tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34701056356742308522012-02-12T04:27:36.919-08:00susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.comBlogger3701100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-30629714154920338722012-02-10T16:17:00.000-08:002012-02-10T16:19:40.485-08:00

Hey there Sweeties, TGIF!!! After a long week of jewelry design & babysitting, 2 things that don't really go together all that well... I'm sooooo excited that it's finally Friday! I've already got a fab spinach & chicken flatbread pizzacooking in the oven, frozen of COURSE!!!Made up a tray of salami, pepperjack cheese & yummy crackers,& I'm just about ready to crack open a bottle of White 

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-2186716775166651872012-02-04T17:15:00.000-08:002012-02-04T17:22:24.153-08:00

I've been trying my hand at soldering the last few weeks,dwelling in a place where I've never felt quite comfortable.As with most things in my life, I am my OWN teacher.I wander the internet searching for clues, but in the endI know it's just me & my soldering iron taking this journey. With every brush of flux & every pass of my iron,this foreign place begins to feel like home.The fear subsides

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-32616726343221664122012-02-01T08:44:00.000-08:002012-02-04T16:17:40.485-08:00

It's Hump Day all ready! Sweet Hearts, where does the time go...I mean really.I do have to admit, I know where a significant portion of my time has been going lately...Pinterest, that's where.But I also have to tell you, since I've started hangin out there... I've been more INSPIRED, more CREATIVE & more artistically PRODUCTIVE, then I have in years. It just gets my creative juices FLOWING!

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-36158003472810537792012-01-30T00:10:00.000-08:002012-01-30T00:10:30.355-08:00

World RARE Disease Day Blog Hop To all my Amazing, Sweet Friends who have followed me along my paththese last few years, I want to Thank You with all my Heartfor your wisdom & kindness & generosity of Spirit.You have made ALL the difference in helping free me to speak my truthswithout fear, knowing I would land in a place of love & support...there aren't even words that can express a gift like

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-2469474202337958172012-01-25T10:37:00.000-08:002012-01-25T10:45:48.410-08:00

Hey Sweeties, Happy Hump Day!!!Today's the day of the big reveal...the finished product of my 1st soldered necklace & even I must say,I LOVEY IT!It may actually be worth all the aggravationof soldering! ;) Don't you just love my little civil war girl's grumpy face? She reminds me of Shirley Temple for some reason.Something I DO enjoy doing, is hand-wiring together crystal beads.When done with

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-29697106689285835062012-01-23T16:17:00.000-08:002012-01-23T16:22:13.172-08:00

 Hi Sweeties... Well, here I am as promised, back to tell you about my weekend of soldering. I was so inspired having seen all the absolutely gorgeous pieces of handmade jewelry on Pinterest. But let me tell you a little secret.... it's NOT as easy as it looks! LOL I must say, this is not my first attempt at trying to conquer my fear of soldering, it's my 2nd. My 1st try was a complete failure

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-14830573518693003522012-01-20T10:30:00.000-08:002012-01-20T10:44:46.088-08:00

{pictures from pinterest} Happy TGIF Sweet Hearts!!!!I hope you had an AMAZING week...I know I did cuz this week, I discovered Pinterest!!! I'm ALWAYS the last to know right, what's UP with that??Well, here's my theory...I spend soooooooo much time on the computer working,I mean like ALL day, a lot of days,that I'm already filled with guilt about not being present.There's Email...Facebook...My

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-7507288317815100392012-01-15T10:22:00.000-08:002012-01-15T10:22:19.924-08:00

Have you ever said to yourself..WHOA!!! Well lately, I've been saying it quite a lot & here's why...A new blog is coming out, the brain child of my dear friendJenelle Van De Mortel& the concept is beautifully simple. W.H.O.A.Women Helping One Another. I have been touched by WHOA, as I'm sure so many of you have.I know from personal experience, that the women in my lifehave truly been...The Wind

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-77779930693167667722012-01-07T10:53:00.000-08:002012-01-07T10:59:38.717-08:00

{new blog design for Kathy Runkle}Hi Friends!!!It's a beautiful, sunny Saturday morning in southern California & I'm soooooDigging our WEATHER lately!!!!Living at 5000 ft, the fact that it's the beginning of January & we haven't hadany real snow to speak of, is a MAJOR blessing to me.You see, I HATE snow.Now, let me expand on that...I don't completely hate snow for snow's sake alone.If all I had

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-77390863821611416182012-01-03T14:35:00.000-08:002012-01-05T14:00:21.645-08:00

{digital designs by vintagesusie} Happy New Year Sweetest of Hearts!!! 2012 is finally here & now we can all find out for certain, whether or not the planets are all going to align & throw us off our regular rotation & fling us into some kind of insane, natural disaster, Armageddon!!! I'm thinkin....NOT!  ;) I'm thinkin the complete opposite... I'm thinkin I want to be

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-50555339651130968302011-12-30T12:49:00.000-08:002011-12-30T13:30:28.891-08:00

To all my Amazing, Sweet Friends who have followed me along my path these last few years, I want to Thank You with all my Heart for your wisdom & kindness & generosity of Spirit. You have made ALL the difference in helping free me to speak my truths without fear, knowing I would land in a place of love & support... there aren't even words that can express a gift like that. I

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-11825491371588254012011-12-25T10:24:00.000-08:002011-12-25T10:24:21.452-08:00

XOXO vintagesusie

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-24329382329947373312011-12-21T10:03:00.000-08:002011-12-21T10:14:07.826-08:00

'Dear Editor: I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, If you see it in The Sun it's so. Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus?' Virginia O'Hanlon 115 West Ninety Fifth Street, New York These are the words of eight year old Virginia O'Hanlon written to the New York Sun in 1897. The response by veteran newsman Francis Church

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-25092650698577460432011-12-18T11:04:00.000-08:002011-12-18T14:56:27.921-08:00

Happy Weekend before Christmas Sweet Hearts! The month of December goes by in a blink for me, does it seem that way to you too? This morning I was watching 'Mad Men' on AMC, like I do every Sunday morning, when I saw this great vintage 50's ad that was put on Facebook by Retreuxgirl.  I LOVE the look of this ad & the verbage... 'Christmas Morning She'll be Happier With a Hoover'!

