My Shopping Treasures/Mercantile Magazine

I can’t believe I’m doing two posts so close together but I have so much sewing to do and housework and laundry and the list goes on…so I wanted to do this before time got away from me.

I don’t know where the cabinet is going yet because there are several places I want it – a few minutes ago I set it on top of our Gentleman’s dresser and I really like it there but there’s a peg rack all around the room so not sure how that will work – I can’t get the cabinet close enough to the wall unless I pull a couple of pegs out which might happen.

Here are the treasures we bought.

This is a Carolina Cabinet in Gun Metal Gray but it has a hint of blue in it too….but I guess that is what gun metal gray is after all
 
close up of latch

I have been searching everywhere on the internet for a Tin Book Clip and Judy had just one left in her shop so I hung onto that baby with a good grip because there were other shoppers in there and we all liked the same things!

close up

Now this caught my eye and it was the last one Judy had as well so I hung onto it too! lol  I’m going to hopefully try and order 5 more for my dining room chairs.

Side view

This is just a darling little Tin Cupboard Candle – really don’t know what it is called but I thought it was cute.

We also stopped at a very eclectic shop in downtown Princeton called  TWISTER:  http://www.twisterontheweb.com/content/ – we saw the shop was open so we went in and started looking around and no one came out to greet us – we could hear people upstairs and a vacuum going and we were in there for well over a half hour just enjoying the merchandise and making up all kinds of stories about why it was vacated of a shop owner or worker…you don’t want to hear all the things we were thinking…our minds were running like crazy to the point we all couldn’t help but laugh at what we were saying…so we decided no one was coming to our aid and we didn’t want to be in there if the police showed up! LOL

Just as we were getting to our vehicle the owner came out…he heard the bell ding when we left so he called us back in.

He had been in his apartment doing some remodeling and didn’t hear us.
He said it’s such a great little town and all the shop owners are so nice and trusting and what a nice feeling it was…so we shopped some more.

I purchased this wonderful set of Hand Wash and Hand Cream by Cucina Fruits & Passion – it has a wonderful fresh scent of Coriander and Olive. We tried the hand cream and it really is wonderful…When I’d get a whiff of the scent I said it smelled like I had money! Yeah, right!

We also stopped at an Antique place and I got 4 old cutters – the price tags were $2.00 each but she let me have them for $6.00

I hope you enjoyed my shopping trip!
Mercantile Gathering Magazine sold below….

WE ARE SOLD OUT!
Thanks to all who ordered one.

Please enjoy your day!

Karen

Ragdoll Pillow Toppers

Imagine my delight when I found these babies. I was just finishing up the girl's room when I saw them hanging side by side at our local Pottery Barn Kids store.

Could they be any more darling?

...and whimsical?

...and perfect for their bedroom?

They add a finishing touch atop their pillows.

Like funkified Raggedy Anns.

Sometimes ya just have to get away!

And so I did!  I have been so busy with sewing my hands are about numb….so I took a much needed 3 day break and it was so worth it.

We had a great time with my brother and his wife as we always do…they are our best friends and that means so much to me having my brother as one of my best friends. Don’t get much better than that does it. He’s 7 years older than me but we sort of balance the years out just fine

When we decided to go up north to visit them I had a shopping goal in mind…A SIMPLER TIME shop in Ripon, WI.
I have heard so much about this store and asked by many who know I live in Wisconsin if I’ve ever been there…sadly I had to say I hadn’t…but now I can say I’ve been there and I’m a better person for it! lol

If you are into Colonial/Primitive and live close enough to this wonderful store then it’s a must for you to go! My husband and brother both thought it was one of the best they’ve seen and believe me Gail and I have taken them to MANY over the years.

I was so impressed just walking into the closed in porch….I didn’t need to go any further to know I HAD LANDED! Ohhhhh the scents of a Prim shop just wafted through the porch and when we opened the door I think we both went ….OOOOOOHHHHHH very quietly to ourselves.
This house/shop was transformed into one of the loveliest ‘period’ stores. Each room of this Colonial house was jam packed with tin ware, tin lamps, wovens, candles, pictures, cupboards, furniture, PEWTER to die for – oh I could go on and on but instead I’ll post some photos.

Later I will post pictures of the goodies I bought – which wasn’t much but the one thing I bought took most of my spending money!
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After shopping and chatting with Judy – whom I felt I knew pretty good by then – we headed towards town for lunch and then off to some other shops that sort of didn’t have much appeal after our first experience at A Simpler Time.
If you get a chance please visit!  http://www.simplertime.com/shop/scripts/default.asp?s=asimplertime

I can’t thank all of you enough for going on the treasure hunt for my fabric.
I stopped at one today on the way home and bought what they had – 1 yard 11 inches WOW!  lol 
The clerk did finally tell me it’s discontinued and did check on line nation wide and found a couple JoAnn’s with some so they called and will have what they have sent to their shop and then I can pick it up…but it’s 5 yards….it will have to do cuz that’s all there is out there I guess.

Hope you are having a great week…mine started out wonderful and now it’s back to the ‘norm’ and back to sewing.
Hugs, Karen