Yeah 2010!!

Happy New Year!

Our New Year's Eve celebration will be very low key tonight.  Dinner  & then off to the movies.  My kids have been counting the days until they can see this.

I doubt I will even be awake to see the ball drop in Times Square. 

Do you remember watching Dick Clark's Rockin' New Years Eve? OMG, that was tradition in our house.

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We had a great holiday with my sissy in Austin, we returned late last night exhausted.  Bags, suitcases & boxes are everywhere. Before I begin the clean up process I thought I'd share some Christmas goodness.

I introduced my family to Etsy this year, & thery're hooked.

Love this awesome crow cabinet, it's going into my studio perhaps to hold stamps?

This typewriter key pendant is precious, I'll wear it everyday...

and this tiny hinged box with velvet lining is filled with watch faces & vials. One of my resolutions this year is to use the good stuff, not hoard it.

Then my dear Auntie,  a longtime collector/dealer brought me a major goodie box.  It is filled with the most beautiful floral fabrics, lace & embroidery. Can you see the scalloped valance at the top!? I shrieked when I saw it.  She knows me very well & always brings me pretties when we get together.

These are all lace collars & some leather thingies.  Maybe they came off shoes?

Ahhhhh

We spent yesterday at Zilker park for the kids, & some shopping for Mom.

While at the park Owen brought me this for my 'collage'. These cool trees were everywhere and had little nest like bundles growing on the branches.

Found these nifty old hangers, I will use them to hang collage or banners....

and a bunch of cute stamp sized photos. I've been collecting 'lucky' things for a couple of years to use in a themed collage.

I scored this amazing old photography catalog for next to nothing, maybe because it had no cover? Anyway, didn't matter to me because the contents are fantastic. Advertisements, charts, pictures, etc. I cannot wait to use some of these pages.

And last, 2 copies of an old abstract of title dated 1930. I am so crazy for old paper of all kinds, especially with engraving & lovely graphics.  These papers include surveys, maps, fees, all hand typed (can you imagine).

I wish you a healthy, happy new year filled with fun, adventure & extreme treasure hunting!