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-53705333315160595282011-12-13T10:46:00.000-08:002011-12-13T10:47:53.767-08:00

My Sweetest of  Hearts... It seems I've been so silent as of late... so much has been spinning around in my head & in my life, but oh, how I've miss you! I wasn't sure how Christmas was going to feel this year, so many things still up in the air... but Christmas feels like LOVE to me... ALWAYS. As I pull my decorations out, from there year long hibernation, I look at

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-15645052139990754232011-12-05T16:24:00.001-08:002011-12-05T19:14:48.068-08:00

There's nothing I LOVE more then a Christmas Boutique. {Christie Repasy & Rita Reade} Well, actually there is... A VINTAGE CHRISTMAS BOUTIQUE!! The Vintage Marketplace takes place every 3 months in Fallbrook, California & I look forward to each & every event. The Talented Artists & Vintage Yummmmminess at this show is Simply Delightful... Christmas Joy &

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-80112482760606579702011-11-29T14:05:00.001-08:002011-11-29T15:16:32.117-08:00

Greetings Sweetest of Hearts... I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday!!! My family & loved ones had a delightful time together, filled with yummy food, bright sunshine, skies of blue & sparkling ocean waves. What else could anyone ask for, right!  I celebrated my Double Nickle birthday over the weekend, which added to the festivities & wanted to share with

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-42775657917271879012011-11-21T11:57:00.001-08:002011-11-21T13:03:35.228-08:00

Happy Monday Sweeties... This week is a very Special One for all of us with Thanksgiving literally, right around the corner. But being a Thanksgiving Baby, that means my birthday is right around the corner too!  ;) {this Friday to be exact} I had been thinking about what I might want for my special day & being the purse junkie that I am, of course I thought of a new purse. 

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-89975201668027614002011-11-14T08:22:00.001-08:002011-11-14T09:28:03.854-08:00

Happy Monday Sweeties... Y'all want to know what I did this weekend?? I OBSESSED! What did I OBSESS about?? Whether to get the Amazon Kindle Fire or the Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet for my birthday! Sad, huh! {kindle fire} I'm a Thanksgiving baby... this year my birthday is the day after Thanksgiving, but a girl's gotta start thinking about these things early. Lists MUST be made,

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-22612221496727152452011-11-10T09:16:00.001-08:002011-11-10T10:32:39.844-08:00

Howdy Sweet Hearts!!! I know, what a random post, right! But does anyone else LOVE Sharon Stone's AMAZINGLY AWESOME wardrobe in The Quick & the Dead??? This movie came out in 1995 & I've probably seen it at LEAST 100 times & one of the reasons I can NEVER pass it by when it's on, is because of Sharon's ROCKIN, ASS KICKIN clothes in this movie! Her duster is to DIE for! Can

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-57571308184130904462011-11-07T19:17:00.000-08:002011-11-07T19:26:46.729-08:00

Thanks Marilou, for this picture of you & Me & KC surrounded by her beautiful artwork!!! What a Fabulous Day... I'm ready for MORE PLEASE!!!!  ;) XOXO vintagesusie

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-50571772006178138322011-11-06T12:23:00.000-08:002011-11-06T12:23:21.290-08:00

Sometimes, it's easy to focus in on all the things that are challenging you in a particular time & place in your life & to momentarily forget the abundance of BLESSINGS that you DO have. I have been guilty of this lately. A friend sent me a little black & white picture of her Mother as a child  with the simple caption, 'Mom & Gobble'. Seeing the smiling little girl with a feather in

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-59413275745190582842011-11-03T19:07:00.000-07:002011-11-15T17:49:15.410-08:00

Evenin' Sweeties... It's time for the Big Reveal for my Mixed Media Collage I made at KC Willis's Workshop in Huntington Beach.... 'Fallen Angel'. Gathering up my embellishments from home before the class, I already had in mind the idea of a 'Fallen Angel'. I have been saving a pair of brass wings I got at Sandy Schor's booth in Round Top, Texas for something special & for me

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-79809136754084661962011-11-01T11:30:00.000-07:002011-11-01T11:30:15.452-07:00

 {the fabric table, I took that top piece} Really....I mean REALLY Friends??? Is this what an Art Retreat is like? Is this what I've been missing ALL my life??  Yesterday, I spent the entire day with KC Willis of Lipstick Ranch & some of the most delightful, talented & creative women you could ever meet.  We gathered at a Community Room in Huntington Beach, California. I got

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-66071060581923330192011-10-26T13:41:00.000-07:002011-10-26T13:50:51.202-07:00

Can you believe Halloween is right around the corner... are you ready for the Ghosts & Ghouls & Things That Go Bump in the Night? Last weekend we took an impromptu mini camping trip with our little man Kai, to Calico Ghost Town near Barstow, California... & had the SPOOKIEST, FUN-EST, Good Time Ever!!! The decorations were Wonderfully Ghoulish... I LOVED

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-83257846144602227392011-10-19T13:54:00.000-07:002011-10-19T18:15:05.061-07:00

Happy Wednesday Sweetest of Hearts... Y'all know about the Amazing artist KC Willis & Lipstick Ranch, right! I have been loving this girls work for years. Her fabric collages are filled with layers of textures & vintage elements, cool phrases & fabulous vintage images. Their richness & time worn quality, make them look like family heirlooms that have been treasured for years. I ADORE

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-84366327794069621782011-10-17T14:24:00.000-07:002011-10-17T14:28:44.852-07:00

