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five happy things.

November 11, 2010 Filed in things i love


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1.  someone sent me THE coolest cup in the entire world.
     i don't know who sent it.

   thank you anonymous giver. 
     i could not love any cup more than i love this one. 
     whoever you are…YOU ROCK!
    (mug available at photojojo)

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2.   cute hat.  
      and cute hat weather.
      love them.

      (hat is from emily sparks.)

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3. new fabric in the mail from hawthorne threads.

    it makes me giddy with excitement for my photo season to be over so i can start sewing again.
    i love sewing.
    and fabric!

4. my lovely new friend shauna sent me the most fabulous gift in the mail.
    (because i begged her to do it….) 

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it is really loud.
but it will be so cool in our house.
i love it.  
(and i love her blog and shop!)

shauna has the bell in her house too.
we talked about naming our bells something….Lucy and Ethel….clooney and darcy….laverne and shirley?
what do you think?

(bell was from HomeGoods)

5.  HOLIDAY magazine winner is Jennifer….the one who wrote this:

We each get to open one present on Christmas Eve and it's always a new pair of jammies, washed and ready to put on. The kids of course know this is coming and they're always excited to snuggle in to
bed in their new cozy jams, waiting excitedly for the next morning.

Posted by: jennifer

email me jennifer with your address and stuff.
thanks!  

crystal beutler - I was just with Emily Sparks yesterday!!!! And that hat she sent you was the hot item at the Queen Bee boutique. Everyone was trying it on . . . and I wanted it sooooo bad. But I have blonde hair so it didn’t look good. Plus, I don’t have a cool hat face so I had to let it go to a groovy gal with dark brown hair. I actually walked up to her when I was on security detail and said . . . “You HAVE to buy that hat, it looks amazing on you.” I’m selfless like that. 🙂 Just thought you should know.
And BTW, if you haven’t met Emily in person . . . she is an absolute doll. You would love her.

Debra - Oh that bell brings back memories…but not of a dinner bell or calling children inside. When my mom finished her last chemo treatment, the nurses asked if she wanted to ring the bell. It wasn’t until reading the plaque next to it that the significance really hit home:
Ring this bell
Three times well
It’s toll to clearly say
My treatment’s done
This course is run
And I am on my way.
I get teary just thinking about her ringing it…and all those who will never get the chance.

Brittany - Okay, here it is…plain and simple. I NEED all of those items! haha! LOVE THEM!!!!!!

Debi - Okay, I hope you’re happy! 🙂
The photo of coffee in the lens frightened me- no, made me soooo panicked!- I was so relieved to see that it’s just a mug. (mutters to self, it’s just a mug. it’s just a mug. just a mug.)

susan - love your hat, so cute! and your fabric, the mug, the bell, love it! susan

Sarah@Clover Lane - I LOVE that bell!

Jennifer - We have a dinner bell out in our garage like that. The girls love ringing it. Your mug freaked me out too-I wasn’t sure what the heck I was looking at.
And thanks for the Emily Sparks link-I bought her black hat and can’t wait to receive it! 🙂 (“I love it!”)

kat - Woo Hoo! Fun x 5 for sure! Although that lens mug totally freaked me out, I felt sick for a moment thinking your lens had a very bad day. Good thing it’s just a happy mug!

erlfisher - Sooooo gonna get the mug for my photographer dad for Christmas! He’s so hard to buy for and that mug is GREAT!

Nicole Q. - AWESOME cup and I WANT that bell! Wanted an outdoor one for this house!! LOVE love love it! And I love that you say “love it” all the time too!!

Courtney Walsh - Love the hat–super cute…I honestly don’t think i can wear hats, but I always thought it was because my hair is short. Maybe it’s just my head. haahaha…because you’re hair is short and it’s absolutely adorable!!!

Sheryl - Ok, three things. 1. Love the hat on you, so cute. 2. I LOVE the bell. Will be looking for one of those…. 3. I hope your sewing will include some pillowcase dresses (or any other kind of dress since you’re especially crafty! I am working on another round of “Project Pillowcase”. Stop by – OfferThemChrist.blogspot.com.

CarrieBeth - what a fun post! i’m obsessed with coffee mugs and want to buy one everywhere i go. but in reality, i have my favorite cup and i use it almost every day. all my other ones sit lonely (and beautifully!) in the cabinet. i need to find a way to display them!

Kacee - In the neighborhood I grew up in, many of the neighbors and my family had bells on their porches. When a bell would start ringing we would be quiet and listen — they had different sounds. When it was determined whose bell was ringing those poor kids had to go home and the rest got to keep playing! My mom said it saved her from yelling for us as we had a neighborhood full of kids and could have been anywhere on the block.
Thanks for bringing back such a fun memory!
And does that coffee cup have a lid? It would be a cool gift for my husband, but he’d need it in a travel style.

Gina - Love the bell! Except I would afraid I’d be listening to it all the live long day-cute hat too!

kelly - how about ding & dong!!! the hat looks great on you.

Sara - The hat is so cute!!!! My friend gave me a vintage bell that she found when she moved in her new place.My boys love it now that I ring the bell for dinner instead of screaming for them to come and eat!!!! I still need to hang mine up though!!!!!

crystal - cute. 🙂 my sewing machine is Ethel and my camera is Lucy. 🙂

Amy R. - LOVE that bell and that hat! Can you believe I found a hat like that tonight at a Christmas open house at an antique store in my town and it was $6. I want to buy one for everyone on my list!
Your little girl is precious too!

