What's been catching my eye....

I am on a scouting mission for old hats. I guess it is time to hit the antique stores to look for some. Wouldn't you love to have a tea party and have everybody wear vintage hats. How cool would that be.

Isn't this the most adorable flower pot you have ever seen. I love it. Talk about a wonderful mother's day gift. 

Isn't this necklace exquisite. I love hummingbirds and the black and white just makes it adorable.

I love Jason Aldean and my favorite song of his is Dirt Road. Having grown up on a dirt road, this brings back tons of memories. All roads lead to somewhere and this one leads right down memory lane.

When we were growing up, we had a beagle named Lady that we had for years and years. She was forever having pups and if I could have any dog in the world I wanted, it would be a little beagle like this one. Beagles just tug at my hear

The color of these glasses is absolutely gorgeous. I love these.

Saw this Barbie on Pinterest last night. I had never seen this one. Love it!

Now this is probably one of the most brilliant ideas for yarn and ribbon I have ever seen. Wonderful way to keep the balls of yarn from rolling away from you. I am going to have to do this.

Found an antique shop on Dutch Valley Road in Knoxville, TN that I am going to have to visit. This is just one small picture they had on the Internet. I could spend over an hour just in this one section. Check out the shelf with all the milk glass vases.

Hope everybody has an awesome weekend.

Shocking!

Last night my daughter called and was talking about her plans for her son's birthday party in May. In the course of the conversation she asked me if I had seen the her new pins on Pinterest. It stopped me dead in my tracks. PINTEREST!! I had forgotten all about it. I haven't been on there since last Thursday. Gasp! I'm shocked at myself. I get so many inspiring ideas from there that I can't believe I haven't been on there for a week.

So immediately when we hung up the phone, I had to go do some pinning. Check out some of the pretty table centerpieces I found.

What have you been pinning lately?

 

Mother's Day Ideas....

Thanks to my sister for taking over the blog yesterday. I am feeling much better today, if I could just shake the cough.
Mother's Day is just around the corner. Are you looking for that something special for your mother or grandmother. Or maybe you want to splurge on a little something for yourself or drop a hint or two to you family. What woman doesn't love a new purse with matching accessories.

Thirty-One is having a great special during the month of April. Purchase $31.00 worth of products and you can buy any purse in the catalog for 50% off. This is a really good bargain. I thought I would put together some gift ideas while the special is running and share them with you today.

This is the Paisley Parade collection. There are two different wallets in this pattern (top row left and middle). This pattern also comes in one of the mini zipper pouches which is perfect to hold your cosmetics.

I love the bright yellow on this pattern. It is the Awesome Blossom. The wristlet wallet (left) goes great with the mini zipper pouch and is a wonderful pair to go with the Awesome Blossom Skirt Purses (the skirt purses come with one free skirt and you can buy additional ones to change out your pattern any time you want without having to change your whole purse.)

This is a huge favorite this year. It is the new Lots-a-dots pattern featuring the new Casual Cargo Purse (left)

Another spring favorite is the Flutter pattern. This is the Retro Metro purse and you can see all the matching accessories (soft wallet, wristlet wallet, nail file, mirror compact and eye glasses case).

Denim is making a come back in a big way. Thirty One has a multitude of products offered in the Dark Denim line.

This is the Painted Snakeskin Wristlet Wallet and Skirt purse.

This is a very elegant new pattern that is perfect for any occasion and any season. It is the Black Paisley Parade pattern.

You can check out our full line of products and prices by visiting my website

www.mythirtyone.com/brendakeefer

I am planning another giveaway for my blog. I would love to hear what your favorite pattern is so I can decide what to do for the giveaway. Come back on Friday, that is when the giveaway will be announced.

Some family time...

This is Rachel taking over for a day or two. Sis told me she has a horrible cold on top of a sinus infection and her head is in a tunnel so she's not thinking too clearly. Of course, I volunteered to take over her blog for a day or two. I thought I'd send her some family time today....

Dear Sis, I know you are feeling a little under the weather so I thought I would help you out and do your blog today. We had a great Easter at Mom's. I thought I would share some photos I took so you could see how much the great nieces and great nephews are growing. Hope you and your readers enjoy. Hope you feel better soon.

