Lala Toddler Duvet Cover & Pillow Case

I finally took pictures of the vintage sheet transformed into a duvet cover and pillow case. My two year old 'Ladybug' loves the Lalas (flowers). She's called flowers Lalas since she started speaking so now the entire family refers to flowers as Lalas. It's my first project made from the vintage sheets I've been collecting. I'm in the process of sewing some more little duvet covers and trying to find a wholesale outlet for some crib non allergenic duvet blankets.
There's another big storm outside. I was stuck in my driveway for a few hours since I forgot to look when I backed out, and didn't notice that the street plow created a 4' bank in our driveway. Oh well, kept me from opening the store today so I'm trying to finish some projects at home since house is up for sale.

Sweet Buttons......

So, I've been debating as to what to do with a 1/2 gallon jar of Buttons that I purchased eons ago at an antique shop. Got my inspiration this week on Flickr when I saw other buttons sewn onto cards so, I finally organized my buttons in muffin tins according to color and voila. Here's what's now for sale in a jar at my store, buttons on cards, fancifully edged with my teen daughter's fun scrapbook scissors.
I'm still trying to focus on what to do with an old Alençon lace wedding dress. The latest suggestion was a shadow box with gloves, the lace backing and anything else of sentimental wedding value. Like the idea but feel that maybe everyone will want their 'own' stuff so that's what's holding me back using my hand me downs or give aways to utilize for this project.
In the mean time, there's another storm on its way. Life is cold outside but life is warm in my heart......

Window Decorations

It's Valentine's Day Season for me today. Took some pictures to post of the windows but the sun was shining so they're a little off. I have a 2' x 5' windows and they're separated into three sections for displays. Going from top to bottom the Heart Cutouts state: "Set the Mood" and has a Jackie Gleason Album 'Music for Lovers', bar ware mixing set and two tumblers with cocktail napkins; "Dinner for Two" the middle shelve has a set of vintage plates, silver plate forks & knives, napkins, champagne glasses, rhinestone earrings and two vases; and lastly "Relax.... " on this bottom shelve is a Dean Martin LP, lavender eye pad pillow and lavender soap along with a gift bag with a vintage black necklace. Thought I'd spell it all out since the pictures aren't that clear.

Nightime Picture of the Shop

My dear friend, Suzette Gainous, owner of the Photo Case (http://thephotocase.com/) took this picture earlier this month. Thanks Suzette, I love it!

New programs etc.

I'm not internet challenged but definitely program challenged. I don't like learning a new program, it hurts my head. However, I came across sellersourcebook.com and it was totally worth it to figure out how to make my ebay pages 'look more professional'. Granted, some would have taken 5 minutes to figure out the process but it took me two hours to get with the program. Last night it took about a minute a listing to get up on ebay and that's about 10 times quicker than entering in each listing without sellersourcebook. Go check it out, my ebay name is tinkpeterandladybug.
I'm in the store today taking more pictures for listing on ebay. Waiting for my model to show up so that we can list all the wedding dresses.

4' of new snow!

Took this pic yesterday of the store. We've rec'd over 4' of new snow this year ('08). It's a winter wonderland just need some people to come off the hill and shop in the store!