Happy New Week Friends! A new week is like a whole new chance to be anything you want to be. People get so excited about a New Year & make these grand resolutions, but for me...it's just toooo much pressure! I'd rather get excited about the possibilities of a brand new week & if I fail to be all that I can be, I only have maybe 5 more days to try all over again, isn't that so much

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-14589346186739816712011-10-14T11:03:00.000-07:002011-10-14T11:03:32.561-07:00

TGIF Sweeties... do you know one of the reasons I like Fridays so much??? Because on Saturdays Kai plays soccer & I LOVE watching him play. Why do you like Fridays so much?? {bet I know that answer, lol} On to Silverton, Colorado... a historic mining town, high in the San Juan Mountains...I mean REALLY HIGH! Silverton is one of the highest towns in the United States, at

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-48884176999305656302011-10-09T14:14:00.000-07:002011-10-09T14:20:51.391-07:00

Happy Sunday Sweet Hearts! Fall is in the air here on my mountaintop in So Cali. The sky is blue, the sun is bright & it's crisp & cool outside, PERFECT sweater weather & I do LOVE a GREAT sweater, don't you??  ;) {in Ouray, this house is built right into the rock & has an elevator to get you in the door} But fall in California & fall in Colorado are two totally different things...

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-20392277367256395672011-10-06T17:03:00.000-07:002011-10-06T17:03:18.627-07:00

I dream of a ranch in Colorado with it's blue skies, white clouds & red roof. A sanctuary from over stimulation & a respite for the weary traveler looking for peace of mind. Happy occupants greet you at the gate, bringing a smile to your face & a sense of belonging. This is a place where the animals out number the people & the peoples purpose is to take care of the animals...

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-2815389173012165842011-09-27T14:00:00.000-07:002011-09-27T14:01:54.020-07:00

Guess who's lookin at YOU??? My sister's llama's are Who's Lookin at YOU!!  ;) And by tomorrow night, I'll be lookin right back at them TOO! Soooo very excited & HAPPY to be taking off tomorrow to Grand Junction, CO for a little R&R... time to hang at my sister's ranch looking out over the mesa, time to sit on her porch with a bottle of beer, laughing & remembering, time to

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-83792982400768560952011-09-20T11:42:00.000-07:002011-09-20T11:52:53.274-07:00

Good Morning Sweeties... Even GREAT Morning Sweeties... I want to share with you one of my new Secret Pleasures. I bought a book on CD that I listen to most of the time while I'm driving, Even More Notes from the Universe Dancing Life's Dance by Mike Dooley. I have to say it...it Inspires me, it Enlightens me, it makes me Laugh. "Today you are a magnet for infinite

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-50910168563002917512011-09-19T10:32:00.000-07:002011-09-19T10:47:15.922-07:00

 My Sweetest of Hearts... I have been made aware that my comments to many of the participants at the Bead Soup Blog Party were offensive & that was most assuredly NEVER my intention. My sincere apologies to any of the designers who I may have offended... I guess sometimes, what seems like a good idea at the time, can end up being the very worst idea possible. In my 2 years of

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-11015754466345452582011-09-16T22:18:00.000-07:002011-09-18T13:30:11.891-07:00

Happy Saturday Sweeties! The weekend is here & today is a day many of us SOUPER'S have been waiting for... it's finally BEAD SOUP Reveal Day!!! Yipppppeeee.....are you hungry for more? Here's how it works... Our fabulous hostess with the mostest, Miss Lori Anderson of Pretty Things blog, had over 300 jewelry designers from all over the world sign-up this summer to participate in

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com113tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-82563527089068130202011-09-14T16:13:00.000-07:002011-09-14T16:13:11.787-07:00

 Yeah...it's the HUMP Day & the weekend is almost here!!!Just had to share with you my finished creations for theFabulous Junk Gypsy's!    Right now, as we speak, these SPOONIN necklaces are flyin over clouds & fields...    over mountains & streams & longhorn steer,makin their way to one of my FAVORITEST places on Earth...    Round Top, Texas!I would love to be a tiny fairy & slip effortlessly

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-39167470636471388732011-09-12T12:03:00.000-07:002011-09-12T12:18:00.279-07:00

Growing up in Southern California definitely had it's plus's &one of them has always been Palm Springs.In high school on a beautiful sun filled day, it would not be unusual for me &my girlfriends to decide to have a ditch day. I'd wear my bikini under my clothes,throw a towel in my back pack & when my girlfriend came to pick me up, insteadof heading towards school, we would giddily point the

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-46225804007579080202011-09-03T15:07:00.000-07:002011-09-03T15:12:19.963-07:00

Greetings Friends from far & wide!I hope you're all lovin your weekend & enjoyin these last days of summer...I know I am!Soooooo, y'all know how much I LOVE Round Top, Texas, right?And y'all know that from my very 1st trip there, I fell MADLY in LOVE with theDarlin Junk Gypsy's!  Here's my Junk Gypsy's during Round Top's Spring Festival atMiss Teresa of Garden Antique's, blog party...Miss Amie

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-77719712268724596162011-08-31T13:49:00.000-07:002011-08-31T13:49:10.237-07:00

 Hi Sweetest of Hearts...I hope you're having a wonderful week!!I have been ever so patiently waiting for my beads to arrive from my new friend,Malin of Beading by Malin de Koning,my Bead Soup partner from Sweden & can I just tell you...THE BEADS WERE WORTH THE WAIT!!  Malin sent me several little, beautifully packaged jewelry boxes,each filled to the brim with complete yummieness!My very

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-87150167284248006282011-08-24T10:53:00.000-07:002011-08-24T11:06:39.726-07:00

Hey Sweeties...I may disappear for a minute, flying off the grid...but you can't get rid of me that easy! lolMany of you probably already know this, but once again...drum roll please,it's time forBEAD SOUP!Lori Anderson of Pretty Things Blog's, most delicious concoction. I am so excited to be partnered up with a jewelry designer that I have never had the pleasureto meet before, Malin de Koning

