Recycled Toys are the Best ....... especially when they're wood!!!!!!!!

Wow - we sure have benefited from a good ol' sassy/hip/friend/momma in her passing along this little "gem" made by Parents, sold at Target dated 4 yrs. or so ago and has sat collecting dust on her 3rd floor - I'm sure, untouched for a good 2 yrs. ( sometimes procrastination is a good thing! - Thanks Meg! ) I can see it's going to be hours of fun for my lil' guy and isn't such a big plastic eye sore in our very small living space either - - Kudoos! Here are some other great recycled wood toys I claimed at a resale store here for just a couple dollars ea. - much more satisfying then laying down a couple of 20's at the local retailer ( unless it's a local hand-made item of course! )

Good Friday

It's a good time to reflect, relate, and meditate. I think too many people take this remembrance day too lightly. I picked up a book by Joyce Meyers today and it was exactly want I needed to hear at exactly the right time : We are not an accident;and if we will give Him the opportunity, He will restore everything that has been damaged and help us be someone even we can be delighted to be. EGO thrives on competition and striving to be first, but what is the point of competition? What does it get you? Not contentment. Not Joy. That means many things to me right now. And I will take time to meditate on it today.

On a lighter note, I need to start showing off some of my "gems" from my weekend of thrifting and salvaging down in Appalachian country - Here's a sneak peek ( an old chair w/ flour sac upholstered seat- scrumptios diy "ditty") I will reveal more later this week/month.

My "matey" here had his cake and ate it too at his friend's pirate b-day affair this past week - Let the Baby Birthday Party season Begin!!!!!!!!!!!

Is it right to covet a stationary store?

So I dash in to Peabody Papers - the kick-ass paperstore around the corner from our new home to take a looksy, get inspired, etc. Two hours later with a frazzled husband on the phone who's watching the kid, I wipe up my drool and exit the store $29 poorer. Oh, the creativity, the inspiration found in the 700 or so square feet of space! Some of my favorite finds: Old School Stationers,

this 10" x 10" wall print is handprinted on thick Italian paper on a nimble 1890 letterpress - check out the rest of their designs - I could surely hang these all over my house, for now I'll settle for this little gem in our stairwell.

A simple "G" will do.

My husband and I have finally settled into a place for the first time since my son was born, and a kind of delayed "nesting" on my part has erupted. I've been furiously trying to gain order in Gavin's room, since he's just turned 18 mos. and I won't be able to keep all the "Vintage Baby" decor I've collected for his nursery, since before I was prego, too much longer. I pondered spelling out his whole name for about 1 sec. and just felt that that has been way over-done in the nursery design world. So, I love his simply vintage-hip "G" that I 'd like to say I hand-crafted but actually just fell in love w/ at Anthropologie.