Bella , b is for bella on Facebook

I did it...

I finally created a Facebook page

for

bella.

There are

ALOT

of Bella's on Facebook ,

something to do with a vampire , lol.

 I always say....

 "I was bella before there was Twilight " :)

So on Facebook you will find me as

bella , b is for bella

b is for bella

is the name of my soon to be Etsy store

Ok , I put that out there so now I need

to follow through :)

soon.

First, we will be vendors at the

October

Portland Expo

It's the last weekend in October,

 we are in Building D this time

I made the Union Jack feather pillow in

shades

of grey and cream for the

Monticello Antique Mall

window display.

Cutest

little

cowboy

boots are still there...

Funny how you never can

guess

 what will sell first ???

We restocked this past weekend

and

 have new goods to take in this Friday,too.

Maybe I'll see you there!

The House That Joe Built

This is the house that

Joe built.....

the foundation

and

the builder.





 Lots of people see Joe at sales

and shows

 with me and assume that we do the

 vintage junking and selling 

full time as a team.

Which has been true for the past

 18 months.

 In "real " life Joe is a

construction contractor.

Uh ,oh . That's not good these days :)

There's not alot of that going on.

Which works for Joe 'cause

he loves to junk and do the shows.

But, Joe is a very good builder and remodeler.

 He is especially good at remodeling

kitchens and bathrooms.

This is our house that

 he built for our family.

 Joe did so much of the work on it himself

that it took over 9 months before we could move in.

We had 2 house payments going at that time ,

I will

 Never

do that again!

 Very important feature here -

a 2 car garage  (sigh )

We purchased the 1890's mantel in a shop in Aurora.

Please excuse all the clutter :)

It really is gorgeous

Yep , that's Joe up there on the ladder

doing the siding and trim.

I can't believe I

watched him

let alone took pictures

 Here it is the following summer  ,

I choose to paint it plum.

I loved that color.

We even had it repainted once while we

lived there and I choose plum again.

Today I would probably paint it

gray

 with white trim.

 A few years went by

and

our girl

 grew up

 and

got married ,

 had 3 kids

and

 needed a bigger house.

 I said buy this one that your Dad built

so they did.

It was 3 bedrooms and they need four

so

 Joe added on another room

 Here is the house that Joe built

today.

 Jen promptly painted over the plum paint

with a lovely shade of green :)

This is the darling

little playhouse

that Joe built for his

grand-daughters.

We didn't have any plans or specification.,

I saw a picture in a magazine

and

asked

" can you build this ?"

Of course he could! We named it the

Morewood Estate

"cause it took waaay more wood then

we

thought it would , lol!

 Home Depot was our best friend those days.

 We custom ordered little doors and windows -

 it even has a loft

Hopefully ,

one of our 3 grandchildren

will make it their

home

someday.

 Meanwhile ,

Joe and I are very happy in the little

( 800 square foot cottage )

with the one car garage :(

that we moved to.

He completely remodeled it , it's so dang cute.

 Little , but cute and just the right size for 2.

As soon as I get a few projects done

I'll post some photos.