Oh la la...such sweet treasures!

As promised a few photos of my estate sale adventure...

I am just tickled pink, no pun intended, to have found this lovely vintage sewing basket. It even has a tiny little pin cushion attached inside. I believe it to be a shaker basket covered with borcade and satin. Am doing the happy dance, oh yeah!
I have become inspired by Teresa McFayden 's blog on May 12 where she shares her freehand sampler. I thought this basket would be a handy dandy place for my sewing supplies.
A tiny little door knocker, can't you just see it on the front of a journal, inviting you to come in? An adorable strawberry brooch, just too cute

Bling and more bling with some vintage lace

A beautiful old german foil scrap of a pink rose blossom

More vintage german foil...Can you see the sweet little girl on the left?

And a wonderful old spelling primer...

Just look and the aged pages, what stories to tell of times gone bye.

I so enjoyed this day of treasure hunting with my daughter and now it appears my grand daughter is also learning about "old stuff"...in her words, "Grammy don't you just love old stuff"?

A delightful {View} indeed, Catherine

A lovely day to visit Virginia...

Hello friends...
our amazing month in Romania has come to an end and we are now in Leesburg, Virgina visiting our daughter and her family before we head home to Washington state. I must admit it is lovely to visit another country, however, it is always wonderful to come back home to the USA.

Yesterday, my daughter, Cristina and I hopped in the car and headed out to an "Estate Sale" and then lunch in Front Royal with a little more antique shopping thrown in. A delightful day spent finding little treasures

Sweet Cristina examining some beatiful art prints...hard to choose.

What a beautiful setting, a misty damp morning in Virginia...an extraordinary {View}
I look forward to sharing some of the treasures I found with you over the next few days. In the meantime it is a delight to return to My {View} and share it with you.

Thanks for dropping bye,

Catherine

Au revoir mes amis....

Bon jour...I am excited to tell you all that today my husband and I are leaving for a month in Romania.

We are off to visit our son, Michael, and his family. We have not seen them in well over a year. So needless to say I am very excited about our upcoming visit. We will be staying with them and touring Romania together.



However, that means I must take a "mini vacation" from this blog while we are traveling. Don't worry, I shall return in early June. In the meantime I cordially invite you to take a peek at my first attempt at travel blogging. Please visit us at Posting From Afar

Not sure how successful I will be as I have never blogged while traveling, hmmm.



In the meantime don't forget to enjoy your {View}

See you soon, Catherine

Easter treats...

You'll wake up on Easter morning, And you'll know that he was there, When you find those choc'late bunnies, That he's hiding ev'rywhere.
Gene Autry


All I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt!

Lucy Van Pelt in Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz

Try this...it is fun. The Chocolate Easter Bunny Test

May your Easter {View} be filled with love and lots of chocolate!

Catherine

Bunnies and chicks, oh my...

While visiting my daughter in Virginia awhile back we spent an afternoon exploring tiny antique shops. I found several sweet vintage post cards which I will share over the next few days. This postcard has a one cent postage stamp, can you imagine. It also has a beautifully hand written note on the back. A teacher wishing her student a Happy Easter.

If you havn't visited "The Vintage Moth"

please do. She shares delightful vintage clip art.

What Easter sweetness is popping into your {View}...

Catherine

Pretty roses...

Today is my birthday and my sweetie pie husband gave me a beautiful bouquet of roses. We live in the Pacific NW and it is grey rainy and snow flurries on and off. This is not my idea of spring...lol! But now we have fresh roses in "da house"

Sure hope your {View} includes some pretty spring flowers...

Catherine

This is not an April Fool's Day joke....

2009 Scrap Etc. Event is giving away five spaces...now how cool is that?

Scrap Etc. Check it out and mention my name as well and maybe we will both win.

Enjoy, Catherine