Friday, January 23, 2009

packing away 2008...

I'm in the shop today, trying to condense and pack away Christmas decorations....Strasburg is like a ghost town today, so there's few interruptions to the process! It's amazing how much dust can settle on a place that's been locked up for a week!
I just got a new camera, so I'm trying it out through the store to see if I like the way the pics download....I'm wondering if I have some settings wrong...they look a little blurry to me.
It's unbelievable that there are only 8 days left in January!
I finally decided to change the dining table from THIS...

....to THIS...

A little pink for Valentine's Day...I love the fragile little vintage Valentine's cards. They're addressed to someone named Ruth. I wonder....is she still living? Who were the sender's of the cards? Are the folds and creases because they were cherished and loved hard? So much history wrapped up in a few little pieces of colored paper...

A few more little pink additions to the shop....perfect for a table for two this Valentine's Day!

This caught my eye as I was walking past today....I've walked past it so many times w/out giving it a thought or snapping a pic. It's a plate printed with two handfuls of Commandments to live by. I've been thinking much about integrity lately....seems the word integrity is wrapped up in these 10 Rules. If I follow them...hold myself and my children accountable to follow them, then who I am on this computer...who I am when I'm home alone...and who I am in a traffic jam will be one in the same. And my children will learn by my example-- to be who we say we are, even during the roughest of days...even when no one seems to be watching.
...maybe this little plate needs to go home with ME!!!

2 comments:

Jeane` said...

Oh my word...I just wish i could zip on over to your little shop RIGHT NOW!!! Alas...the babes are asleep and I'm here in Reading...thus...i'll dream! (maybe next week!!)

Jeane` said...

Will you be open tomorrow ??? (Friday, jan. 30th?) I will be in the area and want to stop by!!!