I wanna be an English Girl...

Yesterday I got an email from British Airways about my upcoming flight. It got me to thinking about all things British.

I heard a rumour that there are strikes at Heathrow Airport, so perhaps I will get lucky and have a layover in London! LOL (please God!)

(It would be awful to miss a few days of meetings and instead be forced to sight see a bit in the land of Big Ben and Shakespeare...lol)

Fab Flea Market Finds...or..Things I can never resist

Okay, I am slightly obsessed with hand embroidered pillowcases. And when I say obsessed, I really mean it, b/c I could probably open a linen store by now!

But how you I resist something as cute as these? All handmade, by someone who put a lot of time and love into them. The little lambs are dancing across the whole length of the edge. Too precious!

Also found pretty books, some silver souvenier spoons...

A pretty Shabby Chic Metal frame....I found the old pic in another cheap frame, bought both, and switched...

and more...pix to follow.

getting lost in Tucson...

Sometimes when I get lost (yes, it happens, even with my Nav) I see the coolest stuff...like this ol' motel. The whole area was full of these things, but I was driving so I could only snap this pic.

My favorite name was The Dream House Motel. (it was not even remotely anyone's dream house, unless they are a crackhead...lol)

Happy Valentine's Day!

Fab Flea Market Finds...today I hit a jackpot....

If there is a brand that gets knocked off more than Luis Vuitton... I don't know who it would be. (..okay, maybe Chanel, but it's a toss up between them)

Fake Luis Vuitton stuff is EVERYWHERE. You just get immune to it...even when I see the real thing on some OC Housewife type, it STILL looks fake.

But today, I passed by a full sized suitcase at the swap.

It looked old. It felt real.

And it was just beat up enough that it states quite emphatically..

"This aint MY first trip abroad Pal"...

(as if a Luis Vuitton would use slang, please, they are FAR too well bred to consider it)

I asked how much...the Swap people said $300.

I passed it up....but it kept nudging me while I looked at everything else.

Later, at the end of the day, I went back and gave it one more look. I decided what the heck. It was a tough suitcase and has stood the test of time, so if it WAS a fake, it was a damn good one.

I offered cash...and grabbed it.

Well, a little research on the net and.... voila!

It IS real. And they are selling for around $700.

I paid $200.

shabby+luxe

Ohhh...I LOVE this picture, isn't it beautiful? Wow.I adore anything old, tattered and worn and it's getting worse as I also

get older, more tattered and worn.
Doesn't that room look like it might be inside of one of these houses in Venice, Italy?
I have my FREE rooms booked

(2 nights) in Venice.

You gotta LOVE FREE !!

I know I will love Venice, even before I get there.

Well, I will love Venice but

my room will look nothing like that of course. Or this...

haha.

Fabulous Flea market finds...

Today the Swap wasn't all that eventful. I found a few things...but nothing totally amazing. Sometimes, that's just the way it is.

I did get these pretty silver forks, and they have a "M" hand engraved on them. Bun, since you are the only other person that looks at my blog, you'll appreciate them. I got two spoons with the same "M"...but they aren't the same pattern.

More Ballerinas...I just keep finding these things...but they sell pretty well so I grab'em when I see them.

A sweet little silver baby cup with " Freddie " engraved.....

And this made me laugh, so I had to get it too.

(Hopefully it will sell, or the joke's on me)

** Update : Sold right away! LOL **