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-74184112388147818612011-08-16T21:10:00.000-07:002011-08-16T21:14:04.222-07:00

Have you ever woken up & thought...I NEED an INTERMISSION???An ADVENTURE??A TIME OUT? I just want to throw some S##T in the car & FLY! Well, Sunday I did! Sometimes the idea of 'Gettin Out of Dodge' is just more then I can resist.No reservations required, no AAA trip tick...just a full tank of gas & the two lane blacktop. I do need to go to Mexico for a Drug Run,well the kind of drug run

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-29793685590567122532011-08-12T09:51:00.000-07:002011-08-12T09:51:59.668-07:00

Sweetest of Hearts... How can I express to you all, how grateful I am for all of your kind words & blessings. Thank You, doesn't even come close to what I'm feeling right now... Saving Grace, yes...Saving Grace might be a little bit closer to what I feel in my heart! Your support & encouragement, your shared experiences & insight, to simply know I'm not alone in this fight makes all the

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-85385792809877942882011-08-07T00:29:00.000-07:002011-08-07T09:26:13.768-07:00

Once upon a time there was a girl who fell in love with a boy who lived high upon a mountain top. This girl had been a gypsy all her life, following her Wild Heart to many wondrous places. Shegrew up by the beach & knew little of snowdrifts & snow days & snow plows, but over 13 years she learned much about these things & because the love she had for the boy was so great...no matter how much she

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-64967377602487597172011-08-05T13:17:00.000-07:002011-08-05T13:17:59.748-07:00

My Darlin Sweet Hearts,Where am I?Where did I go?I feel like I've been MIA all summer long!Summer has come & gone so quickly& I can't believe it's almost Fall. Summer has brought some wonderful opportunities my way.My 3 amazing sales reps have me in 4 shops nowin & around southern California...so I have definitely been doin a whole lot of 'SPOONIN'!!  ;) I've been working on some amazing blog

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-25322033918122976922011-07-24T16:59:00.000-07:002011-07-24T16:59:50.746-07:00

Today, I've been forkin...Today, I've been reminding myself of who I am& where I'm headed.Today, I've been thinking about the forks in the road& the paths one chooses to take & why.Today I made a fork necklace for myself,so if I ever get lost I can read it & remember.Mark Twain's words wrap around me like a summer breeze...'Twenty years from now you will be more disappointedby the things that

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-19772416762331064852011-07-19T16:53:00.000-07:002011-07-19T22:30:04.158-07:00

Hey Sweeties....I'm so excited to be telling y'all...yes, I vintagesusie, am a blog designer to the STARS!Can I get a Woot Woot!!!Mark MontanoDesigner, Author, TV Host & Crafter Extraordinaire,has launched his newly remodeled blog,Mark Montano's BIG-ASS Blog,just today & FYI, it was oh so happily designed by MOI.How cooooool is that!! I want to tell you a little more about Mark.His BIG-ASS

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-22082593091763115572011-07-14T15:11:00.000-07:002011-07-14T15:26:35.951-07:00

Now, I know I'm getting REALLY old...I mean, old as DIRT kinda old! I'm so old that I actually remember a time when service stations were just that, Service Stations. I remember a rubber hose that ran along the ground & as you drove over it it would ding, alerting the Service Station attendant that he had a customer. He'd come running out, smile on his face in his clean, white uniform,

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-14371466939084805932011-07-07T11:50:00.000-07:002011-07-07T11:50:49.437-07:00

I hope all my Sweetest of Hearts...had a fabulous 4th of July weekend filled with Family, Franks & Fireworks! ;)I've been SPOONIN & just had to make myself a necklace when I found thisawesome, vintage Mount Vernon, silver plate spoon withGeorge Washington on the handle.The sari ribbon just looked perfect on it, giving it a feeling of days long past.I've got 2 orders I'm trying to work on

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-6977020360849701942011-07-02T16:06:00.000-07:002011-07-02T16:44:51.404-07:00

{listen too...}"Let the world go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike,that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans, born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-69849891587938579172011-06-27T16:17:00.000-07:002011-06-27T16:28:15.994-07:00

{frances in the 1st of the 5 fairy pictures taken}Do you BELIEVE in Fairies?{frances & elsie at cottingley beck}Two young cousins who lived in Cottingley, England in 1917 did.Elsie Wright, 15, and Frances Griffiths, 10, took a series of 5 photos atCottingley Beck that fascinated the world & caught the eye of the renownedwriter & spiritualist, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.{the 2nd photo, elsie with a

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-33730179356865886702011-06-23T10:20:00.000-07:002011-06-23T10:27:31.657-07:00

One word that best describes me, right now in this very moment.That's the photo challenge at one of my new favorite places,52 Photos Projecthosted by the brilliant Bella.In this last year I have made a conscious decision to say YES to the universe.I have chosen to be BRAVE in the face of fear.I have put myself out there in ways I never have before.I have dared to dream that I CAN instead of I

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-8402741345152761462011-06-23T07:35:00.000-07:002011-06-23T07:35:25.442-07:00

My lovely friends Jeanette & Cindy, co-founders of ARTBLISS,are gearing up for a fabulous weekend of creation & funat their annual ARTBLISS Workshops held inDulles, VirginiaSeptember 23rd through the 25th. With nationally recognized instructors, one being my dear friend Diane Cook,this event is going to be amazing! I so wish I lived closer & could take severalof the workshops... then I could

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-36514792877938504502011-06-20T14:23:00.000-07:002011-06-20T14:48:13.701-07:00

Happy Monday Sweet Hearts...It's a brand new week & on Mondays I believe anything is possible, don't you?How about the idea of following your bliss, sharing your passion & living your dreams!I am so excited to introduce you to three amazing women who have done just this...Sharon Huges, Jenelle Van de Mortel & Lydia Reza.The co-creators ofLaunch Your Creativitycoming this October 1st, 2011! '

