KANSAS TREASURE HUNT

Memories Antique Shop

Now I am tempted not to disclose the location of this wonderful place. This is owned by Marv & Pat Goldsmith in Nebraska. You get the best stuff! Salvage, furniture, you name it they have it. This trip they were giving a free kitten with purchase. LOL! Good people and a lot of fun.

This place is one of my favorite places to shop in Grand Island, Nebraska. They have beautiful stuff. Sometimes I like to get finished pieces instead of projects for me to do for the store. The guy who does some of the furniture here is brilliant. He and his wife relocated from New Orleans after Katrina. The name of the place is Railroad Towne Antiques.

Ingleboro Mansion B & B

319 North Main Street

Smith Center, Kansas 66967

This picture doesn't reflect the beauty of the bed & breakfast. We got a tour and it is gorgeous inside.

Pencil Illustrations by Marilyn Pfeiffer-Hake

www.marilynhake.com

She is really good! I bought her T-shirt with this picture "Ladies With Purses". She stopped doing her artwork for many years because she was just too busy. She had 7 kids! I asked her if she had to work at getting her talent back she said nope, just like riding a bike you never forget. Loved her! She is thinking about doing a wildlife stamp in the future.

SO PROUD!

Magnitudes by Bailey

She makes refrigerater magnets from old jewelry.

We met this gal in Scandia, Liz. I bought one of my favorite pieces from her and her husband (a large nester/tool bin. This is her artwork, Sustainable Abstract Expressionism. Very talented and delightful couple. This town was one of our favorites because a lot of people set up on both sides of the street. FUN!

Check out the talent of her daughter above with her cousin.

This was a gorgeous Convent that is the highest point in the city of Concordia, Kansas.

This is one of our favorite couples that we met along the way on our Kansas Treasure Hunt. Never asked their names but we talked with them for an hour. They have been married 58 years. He planted sunflowers (what you see behind them) to attract doves so his sons could go dove hunting. He does all the work himself.

Homeward Bound

This is what we saw coming into Cheyenne.

Treasure Box Giveaway

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Also, join my Tuesdays Treasure Hunt on my website www.teacupsandtwigs.com. If I don't have what you are looking for shop at SLS.

TAX DAY PROTEST

I just had to share my son and his family at the April 15th tax protest in Santa Ana, California. Of course, he had the biggest sign there. It doesn't look like it in these pictures but he said there were hundreds of people there. Good for him and his family! They took the boys and had a blast! This feels like it did the day after 911 where the whole country pulled togethar for one cause, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!!!!!!

HANDMADE HEIRLOOM PILLOWS BY SHARON OF C'EST CHOUETTE

Today I am so excited to share with you what Sharon of C'est Chouette made for me. I found the needlepoints at a couple of estate sales and immdiately thought of Sharon. She rescues needlepoints and turns them into valueable heirloom pillows. I have never seen anything like what she does. They are the most stunning pillows I have ever seen with detail that shows the pride and passion she has in her work. This picture is taken in front of my store window newly decorated for spring http://www.teacupsandtwigs.com/.

If you want to own one of these heirloom pieces, visit her website http://www.cestchouettehome.com/. You will be amazed!