Marvelous Monday Update 9/13/10

TREASURE HUNTING
There's a church here in town that hosts a rummage sale each year. Usually, they have an awesome selection of "stuff". This year, there was an old 50's singer sewing machine for $10. I passed on it, though. Instead, I came home with these:

Unopened Magnet Board
and Antique Sewing Machine Accessory Box
Since neither had a price tag, the lady at the check out table said, "How's 50cents for both sound?" I said, "Sounds like a deal!"

I haven't been to the consignment shop in FOREVER so I decided to stop and see what they had. I didn't walk out empty handed...

Victorian Lace
Fully kitted up
for only $4!
I've been wanting to try needlepoint. The price was right and it was kitted up, I couldn't let it pass me by.

I found this fabulous metal picture frame at the thrift store. Look at those details. Isn't it gorgeous? Only 99cents!


The same store had close to a dozen porcelain dolls. Two jumped into my hands and insisted on going home with me!

Meet Anya

She is from House of Lloyd and is a limited edition Christmas Around The World doll. Her outer wear is actually 4 pieces: A hat, cape, coat, and muffler.

This little cutie doesn't have a name, but what's unique about her is that she's made entirely out of porcelain. She is also jointed at the head, arms, and legs.


GIVEAWAY
Wawanna at Silver Threads and Golden Needles is celebrating her 66th birthday! How awesome is that? To celebrate, she is hosting a birthday giveaway. Click on over to share your favorite birthday memory with her.

Pilar from Cenefas de Flores (which means Flower Borders) is celebrating 35,000 hits to her blog. Check out her giveaway. She does beautiful stitching and also has yummy looking recipes!


STITCHY STUFF
I made some really good progress on TMQ last week. At the rate I'm going, I may finish it this year!




SCHOOL
Hard to believe I'm in my 6th week of the semester already. I spent a good part of the day yesterday writing a paper for our group presentation. We had to pick a company and do a financial analysis. We picked Ford Motor Company and will be comparing it against Toyota and GM. Our group decided 5 pages would be sufficient. After compiling information from my team members, I ended up with 15 pages! Our group volunteered to be first to bat... next week.