Elizabeth Holcombe ~whimsies and words~

Farmers Market Rainbow

Hello, My Friends!~~~

Yes, this is another farmers market post! I just adore the farmers market! This visiting I bought organic pears and watermelon (I will be sad when watermelon is no longer in season, as I love it so much!). I took my camera to the farmers market and found a rainbow...

Carrots!

A big heap o' corn!

I wanna move to the country and eat a lot of peaches!

Golden cherry tomatoes!

Shiny purple eggplant!

And a rainbow of tomatoes!

Have a great day!~~~XXOO, Beth

Poo La La!

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I finally got some headway in the studio and made new pin cushions. However, I think I went a bit overboard on this one:

I found a vintage shirt with Paris fabric and used that for the base. Of course the feature is the mama poodle with her umbrella and her two pups! This is a HUGE pin cushion and available at Beth's Bagz!~~~XXOO, Beth

A Few Reasons Why I Love the Northern Neck

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Virginia's Northern Neck is a place I have known all my life. I love it here. Here are a few photos I took Saturday and some of the reasons why I love this tranquil piece of eastern Virginia.

Old stores. This stately building on Crawford's Corner Road used to be a store and post office. It is now someone's home. I adore the double balcony.

Another old store. This place is on Remo Road near on the way to our place. The guy who owns this worn green beauty sells crabs and oysters from here.

Tractors! I love tractors! You see so many of them here.

Did I tell you I love tractors? I really want this 1949 restored International Harvester which was only $2300.00. But since I live in the 'burbs most of the time, this sweet farm machine wouldn't be any use.

Those are some of the many reasons I love the Northern Neck!~~~XXOO, Beth

Creepy!

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We arrived at the river cottage the other day and found an interloper hanging around near the front door.

He's not there today. Moved on. Yay.~~~XXOO, Beth

Fly Like an Eagle!

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Well, our son had two milestones this week. On Monday he turned sixteen, and this evening he became an Eagle Scout!

He has been in Scouts since first grade when he was a Tiger Cub Scout. We are very VERY proud of him!~~~Thanks for letting me be a gushing parent!~~~XXOO, Beth

Would You Believe...?

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Well, would you believe that on the heels of the World's Longest Yard Sale with Suzy last weekend, this past Saturday I turned around and headed out with hubby one hour west of where we live to the Route 11 Yard Crawl! It is 43 miles from Stephensville to New Market on scenic Route 11 in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley.

 

Yard sales were set up all along the route with a cluster of dealers here and there.

 

This old house south of Stephensville had an interesting array of goods.

Including this odd LONG typewriter! Do any of you have any idea what this is for?

 

The house had these interesting lamps built into the porch posts.

 

Further down the road we saw a Drive-In. Cool!

 

Some of the house we saw were grand and some were a little humbler. The sweet ladies in this tucked away place sold me an apple picking basket for a dollar.

In Woodstock I spied this cute set of aqua table and chairs. We didn't get them. Sigh. But I did get a whole pile of loot. Wanne see?

I have listing a lot of these fun goodies in my etsy shop: Dime Store Chic. Sorry the photos are so dark. I took them in the evening. What a fun but exhausting day!~~~XXOO, Beth

World's Longest Yard Sale: The Booty!

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Well, Suzy and I returned late Saturday from the Route 127 World's Longest Yard Sale! What a wonderful time! Two days of solid shopping in a lovely part of Tennessee and Kentucky. The scenery was gorgeous, the food was delicious regional favorites like fried pie and BBQ, and the people were friendly and fun to visit if only for a minute or two! Suzy and I will be posting photos and text about our journey on The World's Longest Yard Sale Project blog, and I invite you to stop by there periodically and see some of our favorite scenes and memories!

But as for this post I am delighted to show you the "booty" I brought home!

Here is my dining room table covered with fun goodies! This is part of my haul and I'll show you the rest a little farther into this post, but for now here are some details of the table's bounty.

Most of the sale we encountered were actual yard sales. So I got pretty good deals!

When I saw color on a table at a yard sale I was drawn to it!

And of course I found plastic birthday candle holders!

These chalkware bluebird hooks were a favorite find and will probably end up in my bathroom.

Suzy spotted this wiener dog memo pad holder and said: "This just screams Beth." I agree! Thanks, Suzy!

I bought this plastic gourd bird house from an Amish gentleman in his barn.

This duro decal box just called to me! Check out these fab graphics...

Here is a close up! I am going to use it for ribbon storage in my studio! I'll show you after I place in my studio.

I already have one chalkware squirrel, and this fellow will be a good friend for him!

On the way home we stopped at a fabulous antique store in Virginia, west of Charlottesville, where I scored 97 vintage horse show ribbons!

 

I use these in my crafts and was thrilled to find such a big stash!

Well, that is my haul from the WLYS! I found goodies for our home, for my crafts, and for YOU! I will be listing new items in Dime Store Chic over the next week or so and perhaps you will find a goodie for yourself! I buy at reasonable prices and make modest mark ups for my etsy friends who stop by my shop! And I just am so excited to get busy on new creations with some of my new goodies! Ahh...inspiration!~~~XXOO, Beth

Hitting The Road for the WLYS!

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At long last Suzy and I are hitting the road bright and early Wednesday morning and heading west to Tennessee for The World's Longest Yard Sale! We will be blogging, and hopefully embedding video too, each day of our journey. We will get to Route 127 on Thursday morning after a Wednesday evening layover at Suzy's Mom's house. Please visiting The World's Longest Yard Sale Project blog for on the road updates!~~~After we return, I will post my haul of goodies on this blog!

Thanks so much for coming along with us via blogland!~~~XXOO, Beth