Back To Normal, Kinda....

When I was a teen, I spent most weekends working at "The world's largest flea market" in Daytona. My parents had a space there, where they sold little critters that my mom had made by hand, (They were cotton pickin' adorable and sold like hot cakes!) and I worked for a lady in another space selling socks. (Don't laugh. I sold the heck out of those socks and made a small fortune!) I loved every minute of it. So, selling and markets have been in my blood for a long time. I kinda got it out of my system a bit with my purses, but I was still longing for something to full fill the creative side of me. Enter, Lucky Charmed. I already showed you bits and pieces and last Saturday was the final reveal! For the last couple of months, I've worked on the items to put in that booth. It took on a life of it's own and took over my living room. Seriously. Took it over. The dc kids kept asking me when I was going to clean my living room. I would tell them, Saturday, June 16th! I burned the midnight oil, (and sometimes the 1 and 2 A.M. oil!) and I worked on it when the dc kids were napping and any free time I had on the weekends. It was exhausting! But, I loved every minute. I also knew once I had my booth full, the hard part was over. Then I could just enjoy adding a few things as I sold them and it wouldn't be so much work. That's the plan anyway....

Told ya so!

It is all gone now, and things are back to normal.

Well, normal as can be.

And....it is all here! At my booth at the Farmer's Market!

Come on. It's cool and you know it!

The Ball canning jar is from 1908 and

the wood thread spools are from the 30's!

The beer mugs were a hit!

You might be a redneck if you think "the dishwasher is broke"

means your wife has no money.

Tim made a light out of this old coffee pot.

I really want to keep this one.

Hmmm...think I just might.

The brooms were a hit!

Didn't have to give away any black cats!

Thanks mom's!

They liked it!

Whew....

I plan on taking a lot of my charming things with me to the other shows I do, and to incorporate it into our floor covering store downtown. So, even after the Farmer's Market is over, you can always find a little piece of good luck laying around here somewhere.

May all your days be LUCKY ones!!

Desiree

My $40 Mini Dougnuts

The other weekend I was shopping in Target, (Shhh....don't tell Walmart!) and my this little red baby caught my eye. I must have been hungry because even though the doughnuts on the doughnut maker didn't really look all that good, I still had to have it. I had visions of little doughnuts like the ones you get at the fair. Into my cart it went. It was only $20 and I thought it would be fun for Landon and the dc kids. When the dc kids arrived that week, I announced we were making doughnuts! Oh, the happy faces. I started to mix up the batter when I realized we were out of sugar. I am not a big baker, so sugar isn't something I always make sure I have. So, I wrote a $10 check and asked Landon to please go to the store and get a bag of sugar. He came back with....

The world's largest freakin' bag of sugar! I honestly don't even know how he got it home, as he was on his scooter. He said that he was keeping my change for a tip. lol

I let him as the sugar was almost that much anyway!

So, once again I got to mixin' up that ol' batter. But, then...I realized we were out of eggs!

Not a baker, not big egg eaters....you get the picture. So, it took another $10 check as Landon was not going to the store without another tip. (To be fair, it was in the 90's that day, and if I was him I wouldn't have even done it for the tips!) And he came back with....

The worlds freakin' largest dozen of eggs! Seriously. I have never bought eggs by the 18 pack. I don't know what he was thinking. Guess he was making sure I had enough and he wouldn't have to go back to the store. Ha! I probably would have done that too at his age.

So, once again I started mixing up the batter. I made a double batch. Mistake. There was enough batter to feed the whole neighborhood! I poured the first batch and it smoked a little bit. Then a lot. Stunk up the house. It was hot and tedious work. When the little light went off and we opened the top up...

We had seven greasy mini doughnuts!

Then we added a little melted chocolate and sprinkles.

Landon in a sugar glazed daze....

Then I continued to cook and cook doughnuts.

Just a few of the 4,344 doughnuts a double batch makes. In conclusion, I do have to say that I will not be making anymore mini doughnuts. It was hot, greasy, messy work. I would much rather wait for the fair and spend my $40 there.When Tim came home, he thought they were great and said he would make them next time.  I bet he only makes them once.  I just bet ya.

Sweet Barn

A couple of weeks ago, I went on a little

"junkin'" road trip and along the way, I spotted this

fabulous barn! Check out the cool ornaments on the top of it.

Of course I had to turn the car around and take a picture!

 Wish I could have this barn in my backyard for my dc kids!

Whoo hoo!!