christmas in july, make that august

i am the lucky recipient of this walter's beer advertisement.  
my sister-in-law sue was so nice to give it to me, love it. 

 eau claire wisconsin is the home of walter's beer; it is also where my mom grew up. my family would take trips from california to wisconsin every couple years (one trip was in a red vw bug - 4 of us) to visit my  grandpa and grandma in eau claire.
 who knows maybe they had walters beer at one of the family gatherings...... 

also the other day my neighbor heather presented me with these fancy holiday pine cones.

she found them at an antique store during a little northwoods get-away in minocqua, wisconsin. 
we walk every so often, and on the last leg of our intense workout - we go past a big pine tree. of course we have to stop and pick up the pine cones on the ground.  
need to get paintin' those pine cones. 

with all this holiday talk, might be hard not to watch some holiday movies.
"shop around the corner" is one of my favs. 
happy christmas in august!

the beginning

congrats to kyle and julie.

we couldn't be happier.

cheers!

the end

to a fun day.  

i took friday off to hit the new glarus city wide garage sales.  new glarus ("america's little switzerland" and home to the new glarus brewery - famous for it's spotted cow brew) is a cute little town about 30 miles south of madison.  many years ago my friend kathy/kate and i had an antique booth in town, started it right when gas price went sky high and folks stopped venturing out for sunday drives so timing wasn't the best.  anywho, thought i would take advantage a beautiful summer day and venture south and visit the old neighborhood. 

on the way out of town i hit a few garage sales in madison and found the coolest vintage screen.

packs up in this handy case

pull the cord up

and ta-dah - it snaps in place and you are good to go.

not sure how old it is, the company is still in business.   

knew i was going to have a fun day when this was one of the 1st things i saw on my garage sale adventure. 

not for sale though.........

happy 4th of july!

summer at elkhorn

my friend jennifer came along with me to see what elkhorn is all about. 

i think she was overwhelmed at all the treasures : )
the weather was beautiful, perfect actually.

 i noticed a theme from the photos that i took at elkhorn -they are all pretty much of vintage signs.
surprise, suprise.

this sign still available, saw it last summer - bit pricey but love it.

here's one of the few non-sign photos that i took at elkhorn.

  of course it would be of a vintage camper.

a teeny tiny camper.

how cute would this be made into a kids playhouse!!!