Fantastic Giveaway - you must enter

Miss Rebecca Ersfeld for Vintage Living has a fantastic giveaway to announce the opening of her new blog shop. 

Rebecca's work is lovely and she offers some of her best pieces along with wonderful antique treasuers...I'm crazy about the lace making stand with the bobbins still attached.

Click here to visit the blog shop.

Her giveaway if for a fabric collage using your family pictures like the one below.

In addition, she will also give away a Where Women Create mag.

It doesn't get better then this so click on over to her blog and enter.  Have a wonderful weekend.  Sea Witch

Sea slug delays giveaway.

Yup, you read it correctly.  A "sea slug" has delayed my "Frenchie Giveaway Post."  The sea slug is yours truly, the Sea Witch.  I finally got back in the pool last evening and jumped into my favorite aqua aerobics class. 

Between the holidays, a trip to visit my grandchildren, work, and fighting the arthritis in my left knee, it had been 4 months since my "tail" has been in the pool. 

This is what I feel and somewhat look like and why I needed to get back in the pool.  Colorful yes, but pudgy, and out of shape is not a look that I like for this sea witch. AND, the water workouts are great for that stupid arthritis in my knee.   I always have more range of motion following a water workout and I ALWAYS feel wonderful after playing in the water for an hour. 

Well in my joyous abandon in the water, I did a very stupid thing.  I continued the workout with weights on my wrists and then the highest level water resistance dumbbells in my hands for the entire 45 minute cardio blast.   I was feeling my sea oats and having a sea witch ball when I should have remembered to remove the wrist weights and ease up on the dumbbell work because it HAD BEEN FOUR MONTHS since my last workout.  Yup, you guessed it, I have some serious DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness.)  I knew it was serious when about an hour after I got home, my arms were hurting and it hurt to pick up my laptop.  Never a good sign. 

I went to make a cup of hot tea for my honey and me and found that I struggled to hold the teapot full of water.  I was so physically tired that I just couldn't get the camera area set up to snap photos of the Frenchie Giveway.   Shame on this sea (slug) witch for not taking better care of her body after 4 months of non exercise.

So, dear blogging friends, please forgive me as I must ask you to wait until tomorrow for the post on my Giveway.  I promise you, I will make it worth the delay.

Why I'm back to working out...I want to look like this sea witch!  Blessings to all.  Sea Witch

Weekend Treasure Hunt

It was cold, damp and rainy on Saturday...so miserable out that sis decided to stay at home and get over her sinus infection.  We have such a grand time running around that normally I would have hung around the house but I find that when the weather is rainy,that is the best kind of day for finding treasure or at least it is for me.  Perhaps it is the fate of a Sea Witch to thrive in a water soaked day so I was off to a few favorite haunts and they did not disappoint.

Fantastic Warwick china Pitcher and Bowl set. 

Nice late Victorian piece and I adore these  in white.

Lovely sterling mirror and brush set from the 1900s, a lovely gold mirror, brush and comb set from the 1950s, a pretty mirror dresser tray with roses along the edge, a cool, vintage iron from the 1950s, and the loveliest little tea pot from the 30s.  I may keep that myself.

How cool is that huge, calabash pipe and then right next to is is a tiny wooden shoe pipe.  Both vintage and still working.  Pretty little Victorian basket, nice pink darner, a rhinestone pin that spells out Paris, a pair of sterling dinner table bells and a vintage 38 special cap gun.

 Pretty vintage photograph in tin frame, lovely dresser set of a powder box and a pair of scent bottles, two books from the 1800's but the real find is a series of french missals and paper items.  I immediately thought of all of those altered artists who adore working with vintage papers and thought how lovely it would be to have some of these sheets. As I looked at them I felt a "giveaway coming on".  Yea, this would be a neat item to put in a giveaway and my honey always says to spread the wealth so look for tomorrow's post regarding this frenchie giveaway.

After cleaning items up and preparing tags, I hauled my treasure to Queen of Hearts and put most of them in my booth.  A quick rotation of stock to make the booth look fresh and I think we are good to go.  Hope you enjoy the photos.

The Victorian water and pitcher set look lovely with the purple tulips.

Moved the silver into the corner cupboard and displayed the green depression glass and vintage china pieces.

 Pretty vintage travel case, and shabby cabbage roses on china.

I love this pretty impressionistic painting in the vintage frame.

 I think the silver looks great in this vintage corner cupboard.  Nice juxtaposition of elegance and comfortable home.

Pink is such a fun color to decorate with.

...and last but not least, that pretty little teapot.  The more I look at it the more I think I want to keep it.  So that was my weekend, I had a wonderful time hunting down treasure.  I will now work on that French giveaway that I "feel coming on" and will post about it tomorrow.  Have a great Monday. Sea Witch

Robin's Egg Blues Giveaway

Robin's Egg Blues (White Linen/Lavender Field) is one of my blog favorites.

 Her blog is full of elegant simplicity and she has a marvelous affection for all that nature offers.  Robin is hosting a wonderful giveaway on Monday that you must be a part of. 

Pretty silver crowns hung from robin's egg blue ribbon.  I'm dreaming of the spiked crown myself.  I think it is a very Sea Witchy looking crown. (hint, hint, if I am a lucky winner)

Not only is this an incredibly generous giveaway by Robin, but she has shanghaied her sister into also giving away one of her lovely kissing cards.

A crown and a kiss, what more could anyone want and all in those lovely shades of robin's egg blue.  Stop by Robin' blog to obtain more details and if you have never visited her blog, you are in for a wonderful treat.  Blessings to all.  Sea Witch