Valentines at Ruby Grace's...

Valentine's Day sprung up yesterday at Ruby Grace's. Our second booth got transformed into a red and pink Cupid Fest! It was rainy and gloomy outside, but bright and festive inside. My eyes are always bigger than our booths, so of course, the awesome baby bed ends had to come back home....as well as some pictures and other assorted treasures. It was a fun spending the day with Mom and getting everything to look PERFECT! It is also fun to stop and chat with other dealers and to the customers. I love to see the ladies stop to reminisce about prom dresses and perfume bottles. Antique Malls are such great places to spend with friends and share recollections of childhood and teen years. I almost always see something that reminds me of my grandparents or parents. Felicia at Bountiful brought in a couch and it got Mom and me reminiscing about the gold couch and red velvet chair we had in our living room when I was young...they were awesome! I LOVE to hear the squeals or ahhhs of people finding the Easy Bake Oven they had as a child...or in my case the Johnny West Doll. A wonderful lunch in the Tea Room and hours of memories and fun....sounds like the perfect day to me!

From Blue and White to White, Gold & Brown!

I took 2 loads to Lone Star yesterday for a LONG OVERDUE booth sprucing. However after working all day, I could only fit one load in the booth. Today I went back and picked up all the stuff I could not fit in...whew! I guess I subconsciously have a theme in my head when I shop...because I had no idea I had some much white, gold and brown. I had a wonderful rust colored iron bed that was going to be at the center of the booth with splashes of blue around it. When the bed sold before I could get it off the cart (thanks Lydia), the entire theme changed and the blue came back home. The white suitcase set (which has a wonderful soft purple silk lining) was intended for one of our other booths. I was going to open them and have really pretty stuff laying in and around. When the white/gold/brown theme started to unfold, they became a part of the new look. I also LOVE the gold dress with orange flowers. Don't you know some lady was dolled up for a wonderful party in that dress. Well, one booth down and 2 to go! It is always fun at the mall. We have the best dealers and spend as much time talking and laughing as we do working on our booths. Have a great week everyone...stay warm!

A White Christmas...

Well, not the Christmas we had planned, but a beautiful relaxing one that I would not trade. We planned on heading to Oklahoma this morning (Christmas Eve)to be with family on Christmas, but at 11:00 as the snow started falling, we decided to stay home. We called some friends, went the the grocery store and had a wonderful snow filled evening. It snowed another 2 inches or so after I took these pictures at home. I know...you folks in the North think this is just a flurry...but we don't often get pretty, fluffy snow that sticks around for a while. It is beautiful. These are pics from my home in Keller (Fort Worth) Texas. It is 10:00pm and the kids from the neighborhood are in the street sliding down on make shift sleds. What a wonderful Snowy Christmas this turned out to be! Ho Ho Ho and Merry Christmas to all. I have to head to bed as I am sure Santa is getting close...and I have been VERY GOOD!

I had a couple of requests for pictures of the actual party. I did not take many, but here are a few. You might recognize Amy and Lisa from the Funky Monkey...or Jennifer and Ronnie, the owners of Lone Star Antique Mall. Dorothy from the Shabby Y was here, but did not get a good picture. I hope you guys have the GREATEST CHRISTMAS EVER and I am looking forward to blogging with you in 2010.

Ho Ho Ho!