I know you've heard all about it...Silver Bella 2008. And it was all that and more. How could there be so many creative, precious, generous people gathered together in one place? Well I don't know how, but it happened. It was my privilege to teach you, to get to know you, just to be with you. I am so honored.
But now I am back home with no more traveling between now and the holidays. Virtually all of my holiday shopping is done online (yay Etsy!), at antique shops or by my hands. If you do happen to see me at the mall it's because my youngest daughter (she's 15) has dragged me by my ponytail saying 'Good grief! why can't you just be a normal mom and love the mall?!' (oh, and speaking of her...you're going to get a kick out of what I discovered in her room this morning...keep reading)
So now I'm in 'snuggling-in' mode. Step one, get the house clean (ugh!). But then I get to decorate, do handmade projects, bake and all those homey things I love to do this time of year (like crochet a scarf for my oldest daughter)...
What do you love to snuggle in and do this time of year?
Okay, don't you dare tell her because she will kill me dead if she even knew I was talking about her on my blog (which she of course never reads)...But this morning I was looking for something in my 15-year-old's room and noticed high up on a shelf these two boxes...
...does anyone else think this is as funny as I do? Her box of "stuff", not to be confused with her box of "things"! Omigoodness, I'm still laughing about it. No, of course I didn't look inside! But I am wondering...how does she decide if an item goes in the "stuff" box or the "things" box? I can just picture her standing there pondering...
Gosh, I love that girl!
Don't you just wish you could get inside there for just a few minutes and see what they're thinking in those wonderfuls minds of theirs?!
Posted by: wendy | 20 November 2008 at 08:33
too darn cute!
Posted by: paige | 20 November 2008 at 08:38
Love it!!!
Posted by: star | 20 November 2008 at 08:54
All she needs is a third box titled "miscellaneous."
:)
Posted by: Jenny Doh | 20 November 2008 at 09:11
Too funny!!
Please share photos of your decorated home with us!!!
Posted by: JanellK | 20 November 2008 at 09:50
It was such a pleasure and honor to be able to take one of your classes at Silver Bella! Meeting you, attending your class and then having the privledge to purchase your wrist cuff packet was several of the highlights of SB for me!
Aren't teenagers just great! Just love them!
Posted by: Sheila R | 20 November 2008 at 10:40
Ha ha! I love daughters! In the end they really just mirror us, don't they? Heidi
Posted by: Heidi Woodruff | 20 November 2008 at 10:42
Ha. I could totally see that being Ella in about 10 years :)
Posted by: anna aspnes | 20 November 2008 at 11:06
Hilarious! And I totally agree with Jenny, she needs a 'misc' box and perhaps a 'junk' box to complete the set. ;)
Posted by: Spotted Sparrow | 20 November 2008 at 11:23
Okay so I'm 21 but I would be the person that labels with stuff and things. You know, if I labeled stuff...and things.
Posted by: Shannon Doran | 20 November 2008 at 11:44
Loved both your classes at Silver Bella. I was cracking up with the boxes. My daughter is 17. She would do something like that too. But her stuff and things would be spread out on the floor or shelf and not in the boxes.
Posted by: Geralyn Gray | 20 November 2008 at 14:20
I don't often laugh out loud when I am on the computer, but those box labels totally made me laugh out loud! hahaha!!! So funny. And now I know what to do if I am stumped for blog topics - go photograph something in Brittany's room (because there are plenty of things in there that confuse me as well - that is, when/if I am brave enough to venture past the doorway). :)
Posted by: Petra | 20 November 2008 at 15:41
how adorable. at least her "stuff" and "things" make it into boxes. my daughter may as well put those to words on the outside of her door.
Posted by: traci | 20 November 2008 at 15:53
that is so great...i love it:)
Posted by: emily ruth | 20 November 2008 at 16:26
Oh my! That is so cute. How about a box for this and one for that! (smile). Hope she knows what goes where.
Posted by: Vickie | 20 November 2008 at 18:48
It was SO wonderful seeing you again, Miss Rebecca! I absolutely love my prayer collage and will think of you and Silver Bella each time I look at it. I'm so happy you were there again this year!!
Posted by: Jana | 20 November 2008 at 20:44
I loved reading this tonight...it sounds just like you are sitting next to me on that sofa, crocheting that scarf...."gosh, I love that girl"....I can see you, hear you saying that. we would love her too.
seriously missing you. fyi....little miss organized here left 2 favorite shirts in the hotel closet and had to call/request that they be sent back to me. how did that happen? why weren't you looking there to tell me I forgot, mom? hoping all is going well with the adventure in Haiti. thinking of you all. xo
Posted by: charlotte | 20 November 2008 at 20:55
...the boxes are so cute!...i still remember seeing her with all her cute freckles and lots of photos and layouts with pigtails...you are so blessed...
Posted by: caryl | 20 November 2008 at 21:10
I do love snuggling in this time of year. I've just begun learning to quilt so right now I'm spending my evenings snuggled under my first two quilts handsewing the binding. Last year my mom and dad spent the month of January with us. Mom and I made crocheted flowers one after the other. Sweet memory.
P.S. Just wondering if you will be doing your holiday thing on your blog you did last year. I really enjoyed it.
Posted by: psmulican | 20 November 2008 at 21:50
That cracks me up!
I have a 12 year old..soon to be 13...please pray for me.....and like the comment posted by Traci.....my daughter just needs to label the door. We might need to add the labels,
"wild animals" and "critters".
Yes, I do make her clean...but everything is made of rubber and bounces right back! :)
Posted by: jennifer | 20 November 2008 at 22:56
Hi Rebecca, this is the first time i have been to your blog....saw your stash from Paris and nearly wet my pants!!!!! Tried to comment but of course it was full......have just added you to fav's ..you sound like my clone, vintage chic....love it ...love it love it!!!!
Posted by: yvette | 21 November 2008 at 00:15
That is so cute! Cracks me up. Love her idea and at least she has her "stuff" and "things" organized! You have taught her well.
Posted by: Alicia Sharp | 21 November 2008 at 07:56
SO cute about the box labels...so did you look to see what kind of stuff and things she had in there? I would have to look, I'm just that nosey. LOL Like when my son wanted a locked box SO bad when he was about 13/14 and I finally got it for him and I had to look, he just had rocks, pieces of wood that looked neat, string, playing cards (no girlies on them hehe), just neat little treasurers...such a collector like me.
Louise
Posted by: Louise Murr | 21 November 2008 at 11:16
Love that story...and just a wee bit curious about what's in those boxes:)
Posted by: Leah C | 21 November 2008 at 11:44
You could be in trouble, Missy... blogging about your girl! lol
My girls don't read my blog, either, but their friends do! It makes me laugh when they see me and tell me about what they saw or read. One time the whole gang was at my house for a birthday party and I was -- of course -- taking pictures. One girl enthusiastically asked me, "Are you gonna put this on your blog?!"
Posted by: Tracy Whitney | 21 November 2008 at 13:56