it's *COTTAGE HOME* sale week!

i always use a lot of exclamation points. it's how i think in my own head...

and i talk in exclamations too i guess, but this is a legit exclamation worthy blog post!!!

:  D

i ran around in the "shop" (my garage) and took these photos to show

you this morning. the official set up for the sale started yesterday and

christa and i spent all day- till 10 last evening, doing displays till

we just had to quit. our feet hurt but we were on a

roll both having so much fun making our great junk look so fabulous.

here is a whole album of pictures from what's set up so far...

(with several days to go). 

baby  V.  got to stop and visit on Saturday as we were setting up. her gram

and auntie's are part of the creative junkers in the sale.

this doggie ball launcher is not part of the sale... :  )

the incredible antique dress however IS!

i just keep moving the COTTAGE HOME sign around and taking

pictures with it...having so much fun with displays it's almost like

having a real live store again, like i once did!

this striped red and white nut bowl is older than i am...and that's pretty old~

i love old silverplate anything.

this is a great cottage blue and white desk- yep-for sale

kinda dyin over this set of 4 mugs!

giddy up!!!!!!!!!!!

this cloche on an antique silver stand is one of our
"ahhhh" pieces.

as are these vintage stained glass windows~

old hand painted china is the best! all you need is a few fresh picked
flowers  in them and you've got instant charm.

we have baskets and bags, angels and appetizer plates. mirrors and
lamps and artwork and jewelry...we have a "hayrack" that'll be full outside and
things around my garden. we've shopped and scrubbed and please don't
ask us where we got the stuff cause it's all just a blur now. we've been in
basements and garages and thrift shops and attics and each others closets too~ we've
cleaned out our houses and also made new stuff.

you seriously should not miss this sale.......cause now that
we've started started setting up it's even better than
i imagined and i promise there will be something for everyone-
(unless you're a dude between the ages of 4 months & 89).

and here's the best part (and also maybe the worst- i'm running out of steam!), we're still
working and probably will be right up till the doors open this next friday



AUGUST 15TH 9-6
& AUGUST 16TH 9-4


7590 canyon curve
chanhassen, mn
(remember cash only)

come early if you want---but stay in your cars...we mean it- haha, we'll still be
putting the finishing touches on stuff and flowers in all the vases!!!
we're fun like that~

with lots of love and now i have to get busy, you just have NO idea what all
i hope to get done yet today so ta-ta for now dear friends!


xo beth

*happy, happy birthday to my dear friend annie marie!

i'm going to post as many pictures as i have time for to keep the excitement

peaked for our

COTTAGE HOME SALE 

aug. 15th and 16th

this nightstand/end table was pretty drab when i got it,

but after painting it with annie sloan's 

duck egg blue paint and putting new glass knobs on it

it's charming as can be.

i love this rose wreath, it would also be beautiful

on a table around a candle~

i decided all this cool roll top desk needed was a new finish!

after!

so much of the great loot is packed up and will be coming out of

storage this week as we begin setting up the sale- so i'll be 

back to show more of the small stuff. we have so many

great items to share with you- i can't wait- and i think we'll have a hard

time getting it all out the first day, so we'll restock fri. night.

xo, b

*us junkers know that to make a house really great,

you need to mix some old with the new.

it gives your home the charm and personality that

you just can't buy by going to ikea or

room and board. something as simple as placing a well worn

chair outside by your front entry will make your home look

inviting and cozy (the way a cottage feels).

the wonder of water

OH MY GOODNESS...

i love these photos~   

this is precious little asher. he's a family friend's little

boy and he was hanging out at his grama and grampa's yesterday 

so i went over to see him. it'd been awhile and he's changed so much,

he's 9 months old and crawling and loves to pull himself to a standing

position -all day long. grama cindy put some tepid water in a big

cooler in the garage and we all sat around in our lawn chairs and

just watched him.  

:  )

i of course had my camera along and captured some

 extreme cuteness when momma poured water over his head.

he was such a good sport about it, and i'm in love with these 

photos of him and the water droplets, and his priceless

expressions...he makes the funniest faces!

crystal drop earrings

notice the water rounding his ear?

i have a picture of his grampa mark with this exact same expression

(not kidding)

yep asher, i'd be sooooo over it now too- auntie beth is not a big

fan of water in her face! (he never cried though and mom did give him

breaks to breath between each dumping) hee hee

all dry and snuggled up with momma k

after he was done with swimming lessons, we plunked him outside

in the grass and again, he just went with the flow. just immediately got

busy picking up leaves and having a little snack. fiber.

doesn't asher have the most amazing big brown eyes? such a beautiful baby~

keely captioned this picture...

"reeeeeeeeeeally mom?"

even though he'd already been cleaned up in the cooler, 

grama cindy and grampa markie showered him with love.

in my next life, i'd like to be one of their grandbabies...

o.k., i'm cracking up now...i just took the time to dig through old photo albums

and i found the photo i was talking about where grampa

mark has the same expression as asher.

now you're in for a good laugh!!!!!

here's asher again...

and here's his silly gramps

what a great way to start your week huh?

thanks asher d. and markie mark for making us smile!

xo, beth