but are a little bit
behind this year.  If we get enough more
sunny days we may get it done before April!!

Wishing you all a good weekend! And Happy St.
Patty's Day!
Annette   :>)