tiny hearts with a message

I found these tiny hearts and just had to play with them.  

  

What tiny Valentine decorations do you use?

tammy

{ I LOVE YOU }

Simply said, 

tammy

Drama- at what cost?

I have been putting up scheduled posts as there has been a lot of drama going on here.

We have a bike race that has been held the past 4-5 years in our downtown.  It closes off the roads for a Sunday. Every year the owner of the Antique store and now the newly opened place where I have a booth - gets very upset and fights the race with city council.  He speaks alot of half truths to the paper and won't compromise on anything.  This year proved to be no different.  But even though I am a vendor there I did not support his stance.  I felt that even though the streets were closed on one Sunday out of the year it was a good thing as it brought tons of new people to our downtown that could possibly come back and shop later upon discovering it. I strongly feel that any good publicity for a small town is awesome.  And anytime you can lure people down to appreciate and discover it is a wonderful thing.  Yes sales might have been lost that one day but the overall good outweighs that. 

Well the city council agreed with my and other opinions and the race will continue for 5 more years without this yearly drama playing out in the papers and such. 

I on the other hand will not play out in the downtown.  

The owner of the place where I have my space does not feel that the vendors are entitled to their own opinion.  That we do not live in a free country where we are entitled to freedom of speech.  He has since this started blocked me from the business face book page thus not permitting me to promote my business, he has refused to answer any of my questions I sent them via email to him and general management about a newly instilled lay away plan.  And as of this morning he has told me to vacate my space by February 23.  

Really I am appalled, I am one of the better sales vendors there, I am consistent in my sales, my space is always full- not so much now but we did just come off of Christmas and I am playing catch up.  I also have volunteered there for hours to decorate, help for open house.  But all that means nothing because I supported an event that my family participates in every year which directly opposed his opinion. 

So, I have been dealing with all of this and my blog has paid the price for it.  For that I apologize. 

I will be busy getting tons of furniture painted for the upcoming 3 shows I have and now I will have to come up with time to dismantle the booth that we spend so much time building to make the colony look good.

Sad place that sends me packing because I have a difference of opinion- ironic though that my husband works for the military that affords him the right to treat me this way.  But then again- he fought the closing of streets for a Military Appreciation Parade also..so it shouldn't surprise me at all.

So, I will be busy taking this :

back to this:

tammy

a big red puffy heart of love...

When you think of Valentines you probably think - red heart.

So, I had to make one red didn't I?

What color decorations do you use to represent Valentines Day? 

tammy

lil valentine tags part 2

More of those little tags to provide inspiration and happiness.  

Sometimes a little smile when you least expect it is the best thing that day. 

What surprised you today and made you smile? 

tammy

lil valentine tags part 1

I decided to make some small tags with a Valentines theme.

Something small that you could hang on a wall in a cubby at work, on a door knob at a nursing home or anywhere that you just needed a small burst of happiness. 

 More in part 2.

Do you get small items to give yourself a personal smile? 

tammy

{ a sparse booth }

After all the hulabaloo of the holidays my booth is looking a bit sparse.  

 

All of that extra Christmas decor sure makes a space fuller.  

Oh well a new year means a less cluttered look to me.  

How about you- are you embracing simplicity more? 

tammy

a letter from the heart

I am having fun with these puff paper mache hearts.  

This one is covered in wrapping paper that has many french letters written on it. 

who do you need to send a love letter to ? 

tammy

need a kiss?

Yes everyone could use a kiss now and then.  

Here's one for whenever you need it.

 I just couldn't leave well enough alone.

I had to embellish the letter I and make it "fun".

 Who have you kissed today? 

 

tammy

Vintage Valentine

I know Valentines Day is traditionally pink, red and white..but why not a vintage theme with browns, tans and creams?

 Here's a close up of the center heart. 

 sharing with :
Common Ground - Vintage Inspiration Friday  
French Country Cottage - Feather Nest Friday 
At the Picket Fence - Inspiration Friday 
2805 - Potpourri Friday
The Charm of Home - Home Sweet Home
My Repurposed Life - Catch as Catch Can

 

tammy

a bit of love in the air?

Seems that day is approaching.

Valentines Day.

Not my favorite but wanted to create for it just the same.

 Didn't want to just leave it at painted, distressed letters.  So, I added a touch of fun to the letter "o".

 Who are you lovin' on this year?

tammy

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tammy

Freezing but thinking of { SPRING }

Baby it's cold outside. 

We went from sunny in 60's on Sunday when everyone on the block was outside working to lordy lordy it's windy and in the 20-30's yesterday and today. 

But on that glorious Sunday we did some preparing. 

I got the idea to move the kids fort space out of the sunny area and put it into the yard.  

Why? 

Because that area gets the most sun as we are surrounded by neighbors trees.  

Lets backtrack..I have been going more towards natural foods.  We buy farmers market and last year we were in a food co-op where we received a large box of food on a weekly basis from area farmers.  We have dabbled in gardening here and there but this year we are going for broke so to speak.  We are going to grow our own and we will can and freeze all that we can. 

After being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in September it has come to my attention how many canned items are overflowing with sodium and sugar..both no-no's on the diabetic and high blood pressure diet.  

So au natural is how we are going to try to roll. 

That being said we needed a large area to garden thus the rearranging of the back yard.  

We got that fort moved, hubby tilled the whole area- we had tons of leaves in there so he tilled them in to feed the soil.  We put up a fence to keep the dog out when we start growing things. (This fence was put back up in the exact spot it was in when we took it down about 6 months ago. Nothing new was done to it)

And this is how the area looks now:

  I will paint the fence white to match the other fence.  It will have climbing roses planted along the fence with sweet peas to cover and look wonderful. 

Along the two side fences it will hopefully have some espaliered apple and pear trees planted.

It will need raised beds and walkways and hopefully this weekend when it warms up I can plan those out.

 It is a large area so that is why the back is being reserved for a green house.  A home built one using recycling as out main source.  Old doors, windows etc.

But I have visions of what it will look like and of course pinterest helped me get some to share. 

Do you have any ideas brewing for when the weather warms up?  

Are you enjoying all the seed catalogs arriving at your house? 

Any tips for us starting this?

Stay with us and I'll share the potager journey with you.

tammy

(the red area was added to clarify for the stalkers that are reading my blog and making complaints to my Historic district and to let the staff who sends our the harassing violation letters that the fence was there.  Not a new thing just put back up after being taken down. )

a bit cat-e-wompus here

Just a heads up that I am once again switching things up on here.  I tried one blog with business, fun stuff, projects and family.  Then I was perusing all the "big" blogs out there and noticed that they kept their business stuff separate so I thought I should. But after trying to do two blogs I am fully aware that it is too much for me and also not as fun.  I like including the sporadic family stuff - it is me.

I am first a mom, then a business person.  I do projects first in my home then for business.  So, the blog should be that too.

So, I am going back to being me..it may not be what "the big girls" do but it is me.

That being said- there may be lots of updates on the feed as I import the family posts..so bear with me.  I'll get them all done by tomorrow morning. 

what changes are you making on your blog?  And do you try to keep it strictly one thing or mesh it all together?

tammy