Teacup Thursday #30

I always give a full moon report to my Tasha Tudor group every month and this October moon is called The Hunter's Moon which was actually full on Tuesday night. It's very appropriate as my husband Jim received a gift in the mail from his friend Frank in Illinois...a hunting license. He invited him to come back to Illinois to hunt on his farm in November. Jim was so thrilled and surprised.
So, I decided to feature a fall cup that has a hunter on it-perfect-for Miss Spencer's Teacup Thursday.

I've had this cup and saucer for years and just found it again. It's made by Royal Albert and is called

Hunting in Canada. It has two ducks in the inner cup. I always like an image inside the cup!

I made this little quilt and wanted to use it with the moon theme here. It hangs over a vintage oak primary school chair.

We have been enjoying the last of the season's wonderful tomatoes~the small ones from our garden and the very last cucumber. The large ones are from our favorite Italian veggie stand. Bacon and tomato sandwiches tomorrow night! I also tried a delicious baked apple dish from my dear friend Wilhelmina.

I won this darling SPRING embroidery pattern from sweet Fay at Simply.....I'm so excited as I love to do embroidery work and won't this be a fun project to work on during the winter months. Humm...maybe a little quilt or wall hanging!  I have her blog listed in my favorites on the right hand side of my blog, pop on over to her blog and look at her darling patterns and see some of her finished projects. THANK YOU so much Fay....I am thrilled to be the winner of your give-a-way! 

Work Work Work!

Ahhhh...I've spent the last few days working on my Etsy site! It takes a great deal of time to get things listed, especially when you're new at it all. LaVonne has been a great help and I so appreciate all her free advise! She's going to hit her 1000th sale soon, so I have a great mentor.
I think my Etsy will be like my blog. You kind of have to find your way and jump in. It seems to develop into a part of you before long.
I have been a collector for most of my life, so I have many, many, many different things to list! I haven't touched so many areas yet, but I'm working on it. I hope that I can plan out next year ahead of time. Having a retail background, it's hard to turn that off! I'm mostly doing vintage items at this point, but would like to add things that I make as I journey down this path.

So if you'd like to take a look at my little shop, please do. It's called  Lady Linda Lou. Please be kind as I'm just a beginner. www.etsy.com/shop/LadyLindaLou

Teacup Thursday #29

A chilly fall evening and I'm tempted to start a fire in the woodstove! My husband has been gone for two weeks, helping his family in Springfield, Illinois with his 93 year old mother. He was more than ready to come home this morning. Jim comes in tonight at 11:45 PM...yawn.I made him some pumpkin muffins this afternoon and our home smells spicy and yummy. Of course I had to try them out and decided it was time to get my Teacup Thursday things together. Recently, I found a little set of Johnson Brothers Apple Harvest that I had forgotten all about.  It's a cute little farm scene, somewhat whimsical.

I love apples and found this apple cookbook~yum! I think I've commented on the fact that I was born in Yakima, Washington and I love apples. I found a recipe in this book for Apple Kuchen. My German grandmother made the best Kuchen. She used to make it for my dad when she came to visit and I have to confess, I kind of nibbled it away. Sorry dad but it was just too delicious. Unfortunately, Grandma never wrote down her recipe and no one really knows how she made it. I do remember how it taste.

I had to settle for tea and a pumpkin muffin...not bad for  Miss Spenser's Teacup Thursday. Are you enjoying this autumn?

"Anyone  can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the apples in the seeds."
Robert H. Schuller

Miniature Show

I didn't get to post my pix of the miniature show that LaVonne and I went to last Sunday. It was so much fun to go with a friend who loves minis as much as I do. Our dolls got spoiled again. LaVonne won a door prize too...a battery light fixture that was really neat.

We met a lady and her mom and I have to go check out her blog. She had taken quite a new interest in her doll from the past. Here's a picture of her and her doll.

Here's some photos of the miniature houses that people had on show for us to enjoy.

There was a great vintage house from the 1920's that was just charming.

These little girls were enjoying the grab bags! They were so cute and so excited and it was pretty fun to watch them. They went back for more goodies after opening the first bags. I thought about buying one...

The car truck in a bit different after this kind of a show!

Good Bye LaVonne....

I took LaVonne to the airport late this afternoon to send her back home to Montana. We had such a fun visit and so much fun! The house is very quiet and empty tonight. Wish we lived closer, but we sure are blessed to be able to see each other as often as we do! Miss ya my friend! Hope you have a good week and get that puppy soon. Who's going to make my coffee tomorrow morning????

LaVonne's visit and just too much fun!

LaVonne has been here since Monday night and we are just having way too much fun! She is an easy guest, so helpful, fun and just a JOY to have here with me!
Here's some pictures from Day #1...shopping at the bins!

Yes, Day #1 netted us a trunk load of goodies!

So one to Day #2! We met Morgan at the Salvation Army thrift store and then on to the Dessert thrift store. Morgan was on the old Tasha Tudor site and she and LaVonne are on another group together, so it was so nice to finally meet her. She lives in Portland and we share the same birthday, but we had never met. She was fun and we had so much to talk about and share. I'm afraid LaVonne and I wore her out!  So here are some photos of the loot from Day #2.

As you can see, we are having so much fun-can you hear the laughs? Good times, good friends!

On Day #3, we were going to stay home and craft until we checked the internet for estate sales. We decided we had to go to one ASAP! I got us a bit lost and we had to return to the house for the correct address so Helga (GPS) could help us get there! It was worth all the effort as it was a FANTASTIC sale. I was loaded with "stuff" as the owner had been quite a collector. We left some money there, but what treasures we got...some to keep and some to sell. On the way home we stopped at a small sale run by some Sunday School friends of a little old German man...Oscar. The man in the garage who was his friend, was just the most kind soul. He had a peaceful comforting way about him and shared stories about Oscar with us. It was so sweet and touching. LaVonne and I both come from German families who went to Russia before journeying onto America and the Dakotas. LaVonne bought a wonderful Good Shepherd print for her collection and I know she remember that day when she looks at the print.
She also found a darling German sewing box with mushroom attachments~so perfect for her. We left the little home with such feelings that we could hardly speak.

We did finally stay home on Day #4 to do some crafting. We had to work on our Fall Tasha Tudor Exchange project. We spent most of the day working on this, but I must say, they turned out so cute! We hate to part with our creations! LaVonne's will be going to NY and mine will be leaving for France. I can't show the finished product yet as I don't want to ruin the suprise.

Once again, the day had slipped away and we decided to go to The Poor Farm for dinner as it's one of LaVonne's favorite places to eat. What a fabulous dinner we had-scallops with winter squash and chipotle butter sauce. Oh oh oh, so good~we put our jammies on and ended the day with a full tummy and a happy heart.

Yummy yummy yummy! I'm sure LaVonne will post about the rest of dinner, so I'll leave that for her.

Going to a miniature show tomorrow, so I better get some sleep.