My Sweet Valentines Swap

                                                                Sweet grungy eggs

                                                              Seriously can it get cuter???

       LOVE LOVE LOVE IT ALL

                                     My swap partner for the Valentines Swap was Sandi Allen and what

                                   an amazing swap partner was she!!! Sandi is so talented I love everything 

                                she sent me from the grungy eggs to the sweet heart on the wire!!! The darling

                             Spring banner just everything is so amazing... Thank you Sandi soooo very much:)

                                      Sandi's blog is theprimitiveskate.blogspot.com PS she made it all!!

                                 Once again Amy has put on another wonderful swap... Thank you Amy!!!!!

                                   Goodness I can't believe February has come to a close already... Honestly

                             where does the time go?? I have been busy on my picking trips my next show is in

                                  April my favorite The Little French Flea Market:) It is now a 2 day show!!!

                             I went to No California for my picking trips, I found the sweetest town Scotts Valley

                                 and there was this darling store named Ivy Porch. It has several different vendors all                                 with amazing talent!!! Don't you just love when you find a store that makes you go

                             AAAHHHH I love everything!!!! The garden was lovely and really inspired me. The                           weather was amazing (sorry to my friends back east and the mid west) In the high 60's

                                            sunny and no wind, it was so pretty....Spring is in the air!!!!     

                               With that said I have lots of goodies to show and tell and I will be posting all my 

                                     wonderful goodies... I am now selling on One Kings Lane Vintage Place

                                                     if you get a chance pop over and check it out!!!     

                                                                       XOXOXO

                                                                          Juanita

Never too late to say Thank You!!!

                                                             My gifts from Amy's swap

                                                                      Love love it all :)

I know its a bit late but I really wanted to show my wonderful gifts from my swap partner Linda Gates, her blog is countrypickins.blogspot.com. She sent me yummy candy a very sweet Christmas dish towel. Linda made the smaller snowman with the Ginger bread man, she also sent me the ginger bread man and star. Everything was wonderful and I love it all...

I was having some technical problems with uploading my pictures and my blog was in a strange format anyway all fixed now and on to happy blogging:)

So remember a few months ago I had a contest I was going for 50 blog followers had a great push got to 40 which honestly was very exciting for me!!!! I am so sorry it has taken me a while to post the winners so here they are: Cyn blog cynzplace, Bettyj blog Through My Back Door, Danice blog Homespun Hannah's blog, Wendy blog Ravenwood Whimzies Primitives Fold Art and Ms Amy blog Bumble Bee Lane!!!!

Thank you to everyone who became followers, I am so thankful for your support!!!

Keep checking back I have lots of great DIY's coming up AMAZING treasures to share and show dates to share:)

xoxo
Juanita

Giving Thanks!!!!

fell in love with these vintage handmade turkeys

A little autumn in my dining room

love my pumpkin crochet toppers and this sweet vintage squirrel

 

First off I am sorry I have not been blogging and thanking all my new followers!!!

A HUGE THANK YOU!!!!!

 

Sometimes life gets a little bumpy... and that's what happened to me... My Lenny  had a massive

heart attack was in the hospital for 2 weeks he is home and doing fantastic!!! I had some major surgery scheduled and 2 weeks after he came home I had my surgery... All was well for a few days I developed an infection and was in the hospital much longer than expected...

 

Why am I telling you this well I feel so badly that I didn't respond to all my new followers and to thank all the support from the more experienced bloggers.. I love the community of blogging and for the new friendships I have made.. I am so thankful!!! My sister Cheryl has been a huge support to me making sure our Lenny is taken care of and her visits to me in the hospital:) Making me laugh when all I wanted to do was cry...

 

I love the crochet toppers so sweet. They are a lovely addition to dressing up your table. You can use old dollies, I found that to be a little harder to do without them unraveling plus to be honest I felt bad cutting up someones hard work!!! So I figured out a way to make my own....

 

My give away will be drawn on Monday November 26th:)

 

I promise more blogging and DIY projects, making the candles you see in the above pictures...

 

again thank you all for your support

 

xoxo

Juanita

Some free pretties!!!

 

This is a giveaway from a very lovely blog called Rachel and Pias Cottage!!! All you have to do

to entry for this sweet giveaway is sign up and follow her blog!!! sooo easy:) I love love both pieces!!!

 

So this got me thinking I want to up my blog followers soooo I am going to have a my first giveaway!!! I promise that it will be fabulous... So here is how it works if you send someone to my blog and they follow you will get 2 chances to win and they will get a chance to win:) My goal is to have 25 more followers that's all!!! The more people you send my way the more chances you have to win... So tell one tell all to come by and check my blog out!!! Please have your friend leave a comment to tell me who sent them my way... My deadline is November 15th!! or as soon as I have 50 followers!!!

