Cottage & Family:
flea market finds

When I was in Canton last month I got a few wonderful old books ~

I started reading one I got on Etiquette from the 1800's ~

It is so much fun to read !!

Here are just a couple of the sentences that make me smile ~

There are quite a few though ~

"With care the skin may be kept free from the disfigurement of freckles. "

"A warm water bath once a week is necessary for cleanliness."

"A nap of 40 winks will help aged people get through the day in comfort."

This cracked me up ~

"If the eyebrows unite, let them alone. If you remove uniting hairs a scar will be produced which will disfigure more than the meeting eyebrow."

I could go on and on with each chapter of this awesome book ~

I have a confession to make ..... I am not a yard sale shopper ~

A flea market shopper but not a yard sale shopper and it is all because I have already been there done that on the Little Tykes stuff ~ I have friends ( Pat and Lisa ) that live close to me that always find treasures at yard sales ~ not me though ~

But ...... when Dorothy at the Shabby Y emails to say she is having a yard sale I am there with bells on (really flip flops) ~

She has the most amazing studio in the back that she even opened up to the shopping gals ~I pretty much drooled over her neat as a pin studio stuffed with awesome treasures ~

Here are the wonderful things that I got from her that will be on my website soon ~ well, except the oval frame ~

I also went to a tiny little flea market and found these old photos and sweet baby shoes ~ I am going to use the pictures for pocket pillows ~ My daughter was with me and we just cracked up going through the boxes of pictures ~

This girl's bow is so fun ! I can't imagine wearing a bow that ginormous :)

People did call my girls bow heads though when they were little so maybe I can imagine it ..... hmmmm