Announcing: Peppermint Lane
A Nostalgic Holiday Boutique

Afton, Hillary and I enjoyed doing the Boutique together a couple weeks ago SO MUCH that we decided to try our hand at it, thus PEPPERMINT LANE was born!! Good friends Terri Hill and Bev Turley are also joining us.

It will be THIS coming SATURDAY from 8:00am - 5:00pm at our home!! (4051 E. Garnet Cr. Mesa--of Southern Ave. between Val Vista and Green field).

As you can see by some of the photos posted, it will be a little different AND unique to the "Boutique Scene". We are mixing hand crafted Holiday items with VINTAGE and RETRO items. Stroll with us down PEPPERMINT LANE and enjoy enough "eye candy" to really get you in that festive holiday mood!!

A FREE GIFT BAG of goodies awaits the first 25 customers!!

We will have a FREE RAFFLE for some nice door prizes!! Come ready to munch fresh baked goods (Afton will have her famous JUMBO POPCORN BALLS waiting) and shop with out pressure or stress!

'Tis the SEASON!!!

THANKS for ALL you did!!!!

Today is VETERAN'S DAY. We went in mass as a family to see my dad honored aS the GRAND MARSHAL ( an honor he well DESERVES!!!) of the City of Mesa Veteran's Day Parade. And while I wait to borrow photos (from my family that had the good sense to bring cameras) I can't let the day go by with out some kind of tribute to my dad! So Dad because of you I think we can all say...

I have not been so good at taking time to post lately, with the BOUTIQUE Hillary , Afton and I just did, we're all POOPED out! But nothing can stop the ENTHUSIASM! We LOVED all working together!! I forgot my camera so I'll just show you all a couple of the items I took.

Guess what???

The Tattered Trunk Boutique
Saturday, November 8th, 20089 am - 4 pmOne Day event!Located at DWHI (a charter school) in the SE corner of McClintock & Elliot in Tempe(Next to Tempe Cinemas)Home Decor - Crafts - Baby Products - Clothes - Accessories - and More!Don't miss this chance to find one-of-a-kind products for the holiday season!Check out http://tatteredtrunk.blogspot.com/ for a preview!
(New items added every week!)
Free gift bag for first 50 customers!

We have made it a family affair , come
visit Hilllary, Me, Afton and Richard!!! The picture is only a small part of our
exciting new stuff!!!

Online BOOK SHOPPE!!

YEP--That's right!! I have opened my very own online BOOK SHOPPE called Busy Beaver Press!! I couldn't be more proud and humble at the same time (is that possible?)

The Little Stream makes it's debut at BusyBeaverPress.etsy.com. (click on book image).

If you have read The Little Stream you have probably fallen in LOVE with the Wise Old Beaver (I know I couldn't help it either!).

If the Wise Old Beaver were to make his own pencils, what would they be like?

Find out at BusyBeaverPress.etsy.com!!

The LITTLE STREAM

My 3 year old grandson Gavin, was intently absorbed in The Little Stream and I just couldn't resit this photo op. Is he CUTE or what?!?!?

The LITTLE STREAM goes PUBLIC!!

ANNOUNCING...

I am FINALLY ready to offer my book The Little Stream to the PUBLIC! Family and friends have given the "thumbs up" and I am able to move forward with it. Before it hits stores I am offering it at a SPECIAL Pre-Distribution Price (SPDP) in its own little online Shoppe first!

In the coming week I will announce WHERE it will be available!

Suggested Retail Price:

$18.95

SPDP:

$11.95

Entry Way-AFTER (finally)!!

My dad (G'Pa Rowley) is the great craftsman behind this adventure! The beaded board is not paneling! It is 8 foot long pieces by 2 boards wide! He pains-takingly fit each piece until we had the MASTERPIECE you see here! I found these GREAT Audutorium Chairs about a year ago for a song in a Prescott Thrift Shop. I had NO IDEA what I was going to do with them at the time, but I LOVE the HARMONY they make now!!

I think the Star Fish in a vintage wicker baset is my favorite accessory!

I have had this ANTIQUE "Hall Tree" for 25+ years! In the Antiques World it is a NO-NO to paint beautiful wood, but i was ready for a REAL change, and I'm not a bit sorry!

I was on a very TIGHT BUDGET and needed to put it into the beaded board and paint. We were at Home Depot and found just the right price for these light fixtures ($30), but the color was ALL WRONG. They were a murky dark copper color, but I LOVED the style!! What'a girl to do! YEP--Spray paint!!!!

The Times, they are a Changin'!

After 27 years of the same wallpaper etc. it's just time for a CHANGE!! So...what we thought would be a "small Saturday" project turned into...well let's put it this way: We are now on our 9th day and we STILL don't have enough done to show you AFTER photos!!!!!

BEFORE:

Afton's enthusiasm for the job is quite REFRESHING!

Halloween Treat bags!!!

Do you remember these? They remind me of grade school parties! You couldn't wait to see what kind of penny candy was inside. Everything is plastic & cellophane now days!!

VOLUME VINTAGE Crepe

I found all this COOL Vintage Crepe Paper! I want to keep it ALL, but I probably won't!

Contented Housewife APRONS

My own creation...tah-dah! The CONTENTED HOUSEWIFE apron! I was working on ALTERED ATTIRE one day and thought "HEY-It could be FUN to make an apron out of something else that once was something else!" SOOOO I did.. and here are a few modeled by us GIRLS! For each one I started out with a thrift store blouse, then cut out the back to form a HALTER! I added a FLOUNCE to the bottom and trimmed it in coordinating PRINTED bias tape I found online. You can unbutton the front so it doesn't mess up your hair when you pull it over your head AND it ties in the back for a PERFECT FIT!! A little flirty would you say?!?!

NOTE: All three CONTENTED HOUSEWIFE Aprons are now for sale on my I MADE it FOR YOU site--- yellowbusybeaver.etsy.com

LOTS of LOVELY LACE!

I am LOVING LACE SEAM BINDING! It has been kind of passed over for the satin (which I still adore) but NO MORE!! I LOVE using it for EVERYTHING now!

You can BUY a little BERRY BASKET BRIMMING with it!

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5899215

TIE on a TAG!

HANG a HALLOWEEN treat!