Thank you so much for your birthday wishes! I had a great birthday on Saturday. In the morning, Hope & I went to one of the first estate sales I've been to in a long time. And, I came away with goodies (more on that later)! In the evening, Glenn & I went out for Mexican food (margaritas!) and a movie (Juno--LOVED it!). And, then, of course, I had two more days off after that. Talk about a great birthday present--time at home!
Here are some of my find from the sale. Strangely enough, I only took photos of the items that I plan to sell, not the two other items that I kept for myself. I'm not sure what I was thinking. I also got a very cool old camera & a sage green urn that I'm keeping that I'll post about soon.
These pink shoe stretchers & a plate with roses, just because they are pretty....
My favorite finds were these aprons...I really think that they are the prettiest, most stunning vintage aprons that I've ever seen in person....
Look at those roses! 
This one is my favorite! That is my favorite color combination -- seafoam green & pink. I love that white leafy trim. And, you'll notice that the tie is of the same fabric as the skirt in the front & at the sides, it is white fabric edged in seafoam satin ribbon. Wouldn't that be the most darling thing with a big white starched bow in back? All ready to serve at your dinner party, doncha know.
I always look for vintage aprons just because I love the nostalgia of them & the amazing care that went into making these workday pieces. My mother has revived my interest in them as she received this book for Christmas:
She has become very interested in the subject & I'm trying to convince her to sew up new aprons from vintage patterns, possibly made of vintage fabric...wouldn't those go well in my vintage booth? (whenever I actually have a booth again, but that's another story....) I'll use your enthusiastic agreement (which I'm sure that you will provide, hint, hint) to further encourage her :)
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I'm sorry about the sparseness of posts this week. I can't download photos from my new camera on our home computer, because it is apparently too old. So, I have to remember to take my camera into work to download photos. We are planning on using a portion of our tax refund on a new computer, so that should be very helpful on that front.
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