Happy Easter!

Wishing everyone a Happy and Blessed Easter!

A very special day in our home today!

Today is an amazing day in our home for 2 reasons! 17 years ago today my baby girl Shelby came into the world. Happy Birthday Shelby! We're having a family party today and next weekend she's having one with her friends. I hope to have a ton of photos to post soon!

Happy Birthday!

And 22 years ago today I had a brain aneurysm which the doctors said I wouldn't survive. They were wrong! God had different plans and I'm sure glad He did! You can read my story here if you'd like to.

Snow Day and more on the way!

Well we got it! I was so hoping it would miss us but it found us! Supposed to get more all day and night too. School buses were all cancelled - kids are probably the only ones happy about this mess. 

Winter Storm on it's way - I think someone forgot to tell the Weatherman that it's spring!

Good thing I have a beautiful Grand baby and a lot of crafting to keep me busy! Still haven't started decorating for spring - it doesn't feel like spring yet!

Heidelberg and Beautiful Churches

Here are a few more photos of the road trip we took a while back.

We drove to Heidelberg, which is just a few miles out in the country past St. Jacobs. The countryside is full of Mennonite farms and the little town is very quaint with old stone buildings filled with history.

This building was built in 1860 and was one a stage coach stop. It's now a restaurant, tavern and motel. The restaurant specializes in Pennsylvania Dutch and Canadian cuisine.

Here's another brick home that sits beside the local variety store. It's very typical of the homes in that area. I love the old porch on the front!

Here are a few photos of churches that I found beautiful. They're all over the towns and countryside in Southern Ontario.

Another Stitchery roll finished and listed on Ebay

I've just finished and listed another Stitchery roll. I'm having so much fun with these! You can see it on Ebay here.

Hope everyone had a terrific weekend! It's finally warming up a bit here!

Wish we had shops like this up North!

We found this shop while driving through St. Jacobs and I fell in love! This place was huge and had every kind of antique or collectible you could ask for! Deco art, dishes, signs, furniture and so much more. Sadly  there weren't too many primitive booths. I swear that most of Canada has either skipped the whole primitive decor or it just hasn't caught on yet. The prim shops are hard to find and I even know a few that have closed up due to lack of sales.

 I would love nothing better than to take a great big truck and head to Ohio and fill it up!  Anyway, here are a few shots of the inside - I was too busy looking for treasures to take more photos. I always like to have Shelby with me when we go to places like this because she always points out the things I like that I sometimes overlook. She's got a great eye for cool and unique things as well.

Click on photos to enlarge!

This is the view walking through the front door. It's much bigger on the inside than it looks - there are about 4 or 5 rows like this!

I have a love for old washboards but I'm very thankful I don't have to use one!

Love these 2 photos and the old phone below.

Beautiful antique carriage and spinning wheel.

I wanted to buy everything in this booth but the prices were out of this world!

Hope your weekend is a good one!