A Weekend Away

What a fun week it has been here! Thank you so much for all the birthday wishes, I had a nice day. We went for a nice breakfast and then to a local shop I've never been in before. Hubby snuck away while I was browsing and bought me that little standing mirror. He surprised me with it on the way to the car. I just love it! We topped it off with dinner at my parents and ice cream cake.

On Friday I kissed my family goodbye and took off to Lancaster, Pa with my mom for a fun filled weekend of shopping! It was so nice to go away and Lancaster is one of my favorite places. Our getaway was actually for Mother's Day but this was the first weekend we could go. Unfortunately on Friday the weather looked like this......

That's a pic from my car window as we arrived. We didn't let a little rain keep us down. On to the shopping!!

I found this little pedestal dish at Pottery Barn. The Pottery Barn Outlet has to be the best invention since the wheel.....seriously.

At another store I picked this up for Hailey's room.....

After a bit of shopping, we checked into our hotel. We stayed at the Fulton Steamboat. I always thought this hotel looked beyond cheesy but it was really nice! I would absolutely recommend it. A soggy view....

A couple pics when the rain stopped....

No sitting on the balcony for us but it looked nice!

The room was very comfortable.

After check in we headed out to dinner. I took the pic of the sign on Saturday when the sun was finally shining. Millers is one of the many buffets in Lancaster.

YUM!

These ducks were so funny, hanging out in the parking lot. You could drive right next to them and they didn't budge.

Grits and bacon were calling us on Saturday morning. We had to listen so off to Cracker Barrel we went!

What is a Cracker Barrel visit without pics on the rockers?

My mom is going to kill me for this pic but I think she looks beautiful. Don't we look alike? No? lol I look just like my dad. :-)

After that meal, we needed to do some serious walking! Since it was finally dry on Saturday we went in and out of the little gift shops and antique stores. My favorite part besides the eating!

I bought this little creamer to add to my ever growing collection....

There is a store called Jakes Trading Post that is a lot o fun. You know it's going to be good when you see this on your way in....

Need a closer look?

They had a ton of garden goodies. Fountains, flags, trellises.....I actually took pics of some of the flags because they had so many to choose from. This isn't even all of them, I stopped taking pictures when other shoppers looked like they were about to call security. I won't even tell you how long we spent in this store....

At this point we were craving ice cream. Who doesn't like ice cream? We went into Strasburg to visit the creamery and walk around. The creamery makes their own waffles and waffle cones, so good!

The town is adorable, I could so live here.

This store was one of my favorites....

I have now convinced my husband I need an old bike for our front porch. How cute is this?!

I found a couple things in this store....

First this sweet candle holder....

And these over sized keys. Aren't they neat?

In our antiquing journey I also spotted this wire stand. It came in handy yesterday when I hosted breakfast for the moms from school.

Unfortunately, it was time for our trip to end. Of course we ate again first! Our local Fuddruckers closed so we took advantage and grabbed a burger before we got on the road.

That was our girls only weekend. We hope to make it an annual thing!

Disappearing Act

Hi everyone! I didn't mean to disappear for this long. It's been very busy around here, the end of the school year, softball, holiday, school festival, assemblies, etc. There has been a lot of fun in all the crazy though!



I want to thank you for all the amazing comments on my feature. I can't help but smile every time a new comment comes in. Some of you emailed me questions and I will answer them soon. I've been having some computer difficulties and I'm not sure if it is all blogger or my computer. I think some of it has to do with the laptop. Time to go look for a good anti virus today! I always say it, because it is so true, blogging friends are just the best! It's so nice to meet the new readers to my blog, I plan on visiting all of you.



The living room pics are coming (tired of hearing that, yes?). I'd post it now but you would be so scared of the mess, you would run screaming, never to return. How is it that three little people can make the biggest mess in about 4.5 minutes??


I want to show you one project at least! Remember the dresser I got for Mother's Day? Here is the before pic again:


And this is what it looks like now. I did the drawers gray, the rest white and antiqued it of course. I think the details come out so much more with paint.

Hubby hung a mirror above it for me. This mirror has been sitting on my dining room floor for a long time. It was a steal for $15 at Homegoods. The mirror is scratched but you know me, I don't mind an imperfection or two! It sat on the floor because I didn't have a good place for it, until now......

I love it but it needed something. A good project idea sprung to mind! I bought these adorable clothespins off Etsy and the ribbon at good old Walmart.

Hung a couple nails, tied the ribbon to them and voila! Instant character. Now, what to put on it? Hmmmmm.....

So many possibilities! I opted for a combination of pictures and vintage postcards. Some of the postcards were purchased because the writing was so pretty. A couple are in french, wish I knew what they said! Hopefully they don't say anything bad, if someone comes over that speaks french, that could prove embarrassing. Anyway, I scoured Ebay for vintage postcards featuring places around my town. I'll add more as I find them.

Some of these postcards are older than my house and most feature a one cent stamp. Can you imagine mailing anything for one cent?!

So that is my project for the day. Fast, easy and you can change it out with your mood! At Christmas, I'll hang my cards from it. It would look very cute with black and white photos, vintage papers, newspaper clippings. Anything you like!

I will post the rest of the rooms soon. Anyone want to come help me clean this mess so I can take photos? Hello? Why are you all running away? Teehee.

Tomorrow is my birthday so I have a fun filled day ahead of me! It's hard to get excited about my birthday as I get older but the looks on the girls' faces when they came home with presents....ahhh....I just can't help but be excited. There has been whispering and giggling....hiding in their rooms with the door closed and their art supplies. I just might have some special cards to hang in my mirror tomorrow. See you all soon!!