The holidays are just around the corner…YIKES!  I know.  It’s unbelievable how fast this year is going!

So often I feel like I’m just hangin’ on by a thread while this crazy little life of mine drags me around!  But I gotta start talkin’ about it…NOW!

SweetTalk has precious…if I might say so myself…holiday packages!  Halloween is first up and the SweetTalk Halloween Package is up for the taking in the August give-away!

You know the game….leave a comment on ANY of my blog posts and I’ll enter your name for a shot at winning!  It’s not complicated, I don’t do complicated…so read a little somethin’somethin’ on my blog and then leave a word or two at the end!  I’ll take it from there!

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When my Pop was a boy he called his mom ”Mrs. Jones” cuz that’s what all his friends called her!  We called her “Jonsie”!  And let me just tell you…she loved RED!  Anything!  Everything!

There are tons of funny stories about her which, over time, I will share. 

For this Red Friday…a little memory…

She had a Norge Refrigerator.  It was white and rounded at the top with one of those pull down handles.  It only had one door with the freezer tucked at the top inside. 

Man, could that thing crank out some cold!

When we went for a visit, Jonsie solved the constant “I’m thirsty” problem by putting our initial…in red nail polish…on an Aunt Jemima syrup bottle, filled it with water and stashed it in the frig! 

I can remember so many times skidding around the corner, headed for that Norge seeking that long swallow of ice cold water from my bottle!  And just as quick, I’d slam the door and race back to whatever it was I had been doing!

I loved that it was mine.

Today, that very bottle sits on my kitchen counter and I adore that I have it.  I can’t look at it without smiling and cherishing the memories that are so dearly attached to it and, most especially, to Jonsie!

Maybe I’ll fill it up and stick in my frig! 

Comments…please!  The SweetTalk July give-away is so-so close!

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!

A few pictures to share from my weekend in Round Top!  No commentary necessary!  Everyone did an amazing job, as always!

First up…..that cutie, Theresa!

Next….Judy!

Here’s Meloney & Brian!

Last but not least….Tricia!

As you might guess, I took a ton more, but those are some of my favorites!  It was a great weekend and if you haven’t been to these off-season shows, they are a MUST!  January and June!  And of course, Fall and Spring too!

A little birdie told me there’s a shindig over in Burton this weekend!  Best check it out too!  Theresa will there and Meloney & Brian too and a few others!  Jump over to Theresa’s blog for the skinny!

Tricia is headed for Brimfield and several other shows this month.  Check out her blog to find out exactly where she’ll be!

Don’t forget to leave a comment so I can enter your name in July give-away!  Now in full swing!  Up for grabs is a SweetTalk Variety Gift Tag Package!  One of my favs!  And I would so love it if you win!

Here’s a pic of me and my sweet friend…..

A little blurry but still cute!  We snapped it just before the doors opened and the crowd came bustling in!