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I've been soooo looking forward to this event...  Thank you so much Karen for all of  your effort to make this happen.  You won't want to miss the other fabulous spaces either.  Here's a link back to Karen at My Desert Cottage for you....  Just click HERE.

Karen's space is SPECTACULAR!  You'll want to see that, for sure.  But look at mine first please...  It'll look a whole bunch better...  it's gonna be pretty pitiful after seeing Karen's.   :-)

I am CRAZY about Cath Kidston, so that was my inspiration ...  It's so HAPPY isn't it?

I have a teenie, tiny studio space, but have SO much stuff tucked into every, single nook and cranny.

I've tried to get things as organized as possible....  Whew, is that ever a tough task....  If you're an artsy girlie, you'll exactly what I'm talking about.   So many things carry over from one project to another.

Secondly...  I LOVE STUFF...  really love it.  Yep, one of those hoarder kind of girls.  I admit it.  There it is.....  in black and white.      :-)

Here we have my work table ...  I made it... yep, sure did.  It works great.... lots of storage behind that little curtain.  I also made the bigger scalloped shelf and the one with points.  Those little babies hold a lot of goodies.  

Try to ignore the hideous office chair.  The new one  I ordered was really poor quality, so it's going right on back.    I had an old one before that I had made a sweet, 'lil slipcover for, but it was so big and bulky I could hardly move the darn thing.

Making every, single inch count was a priority Chickies...  Just look at all that goodness on crammed onto a six inch wide shelf...   :-)

I've had this odd, old sewing machine table for about a century now... I'd love one of those dandy Koala, fancy ones........... but one would never fit into this beensie space....  And, this one works just fine.

Edward Scissorhands, where are you?  I LOVE the things... probably have at least fifty pair....  

Ugly lamp shade?  Feather boa is the fix!  You can barely see it back behind that stack of books, but that jar with the ribbon?  It's full of precious notes from my daughter.  LOVE it.  And, it was one of my most cherished gifts evah!

No, there are NO diamonds to be found...  but it was easier to write that on the tag than "little, fake, stick on rhinestones"...   :-)  And, more colored pencils.   These are watercolor pencils...  Can't have too many colored pencils.  Seriously.  You can't.  At least that's exactly what I tell the Hubbster.  * I have HUNDREDS of 'em.   :-)   

I bought those two small, fancy 'lil shelves at the thrift store...  just perfect for small stuff...  

Rolling right around to the crammed FULL side of the room.  So happy that you can't see this wall before you're actually IN the room.  But, let me tell 'ya...  I have A TON of stuff stored here.  I just bought the Billys at Ikea knowing how fantastic they would be....  Three of the regular sized ones and one that's skinnier.  Fills the whole wall!  I wish I had been able to buy matching and beautiful containers to use, but that would have been super, duper expensive so I used mostly what I had already.  Yep, PENNY PINCHER...  Tilly Tightwad, for sure.

  

The little child's chair doubles as a footstool and a step stool to reach higher things.  Short.  Yes, I AM.

I bought the little drawer do-hickie at the thrift store for a couple of bucks.  It was part of a vanity, but with some wood filler, paint and knobs it's just great.  

See that adorable red heart up there?  A gift sent to me by Sue at Rue Mouffetard..   I LOVE her.  Thank you SUE!

You still here?  Wow...   :-)   Geeee...  Thanks!

New chair, Ikea.  I swear, I couldn't make the slipcover as inexpensively as they sell them.  And, those shelves!!!  ...  See, I couldn't fit another thing in there!  Packed as full as possible...  Everything is marked, but I want to make a "map" of everything as well.  I'm going to print the pix on regular printer paper and write on each container what's inside.  And, eventually make new and fancy tags.  Right now these will do.

This stool serves as a ............wait for it..........stool...   How clever am I?..... and as an end table when I'm using my chair...  need something more that that little lamp, but where........WHERE ..........would it fit?  

So DEAR Chickies...  there you have it...  TINY... I think my space is about  9 X 10 or so, but it really is my HAPPY PLACE.