 

I will post my giveaway in a few days... :)

 

xoxo

Juanita

Vintage Pink

Debbie (right) and Katie

Farm Girl Antiques

Sweet Pink Vintage Wedding Bell

A whole lot of pink!!!

 

So my plans were to post pictures of my fall vignettes. I had my pumpkins (and some very darling pumpkin toppers) the glittered skeletons and candles I make... and reasons unknown to me I totally went pink and romance??? I found these vintage wedding decorations in a sweet general store in Etna a tiny town in northern California..

 

I recently went on a picking trip to northern California... I found so many wonderful things!!!

More importantly I met some of the nicest people.. I met Debbie who owns this fabulous store

Farm Girl Antiques... She has unbelievable things, I wish I had taken pictures of her store.. Next time I will for sure!! Her store is in a lovely little town Yreka way way up north.. It was a gold mining town at one time.. Seriously the entire drive was breath taking Mt Shasta, Castle Kragle all beautiful..

 

Lenny came along with me hoping to do a little panning for gold go visit his old cabin by his gold claim... don't ask:) Unfortunately it did not go as planned we drove 13 hours taking us 3 days so he could rest and we got to Etna where we were going to stay for 4 days only to turn around the next day drive straight to the ER in Sacramento he was having a cardiac event.. Doctors term?? He is still recovering... it is taking him some time to bounce back...

 

I will post my fall soon oh and FYI I am loving Primitive!!! brings back special memories from my life back in Pa and NJ... some very very lovely items from some incredible artists!!!

 

xoxo

Juanita

 

Stillness

My sweet garden angel

My quiet time in the morning

My new must haves!!!

 

Mornings are one of my favorite times, its quiet and a lovely stillness surrounds me..

 I always go out to my garden pull a weed or two maybe plant a new pretty

 or just sit drink my tea, listen to the quiet and just be....

 Sometimes when my days are in full swing and

 its crazy and fast I remind myself to go back to that morning in

 my garden and remember to just be:)

 

Seems impossible that over a month has pasted since my last posting...

 

Its been a busy summer beach days with my Maxie:)

 Time with my Lenny he turned 80 in July!!

and lots of wonderful picking trips...

 

Picking trips brings me to my newest MUST haves!!! I love love pitchers, coffee pots (with or without lids) or creamers of any size. Even if they are a little chippy that's ok they can still hold a bouquet of flowers or be used on your desk or in your powder room... I use them to take a bouquet of flowers to a friend for a birthday or just for a I love you friend...

 They are one of my must haves for fall!!! 

 

I have been working hard on my new studio its just about finished.. Pathway from the front yard to the backyard with the new entrance is just about completed, waiting for the new gate I can not wait to have visitors!!! So if you are ever in my neck of the woods you have to stop by:)

 

Have a wonderful Friday and weekend..

as always thank you for taking the time and stopping by...

 

xoxo

Juanita

 

 

Alfalfa field Central Valley Ca

A beautiful American flag on the side of a barn

BEST chocolate shake EVER!!!!

I recently went on a little picking trip to the Central Valley here in Calif.... When I was a little girl we lived in a small town Los Banos, my dad was working on the dam there... It is small farming town that on one side is surrounded by the coastal mountain range just over the hill.... well a little more than just but there is the beautiful city of Monterey (one of my most favorite areas ever).. Then to the east are the ever so amazing Sierra's mountains....

The fields are filled with tomato's, melons, cotton and alfalfa among many other crops.. it really is a beautiful sight... The main street is like going back a decade or 3 in a good way:) The corner Rexall Drug store still has a lunch counter that has THE BEST CHOCOLATE SHAKES EVER!!!! I have so many wonderful memories here... My grandparents lived about 30 minutes away in little bit larger town Turlock... here in Turlock we would spend afternoons in the garage taking turns turning the ice cream maker handle... for hours it seemed.. My grandmother would slice up fresh picked peaches or strawberries and we would put them in the ice cream uuuumm sooo good...

It was such a simple time.... fishing with my dad on the canal banks, rock hunting in the foothills or a trip over the hill to Monterey... My brother and I would ride our bikes for hours out in the country we would pack a lunch and be gone the entire day... We would collect soda bottles and cash them in and buy ridicules amounts of candy:) We played kickball in the front yard and caught craw daddy's..

Sorry I got strolling down memory lane... the reason I went was to look for treasures and let me just say treasures I did find!!! I will post the pictures of my sweet finds very soon...

The Little french Flea Market is this Saturday in Tarzana... can't wait!!!

xoxo

Juanita