Pssst....There's A New One......

A new one? Yes, a new one - as in a NEW and wonderful shop to discover!!

Vintage Market is now open! This beautiful shop has a big city loft feel with old used brick walls, talls ceilings and wood floors. So come on in.....

Let's browse, shall we?

Care for a snack?

Good idea here for a burlap tablecloth treatment.....

My friends have this space and they specialize in French linens, white painted furniture, vintage textiles, Santos figures and garden adornments.

Recognize the hearts below? Yes, I own a pair just like these and just love them.

They remind me of something you would find at The French General.

The shop is looking a lot like Christmas.

Teresa, the shop's owner, has a sweet vintage kids section. Check out this western pillow with an old license plate tied onto it. Very cute!

I LOVE this lamp! It has a galvanized shade with old crochet lace along the edge.
Wrapped around the lamp base is a piece of an old quilt with an appliqued Sun Bonnet Sue.

Little bits and bobs turned into magnets and attached to a funky old metal piece. This would be a great piece to have hanging low in a child's room with the magnetic ABC's. Decorative and educational.

Little trays with acorns, moss and twigs.

The chicken pillow was handpainted by a local artist. It is just wonderful!

LOVE these vintage ski pictures. They remind me of the times I spent cruising the slopes when I was younger.

....AND....Christmas is just around the corner! Great gifts can be found here...

as well as these pillows that can be custom ordered. They are burlap with stenciled letters done in black paint. I am inspired here....

This wonderful market is full of fun eye candy, like this bowl of vintage rings.

Vintage kids do ROCK and so does Vintage Market! If you live in California, or perhaps are planning a trip to the Central Valley area, be sure to take some time to stop in Turlock, California. There are other wonderful shops tucked along Main Street, too.

Be sure to tell them that I sent you!

Vintage Market

210 Main Street

Turlock, California

Visiting Camps & Cottages

A few weeks ago we celebrated our anniversary by taking a trip over to the coast to our favorite destination, Carmel, California. We took the dogs to the beach and then decided to drive

into Carmel Valley. As we were driving down the Carmel Valley highway, I spied a sign that said, "Camps & Cottages" with an arrow pointing down a side street.

Could it be The Camps & Cottages?

My dear husband, being the patient person that he is, made a sharp 45 degree turn and whipped the car down that road!! And to my amazement, what did we see? Well, you guessed it, Molly Hyde English's adorable shop, Camps & Cottages. And who was there? You bet, Molly herself! This was just the icing on the cake! We visited as I shopped and Molly was gracious to allow me to snap some photos of her wonderful and inspirational store.

If you recall, I posted about her books here and here, so when I actually set foot into her shop, it was like walking in the pages of her beautiful books.

I only had an hour to mill around the three buildings - each one decorated beautifully with gorgeous antiques, pillows, indian art, furniture....well, you will see...

...just take a stroll with me.
Camps and Cottages is located at:
24000 Robinson Canyon Road
Carmel, California 93923
phone number: 831.622.0198

Off a small and winding coastal mountain road,
...you will find the old redwood sided buildings that are tucked back under gigantic old shade trees. Being there in person just felt good - like being in a secret little hideaway and surrounded by all things beautiful. Flower beds were filled with white and yellow daisies - just as cheerful as can be!
A retired - and very shabby - vintage truck greets you as you enter the yard.

A peet gravel path leads you either down to the barn

or to the front door. Lets go to the front door, shall we?

Beautiful warm colors are everywhere - on the walls and in the decor - including these old hand dyed indigo pillows. The fabric came from old kimonos.

Molly's shop features antique indian textiles, art and artifacts

as well as old oil paintings of cabins, birds and flowers.

You will find a lot of vintage souvenir pieces from National Parks and from California.

I would love to start a collection of these vintage Indian souvenir cups! Aren't they cool?

Every cabin should have at least one bear and deer!

Lots of fun pillows made from old grain sacks and French linens.

Molly gave me one of these cool chip-board "Camplogue"

tablets and a pencil.....thank you, Molly!

Now I did not go away without purchasing a few things...like a 1935 trophy that is in one of the photos.

