i love the mailman

hello hello & wishing you a happy monday everyone! i have to admit...there are times when there are nose-prints all over our front door - today being one of them! nothing like a visit from the man in brown and/or blue to bring a smile to my face. by that i mean parcel! ok..you get it!? i love our mailman!

and just why do i hold such as strong term of endearment for a near stranger? well...this time of the year i am in full on patinaWHITE mode. creating + collecting wares to premier at the opening of my shady hollow shoppe on memorial weekend! i dropped everything i was working on to tear into today's box of treasures. i was like a kid at christmas - i could hardly contain myself! 

one thing led to another so i will show you what one simple package can inspire me to do! this fabulous artist wrapped every item in vintage sheet-music. i couldn't bear the thought of throwing one scrap away - so out came the shredder and after some quick turns of the wheel i have me a bowl full of crinkle paper. {below} less waste means less space in our home! 

 

since i am in the process of unpacking i figure i should price everything now. but i wasn't loving the bright white tags. out comes the tea & they are taking a dip {below}. looking much better...

 

you can see where i started & where i finished. {below} sort of. since now i have to wait awhile for them to dry before tagging them. so much for productivity!

now all this excitement reminds me of a wire display i picked up on my recent nebraska journey. it was standing tall in a really dark corner of an antique mall...in the rough room. yes...you heard me rough room. my heart usually skips a beat when i see a sign in a store stating that. bring on the "rough" please. that is where i usually end up having the most fun! oh...i almost forgot to show it to you. pretty darn cool, huh? i thought so too!

 

now you are all wondering...well what the heck is in the box anyway? i had to save the best for last. here is a tiny sneak peek @ one of my favorites. {below} 

 

i will now be DREAMing of more things to come up with in the next couple months. memorial weekend will soon be upon us. i can hardly wait! almost like peering out the door for a chance meeting with our loyal mail carrier. thanks mr. mailman! and thank YOU for stopping today! hopefully i have passed on some of the LOVE...

live your life in the moment...

Comments

[Kathy]

You really should have an etsy shop... for those of us who can't make it back to DL over Memorial Weekend***sigh*** I guess its better for the check book that I don't see all your ideas or I would be broke. HA!

[Tammy]

I love that necklace Beth! I will definitely try and stop by Memorial Day weekend. I'll be wearing the necklace my sister won for me! :0)

[miss lynn]

please.
please.
PLEASE.
go online,
girl!
i love
your stuff.

[gina]

i second, or third or whatever the number it's up to now the request of ryou to go online year round!!

[show & TELL . . .]

i will be watching for you tammy! and best wishes for the marathon!

[show & TELL . . .]

oh girls...i will see what i can come up with for online therapy someday! but in the meantime don't hesitate for one nano second about contacting me on something you are longing for! i will do my best to fix ya up! thanks for your passion!

beth

[Ruby Badcoe]

Using vintage sheet-music paper to wrap your package was a good idea! It’s not only wonderful, but it’s also a good way of recycling paper. So, what did you do to those that you shredded? I hope you were able to make something useful out of it too.