Drumroll, please!

First of all, I would like to thank each and every one of you for stopping by. I enjoy the visits and lovely comments. I also enjoy stopping by your blogs and seeing what you are up to. Well, here goes . . . Good luck to each of you!

. . . and the lucky winner is Couture de Papier. She has a lovely blog. Be sure to stop by and check it out. I can't wait to see what she does with her prize.

Come back soon!

Blog Giveaway!!

My Attic Rat shop on Etsy is one year old today and to celebrate, I am offering a giveaway. One lucky person will receive 75 pieces of ephemera. Some of it is more than 150 years old - 1841 to be exact. There are also pieces from the 1930s and 1940s. How cool is that? To enter, leave a comment on this post by Monday, April 20 at 10:00 am. Want to have two chances? Anyone becoming a follower of this blog will get their name put in twice. (If you are already a follower, you are already entered once.) Good luck to you!

Jumping up and down

Can you see me? I'm jumping up and down. I made Etsy Finds today! I was reading the email and thought to myself, "Those look familiar". As soon as I realized why they looked so familiar, I let out a whoop and jumped up and down in my chair. I just think that is just too cool.

Going green with Artfire

MAKE A GREEN IMPACT WITH YOUR CRAFTS
Save the planet with your artisan talents! Artfire.com is a green website, and that means they help you to make an impact. They plant trees across the globe and make the earth a greener place. I signed up for Artfire and my name is CedarJunction. What a fantastic deal! I will only pay $7.00 per month. Period. No listing fees, no renewal fees, no final value fees. $7.00. That's IT! Artfire is offering 5,000 memberships at $7.00 a month. Once they are gone, they go back up to $20 per month. There are only about 300 left!

Top of the Mornin' to you!

Have yourself a wonderful day!

Junk drawer finds

I have started doing some Spring cleaning. My studio is beyond full and I just MUST do something about it!

Dear diary . . .

Margaret Goudie wrote this diary when she was 21 years old - almost 100 years ago She was a good hearted, well rounded young lady from Iowa.

This morning, I awoke to find that RioRita had included Margaret's diary in her treasury list. Thanks! Be sure to check out her shop. She makes beautiful jewelry near the Mediterranean Sea. How delightful!

15 hearts in 3 days

I listed this locker basket less than 3 days ago and it already has 15 hearts. How about that? I picked them up when I went to the Dallas market. I could only get a handful of them because we had to park several blocks away in a parking garage. They would make wonderful storage bins.

Mrs. Butterworths, I love you!

You never had syrup so good . . . oh, Mrs. Butterworths! I love you!

My friend, Betty paints up Mrs. Butterworths bottles into some adorable display pieces. I really admire her talent. She uses patterns created by Cindy Trombley and paints them with amazing detail. I think Cindy would be proud of Betty's work. My favorite is one that she did up as a teacher. You can see it here.

Catch a Mrs. Butterworths retro-mercial on Utube. Enjoy!

Laurie sent goodies!

This interesting package was waiting for me when I returned from my trip to Dallas. I arrived from Laurie of Loudlife. A while back, I had entered a haiku-writing contest and she awarded me with these wonderful, fun goodies. It felt like Christmas morning.

These items are very inspiring. I can't wait to put them in something! Thanks so much, Laurie!!