A look back in time... too cute!

 

This is my mom and her two sisters with their

dolly and their wagon at my great 

grandma's farm in Oneil, Nebraska.

It probably was taken around 1930.

 Wish I had the wagon now!

This is the three sisters on grandma's porch.

  Check out the cotton stockings and hats! Too cute!

The old chair and wood box  on the porch

is pretty cool, too!

My mom just turned 84 this week! 

She is the oldest of three girls.

Happy Birthday Mom!

It's been a couple of good junkin' weekends!

Ahhh... Nebraska a good place to junk!

In the last two weekends we hit two estate sales, 

one indoor flea market & several thrift stores.

It was fun to finally be out junking!

I found 2 scrabble games! Jack pot! 

The tiles and holders will become messages 

and the boards I've been collecting will  be placemats.

Most of our finds will end up at our 

Spring show at W.S. (a.k.a. The Whistle Stop) I went to

the shop to take pictures and on top of the tub of letters 

was W.S. I had to take a picture! I ordered these

block type letter from Primitives by Kathy. They 

are fun to create anything you want to say.

These items we found at an estate sale in South Omaha.

The ad read 50 years of accumulation!

I thought the 70's storage box was a hoot! I think

I had my bedroom in that pattern once upon a time!

The skates, Santa boot and envelopes will

arrive at the W.S. at Christmas. 

You'll have to wait to see what we have 

planned for the envelopes!

This loot was all from a Tag sale in Fremont, NE.

Buckets, a wire basket, an old oil crayon box, bank boxes,

a couple of kitchen items and an old blue cane.

I have plans for the globe either for Halloween or Christmas.

All the rest will be at the Spring show in May!

This little charmer we found at the Good Will.

The colors are shouting "It's Spring!"

I saved the best for last!

This one, I think will be a keeper! 

I can envision a little girl with pig tails flying, 

as she peddled down the sidewalk. 

The collecting has finally begun 

for the next show at 

The Whistle Stop Country Store! 

Our Got Cabin Fever? ... some pic's of the show.

Got Cabin Fever? ... I think people here in Nebraska did. 

Our customers were ready to get out and have some fun!

  Saturday  was a "top 10" Spring day & our little 

bit of country store was just the 

"Spring Fix" everyone needed!

Here are a few pictures from the shop.

A great old cobblers wheel from Daffadowndilly's! 

It looked so cute with nested Easter eggs!

A wonderful old postal scale, flowers & tulips 

bloomed with color!

We called this display our "Spring Porch". 

The old bedpost bench was made by my DH.

 It's really comfy too!

This little park bench was just adorable! 

I'm so glad it went to a good home.

To see more pictures go to our website. 

Spring is in the air!

My husband asked me tonight, "Why haven't you posted 

any pic's of my furniture?" Well, I do have pictures on the website 

but, I hadn't put any hereon the blog. So, honey this post is for you!

Most of these pictures are from last fall & holiday season. 

We had so much done that we 

had to rent a storage until until show time!

    coat racks from old header molding

    Always really popular!

   Musical chairs anyone?  

     I have a thing for children's chairs.

                                  adorable mini park bench, garden tools & salt box

                                       cool iron pulls on the cupboard drawers

                                             Bed Post Benches!  Really comfy too!

  

                                                   I can't wait for warm weather so 

                                                      we can start working for our 

                                                              Spring shows!

Spring Tease!!! 

The warm weather is probably not here to stay, after all it is Nebraska! Around these parts, garden planting doesn't begin until Mother's Day! 

Being a Southern Cal. girl I'm ready for flowers, garage sales and warm sunshine by February! I took advantage of the beautiful day to enjoy a walk down the walking path next to my shop. Take a look at the pictures I took on my walk in the sunshine!

www.thewhistlestopcountrystore.com  

Here are the other pic's from my craft room. 

It would be fun to see what junk items one could use 

to create a "vintage junk clip it up"! 

Up to the challenge any one? 

Can't Wait for Spring!

I admit I have taken advantage of my long winter's nap from The Whistle Stop! Although I still work my "regular" job at school each day the creative side of me has been hibernating with the bears this winter! I need SPRING! The warmth, the sun, the colors of spring!  My craft room is in desperate need of organization from the aftermath of the Holiday season so, I decided I needed to create a little "spring" inspiration to motivate me.

It was the start I needed, along with going on a little shopping spree at The Whistle Stop! I brought home a few things that helped with organizing "stuff". All those things you need for creating. I bought this antique green tote with the intentions of keeping it. Well, I always feel like the shop needs it more so, I took it in to sell. It DIDN'T!!! So, I guess it was meant to be mine! And it's working out great for odds & ends of "needful" things! 

A good friend gave me this "scrapbooking" organizer for Christmas. She's seen my craft room during the Holiday season! :) It's called Clip it Up. It has been the most handy organizer. As I find stickers, brads, scrabble pieces etc. in my endless piles I just clip it on the rack and it has an instant home! No digging through drawers to find all those little things. (sorry, I can't figure out how to get more pic's on here. I'll try and figure it out and get the rest of them up.)

It's amazing what you'll find when you get to the bottom of the tubs! I found some watercolor spring pict.'s I did last year but never framed. I stuck them on my dry erase board to remind me Spring shows are coming and I'd better get this room ready to work!