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-23003533162020361782011-06-17T16:00:00.000-07:002011-06-23T08:15:41.284-07:00

TGIF Sweet Hearts, I can't believe it's already Friday!Time goes by so fast at this point in my life, I'm surprised I don't getwhiplash from the changing of the days. LOLRobert & I have been buying, selling, restoring & keeping vintage trailers for about 10 years & have probably had about 50 or 60...we've kinda lost count by now.I thought it might be fun for you to come along on one of our

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-52572499954848677242011-06-12T11:51:00.000-07:002011-06-12T11:57:05.682-07:00

I LOVE a lazy Sunday afternoon, don't you?Having a late breakfast & hanging out in your jammies till noon...what's not to like!But on this Sunday afternoon, I'm missing my Sweet TEXAS.Maybe it's all the pics I've been seein of all my Girly Friends in Canton...Sewww, I'm taking a trip to Fort Worth today, ya wanna come along?? There's nothin quite like the neon glow of Old Town Fort Worth & The

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-30623847978126014802011-06-09T11:50:00.000-07:002011-06-09T11:54:24.493-07:00

I just love the idea of 'Following Your Bliss', don't you?It gives such a perfect imagery to living your passion, of allowing your BLISS tolead you & watching the Magic that surrounds you when you do.Many of you may already know Alice & Roxi, the co-founders ofThe Bliss Guild.I am so very honered & excited that my 'SPOONIN' line of jewelryhas been featured this month as one of their 'Favorite

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-29008549877628150512011-06-07T23:18:00.000-07:002011-06-08T14:53:01.635-07:00

Hey, Sweeties...I've had a great last couple of weeks with so many new doors opening up for me, getting a chance to meet so many new friends that I absolutely adore & having a chance to spend some time with one of my favorite old friends, Jennie from Rustic Chic. I had fun designing a fresh, new makeover for her blog & we both love the results! {check her site out HERE to see a few of the

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-82326404945839612452011-06-03T19:19:00.000-07:002011-06-03T21:59:01.890-07:00

{Sharon, Lydia & Jenelle, my new bestest friends...I'll get to them soon!}Happy TGIF Sweetie's...The work week has ended, the weekend is about to begin & I know exactlywhere you should head...that is if you live in the So Cali area.The Vintage Marketplace4815 5th Street, Rainbow, CA 92028 I just got back & it was Fabulous!!! The Vintage Marketplace is organized byChristie Repasy and Rita Reade &

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-39501983559843316362011-05-31T10:36:00.000-07:002011-05-31T10:48:52.324-07:00

I hope you all had an AWESOME, Relaxing & Joy FilledMemorial Day Weekend!Here in the mountains of So Cal, one could never expect that Saturday & Sundayof this holiday weekend would be entirely yucky, cold, rainy & foggy.Now, I'm not complaining...well yeah, I kinda am,but Thank the Heavens above, Monday made up for it...it was Gorgeous.The children were gone, the house was ours & hubby & I

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-43475560672275699172011-05-27T23:31:00.000-07:002011-05-27T23:54:33.522-07:00

Happy Memorial Day to all my Sweetest of Hearts!!!For me, Memorial Day Weekend is a time for Good Friends & Family,it's a weekend of Garage Sales & County Fairs,Watermelon  & Corn on the Cob& a time of Remembrance of all the ones that came before & Gave Their Lifes soI can sit here in Freedom & write this blog & share my thoughts for ALL the world to see! It is here as a way to remind us, not

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-14272636672800931432011-05-25T19:47:00.000-07:002011-05-25T20:03:12.002-07:00

{fly free bird}Evenin, My Sweetest of Hearts.I would LOVE to introduce you to my newest & latest business & passion...'SPOONIN'!Now actually, it's not JUST any old spoons I'm in love with,it's Vintage Silverplated Spoons & Flatwear with ornate handlesthat Sing to my Soul! {honky tonk angel}So, where & when did this passion take hold of me you may ask?It happened in March before I went on my '

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-40539009232134499222011-05-23T11:18:00.000-07:002011-05-23T18:12:16.556-07:00

Happy Monday Sweet Hearts...hope you had a fantastically fun weekend!Hubby & I went on a treasure hunt,searching for Vintage Trailers, the diamond in the rough. We found several...some needed too much work, some owners wanted too many $$$,and some just weren't in original enough condition for us, but it was an awesome day with my hubby that ended with a little river walk& some sushi, who could

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-51473076608597800892011-05-20T15:15:00.000-07:002011-05-20T15:18:06.485-07:00

Guess what Sweet Hearts...yes, I am HOME!!!My Baltimore adventure is over & I have so many more things to share with you,but one of the first things I want to show you is a New Blog Design I made forJenelle at Fa La Vecia while I was in Baltimore. In the Venetian dialect, the term Fa La Vecia is a name for the'shimmer of the Venetian waters on the ceiling', isn't that so lovely!Jenelle was such

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-83512664417825386532011-05-18T07:37:00.000-07:002011-05-18T07:51:51.256-07:00

Inspiration comes in many forms...one never knows when or how you fall into it's grace.Yesterday it arrived in the form of this childhood picture. I saw it for the first time on facebook,my sister-in-law Francesca's father had put it on with a small statement..."Any of the 'Family' know with certainty who this little one is?"I looked at it closely & knew I had just recently stared into those

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-48474574037154571082011-05-16T11:25:00.000-07:002011-05-16T11:39:33.471-07:00

Greetings from Washington DC Sweet Friends,what a FABULOUS Adventure I've been on! On this particular evening,we headed to DC to see the monuments at night, lit in all their glorious beauty. DC's Chinatown was our 1st stop where we had an amazing, authentic Chinese dinner... here at Tony Chengs...yummmmy!My favorite is always Lemon Chicken, but they also made a delicious pan-fried chicken &

