L.O.V.E. Day

Happy Valentine's Day!

This is what I am loving on today.....

"The Stig"

(aka my husband)

L.O.V.E. 

He had my favorite roses delivered to me this morning...

I dont like red roses. 

I l.o.v.e the fact that he found my favies!

We celebrated our V-Day yesterday with a trip down south

to the Rose Bowl Flea Market.

It was an absolutely gorgeous day

( I came home with a bit of a sunburn ...... in February!) 

This is what I scored:

Antique Zinc Trough

$40

The vendor told me they were used in Belgium as sinks....

I don't care what the heck they were used for.

It's cool.

Oh, and our "friend" Pottery Barn sells them for $200!

I also scored 4 grain sacks from the same vendor for $25 each.

L.O.V.E. 

They had a huge massive table FULL of them.

I wanted them all.

But I was a good girl.

I only picked out 4.

A pink striped one, a teal striped one, one with blue stripes and one black.

I have one heartache though....

I almost came home with an antique carriage seat.

It was the neatest thing.

I wanted to convert it into a swing....

The Stig said he could do it, but it would be sketchy,

considering its age and condition.

I debated....and pondered.....and fretted over my decision.

But in the end, I couldn't add another project to the Stig's

looong list right now.

*SIGH*

 the one that got away....

*tear* 

oh well....

I recovered from my loss and  got a lavender sachet 

from Dani @ Euro-Linens

for $5.

L.O.V.E

It smelled divine in my purse all day :) 

They have amazing french linens and grain sacks. 

The Stig found some treasures too.

he is pretty dang good :) 

a french bottle crate.

complete with the bottle and the cork still attached. 

$45

Example: 

( this one is not ours...its on Etsy)

 some old tools/hardware

(he always gets at least one old tool on our excursions!)

Oh...

I almost forgot!

I am this year's winner :)

I won the contest that the Stig and I have every year we go 

to the Rose Bowl for his birthday.

We decide on a random item or thing that one of us

has to find first and purchase in order to win the battle. 

Last year I lost to a cowbell.

This year I won by finding our address #'s at the market.

The rules:

Had to find it at the Flea Market. 

It had to be vintage. 

Could not be made on the premises.

Had to be purchased.

Long story short....

I found 2 vintage railroad nails that equaled our address number.

 Pretty clever, eh?!

I went thru countless license plates, 

vintage postcards,

random signs,

odds and ends

before I found these nails. 

We are either going to put them on our patio cover 

that we will be making with old beams,

or

add them to a possible reclaimed beam that 

we might use as a mantel for our fireplace.

L.O.V.E. !!

So, I am officially the Winner of a chicken dinner.

(paid for by the loser of course!) 

Dinner date TBD at a later date..... 

 After our morning at the Rose Bowl,

we stopped by our favorite Italian Deli/Market in Arcadia, Claro's. 

(i miss this place sooo bad!) 

Stocked up on all of our Italian foodies

and had a picnic lunch in the parking lot

(they have the best deli sandwiches!) 

Topped it off with a super yummy Napolean pastry.

No diet when you go to that Deli! 

Then we hit up Ikea.

The massive Blue/Yellow mecca.... 

Long day.

"Love"ly Day :) 

Hope you all had/have a wonderful Valentines Day today!!!

XOX 

*ps - 

I most definitely have to give a "l.o.v.e" shout out to my gal-pal Jen....

she surprised me with one of her ruffled burlap pillows over the weekend!

Seriously, how amazing is she?! 

LOVE you chickee!!

I have been coveting these pillows for some time now.....

Please stop by her online store and check out her drop-dead gorgeous

children's clothing line...

 She also has vintage flea finds and handmade items,

like the burlap pillow and the Evangeline valance.....

  

(so sweet! I have 2 of these beauties!!) 

Get your love buns over to her shoppe! 

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