RED HAT FRONTIER FLOOZIES

Say howdy to two of Cheyenne's fun loving frontier floozies, Judy and Rena. They came shopping at Teacups & Twigs all decked out in their red hats ready to shop. They weren't coming from a tea party or going to one. They were just having fun dressed up in their favorite outfit. We should all be so free in spirit. God Bless'em!

NEBRASKA JUNK JAUNT

I could not have staged this picture of the kittens on this old chase lounge if I wanted to. This is how we found them at the Thompson's place. Just relaxing on a beautiful warm Nebraska day. ADORABLE!!!!!!!!!

This is one of our most favorite buying trips of the year. We set out for Grand Island, Nebraska, which is only 5 hours from where we live. We stay the the Holiday Inn Express and park our cargo trailer in a lot next to the hotel. We take our truck out each day and fill it up and come back at the end of the day and off load the stuff into the trailer. It is so much fun. We meet the nicest people.

One of our favorite places to stop is in Sargent, Nebraska (Thompson's Treasures). Dave and his wife have a beautiful old house loaded with architectual salvage, western stuff, and stuff they make. We get a lot of our salvage for our products at their place.

ANOTHER SIGN OF SPRING

The Dove. Did you know that a dove keeps the same mate for life. They are quiet and serene birds. She is sitting in her nest in our big pine tree out back.

YEA! SPRING IS HERE!

My apple trees are finally blooming. Living in Wyoming where the winters are long and cold, I love how everyone celebrates spring and summer. Something we used to take for granted in Southern California. I am ready to plant my flowers in the cottage garden and welcome people into my store.

One of the things I love to do is use old china plates as a border in the garden. You can use them in a half circle in the center of an area just to highlight some of your favorite flowers. It looks sooooo shabby cottage!

ANOTHER FABULOUS CREATION BY T&T

We had so much fun creating this piece for our store. This is a Hall Tree made from an old door that we painted and distressed to look shabby chic. We collect old legs from different salvage pieces we find and that is what we used here. Inbedded in the top shelf is a silver tray so keys and change can be put. We used 4 new silver hooks for coats and hats. We also used an antique header at the top and added a cottage furniture decal made of wood for the cottage look. I love this piece and it welcomes my customers in my store.

VALENTINE'S DAY AT ITS BEST ACCORDING TO KEVIN

You will crack up at this. My grandson, Kevin, and some others decided to have a little fun on Valentine's Day. Now he is almost 13, and this was totally a shock to us that he did this. He made the large gold heart that you see and wore it around his neck all day. As you can see, the heart said "free hugs". And yes, he got a lot of hugs. As the day wore on he forgot about the heart around his neck and would be caught off guard when a girl would come up and hug him. This school is awesome. They really let the kids have fun and so does the school. How cute!!!!!!!!!!!