Friday Finds

When I find something I really love, I want to share it.  This shampoo is from Trader Joe's.  It leaves your head and scalp with such a fresh and tingling feeling.  And it smells wonderful!  I can't remember the price, but it was not expensive.    It is called Tea Tree Tingle.  YUMMY!

Next to the shampoo is a new favorite find for hairspray.  I love Shaper, by Sebastian.  But it costs too much.  I found this at Target, a knock off, and it SMELLS the same, SPRAYS the same, FEELS the same,  with that nice NOT sticky feeling. BUT, it only costs about 2 dollars!  Gennifer (my hair stylist daughter) PLUG your ears!!!
Next is also a Trader Joe's find.  Tea Tree Oil  bar soap.  I have excema and it is especially bad on my ears and face.  UGH.  This is supposed to help.  I will let you know.

 This find was at a consignment shop.  I am sort of nuts over flowers it seems.  I love the embroidered flowers and buds on this knitted spring sweater.  And I loved the crocheted picot trim!!

And as if there weren't enough blooms on it, I added a white Bloomie!

Oh my gosh...the wrinkles!!!!  I officially feel old!
Yesterday while out at the quilt shops, there were a couple of ladies talking about making a quilted jacket, and I remembered the one I made about 10 or so years ago.  Sharon, do your remember this?  I actually loved this cozy jacket.  You take a regular old sweatshirt, and cut it apart to use as the foundation for your jacket.  Them you quilt the fabric to each individual piece, and then put the whole thing back together again.  I LOVED this fabric, and still do.  I have a table topper of it too.

With my "Shabby Chic Bloomie" on it.


I think I am going to look for some nice big buttons to add to the front of this and revamp it.  And if I lost a little weight, it would even fit better, and I might wear it again!  Geez..wrinkles AND pounds!!  Ain't Fifty Fabulous!!!???   Had I used a water soluble marker for marking my quilting lines, the inside would have looked nicer.  Oopsie!
Some of the fabric and goodies I found on our quilting shop hop yesterday.

This Valentine panel didn't photograph well.  The color is a soft pink, with chocolate browns and white, and a deeper pink.  But it looks coral here.  It is not.  I am going to border it with the wild companion fabric on upper right.
Lastly for today, I had a surprise visit from my Dumplin's and they stayed for lunch with me.  While I was fixing lunch, Miss Claire got a big kick out of putting on all of Gamma's readers!!!  What a pip!!

Is she a cutie or what? 
I did not get a photo of lunch, but it is another Trader Joe's favorite of mine.  In the freezer section, look for Chicken Gorgonzola.  It contains two nice sized chicken breasts.  Microwave them for 8 minutes.  Meanwhile, chop up some romaine lettuce and put onto a plate.  Chop the chicken breast diagonally, and serve over bed of romaine lettuce, and pour remaining juices from chicken sauce over lettuce and chicken.  I keep this in my freezer at all times for a quick meal.  My girlfriend Kathy served this to me once at her house, and I have been buying it ever since!!!  It sure doesn't taste like a microwaved frozen meal!!!