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-33028684452510290482011-05-12T05:32:00.000-07:002011-05-13T13:32:04.739-07:00

Greetings Sweeties, from Baltimore, Maryland!!! Being a southern California girl born & bred,going to the East Coast always has a touch of MAGIC to it. {the oldest surviving railroad station in America}I LOVE American History!I wish when I was in high school I would have known that American Historywould be such a passion of mine, maybe I would have paid a little more attention! ;) Here, I'm

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-86462204258232290142011-05-08T11:27:00.000-07:002011-05-08T11:41:50.200-07:00

Happy Mother's Day to my most Favoritest Mommy's!!!I hope this day is filled with Fond Memories, Family,Love & Laughter.This is just a quick little post before I fly off in the morning to the East Coast with my Daddy, to go visit my brother & sister-in-law in Baltimore MD. I LOVE Baltimore, Fells Point, the Inner Harbor, DC & the history that surrounds you when your back there. I don't know what

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-27015362519539693872011-05-05T10:02:00.000-07:002011-05-05T10:10:57.600-07:00

Y'all know I LOVE ya, right??Well, Bloom & Bee Swanky loves you too,just look at the sign they have up to greet their customers asthey walk through their gorgeous front door! {Miss Karen Valentine}I had read about this fabulous shop on so many of my Texas friends blogs,but never imagined I would actually be able to go there myself...but with a tour guide as AWESOME as Charlene, we didn't miss a

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-39127448977329556882011-05-02T12:48:00.000-07:002011-05-02T12:50:08.010-07:00

Oh, my Sweetest of Hearts,How do I thank my friends for all their love & support during this past week?How can they ever know how much each & every one of their comments meant to me or how many times over the course of the week, I came back here to read them& gain strength from their thoughts & prayers?It meant EVERYTHING to me! Yesterday, was my grandson Kai's 6th birthday party at

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-90219655451294963712011-04-26T17:42:00.000-07:002011-04-26T17:55:22.727-07:00

My Sweet Johnny has gone ahead.A piece of my heart is gone, my big brother Johnny passed away yesterday morning& my heart is breaking. Growing up he was always by my side, every childhood memory I have, has Johnny in it. Standing next to me, his arm around me, walking with me to school, watching over me, even when I wasn't looking. I was rarely afraid as a child because I was never alone, I

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-21487968579678633482011-04-23T15:58:00.000-07:002011-04-23T15:58:46.566-07:00

Tomorrow is Easter, a time for rejoicing & remembering & being with the one's we love. Easter always brings me some of my happiest memories. {Susie & Johnny, Easter 1962} As a child, Easter was a time for new dresses, white patent leather Maryjane's, a matching purse, crisp white gloves, a hat that I usually didn't like to wear, hidden baskets & Johnny Jump Ups. My older brother Johnny & I {

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-18358472374484348752011-04-20T20:25:00.000-07:002011-04-21T11:38:00.919-07:00

Have you ever wanted to take the road less traveledor been tempted to step away from the crowd & start your own journey?What wonders might await you, just around the next bend? Who would have ever thought little ole Round Top, home to 77 people & the junk capital of the world,was also home to one of the best kept secrets in Texas.The Round Top Festival Institute...it truly is, Glorious! At the

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-32957672438739583832011-04-18T12:47:00.000-07:002011-04-21T14:56:36.297-07:00

No Sweeties...I am NOT kiddin!I still have MORE pictures of my beloved Round Top to share with y'all.So grab a cup of, 'Whatever Sounds Good Right About Now', kick back & enjoy the tour!! ;) I LOVED the Coffee Bug!!!I spent many a cold morning huddled under it's canopy, warming myself by the glow of an electric heater, holdin a hot cup of JOE.{or in my case, Cafe Mocha} Loved this sweet gal & 

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-34071252139175927482011-04-16T01:00:00.000-07:002011-04-16T11:08:50.732-07:00

Today is a very Special Day for many of us!Miss Lori Anderson of  Pretty Things Blog  & Bead Soup blog hop,has invited us to participate in an AWESOME event..."7000 Bracelets for Hope"!Organized by  The Global Genes Project, this advocacy group launched "7000 Bracelets for Hope", as a Children's Rare Disease Campaign. The bracelets are given to one of 7000 families having children with rare

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com43tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-51362811289537783742011-04-14T11:32:00.000-07:002011-04-14T11:32:09.282-07:00

Yesterday was gloomy, but today is filled with sunshine & I'm ready to do...SOMETHING!!!Not sure what, but definitely something! But 1st, a quick post to share with you some pics of my Sweet Friend,Diane Cook's,amazing booth at Marburger Farms! Diane is an awesome Jewelry Designer & Teacher. Her Etched & Layered Cuffs,Rhinestone & Rosary Necklaces& Ice Resin Charms & Necklacesare GORGEOUS!

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-67979999232438715032011-04-12T21:13:00.000-07:002011-04-12T21:13:34.613-07:00

I ADORE this picture taken by my sweet & beautiful friend Riki of Riki Jewelry!Opening morning at Marbuger Farms, Magnolia Pearls booth,with me & the creator of all things Pearl, Robin Brown.In my own personal heaven, we are all flying high with our glorious white wings,wearin nothin but our ruffly Pearl, flower & ivy wreaths upon our heads, surrounded by bird's, nest's & robin eggs, listening

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-37224025598693076702011-04-11T12:07:00.000-07:002011-04-11T12:19:48.800-07:00

Happy Monday Sweeties...I hope you all had a delightful weekend! I spent the majority of mine in bed trying to recover from this darned cold I've caught...argggghhhh. I HATE being sick, when I'm sick I forget how it felt not to be sick & am convinced I will feel this way for the rest of my life & may never be well again. God, I'm soooo dramatic... what ever the moment is, I think I'm stuck in

