sweet european dreams

Ever since my monkeys first entered their school years, I’ve always been involved with the school.   This of course includes PTA/PTO OR AS IT'S KNOWN IN FIJI, PTFA.  I was never too exci...

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I’m finding that working all week in a structured environment (an embassy is pretty freakin’ structured) is making me crave MY OLD LIFE OF CREATING, DREAMING, THRIFTING, AND YES, BLOGGING! ...

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I always thought that time flew by in the first-world States, but oh my.  Island life is slow, but time here manages to sneak right by you. WE'VE BEEN HERE IN FIJI FOR A YEAR?! I had so...

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BULA VINAKA! I'm happy to say that in our short 7 months of living here in Fiji, I'VE MET SOME OF THE MOST FANTASTIC WIVES/MOMS/SPOUSES/LADIES/GIRLFRIENDS, and from all parts of the world. In f...

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HELLO MY DEAR CRAFT-LOVING FRIENDS. This week marks a lovely milestone for women across Fiji, as we celebrate the first National Women’s Expo, here in Suva. You see, for the first tim...

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Yes, it looks like a lot of my blog titles will be something like “___________ in Fiji!”. At least for a little while. I’m hoping to get BACK ON THE BLOG REGULARLY now that I've figur...

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HEY FRIENDS.  We made it! After almost a year of planning, plotting and downright (impatiently) waiting, we’re now IN FIJI. Because our last home was Colorado, we’ve had quite the ...

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OKAY, WHERE TO START… IT LOOKS LIKE MY LAST BLOG POST WAS NEARLY A YEAR AGO.  OUCH. OF ALL OF MY HOBBIES, TRAVEL, AND WORK THINGS, THERE IS ONE THING THAT I’VE ALWAYS PROMISED TO PUT F...

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I often keep my blog to writing about the world of vintage and kitsch, but EVERY ONCE IN A BLUE MOON I find the need to blog about life in general. This past week, OUR FAMILY EXPERIENCED THE BE...

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I HAD GRAND PLANS OF DOING MY YEARLY BUYING TRIP ACROSS THE POND IN JUNE. My mind was screaming, ‘WOOHOO!  PASSPORT IN HAND, LET’S FLY!’, but my body was telling me otherwise. FOR ONC...

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LOVE PINTEREST? Of course you do. But IF YOU’RE ANYTHING LIKE ME, those Pinterest boards are overflowing with THE MOST AHHH-MAZING IDEAS IN HOME DÉCOR, but getting any of them done?  �...

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I'm back from our 'RITA AND FAJITA trip to the great state of Texas! THE SHOP is back up and we've just rolled out our FIRST SUMMER SALE! All pieces of our VINTAGE EUROPEAN ENAMELWARE are at ...

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JUST A QUICK HOWDY FROM THE HILL COUNTRY OF TEXAS! We're here on family vacay, but of course I'm DIGGIN' THROUGH MY FAVORITE VINTAGE STOPS along the way. I will shamelessly admit that I'LL D...

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It's taken me a few weeks to get this blog together, so here goes! This is my little collection of FAVORITE VENDORS from AUSTIN'S FIRST-EVER COUNTRY LIVING FAIR! I've always wanted to MERE...

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A YEAR AGO TODAY, I TOOK THIS PICTURE. Yep.  My sweet soldier was deploying.  Again. I HAD ALL THESE GREAT INTENTIONS TO USE OUR TIME APART AS BLOG-TIME. RIGHT... BEING BOTH MOM AND DAD ...

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I’ve been hoping to hop on here for days, but time (and energy…) did not permit! To top it off, MY DESKTOP DIED A FEW WEEKS AGO, so all photo editing and blogging is being done via my ...

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Passport? Check. Comfy shoes? Check. Camera ready? Check. Paris, anyone? I realize that many of you are starting your spring & summer plans, so each spring I re-post my mini little travel ...

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So I'm sure by now, most of you have seen more than enough of the KEEP CALM posters. They're plastered all over Pinterest, Facebook, Google, you name it. IT STARTED OFF LIKE THIS... AND THEY'V...

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It’s well known that I’m a linens junkie. (In nicer terms a “collector”.) In honor of all my fellow linens junkies out there, I’m posting on the green-ability of collecting vintage l...

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Elation! Excitement! Grinning ear to ear for hours now! Breathe. Here goes.... When you were flipping through your latest issue of Country Living magazine, did you happen to see this ad? I k...

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Dearest vintage-loving friends, I hope that 2012 is finding you well! We are finally back in routine from the holiday madness! I always look forward to a new year. Not sure why, but it’s lik...

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I hope you’re all in the midst of a fabulous summer. We’ve just unloaded from our Austin market this past weekend. It. Was. Bliss. If you’re a lover of vintage, and you haven’t been to ...

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He’s off to foreign lands for a while, And now that things on the homefront have settled some, I’m back! Thanks so much to so many of you who wrote the sweetest comments to me while we we...

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hi friends. Just a quick hello and a little explanation as to why I've been absent. You see, our family is walking into this again... For those of you who aren't military, this little pic says...

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We're back from a big market day in Denver. All showered-up, pj'd and ready to read your posts! Hope you've all had a great weekend! Happy Mother's Day!

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