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Friday, September 28, 2012

Sacha and her wonderful finds!

And of course, Sacha Kay finds the most amazing things in France! This piano shawl conjures up images of flappers singing on piano's in a smoke filled room with a cigarette in one hand and a glass absinthe in other....liberating women from the bonds of corsets and society!

Antique Hand Embroidered Silk Piano Shawl Early 1900s - Boudoir of Paris

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Antique Hand Embroidered Silk Piano Shawl Early 1900s - Boudoir of Paris in Antiques , Linens Textiles Pre-1930 , Embroidery |eBay

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Sacha Kay Thanks for rubbing in the dehoarding of this beautiful piece of art. It hurts!

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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Bag??? WHAT BAG????

I have this most gorgeous Italian crocodile briefcase and Sacha is making me sell it!!!

My laptop fits right into it...I should be able to keep it...yes???

Don't you agree???

Sigh....

(LOL Poor Sacha, she gets blamed for everything! She actually encouraged me to KEEP it, I almost fell out of my chair! It's so gorgeous she was allowing me to have it in my closet...bless her heart!)

How many of these can a girl have though?

Fine. It's in our Ebay shop Sacha Kay. I want more lavender. Humph.

And my Victorian Celluloid Photo Album...

Lots of old cabinet photos.

I love these old pictures, everyone looked so serious!

And that's my round up for the day!

Friday, September 21, 2012

It works! Homemade Laundry Powder!

And what do you think Sacha and I do when we're not cleaning, listing, flea marketing,

listing more, and just plain working?

We play of course!

I found a recipe for homemade laundry soap and being as that we have to wash everything that comes through our doors, anything to save some money I'm going to give a try!

Of course I was skeptical. I've been using Tide since my Mom used it on my clothes and I'm 53.

So getting me to use something else was going to be impressive!

And as soon as I remember WHERE I found this on the internet, I'll link back to it.

Not that I stayed with the original recipe or anything..but still...

HOMEMADE LAUNDRY POWDER

I tried the grating method on my first batch. It works like a charm in the washing machine.

I hand wash and soak a lot of linens,

so my next batch I put in the food processor and ground it small.

Love it!

Found it! Being Creative

This was the original recipe:

1 4 lb 12 oz box Borax (2.15 kg or 76 oz) found in the detergent isle

1 4 lb box Arm & Hammer Baking Soda (1.81 kg) found in the cooking isle

1 box Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda 55 oz (3 lb 7 oz) found in the detergent isle

3 bars of Fels-Naptha soap, found in the detergent isle (if you use Zote bars use 2 bars instead, Zote can be found at Home Depot)

2 small containers of Oxy Clean or store brand Oxy Clean (try to get about 3.5 lbs total (1.58 kg)) found in the detergent isle.

(this is optional, I added it into mine because I have pretty messy kids and the cleaner the better)

You should be able to find all of these items at your grocery store.

**Use 1-2 Tablespoons per load. I know that does not seem like enough but this recipe does not have fillers like the store bought detergent so you only need 1-2 Tablespoons.**

My recipe:

And yay! I found a new use for my pink depression glass cookie jar!

I left out the oxy clean and used the baking soda, laundry powder, and Borax.

I used the 3 bars of Fels-naptha. 1.00 each at walmart!

Put a bar of Dr. Brommers Lavender Castile soap in for the smell good factor.

And next time I'll try some Kirks Castile soap. .99 a bar off the internet.

Mixed it all up in a 5 gallon bucket and I've used most of my first batch and have never looked back! So long Tide!!!

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Monday, September 17, 2012

French Teapots and Spiders

As usual, during coffee I was having my morning (her evening) conversation with Sacha...

She was showing me what she was listing today. Love these French prints! Why does she have all the good stuff! Yes, I'm whining here!

Look at this cute, cute enamel teapot!!

Anyway...

I was gracefully (slouching) reclining at my desk when this HUMONGOUS

wood spider came crawling across the top of my desk towards me.

I'll tangle with almost anything, I have bears and coyotes in my yard every night...

but spiders, and especially one as big as one of my cats???

(Brenda: known to exaggerate a teeny bit)

Oh man, I'm outta there!

And just in case you thought Sacha was the sweet one...

You can see how sympathetic she was!

Have you see all the comments on our blog???

I just had a spider as big as a tarantula come crawling across my desk!!!

3 hours ago
Sacha Kay

YIKES! Don't you have dogs and cats to capture creatures like that?

3 hours ago
Brenda Cantrell

Heck they would have been afraid! LAMO

SCARED ME!!

3 hours ago
Sacha Kay

Of course it scared you. What did you do with it?

3 hours ago
Brenda Cantrell

I chased it, it got away. I've moved to the couch!! Freaking out! LOL

Gotta go back in for my coffee...OMG...Do you think it's laying in wait???

3 hours ago
Sacha Kay

Ehm? Chase it?!?!?! LOL! You DID know where it was. Now it can get back to surprising you. LMAO!!! This is hilarious.

Try catching it with a glass / jar and piece of paper and release it outside. Or if you don't mind killing spiders: vacuum cleaner.

3 hours ago
Brenda Cantrell

Says you! LOL I've got to go back over there eventually!

I did! I had a can and paper! It LEAPED behind the desk!

3 hours ago
Sacha Kay

I'm not afraid of spiders. I always catch and release them. Except for the ones that come with 1,000s. Those I vacuum.

3 hours ago
Brenda Cantrell

And me screaming like a girl.

3 hours ago
Sacha Kay

LOL!!! Too bad you didn't have your webcam on.

3 hours ago
Brenda Cantrell

I was just saying...thank god she couldn't see that!!!

I'm not afraid of ANYTHING BUT SPIDERS!!! Give me the freaking heebie jeebies.

Sacha Kay

Why? You're too big for them to eat you.

3 hours ago
Brenda Cantrell

The dogs and cars are asleep on the couch while I'm being eaten by a gigantic spider!

3 hours ago
Sacha Kay

I think I would have died if I had seen you with that spider. OMG! I'm already almost dying by thinking of it. I'm almost wetting my pants here.

3 hours ago
Brenda Cantrell

And there's no proof of that.

that they can't eat me...

Sacha Kay

Who can I call if you're not here tomorrow at this time of day? In order to check if you haven't gotten eaten by a spider. LOL!!!!

3 hours ago
Brenda Cantrell

LOL Just send the ambulance for what's left of my spider eaten body.

It's just a wood spider. Not dangerous. they always try to come inside when fall gets here. They are just HUGE.

3 hours ago
Sacha Kay

Ohw. Okay. I will. Keep your webcam on when you go to sleep. Maybe it just crawls inside your mouth and you won't ever know that it's living in your stomach if you don't film it. LMAO!!!

3 hours ago
Brenda Cantrell

OMG NOW THAT'S JUST WRONG

Sacha Kay

Vacuum it.

I know!!! You just shouldn't be scared of a spider, my dearest Brenda.

3 hours ago
Brenda Cantrell

Somehow having a vacumm cleaner full of live spiders doesn't sound a whole lot better!!! LOL

3 hours ago
Sacha Kay

He cannot harm you. Catch it, release it. Or kill it (bad spider karma, though).

LOL!!!

3 hours ago
Brenda Cantrell

Well I'm going to spider karma H**L then.

And yes, that spider is still around here somewhere!

He's waiting...and watching...

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