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-1245958549571859762011-04-07T09:40:00.000-07:002011-04-07T09:55:21.034-07:00

Good Morning Sweetest of Hearts...Something amazing has happened to me!!!Yesterday, I hit what was a huge milestone for me & vintagesusie & wings.My Dearest Natalie from Tin & Treasures, signed up as my 500th friend!!! I joined the blogging community 2 summers ago after buying my 1st issue of Artful Blogger at the Barnes & Noble in Baltimore's inner harbor. To be honest at that time, I had

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-67266080161701208202011-04-03T10:08:00.000-07:002011-04-03T10:22:52.229-07:00

Happy Sunday Sweet Hearts!!Oh my GOODNESS...so many more scrumptious pictures to show you from the 'Crazy in Texas' Tour 2011! Here are a few of my very favorites. On opening day at Marburger Farms, the thing that is on most women's mind is...'Get me to the Magnolia Pearl booth ASAP!!' It truly is a Feast for the Eyes! The theme this spring was 'BIRDS' & they were everywhere. Birds flyin

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-35926374093844192152011-03-31T20:33:00.000-07:002011-03-31T20:53:59.444-07:00

Can you believe 8 days has gone by & I'm already back home?I can't, it flew by in a wink & TEXAS was as Crazy as ever!I LOVE this picture from the Blog Party of all the gals that were in our'Crazy in Texas' 2011 Tour.front row from left...Rita, Cindy, Riki & Dianeback row...Sandy, Charlene, Susie{me}, Karen & Joy.We walked the fields, shopped, junked, talked, ate barbecue & pie, did I say walked

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-85346195465969380612011-03-26T18:14:00.000-07:002011-03-26T18:20:18.247-07:00

Howdy Y'all!!!!I finally made it to heaven...Welcome to Round Top!A tiny little town with a population of 77 in the hill country of southern Texas,Round Top is my idea of what heaven should be. It'll have wide open fields & gingerbread houses,chippy white paint & rusty old horse trailers,the bluest skies you ever have seen...there will be longhorn steer & cows that look like oreos,pie with blue

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-80288213946994165162011-03-20T15:14:00.000-07:002011-03-22T08:45:57.690-07:00

{me at 20, no make-up}Yeahhhhh...it's finally Sunday!! Do you know what that means Sweet Hearts???It means only 2 more days until I take to the sky on another Texas adventure, my very favoritest kind!I'm doing everything I can to keep my mind off of it, cuz I'm just so darn excited...soooo, this is a feeble attempt at doing just that.Recently, I was looking at some of my stats & to my complete &

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-56414737444520711092011-03-18T13:56:00.000-07:002011-03-18T14:02:56.953-07:00

As I told y'all in my last post...I'm kinda in the 'Glass is Half Full' mode of life right now & I gotta tell ya, I couldn't be more delighted!I'm sure a lot of you are just like me & LOVE to enter a good giveaway, but if you're anything like me, you probably NEVER win.Well finally, with the planets all aligned in the perfect position & my karma being up to par & my chi being exactly in harmony

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-73981751603917950292011-03-12T17:33:00.000-08:002011-03-12T17:50:27.498-08:00

Happy Saturday, Sweetest of Friends!!!Do you know how life just comes at you in cycles??To me, all of life seems like one great circle...that's why they call it the 'Circle of Life', right!Sometimes your at the top of the circle,  ;)Sometimes your at the bottom of the circle,  :(& sometimes you're just trapped in the center, unable to get yourself up or down or out!  :oWell, happily lately...

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-84361473516940125872011-03-10T13:52:00.000-08:002011-03-10T14:04:09.920-08:00

Good Morning Sweetie Pies....As promised, I'm back with with the second installation of 'Chateau De Fleurs' vintage show in Fallbrook, CA...it really was sooooo delightful!! This booth belongs to Sweet Magnolias Farm ...do you not just LOVE those wreaths?? I'm sitting here kicking myself thinking, "Why didn't I buy one of THOSE?", as I look at the empty space on the back of my front door. {I

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-68534189326035995482011-03-07T15:37:00.000-08:002011-03-07T15:37:45.375-08:00

Hello my Sweet Hearts...I had the bestest weekend ever, I hope you had a wonderful one too!I knew that on Saturday there was going to be a wonderful show, Chateau De Fleurs, at Christie Repasy's house in Fallbrook, CA. Fallbrook is a ways from my house & I wasn't sure I wanted to drive that far, but when I woke up to blue skies, the sun shining brightly & a temp of about 76 degrees, I knew I HAD

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-42716499666676255812011-03-04T18:37:00.000-08:002011-03-05T00:11:33.519-08:00

I don't know if the great state of Texas is ready for me again or not....but I know, I sure am ready for TEXAS!!That's right y'all, vintagesusie is headed to the Spring Antique Festival in Round Top & looking to find some of her FAVORITEST things on this earth. I'll be headin on over to the bestest booth in town first...does it look familiar??That's right, it's the home of 'The Junk Gypsy's',

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-38257671237758981812011-03-02T22:35:00.000-08:002011-03-06T19:44:59.796-08:00

Greetings Sweetest of Hearts...OMG, was that Bead Soup Party Fun or What??Thank you fabulous hostess with the most est, Miss Lori Anderson of Pretty Things bloggie fame! I could not have had more fun if I was hangin from a chandelier with a lampshade on my head.Yes, I DID it, I really, really DID it!I just finished visiting all 210 Bead Soup participants & made so many new friends, found so

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-72001733354965451032011-02-26T08:00:00.000-08:002011-02-26T08:30:24.479-08:00

Welcome to the 3rd Bead Soup Blog Party!What is a Bead Soup Blog Party?  Each beader was paired up with another jewelry designer and tasked with sending the following: A focalA special clasp (not just a lobster claw)Some coordinating spacers or beads Using the focal and the clasp was mandatory, but we could use anything from our own stash to round out the rest, and choose to use the

