The Best Business Card Holder Ever

Hello all!  Wow... it has been awhile!  Most of my time this week has been spent getting things ready for the shoppe.  So, while I have had stuff to blog about, I haven't brought my computer or camera.  I don't really like showing things in a half done state... and trust me... it hasn't been very pretty.  We have run into some snags here and there, but we plan on opening sort of bare this Saturday and have our Grand Opening at a later date.  I am sure it will be a little like a home... you know, never quite *finished*

So, the other day I was *chatting* with a friend that is quite encouraging in the acquisition of vintage goodness department.... let's just say that we encourage boosting this economy!  And we were talking vintage trucks. She knew that I missed one on etsy that I loved from Mary's shoppe.  She sent me a link to one on ebay.  I rarely win on ebay, but I did this time!

Not only did Tara sacrifice this adorable Jeep, she also gave me the best idea... this will be my business card holder... that is if baby hughes will keep his hands off of it for a few minutes!! Oh, and don't feel too sorry for Tara... she got a couple of cuties to share with her boys too *wink*

Okay, have to get to work... be back as soon as I can!

bye for now!

Huge-mongous News

hello all!  hope you are doing well.  A long, long, time ago ( I can still remember how that music used to make me smile... nope... that isn't what I was getting at... ) I wrote a post about driving by this local building and dreaming about having a shop there.  And, my Mr. even did a mock up of how the building would look if I got my wish....

And, this building was quite impractical to become a shop.  So, it was just a little wish and a dream in the back of my mind and on my heart.  So, I opened an etsy shoppe and then some booths.  Then last week, Mr. Hughes orchestrated a way for me to get my own shop.  So while it doesn't look like the above photo, it does look like this!

excuse the really longish, messy bangs... I have a trim on Tuesday!

If you follow me on facebook, this is a few days old news... I got the keys to my own shoppe!!!!!  Can you hear me jumping up and down?!?!  We got them on Thursday (my favorite day!)  I am so excited!  It is sort of sudden, but it couldn't come at a better time.  I am taking on more and more custom painting clients and it is getting cold painting in my garage.  This space has a large back room/ workspace that I will be able to spread out and work on projects (hopefully keeping our home a bit cleaner *wink*)  The Mr. and baby will join me on most days.  We are starting out working Thursday- Sunday and we will take it from there. I am thrilled that I will have the best of both worlds... being a mommy and a shoppe owner.  In fact, the very first thing I purchased is a large kids table for him to play on and entertain our younger visitors.  

In true fashion, we forgot to take photos before the Mr. started ripping out the carpet, so here are some teeny tiny ones from the craigslist listing:

I know, we are terrible!  Hopefully, we can get some more photos of the progress.  We hope to be open fairly soon... November 19th is the projected date, even if it isn't 100% perfect (or my vision of perfect!) 

I want to thank all of my friends... online and offline and my family for believing in me and THIS.  Both of my booths will stay open and I will still be blogging, of course.  These next few weeks I may be a little absent (minded and otherwise!)  It may take me a little bit to get adjusted... time management is something I can become better at... I am pretty easily distracted!

I did finish baby hughes' room for the most part... I am still searching for a good bookshelf.  So, I will post photos of that this week.  Okay, time to get to work!!

bye for now!