Indulge Your Shelf

Antiques Roadshow has announced their 2013 tour dates and cities; get all the details in my article here . If you're new to my blog, you may not know that I just this week celebrated my 3rd anniversary as a writer on examiner.com .  I write on the subject of antique and thrift shopping in my region (Colorado Springs.)  This morning I was delighted to log on and see that I am the number one Examiner in my region!  I normally hover in the top 10 somewhere, but this is the first time I saw that I have the top spot.  I'm pretty proud of that because I have worked hard to produce a few articles every month for 3 years.  There are more than 85,000 contributors to the site -- all of us local "experts" on our topic.  Please don't hesitate to click/subscribe to my articles, even if you are outside of my region; the more readers, the merrier! When you freelance for examiner.com you are given a title -- mine is Antique and Thrift Shopping Examiner -- and you ar...

Did I mention that during Birdsong Two, Karla had an evening of shopping on the first night? photo by Karla Nathan It was a real treat, especially because we hadn't seemed to be having much luck at the local antique stores on the drive!  All the teachers -- Karla, Beth , and Lisa -- brought antique and vintage stuff to sell, and Karla sold some of her beautiful creations as well! photo by Karla Nathan Then -- a bonus: Debby from The Curious Sofa set up in the breezeway and we got to luxuriate in some of her beautiful wares! I bought a cute little paper chatelaine piece from her...it's missing its tiny pen, but I loved it anyway!  So now, guess what I'll be on the lookout for?! Then I found a tiny box of Dennison labels among her treasures -- and bought that, too! Debby had been one of the teachers at last year's event, so it was great to see her again. photo by Karla Nathan My buddy Rebecca scored that lovely hydrangea print hanging to the le...

I had the chance to go to Antiques Roadshow a few years ago, and it was so much fun!  One thing to check off that bucket list! pbs.org Now's your chance; they have just announced the 2012 Roadshow Tour cities and tickets are free -- though you must apply for them and they're chosen by lottery.  Get details from my examiner.com article, here . I'm so excited to be going to Birdsong 2 at Karla's Cottage!  'Want to meet there?  Here are details ! Don't forget to join my Valentine Swap ! And enter to win my Blogaversy Giveaway ! Plus, my button giveaway on Button Floozies ! Last, but not least, I just did a little blog re-design.  How do you like it?