Air Plants

Last Christmas a co-worker bought me a lovely hanging glass vase. I had been poking around blogland, having just started my own blog, and saw a post where someone had used an air plant in a similar glass vase. Well, try finding an air plant anywhere else but Florida. I've been searching since December of last year to no avail. So I turned to the internet and ordered a variety assortment of air plants from Black Jungle. The box arrived a couple of days ago and how pretty they are!

A few others at the office were gifted with the vase, so I thought by buying a variety pack, I could give everyone a plant for their own vases. I've hung mine at the kitchen window using fishing line.

New Thrift Store in Town

After dropping Gideon off at the groomer this morning, I noticed a sign for a newly-opened thrift store. Detour! Detour! Wound up getting these two shells (from the FREE box), two satin-lined boxes covered in a neat quilted vintage fabric, two small bowls for $1 each. One, with the daisies, is made by Haviland & Co., the other is made by The Butchart Gardens out of Victoria, Canada. The March "sweet dish" from the Gardens is on their online store for $8.99 so I got a good deal on that. It will be a little extra gift in my sister's birthday package come March (her birthday month).

My sister's daughter, Melanie, has just graduated from high school and will be starting college this fall working towards a degree in library science. I've been holding off on sending her a graduation gift check, trying to find a first edition book to send her, with the check tucked 'tween the pages ala bookmark. Seemed a little warmer than sending just a check. Snagged this edition for $24. I don't think it is first edition (first edition would have been 1886 and this one is 1895), but just couldn't pass it up. Just look at how beautiful the spine is.

And the winner is . . .

I used the number generator at random.org and the lucky number was 3! Jackie at Empty Nest Full Life is the winner (and she would not have been if she hadn't posted about my giveaway and gotten herself two additional entries which allotted her entry numbers 2, 3 and 4!! Way to go, Jackie!)

For those of you who have expressed an interest in my crosses, I have decided to offer them for sale. I love making them and certainly can't hang them all. I am debating going the etsy route and am looking into that today. Will publish a post with the outcome. In the meantime, I'm working on a if-I-must-say-so-myself truly beautiful one now!