Treats, Sweets and An Ugly Bookmark

Well, today is a bummer day. My lil' sister is vacationing in Galvaston with her new hubby ( lucky girl!), my mom and dad and little bro are off to the Big D to take care of some moving of furniture for my grandma, my husband went to work out of town for the day on an emergency weekend job, and Abby and I are alittle under the weather with allergies. I guess I shouldn't complain too much because this past week has been ok for me as far as accomplishing a few things and spending time with my favorite girl-friend ( ABBY of course!). Here are some of the highlights of the week.
TODAY, I got my very first order of soap from Dayln at HICK CHICKS SOAP BARN! It really brightened up my mornign to get that package in the mail! Her soap is unbeleivabley yummy smelling and beautiful! I'm definaly a faithful customer now! I would suggest to everyone to try at least ONE of her natural soap products..it's a real treat!

I found these books to add to Abbys Little Golden Book collection. They look really old on the outside but when I opened them they are a 50th Anniversary edition copy. I just adore these books!

I have been wanting to try the recipe for Honey Bun Cake, that I found at The Sugar Plum Cottage. I decided to bring it to our Friday Bible Study meeting for all the ladies to enjoy. I TOTALLY forgot they are doing a weight-loss program (competition) and it was the FIRST day of weigh-in's! Poor girls. I think they ate a few pieces of it because I had gone to the trouble to make it but most of it went to the kids :) It was SOOO good! Really sweet and sugary! Make sure you drink lots of milk with this one! I'll be making this one again for my sweetie!

Last and LEAST, I made this UgLy bookmark over the week. You know when you TRY to be creative it just turns out like poop?! Well, here is an example. I absoulutly HATE this bookmark. BUT, if there is anyone out there that loves shoes and likes this bookmark, I'll send it to you as a freebie! Just post a comment and I'll email you for an address. I think if no one takes it, it shall be disposed of...i'm telling you, I hate it THAT much...
Anyway, I have a couple projects in the works but don't know if they will be finished before I leave for Dallas this week on Wednesday. I started a dress for Abby and I need to put the buttons on the back, and also, I need to finish soem lil' snappy kitchen towles for my mother in law. I think that's about all I have going on for now. I'm sure I'll think of something else to add ; )

A thrifting I did go ! ! ! !

Well, once again I subject all of you to my crazy thrifting finds. I have been gathering things from different thrift stores and garage sales for a couple weeks so here's a look at what I have.

Here's the little glass birdhouse I found for $1. It makes a cute home for my limes but I'm afraid now I need more limes, or maybe I'll think of something else to cozy up that little arrangement. I have it on my dinner table so I think about it every time I walk bye...sooner or later I'll get creative with the whole idea!

These cute little french signs will go great in my kitchen. I'm working on a New Orleans French style decor throughout the whole house but so far the kitchen is the only room catching on.
I don't think it shows up too well in the picture but I bought a huge glass cutting board that I ADORE! I'm always spilling my cut up veggies off of my itty bitty plastic cutting boards so this will be a great solution. I just never had it in me to go out and buy a brand new glass cutting board for 15$, so this one suits me well at $2~

Also, the funky cake cutter/server...I have big plans for this lil' thing...just wait...pictures to follow!

Found this pretty plate to go on my little pillar...Bad picture, sorry. This is a project in the works, supposed to be a lil' cookie tray. One of these days I'll finish it and take a better shot.

So there ya have it! All my trash to treasure stuff! I'm super busy this weekend so maybe I'll catch up on my posts on Monday! Adios!