Meeting Molly was the perfect touch to a wonderful weekend. Like any of us, we don't particularly care to have our photo taken, but you can see the corner of her arm in the first photo...snicker. If you EVER have a chance to go there, do so. Molly is so kind and so much fun and you may even find a vintage cottage or cabin piece to take home, too. :)

You can visit Molly's website at http://www.camps-cottages.com/

Happy HOWL-O-Ween

Miss Fiona is quite the howler! (note: maybe she just simply doesn't like being called dumb one - a pet name that Spen and Jordan had for each other.) Doogie, on the other hand, prefers to sit back and observe..... Note: First, just mute the music list below....and then tilt your head to the left....dunno what my son did here. :) ** Have a safe and howlin' good Howl-O-Ween!

Whole Lotta....

....love goin' on here.

My dear friend, Marsha, just called and asked if I was ok.

Marsha lives in town, but she reads the ol' bloggidy here to keep

up on me. So I reckon I better 'splain (use your best Ricky Ricardo voice)

what I have been doing.

....some of these...
...and this...
...and that...
...and another...

...and more of these.....

...and these.

I am so thankful for the interest that has been shown in my Daily Bread pillows and soft pink wool hearts. SEW....in between stitches....I just thought I'd pop my head out from under

the ol' sewing machine and say HI!

...till next time...

sending love and best stitches from my home to yours!

note: if you are interested in the Tooth Fairy Pillow, I Love Paris

Pillow or the Love Notes pillow (love notes is sold...thank you Elizabeth!) (my newest designs), these are available for 22.00

plus shipping. You can either leave me a note or email me

at sweetcottagedreams1@comcast.net. The I Love Paris pillow and the Love Notes pillow

are filled with lavender and polyfill. All three pillows can be hung from something.

The pink hearts are 12.00 for two, plus shipping.

The Daily Bread pillows are 22.00, plus shipping. These can either be filled

with lavender and polyfill or just plain polyfill.

POST NOTE: On my sidebar is a photo of Shauna Heck. She is the sister to our friend, Chasity at The Wild Raspberry blog. Prayers need to be sent to our loving father for Shauna as she is battling cancer. My heart just melts for this sweet, sweet family. If you have a moment, please stop over to read about Shauna here.

May God Bless the Heck family.....

xxoo

We'll Be Back, Thank You TINA and Meet Some New Friends

Before I start my post, do you recognize this pretty Texan? Why yes, it IS Miss Tina at the fabulous Cherry Hill Cottage Blog!!

Tina contacted me and gave me such a sweet surprise by telling me that she had chosen 10 of her favorite cottage blogs to put on Blogs.com

and I was one of them! What an honor, a joy and just a happy gift! (you cannot see me, but I am doing a little happy dance!)

Thank you so much, Tina!! This just made my day! Now if you have not treated yourself

to a dose of cottage charm lately, then I insist you visit Tina's blog. Her home is

amazing! Tina's sister, Kathy Sue (who happens to be a very good friend of mine, too) has one

of those adorable and perfectly appointed cottage style homes. It really must run deep in their Texan blood to have an eye for decorating - AND cookin.!!! I have made Tina's Chocolate Cobbler three times and it is FABULOUS!!! You must give it a try sometime.
~~~~~~ Thank you, Tina!! ~~~~~~

...now off to my lil' note:

Just doing what we love best.... (oh, and YES, that IS Fiona - all grown up)
...and that is to be out by the sea.
It is good for the mind, body...
...and soul! ...and we love all of the good smells, huh Fee?

Taking a wee bit o' a break...
but till next time, take a moment to hop on over to visit some
newer blog friends....

Lisa at Tarnished and Tattered

Donna at Sugar, Spice and Southern Life

Janelle at Sweet Bee Cottage
and
Amy at So Into Vintage. You may already know Miss Amy
from her fabulous eBay and ETSY site Vintage Home.


Lastly, we FINALLY got our computer running at "excellent" speed
again. Up till yesterday I was really relating to The Slowskies.....and that is NOT a good thing...as cute as they are.

xx