One Man's Junk....

We all know the saying....is another man's (or woman's

in this case - TREASURE....)

Just outside of beautiful Keremeos, BC in the Southern

Interior of the province is a lonely little junk/antique

shop - kind of in the middle of no-where.

On a whim we stopped - and what a fun place!  This

post is a little photo-laden but there was just so

much stuff.....there's still more photo's but I thought

I would spare you......

 Look - there's "Ogopogo" the legendary lake monster

who supposedly resides in Okanagan Lake.  There was so

much stuff - I didn't even notice it until I was posting

the pics now! 

 Spot any treasures you would have bought?

 Do you like to find little out of the way places like

this?  Do you stop and check them out?

Ironically the one thing I did buy - I do not yet have a

picture of.  I got a cute little doll bed that I think will

make a spectacular little dog bed for some lucky

pooch.  I will post some pics of the before and

after as soon as I get the million other projects I have lined

up out of the way!

The Hobby Lobby Grass IS Greener!

It's true what they say - the grass is always greener on

the other side - in this case - it was the other side

of the border!

Recently, Mr. Biff and I went on vacation - we went hither,

thither and yon (okay, not technically to yon, but we did go

hither!)  We knew we wanted to cross the line - for Mr. Biff,

it was to go to the Museum of Flight in Everett and for me,

to experience Hobby Lobby for the first time!

This is Hobby Lobby in Everett.  Now if you live somewhere

that has a Hobby Lobby - please, please know how extremely

fortunate you are.  When I entered the store I was sure I heard

choirs of angels singing.....

I spent almost 2 hours wandering the isles.  I did purchase a

few things but not as much as you might imagine....mostly

I was overwhelmed.  So much crafty, home decor and fabric

goodness.......*sigh*.....and now I just wanna go back!!

I keep thinking about all the things I saw but put back and

so the planning begins for the next big excursion to the

big "HL"!  Do you have a Hobby Lobby close by?

Do you love it?

Anybody Out There?

At less than a year old (my blog that is) I feel ok about saying

I am not really sure about how to go about doing a giveaway.

I tried one early on and only had two entries so I know I need to

do something more radical (thank you to the 2 who entered)! 

As a recent winner of a spectacular giveaway - I am anxious to

pay-it-forward and so, on my recent vacation I collected little

items that have now accumulated to be a nice giveaway - as

a little bonus I am throwing in a $25 Michael's gift card.  The total

value of the giveaway is about $75 and it's filled with delightful

goodies including a lovely keepsake box.

I want to increase my readership at the same time so....here's

the question.....do YOU want to host my giveaway?  It can

be open to both Canadian and US Residents. 

If you'd like to consider hosting the giveaway on your blog 

please email me @ peartreejewels@gmail.com
and I can send a list of the contents along with

some photos.  In fairness - I will go with the first person who

expresses interest.......hello out there.....anybody?

Hugs and Happy Monday!

Travelling Willbury

I am on the road with my favourite Willbury (Will!) aka Mr. Biff.  We're

just starting week 2 of our vacation and having a blast!  We are in the

Interior of BC in the Okanagan - staying with our

dear friends L & R - the weather has been amazing - and we

are heading out tomorrow for Everett, Washington.

 Here's Toadie (his nickname) and Mr. Biff painting a little rocker that

we brought up from the Island.  I believe Toadie is going

to be a stylin' designer - just look at that camouflage paint job!

Why Everett?  The Aviation Museum is calling Mr. Biff - apparently it

is spectacular.  Secretly "Hobby Lobby" is calling ME.....and this was

the closest one I could find on Google.

Hope you had a great time this Easter wherever the road takes you!

p.s. I am gathering a few goodies from various places to
put together a spectacular Spring give-away.....stay tuned!

Peggy