My lovely niece

Just wanted to tell my niece how happy we are that she is already home from the hospital after major surgery Monday....you are one strong girl! Now you can enjoy the rest of your summer and get ready for your Senior year of high school. We love you!

Father's Day

Here's a picture of my Dad, probably the first grade. See the brand new pencil in his pocket? I think I had some haircuts with my bangs not quite even...didn't we all. Dad passed in 1999.

Yard sales

We went to a couple of yard sales this morning. I bought this wire dress form for 50 cents. It's 15 inches tall. I (hubby helped) took off most of the wire around it and added a few touches of my own. I think it turned out cute. But I was really tickled to get the old crochet magazines and books. I had never seen Crochet Magic magazine. Isn't that doily pattern pretty? The magazines are from the '80s and 90's. The two oldest books were from 1947 and 1943. I got the magazines and books for a dollar each. She had LOTS more but I was able to contain myself.

More crochet

I'm still crocheting vintage potholders! Here are my latest two. I got these patterns from 1952 vintage pattern books I purchased. I also bought an old cheese dish at a yard sale and found the glass top is just perfect to cover a "stack" of potholders.