nothing better than picking winners!  if you read this post, then you know i participated in the One World One Heart (OWOH) blog give-away! 

90+ comments and, trust me, it was a thrill to read each and every one of them!  and that doesn’t even count the hundreds who stopped by my little blog and didn’t comment!  oh blog stalkers, how i love you too!

and boy am i working my tail off to stop by all the blogs of those kind enough to leave comments…i am slowly working my way down the list!  patience, i promise to visit each and every one of them!

but now…the lucky ducks….

the winner of the SweetTalk Variety Gift Tag Package is….drum roll, please…JULIE!

and the winner of the SweetTalk Variety Postcard Package and also a lover of words…TESS!

okey-doke girlies, thanks a bunch for stopping by my blog and leaving a comment!  that was fun!

hi!  my name is Janet and i’m addicted to WORDS!  i love the way they look ~ i love the way they feel when they roll off my tongue ~ i love the way they sound ~ and most of all…i love what they mean! 

to read more about me, please check out my story!  and to see how i use WORDS in my world, enjoy these photos!

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i received an email from a friend telling me about this really cool blogging event!  and it includes the whole~wide~world!  awesome, huh?  i’m thrilled to be participating in the fifth and final…OWOH ~ One World One Heart worldwide giveaway!

i love meeting other bloggers and i love them to meet me too!  not much makes my heart happier than giving something away!  so…i’ve decided one person will win a SweetTalk Variety Gift Tag Package!

and another person…uh-huh, two winners…will win a SweetTalk Variety Postcard Package!

i know you’re probably wondering what you have to do, right?  well, leave a comment on this post!  the deadline is midnight February 17 ~ the winners will be announced February 18!  that’s it!

you can go here…

to learn more and see all the 800+ participating blogs!  yup, we’ve got some serious exploring to do! 

a gigantic THANKS to Lisa for hosting this superb event and an extra big THANK YOU to you for stopping by

I’m just not good at it!  Quite honestly, I simply don’t have the patience to frequent thrift stores!

BUT…..as of this a.m. I may very well be finding the time! 

I woke up this morning with this need to go and I had a sack of books to donate so why not!  And I scored…big!

first up….four Homer Laughlin platters….good, huh?

turned the corner and ’bout pee’d my pants when i saw this Ironstone washbowl…..

gravy boats aren’t hard to find and they all look pretty much the same, but i bought this one…just cuz!

next, i found this silver leaf dish.  i don’t know…could go either way!  i liked it better after i put it on one of the Homer Laughlin platters!

i found these the last time i went to a thrift store…remember…

guess what i found to go with them?

haven’t done anything with the fans….but thinking, along with the bells and some cute ribbon, they are going to be perfect on a Christmas tree!

That’s it!  Not bad for a girl who doesn’t DO thrift stores!  BTW….figured out the trick…..DON’T get a buggy!  Seems every time I leave the shopping buggy at the front door, I score!  Sadly, this time there was no cute basket to rescue me!

Comments, please!  I know you got something to say and I wanna hear it!  Besides, that’s the only way to get entered into the July SweetTalk give-away….Variety Gift Tag Package!

I made the drive to Rockdale last week to work on my space at Antique Queens!  I hadn’t been in a while and everything needed to be touched!

It was fun to move things around and re-do the walls!  Here are a few pictures of the finished product…

Love this child’s hutch in pink, no less! I leaned a gold frame against the top in hopes of disguising how cute it is…now, maybe no one will buy it!

If these legs don’t walk off by September then I think they will definitely be at Marburger!

Please pardon the glare…this is one my favorite things I did this time! I hung this great tray and then dangled adorable baby shoes!

Wide shot!

I’ll end with a few of the things I cherish: Ironstone, pink and words!

Up for grabs in the SweetTalk July give-away….a SweetTalk Variety Gift Tag Package!  The perfect finishing touch to all your gifts!  Just leave a comment on any of my posts and I’ll enter your name for a shot at winning!