porch party

this is the metal homemade bookcase/cabinet that i picked up yesterday. it looks like its always been here. i thought i'd take some other pictures of my back porch for you to enjoy. there is a hook over the cabinet, so i'll pick up a hanging basket of flowers, which i think will look really nice.

this is a pair of shutters i picked up yesterday for $20.

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and here is the potting bench i also got yesterday. the guy who makes them is retiring. he said this is the last one. he and his wife are really cool. they live down south in a town called, "Tuckerton". he is selling off his wood pieces, so me and jeff (jane wants to go too!) are going to go see what he has.

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close up on potting bench. i put some of my precious sea balls in the enamel bowl on top there. (it's sunk in). because we get so much rain, we are going to try and find something to cover it with during rain and winter.
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the dress form i got yesterday

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a paper mache bust also found yesterday. i have some vintage metal flower curtain tie back pin that i will poke into the bust and then hang my necklaces from there.

* a couple of you wanted to know how i got all these items back home: we live quite close to this flea market, so jeff and dillon drove over and picked up one load. then jeff came back later and picked us girls up. then jane and i returned with the truck to get the tin shed. it was light weight and easily slid into the back of jeff's truck.

i just got invited to participate in a porch party. stop by Rose Colored Glasses to see all the participants.

tea with Lisa Kettell

first of all, before i forget to ask, can you see my blog posts? lately here and there, people have been emailing me that they can't see my posts. i think something is going on with blogger. anyone?

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today i started my day off by going to see "Slumdog millionaire" with Dillon. we really liked it. the soundtrack is really good too. we also saw a preview for a new movie with Robert Downey, Jr. and Jamie Foxx, called "The Soloist" - wow, it looks like a really good movie.

after the movie, i dropped dillon off at his GF's house and then i headed over to my new friend, Geralyn's house where she was hosting a tea with Lisa Kettel. lisa came with her mom and was signing copies of her new book, "Altered art circus". we had lovely desserts and tea and i got to meet some new faces as well as see a few familiar faces. it was a nice time and good to get out.

here's lisa and i

Marlene, who i met several years ago when we did the Ocean Grove Art show, she was my booth neighbor. she is very sweet. i think my camera battery was dying at this point.


here is lisa with our hostess, Geralynn, wearing a crown that lisa made her.

and here's a cute pic of lisa signing one of her books.