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com102tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-71365621802356273362011-02-23T17:10:00.000-08:002011-02-23T17:11:59.510-08:00

So...my grandson Kai, just got signed up for T Ball & his Mommy took him in to have some profession, vintage inspired photographs taken in honor of this milestone. Just look what she came home with!! This is 'Field of Dreams' & 'The Natural' all rolled into one.Can I just say I ADORE these pictures!!Too flippin cute for words! He looks 5 going on 20 to me, just yesterday he was a newborn & had

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-89839343539798676902011-02-19T18:38:00.000-08:002011-02-19T18:47:48.564-08:00

Hi Sweet Hearts...Lately, I've been reading. With so many other things that I really need to get accomplished, I should have no time for books. But it seems the more I need to do, the less I want to do it, the more I want to read & play an annoyingly addictive Facebook game called 'Word Tornado'. It's like playing Scrabble on CRACK! {or at least what I imagine crack to be like, lol} Vita

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-78106076544413501032011-02-15T14:42:00.000-08:002011-02-15T18:49:02.399-08:00

In the mountains high above the hustle & bustle of Southern Cali, the sun is shining, the sky is blue, the air is cool & inviting & a little boy with walking stick in hand, wants to take a HIKE!He wants to lead an expedition into the wilderness in search of a HEART...Ya wanna come along??? He considers himself to be a professional & has all & any emergency equipment that may be required, stowed

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-5480233847458920262011-02-13T01:02:00.000-08:002011-02-13T01:06:25.345-08:00

{heart rock in Crestline, CA...my home town} My Sweetest of Hearts...Do y'all know just how much I HEART you??I mean REALLY, do you know???Here's 10 Reasons I Heart You Sooo Much...1. You've ALWAYS got my back, no matter what...2. Often your comments just make me smile...  ;)3. And sometimes your comments allow me to cry...4. I consider you all to be Creative Geniuses...5. I am ALWAYS inspired by

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-39759938466263587872011-02-06T10:35:00.000-08:002011-02-06T10:40:31.500-08:00

Happy Super Bowl Sunday Bloggy Buddies!!!I have to admit, most of the year I'm not really a sports buff, I'm more of a movie buff. But on Super Bowl Sunday, I'm all about FOOTBALL! Well, if I'm being completely honest on this Special Sunday, I'm all about yummy food, alcoholic beverages, hanging with friends, halftime & commercials. LOL{this is going to be a brief post, as I still have to make

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-14003785039739410132011-02-03T16:55:00.000-08:002011-02-03T16:55:06.150-08:00

{the abbey}Greetings my Sweetest of Hearts...I remember when I bought my very first issue of Artful Blogging in Baltimore, Maryland. I was at the inner harbor Barnes & Noble & had no idea what a blog even was. Flipping through the beautiful pages, I was so taken with the photography & stories of the amazing women that were featured.I knew in that moment that I had found a community of Kindred

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-64649396306410754802011-01-30T13:23:00.000-08:002011-01-30T13:30:35.533-08:00

My brother lives in a convalescent hospital  right in the heart of Downtown LA. It's a poor neighborhood ,with a lot of graffiti & boarded up windows. The bus stops are packed with mother's & their children, the elderly with their shopping bags & random people just trying to get back & forth. Everytime I go to visit Johnny, at some point my eyes are drawn to two abandoned houses that have been

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-85896992041194923542011-01-26T14:05:00.000-08:002011-01-26T14:14:41.855-08:00

{Lori's beautiful presentation of red boxes with purple ribbon}My Sweetest of Hearts,How does one say Thank You, when they reach out for guidance & light& are surrounded by Shooting Stars?The Brilliance of your compassion, prayers & quiet wisdom,helped me hear God's whispers & leaves me feeling Beyond Blessed.Johnny & I will be forever grateful.We asked for Light & were given a Beacon of Faith &

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-20286018630679528852011-01-24T10:14:00.000-08:002011-01-24T10:16:21.148-08:00

My heart is breaking...I am LOST.For the brother I have found is in critical condition & may not recover.He is in the last stages of Huntington's Disease.He has not spoken or eaten or moved in 2 years.This disease is shattering.I have given the hospital a DNR order...is this the gift?To be able to free my brother from his earthly chains?The next decision is even tougher, withdrawal of care.I

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-88247741680698819372011-01-23T12:28:00.000-08:002011-01-23T12:36:15.218-08:00

There's a quote from 'Field of Dreams' that I've always loved.Terrance Mann {James Earl Jones} is sitting in the bleachers & Ray {Kevin Costner} is wondering if anyone will come to his 'Field of Dreams'. Mann Says,"They'll arrive at your door as innocent as children, longing for the past. Of course, we won't mind if you look around, you'll say. It's only $20 per person. They'll pass over the

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-1720339226176530332011-01-21T10:02:00.000-08:002011-01-21T10:12:18.445-08:00

{the original Magnolia Pearl}If you were to cut me & the symphony of my soul was to flow from my veins, you'd hear two musicians...Jackson Browne & Bonnie Raitt.They have been with me longer then most of the people in my life.Longer then my daughter, longer then my husband...longer then 2 of my siblings & longer then most of my oldest & dearest friends.If I were a movie, Jackson & Bonnie would be

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470105635674230852.post-34886052941550609932011-01-19T11:26:00.000-08:002011-01-19T11:37:35.427-08:00

Nestled in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains lies a spiritual oasis, a lighthouse in the storm, a place where Serenity resides. This moment is for us to rest our minds, to nourish our souls, to release our burdens. Take my hand & walk with me in a place where few words are needed. Where Peace surrounds you... & abundance awaits you. 'The Road Not Taken' Two roads diverged in a

susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13120795439666240043noreply@blogger.com12