So glad you came by.  Now, pop on over to see lots and lots of wonderful places Where Bloggers Create!

Huggies and Lovies...  

Spencer

xoxoxoxo

PS....  Can anybody explain to me how to make my pictures bigger and not run into all that stuff on my right sidebar?  I cannnnnot figure it out.

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Happy Pink Saturday Sweet Girlies..........




It's a big birthday for that special day of pink beauty.




I hope you'll buzz right over and wish Miss Beverly a Happy Day.



She's been so sweet to put this event on every, single week for us.


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One of these days I WILL learn how to add a link. :-)



Oh yes.........I have been over at the Cath Kidston website shopping around. I ADORE everything and as soon as my ship comes in I'm gonna fill the darn thing FULL of Cath Kidston.


It's the happiest stuff, I think.


I've already shown you this little box bag before. I actually own this little cutie. It cost nearly as much to ship it as it did for the darn bag, but I LOVE it. My daughter and grandson think it looks like a lunch box. Oh well, maybe I'll just put a sammie in there too.

Oh, how I need these right now..........It has been raining here, in the Pacific Northwest NON-STOP!

And this!

Floor tile. Now, this is one of the cutest darn things I've ever seen............ *sigh*... :-)

I swear, everything would taste better on these cute little plates, don'tcha think?

And, I wouldn't mind washing them with these on my little fingers.

Well, I'd actually prefer a GREAT BIG 'OL diamond..........but as a second choice... :-)


Don't tell the Hubbster................He's rush right out and buy these for me and think he'd get off realllly cheap.

What a cheery little kitchen item. I need it.

The English call clothespins pegs......Store those little cuties from the past in this handy, dandy bag. It makes you want to hang the laundry on the line, doesn't it? Yeah, that won't be happening here anytime soon...........They'd NEVER get dry. It's a BEEEE.U.TI.FUL green place to live.........but let me tell 'ya...........it's WET!


My posies will NEVER grow!


I hope you're spending a wonderful Memorial Day weekend with family and friends, doing something realllly special. I'll be spending it with my daughter..............Picnic, you ask?


No.


Shopping?


No.


She's going to come and help me paint............the master bath and bedroom!




Isn't that just the best?



Gosh I love her. She has a three day weekend and she's spending it helping her Mum. I'm soooo glad she's mine. We'll have lots of fun and there will be lots of giggling, I'm sure.


The sewing is ALL finished and I'm ready to go.



Huggies and Lovies Dear Ones....



Spence


**Cath Kidston has totally redone their website......it is full to the brim with the cutest things ever. You really must pop over for a peek.....**

My Sweet Mum
1925-2008



I'm going to give this whole blogging business a shot. I've been working on it for several days......this is HARD! You know, I think all this techie stuff is much easier for the younger set!

I thought this would be a great way to journal so my darling little grandson would have an idea what I did with my days when he gets a bit older.

My little grandson isn't actually so little. He's 8 1/2 and a big guy! He's 4'7" and weighs 102! He is NOT a petite child. I adore him. I'm from an all girl family so, when my grandson was born I must say I was very disappointed for a few minutes. It's been a total joy ever since then. He's taught me things I never thought I'd even want to know! I am a proud grandma........or Hemma as he calls me.

I also thought starting a blog might be therapeutic for me in a way. My precious Mum just passed away.......the day after Christmas. She had been sick for a while, but I still was not prepared for life without her. I'm an orphan now. I miss her so much and still can't believe I can't call and talk to her or have a cup of tea with her. I am so broken hearted.

Happier talk........I LOVE making things. It has entertained me and given me joy for years. I've dabbled in loads of different things, but always seem to come back to my favorites.....quilting and painting. When I have time I'd rather go THRIFTING than anything else. I love re-painting and re-making pre-loved items. My dad used to tell me I couldn't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear and I've spent most of my life trying to prove him wrong. I'd love to share ideas and tips for saving money with you, as well as some of my projects.