Amy Lynne - I agree, those are happy things! I love that colorful fabric and your hat!!

Heather - Love the freaking coffee cup. Love you in that hat. You know, of all the blogs I frequent, you’re the one that I’m always thinking; Gosh, I want to meet her one day.
I think you’re just fantastic!

Peta - You are totally rocking that hat, Meg! I love love love it! And that mug? Wow. That is cool. Happy happy mail!

Gemma - When I saw the top photo I first though..Wooahh…why on earth has she done that? HA!
Then I realised it was a mug…sweet!
Loving the hat : )
Gemma x

The Fairy's Apprentice - Thank you! Thank You! Thank you! You made a wife happy with the mug lens, because now I know what I’m gonna order for Christmas for my man! The bell is beautiful, we could use one :)).
XOXO

se7en - We have a bell, a beautiful bell… It is one way to get all my kids to dash all at once, with a purpose. I blogged about all our bells and whistles right here: http://www.se7en.org.za/2008/10/12/saturday-spot-bells-and-whistles

Rebecca - That mug is super-rad! Saw it in your sidebar a while ago. So neat somebody sent it to ya!
Hat is cute and the fabric is soooo bright and cheerful. 🙂 FUN!!

Flower Patch Farmgirl - My husband so wants that coffee mug. He also found a (very cheesy) f-stop watch. Hardy har. He loved it.
Shauna rocks. Love the fabric.

Laura Phelps - I want that hat
really, really badly
I need to find money first
ugh
that cup is amazing
I first read this post on my iphone..couldn’t see the cup
now I can…and WOW
fabulous
and that bell
my kids would drive me nuts with that
they have one at our grocery store..and Luke rings it non stop
they love us
Nick and Laura…that is what you should name your bells 🙂

valerie @ chateau a la mode - How fun is that bell and love that cute hat!

april - you are a lucky girl….

j - love the bell….but there is no way on God’s green earth I will ever let my kids get a hold of one of those….love your new mug. Lucky Duck. What are your plans for the fabric?

Meredith - Where did someone buy that bell? I need one to get my son home from the neighbors. Our neighbors had one growing up and when the bell rang everyone went home for dinner.
With the jammies, we do the same thing for Christmas Eve, my parents did it fore me until we were teens. It was one of my favorite presents.

sandy toe - Okay…I love that bell…perfect to ring at dinner!
sandy toe

Rachel - I have one of those bells too; it is in my front porch but nobody rings it (thank goodness – it is REALLY loud and makes the dogs crazy). Both my parents were in the British navy so they were always collecting nautical-themed antiques and decor. My mother gave me the bell a few years ago.

Laura M - In my husband’s neighborhood where he grew up there is a family in the neighborhood who has a dinner bell outside and they ring it every day! It’s the most hilarious and funnest thing ever! Love it. Love the coffee cup…there are a few shutterbugs in my family and that will make an awesome Christmas gift! Love the hats and fabric too! You rock lady!

Susan. - I think the coffee cup is awsome but how did they get your address???

karen - Annie is so cute! Does she pick out her clothes?

patti - ok, what makes me smile the most about this post is the photo with annie…my 5 year old has on that same dress and she is wearing leggings and striped socks…that don’t at all match. totally twins! 🙂

jennifer - We have a dinner bell too and it is the best! Don’t know what we’d do without it.
And I can’t believe I won! Woo Hoo!

Rebekah Jean - I LOVE your hat. If I had a hat that cute I would definitely wear it evvery day of my life!!!
Love your blog by the way, it’s awesome.

Katrina - Have to put a vote in for Lucy and Ethel (which my cats are named as well!). Love the fun fabric too!

Becky @ Farmgirl Paints - I didn’t think it was a cup…even after you said that. I kept looking for it. DUH! Love the bell. Well have a cast iron one of the outside of the house that I ring when it’s time for the girls to come in.

Crystal @ Ordinary Days - I am in love with the bell! I think that would be great in my kitchen!! Now…how to find a bell? 🙂
Crystal

mel - I need that cup ASAP!!!!! LOVE it!!! Love it SO much!
and, that dinner bell is freaking awesome.

Shann - That cup is just your cup of tea. Well, I mean coffee. 🙂 You got a lot of fun stuff in the mail. Love days like that.

Trina McNeilly - Now I want a bell… who would have thought… ringing the bell “DINNER!” I’d just be afraid of the bell being rung all the time.. you know like giving a child a whistle. But love it!
xo

Daniele Valois - Holy CUP that is awesome!!!

nichole shinners - I Love that bell. When I would visit my best friend back home in Michigan her mom would ring a bell like that for lunch. I thought that was the coolest thing ever! (I might need to get one) 🙂

shauna - beauty and the beast?
(get it “belle”)
or what about southern belles
like scarlett and…..no more are coming to mind….
oh my gosh i am taking it too far…
Jake, keeps staring at the picture saying, “are you SURE that’s not ella ringing OUR bell?”
so glad you like it.
ps.
LOVE that cup…you are lucky

Transparent Mama - I am loving that coffee cup. I have never seen that before. Anonymous Giver- I want one too! Cute bell too.

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