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Feeling the Love: Another Valentine Vignette
I thought I was finished decorating for Valentine’s Day. I mean, the kids are grown now, so I can’t say I’m doing it for them. But my plain flat coffee table was bothering me. With nothing to adorn it except an old vintage tapestry, it was becoming a dumping ground for newspapers and magazines and…
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Getting the Booth Ready for Valentine Shoppers
That title sounds a little presumptious, as if people are going to be flocking to Mary Lillian Vintage’s booth in Uniques & Antiques in Mineola, Texas to do their shopping for Valentine’s Day! Well, you never know. So I brought in a few things just in case. I made this rag garland with touches of…
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A Vignette for Valentine’s Day
Don’t you love that word “vignette”? (Does the question mark belong before or after the quotation mark? I am a certified English teacher and I can’t tell you!) Anyway, back to vignette. It’s French for “little vine.” It refers to a brief evocative scene or display or a little drawing on a page. In…
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Thrifty Hunt Thursday: Happy Valentine’s Day!
From my booth A.C. Junk ‘n’ Stuff, a few Valentine wishes are sent your way. This little postman pup hit Bingo when he delivered the best Valentine ever. . . The pup below sings along as his master serenades his favorite Valentine. When I first put up this “Be Mine” banner, it said, “Be Wine!”…
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Wedded Life Wednesday: Some role models. . .
I heard in the news this week about a man who lost his beloved wife of 60 years and now refuses to sleep in the bed they shared. The reporter said that the man had always been “madly in love” with his wife. He couldn’t bear sleeping alone in the bed he had shared with…
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