catching up: Spinning Wheel Antiques

My dear friends Sara & Bob decided to open a little antique shop in Glendale’s Historic District. Spinning Wheel Antiques is the realization of a long-time dream for them. They had a few booths in various antique “malls” but those venues were hard hit by the economic downturn so closed their doors.

Bob & Sara looked around town for a place to open their own shop, and found this adorable 1942 bungalow available in Catlin Court.

I have had the joy of being able to help out now & then. I love the way Sara merchandises their collection of vintage finds.

Bob has “man stuff” in one of the rooms and vintage tools in the mudroom off the kitchen. He’s also allowed to display his “kitschy” items in the closet.

The kitchen overflows with beautiful wooden dry sinks, cast iron utensils & hand-carved rolling pins.

My favorites are the glass displays in the dining room.

The doll room is just brimming with nostalgia…

This incredible old thread cabinet catches your eye as you enter the shop

and this Edwardian mourning suit always catches me off guard: “How can I help you, ma’am?”

So, come see them anytime you are in Glendale. Well, not anytime, because they’re only open Saturdays until Sara retires from teaching school…

Santa "Peakies"

Well now, I can show a couple, 'cause they were delivered today.

My good friend Sarah takes my oldest to school every morning. She teaches Kindergarten & has a snowman fetish collects snowmen.  When I saw some prim-y winter designs coming from Stephanie @ HeartStrings Embroidery I knew I had to do something for Sarah with them. First, I thought I would do a pillow with

but then I saw

and knew I had to use all three!

So, I found her a hoodie & went to work.  I modified the "sampler" with a heart so she can wear it through Valentine's Day, at least...

She loves it & wore it to work today.

Santa was also busy in the kitchen, whipping up teacher gifts:

(And yes, those are 7-inch cinnamon rolls...)

♫♪ Happy Birthday, Sara! ♪♫

My good friend turned 61 this week. It's so hard to know what to make for that someone who has everything!  So I bought her a candle & a kitchen towel.

I have this cute primitive design from HeartStrings Embroidery, but I was too cheap to buy a big enough candle the candle jar was too small for the complete candle wrap. I edited just the pumpkins for the wrap & embroidered the entire design to appliqué on the towel.

It seemed incomplete without the wording, so I stitched that to the back of the towel.  Now when the front gets dirty, she can flip it to the back!