Out and About with Lisa

After days of sick kids, a new puppy and isolation~

{feeling sorry for me yet}

I had a wonderful outing yesterday with my bloggy friend, 

Lisa of Fern Creek Cottage.

Ever since (and I think even before) she moved to the Chicago 

area we have been planning to meet in person.

Our original destination was Geneva, but after a couple of 

failed attempts, we decided instead that Lisa would come

to my house with her adorable son, Levi, and we

would go to some of my favorite local spots.

We made it through three shops before heading back

to my house for some lunch and lots of chatting!

We were bad bloggers, and did not take any

photos of our little adventure ~

But, of course, I have now taken some of my finds which

came from the 2nd stop, one of my favorite thrift shops!

I am not really big on thrifted pillows, but I could

not pass up this pillow case, brand new with the tags.

I filled it with my own insert. It is even cooler in person.

Also picked up this cool fabric, some vintage aqua shoe forms,

and new packages of adhesive ribbons. The shoe forms will go 

in my etsy shop soon!

Not sure what I will do with the fabric but I loved the colors.

There were more packs of different colors of this ribbon.

Well, I need more ribbon like I need a hole in my head, but

I don't have adhesive ribbon, so I thought I would just buy a

few packages to try it out.

Last, but not least, is this great big enameled slop bucket.

Have to work on whether I will part with it. I am imagining

not slop, but lots of wild flowers in here, or maybe puppy food

....that may count as slop, huh?

The best part of the day was not the finds, but the company!

Lisa is even younger looking and prettier than her photo on her

blog, and maybe even sweeter! We had much in common,

having both moved around a bit, both love vintage of course!
and seemed to favor the "distressed" type projects over the
ones that require patterns and exact measurements,
and funny enough, both enjoy reading Harry Potter with our kids
(OK, I guess that fits a few million others).
And OMG she brought me the yummiest

muffins wrapped up in a sweet tea towel that I can't 

even show you because once my kids got home from 

school, they helped me gobble them up!!!