Back at the Barn

 We're back after a family filled summer and a few wonderful trips. I got to visit New York City on a buying trip for Blithe Boutique: a first for me, and I loved everything about it. I came home with some great fabric that will soon be covering some of my summer finds! The girls loved helping me drag two large black trash sacks of fabric through the streets of New York and onto the subway. Getting it divided between luggage and carry-on was another feat, but my suitcase came in at 50.0 pounds! Whew!


We also went to Cozumel for the wedding of a beautiful young woman who is just like one of our own. While shopping downtown one day, look what we found!

There are Beautiful Things in Cozumel too!












     Clay and I went to San Antonio for my final appointment a year after my breast cancer surgery. They told me there would be no need to see me again unless I had any problems. Well, I don't plan on having any, so I guess they won't see me again! :) I was very blessed with an amazing team of doctors and nurses and I feel a little sad that I won't see them any more, but gratefully celebrate God's goodness during the journey.
     Once we were done, we hit every Goodwill and Salvation Army we could find. Clay has grown to love the thrill of the find almost as much as me, and he sure is handy to have around when tables need legs taken off. I have always called my Murano a truck because it has an amazing capacity to be filled with stuff. That weekend was no exception! We loaded two dining tables (legs removed), a queen sized rice bed, two side tables, a display shelf, a 2x3 ft. mirror, and two child's chairs. No joke! Here it is!

     A week later, I was on the road again to New Braunfels where my oldest, "bestest" friends and I meet to tube the Comal every year. We spotted a few finds and they even helped me disassemble and load an antique daybed into the Murano truck. One of the group, Karen, told me about some paint she had been reading about and wanting to try. It's become my new obsession. I'll be posting about it in the next few days and will show my first couple of pieces.

     Now that we're reconnected, it's time to get busy at the barn on the amazing pieces for the Hello Holidays sale in October. Good to be back and can't wait to share our latest Beautiful Things!

Yvette