Thanks for all of your kind birthday wishes!
I am soaking up all the birthday goodness I can get and enjoying every minute of it.
This cute card is from Robin, as if the clock/frame she made wasn’t enough?!
The picture is so cute. It reminds me of Sugarwings, I am teaching her how to cook, and of course, the beaters are her favorite part of the process!
My suitcase is still sitting in my studio, filled with vintagey purchases from my trip. I am trying to focus on getting ready for Art in the Park on Sunday and ignoring the other stuff piling up around me.
But I just HAD to pull some of it out to play with.
All the photos and birds are from the Cottage and were only $1 each. The cute bird collage is from an artist there too, look at how she has used the snap for an eye!
The hymn book was $2 from Lucketts and the old toy mirrors were $1 each at the thrift store Robin took me to.
The first three hats on the back left are from my trip to Virginia, but the rest are from a day out with Sugarwings yesterday. She and I did a bit of junking and I bought these four floral beauties for $30!
Look at the load of red velvet roses on the middle one in the bottom row- jackpot!
And even though I know I need to get ready for the art show this weekend, I spent the hour I watched American Idol last night sorting flowers.
(Our local Kansas City boy, and my favorite, David Cook is still blowing them all away on Idol, and I think he has a good shot at winning)
The blooms are sorted into boxes by color then I put them into my big storage box that is covered with old wallpaper.
I even made a separate box of an assortment of posies to keep by my worktable, ready to grab when needed.
Getting ALL the flowers pulled off of hats and sorted felt like a major accomplishment, till I turned around and realized I still had a table top full of flowers I was using as a center piece.
I’m starting to think I might have a few too many. Maybe.
Lori and I had been talking about a mini- swap like I did with Lili last week.
But since she sent me that sweet collage of my fairy grand baby, I told her that was already way too much.
So, I bundled up a few pretties and have them ready to send to her.
Still had more than I could use. What to do with all these hats and flowers???
I put Twinkle in one, but she is a little too big. Unless I get some smaller dogs, this isn’t going to be a good use for my hats.
So, I made 5 packets of pink and white to sell on Etsy. It isn’t even a drop in the bucket. I think that once I get past this art show, and the rest of my upcoming 50th birthday parties, I will wrap up some more to list and sell. edit: only two left, these are selling fast
edit: oops, those sold too! I added more to the shop, thank you all so much for stopping by and snapping those flowers up so quickly!
Twinkle was relieved that I decided to sell some.
Today is the last day to enter my April Giveaway, but you still have 5 more days to enter my birthday giveaway.
Any comment, on any post gets entered.
I always wondered where people found the flowers…then I found your blog. I have since found one with flowers, one with fruit and a feather hat.
They aren’t easy to find around here, but I haven’t given up. 🙂
Do you know I have as of yet to wander across any hats full of flowers… Odd! I’m in the Bible Belt. Where are the church lady hats????! I sure enjoy looking @ yours though! Good luck @ the show. And I’m a big David Cook fan. YEAH him!
I am so glad that I finally have some time to stop by. You always have the most fun stuff going on! The colors of the flowers are fabulous…down right inspirational. Can’t wait to see the pic’s from art in the park. Wishes for a belated happy birthday. Hope it was wonderful. Susan
Love the birthday card, I thought the picture must have been of you! Very cute!
I love your flowers, but I love the boxes with the old wallpaper the most.They are beautiful.
Greetings Marja
So I’m not the only one who lives in a hatless town! I won’t give up hope, but until I find one I will just have to be content looking at all your lovelies!
These are very pretty hats with alot of flowers. I know your creative juices are flowing….Mary
I love those flowers. The daisies brought back memories of a favorite Easter Bonnet I had when I was 5. 🙂
ooooOOOOHHHH the LOOK on Twik’s face (the need I remind you of THAT DAY not to long ago when you got it into your head to STYLE me -now this!!!!)!
God needs to create a new tree that as it blooms in spring the new growth becomes vintagey grandma hats for us to use (mind would have to be put in a cantainer for the balcony though). And that got me to thinking about making a collage featuring a topiary with the hats from the Vintage Workshop that we’ve been using for the swap -hmmmm? Happy happies
I am in awe of how many hats you have found lately, you really are the hat whisperer! Such lovely blooms!
Now I know why I cant find any of these hats…you have them ALL! lol…I knew the flowers would be gone from your etsy shop when I got here too, and sure enough. *Sigh*
I guess I’ll just keep looking. Four hats for $30 was a deal! The antique mall I went to ast weekend had them priced at about $35 a hat, even the plain ones!
You have got to be kidding me! That stash is unbelievable! Love all those birds! Have fun at the flea market and at the Art Show!
Happy Birthday Karla- I’m sending something in an email.
Many, many more…
And thank you for the gift for Kary and I and for the benefit.
Pam
Happiest birthday to you Karla!!!!
Stop by and wish us luck on our first MS Walkathon of the year this Saturday!
mary
Good grief — I get offline for a week and look what I miss — your birthday! I’ve been longing to stop by the Cottage for my daily dose of loveliness and magic. Well, I started back blogging again and hopefully the craziness will soon slow down so I can check in on everyone.
HAPPY Belated! (And I just finished Aunt Caroline’s card — I’ll post it by the end of the week!)
Happy Birthday Sweet Lady! Those vintage flowers have me watering at the mouth. They would go great with the decaptitated dolls!
xx Nancy
Sweet! I have yet to stumble on good finds like yours! Love the doggie photo too!
Hi Karla
It sounds like you had a wonderful birthday! I will celebrate my 50th in June! It doesn’t seem like I should be that old but, oh well! You are a very talented lady and I appreciate you sharing yourself and your beautiful art with us!
Lou Ann
Happy Birthday! Wishing you a great year!Jen R
I’m perfectly jealous of your millinery. 🙂 I think there are no hats to be found in Arizona – maybe it was too hot for ladies to bother with hats! David Cook is our favorite also (even though I was Brooke White’s high school choir teacher – ha!), we love his performances every time. Happy, happy birthday to you… 🙂
Just lovin’ your vintage flowers! Hope your birthday was wonderful… Thanks for sharing on the eye candy.
Great flowers and love seeing all the goodies you get.
Karen
it looks like you had fun on your birthday and that your blogger friends were so nice to you. all the flowers are lovely and i’m glad that you found so many of them! i’m sure you will find something to do with them, even though twinkle looked pretty cute.
jenny
Oh wow so many gorgeous blooms
Alison
What beautiful flowers. I never seem to find any here. Maybe I’m not going to the right stores. I just will have to keep looking.
Hugs:)
Irma
weeeeeee!!! lucky lucky me:) Karla, you are so sweet!!! i can’t wait to get my flowers, i only wish i had a place here to get hats and flowers, what a bummer…i saw all of your gorgeous flower packs on etsy last night when i was doing the csst promo thread, i featured them and added them to my sidebar favorites:)
Hope I’m not too late to enter your birthday give away Karla!! Just love all those gorgeous hats, I have some lovely ones too but cant bring myself to take the flowers off lol!!
Alicia ~ time worn style
I’m glad you’re having so much fun celebrating.
Your pictures have sent me to flower and hat heaven.
I think you had one of the coolest toys of all! Now you have your flowers to play with!
Wow you have loads of flowers…it’s a good thing that you are a busy crafter where you can use them all up! I love your little yorkies – as you can see I have one as well and she is a cutie.
Happiest birthday to you Karla!!!!
I hope you in my party, What do you like best of your home decoration?22 nd May!!!! would do you do come? regards
Oh! I love, love, love your blog!
Peggy