Tara and her family went with Angie and Andy for Easter, but Angie had some great pics on Facebook of the kids so I borrowed them for your blog.

And, of course, I wouldn't be a very good blogger if I didn't post a pic of the food and point out that I brought the green beans in my vintage Pyrex bowl.

Now I am happy with the results of my post. I covered three important aspects of blogging....family, food and vintage dishes. :)

Hope you feel better soon and thanks again for letting me run the show today.

Love, Rachel



Saturday's Finds....

I am glad to see that yard sales have begun in our neck of the woods. Saturday we had 27 listed in the local paper. I was upset that I had an all day meeting for my Thirty One business so I was unable to go to the yard sales. There were several in my neighborhood. As I was leaving for my meeting, I saw one already set up so I decided to stop for 10 minutes to see if there were any great bargains.

I wasn't dissappointed. I found this gorgeous Pyrex snowflake casserole dish. It was released in 1959. This is selling online on some sites for $24.00 - $26.00. I picked it up at the yard sale for $1.00. I was beyond thrilled.

She also had this neat milk glass serving tray. I don't know what I'll do with it but it was milk glass and it was just $1.00 so I had to have it.

I went to the new summer premier for Thirty One on Saturday. They have some great new patterns to be released. Lots of exciting changes. I will be sharing more soon.

 

I am switching phone carriers. I've been looking at phones this weekend and think I have made my decision. One thing I have noticed is that the more technology comes up with newer phones, the bigger they are getting. As much as I love my Motorola Electrify, I would love to have something a little smaller. This one just doesn't fit comfortably in my pocket and sometimes I need that in a phone. But I am sticking with an Android. I can't imagine going back to a "regular" phone after having all my apps. I want something more this size.

I would rather have a smaller phone and have some type of tablet to use when I'm on the couch browsing at night and too lazy to get up and go sit at the computer. I just want an inexpensive tablet that is Wi-Fi only since I plan on using it mostly from the house and I can hook up to wi-fi there. At least that is my current plan.

I guess I need to spend time doing some research and comparison shopping. It doesn't have to have a lot of bells and whistles. I simply want to lay on the couch and surf the internet and read Facebook. That is all I require of it. My phone will be good for internet functions when I am out of the house and if I travel, I always take my laptop. If anybody has any thoughts or reviews on inexpensive tablets, I'd love to hear your thoughts.

A week in review...

Lots to be thankful for this morning. I had a great week this past week. I was able to spend time with each my grandchildren during spring break. I went to Ripley's Aquarium on Wednesday with Caleb and Shelby and went to Wonder Works on Friday with Garret and Alexis. I didn't get to take Colby anywhere since he is just getting over walking pneumonia, but I got to spend a little time with him at his house. Grandchildren are one of God's greatest creations.

I had to go to ER Friday evening to get a wicker splinter removed. My finger is still a little sore from the poking and prodding to remove the splinter, not to mention the two shots in my hand. My arm still hurts from the tetanus shot. But I must say that I have never seen such efficiency at an ER. I must have timed it right. I checked in at 4:44 and I was released at 5:46. One hour and a couple of minutes. Not bad for an ER visit.

I had a wonderful time at my Thirty One meeting yesterday. Got to hear some very emotional stories about why people get involved with Thirty One. I love working with a company that puts God first in everything they do. We had some devotionals and prayer before we started each of the day's sessions. It was truly a blessed day.

I won't be singing in choir today. I have been coughing all day yesterday and all night last night. I don't like to be in choir and have a coughing fit so I'm just not going to sing today.

All in all, it has been a very blessed week. It reminds me of a song my choir sung back when I went to Sunrise Baptist Church in West Virginia. It was our "signature" song for the church. I believe they still sing it today. My brother-in-law is an awesome singer and any time we would sing that song, you could hear him so good in it and it always touched my heart. There was usually never a dry eye in church when the choir sung this song because it was such a blessing. I leave you with it today. Please listen closely to the words as Gordon Mote & Jason Crabb sing "Thank you Lord, For Your Blessings On Me."