Catching Up

It's been a while.....

Mattie is married and is now living in South Carolina on Hilton Head Island!  She is so blessed to be married to an amazing Youth Minister and to live in such a beautiful place.  I'm happy for her but sure would like to be closer.

School is underway......

Christmas is On the way......

And Debbie and I are swept away!  

You see we have decided to take our little sideshow on the road - by that I mean we will be providing the whole world, well maybe just our corner, the chance to peak into our souls and take a bit home.  Yep, we have three shows planned before Christmas.  We have been working away with our vintage goodies making all kinds of things for you!

The first show will be this weekend - Sami Show at the Bell County Expo Center in Belton.

For a sneak preview check out Debbie's new blog by clicking here! 

 Come out and see us!!

Meschill

I'm Back!!!!

Wow - it feels as if I have finally stepped out of the fog.  For those of you who don't know (and may not care) I have been going to school for the last year and also working on my teacher certification for the last three months.  Well I am more than happy to say that I AM THROUGH!!!!!!  Finally after more years than I care to admit, I have graduated from college.  I am also through with my certification exams so now all I need is a job!

This weekend was the first in a very long time that I didn't have to study and I enjoyed it immensely.  I cleaned and organized my bedroom and my art loft (which still needs a name - any suggestions).  During this mad cleaning dash I enjoyed my pandora radio listening to Pink, Mozart, and the Beatles.  HA!  Don't even try to put me into a category!

I have tons of projects to work on this summer - remember all of that STUFF that I bought on Meschebbie's Magical Mystery Tour?  If not see my earlier posts!

Plans for the summer:

Frame and hang old family photos

Meschebbie's Magical Mystery Tour Scrapbook

Birthday cards for the whole year

Find something creative to do with all of my antique lace and linens

Paint my kitchen cabinets

Paint my un-named art loft

Find out more history on my house

Redecorate my upstairs bathroom

Teach VBS

Go to youth camp in New Mexico

Visit Mattie

Ok, so you get the idea!  Debbie and I are also wanting to start a business!  Oh, and I also plan to make tons of altered art!

Something I've been thinking about this weekend - Dreams.  Not the kind you have at night.  My dreams are:

To have an effective ministry

To become a mixed media artist

To be a teacher

To write

One final thing - please pray for my dad - he was recently diagnosed with lung cancer.  Miraculously it has not spread.  He will have surgery to remove part of his lung as well as insert a stint and possibly a bypass.  The date is May 25th.  

Thank you and have a great week!

Meschill 

We'll Never Be Anyting But Loud

Day 3  - Meschebbie's Magical Mystery Tour

Day 3 was delightful.  We started the day with what was advertised as an estate sale.  It turned out to be a warehouse where a guy sells the junk (that's a good thing) he has bought from storage units gone bad.  What a treasure trove although our hands were filthy by the time we got through digging.

 Here is our stack of treasures.  Quite a haul for $42! Nice and dirty we now headed for the Arts District and arrived at the DMA, that's Dallas Museum of Art for the uninitiated, about 10 minutes before it opened so we walked across the street to the Trammel Crow Building.  Debbie had been before but it was my first time - AMAZING!!!  They have a huge collection of Asian art and it's free! 

This is outside the Trammel Crow building.  I love taking pics of Deb taking pics :)

Next we walked back to the DMA and decided to split up and go at our own pace.  Tons of pics here and I'm sure Debbie will share these on facebook; I'll provide a link later.

 Because we are not huge party animals, um let me rephrase that, because we should not be huge party animals, we decided to celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a late lunch at The Old Monk, a cool Irish Pub in the oh so hip Knox-Henderson area.  We were not disappointed.  We tried some Irish beer and Debbie had Shepherd's Pie and I had Fish and Chips.  YUM-O!!! 

Debbie just had to take a pic of these lads and they quickly posed in their St. Patty's hats.  We were tempted to stay another hour for the Irish dancers but opted to find a shop we had read about and Debbie had been to before called Junkadoodle.  What a wonderful shop - some really nice things but tons of cheap things waiting for a little love and elbow grease.  I scored an amazing poster book of Ladies Home Journal reproductions for only $8!!!  I may frame these for my downstairs bathroom or use them as inspiration for my new guest bedroom.  By the time we finished in Junkadoodle, it was 6:00pm but we decided to go the short drive to Dallas' famous Salvation Army store on Inwood and Harry Hines.  What a find.  Debbie bought a few things, including a gift for her son and daughter-in-law.  I didn't buy anything here but when I'm ready to buy furniture this is where I'll come.  Gorgeous antiques for amazing prices.

Don't you just love it when pure bliss just falls intp your lap!  That's exactly what happened as we were making our way to DSW shoes (which we never made it to).  I spied a sign that said Wine Chocolate Bliss - well to say the least Debbie just about stopped traffic to turn around and head back.  Chocolate Secrets turned out to be the most charming Uptown shop with coffee, tea, wine, and of course the most heavenly chocolate.  We split what they call a wine and chocolate pairing which included a glass of wine and chocolates.  The shop guy was great and helped us pick out wine and chocolates.  Yes it was pure bliss.

  Next, we headed home.  More pics and shop reviews to come.  Let me leave you with the best quote of the day from Debbie, "I yield for pedestrians, but only ones with brains."  Yep, Dallas driving at it's best!

Wrong in All The Right Ways

CRAZY DAY 2 of Meschebbie's Magical Tour!

This will be short because we are trying to head out early this morning for an estate sale.  Let's just say that day 2 was amazing!  We found tons of treasures and will review all the shops we visited in a post tonight as well as pictures to entice you to follow our trail.  Let me just say now however that by far our fave shop is Curiosities.  Their sign reads "Curious things for creative people" and it did not disappoint.  The abbreviated version of day 2 is chilaxing a bit in the morning, frantic shop-hopping, going without lunch because we spent sooooo much time in Curiosities, dinner at the most amazing hamburger joint (more on that tonight), a whirlwind tour of Deep Ellum, and some live music and cool views of the Dallas skyline at night where Debbie got out her big girl camera, finally home to crash!  Here are just a few pics to bring you back tonight.

Another Time Another Place - fab Turkish import shop.  Debbie and Sarik are good friends now and she plans to go to Turkey to stay in his new hotel. She also bought a gorgeous ring here - very unique.

 The most perfect cappuccino I have ever had at The Pearl Cup.

 Never seen one of these - a wine tasting table at Lula B's Antique mall that Debbie fell in love with and looked at me and said "Um, can you drive a U-haul?" This is also where I picked up a perfect gift for my hubby :)  Oh, yeah I also found THE perfect gift for my Dad at Curiosities!

Voted Best Hamburger Joint in Texas - Twisted Root!  YUM-O!

 Deep Ellum - Let me just say that it's official - I LOVE DE!  So many cool pics to come.

So please post comments - we would love to hear from you!

Day 1 - Raise Your Glass

Day 1 of Meschebbie's Magical Mystery Tour!

On the road by 6:50AM!  I know, I know, why would we insist on getting up early during Spring Break - cuz we have things to do and places to be! 

First stop - Cafe Cappuccino in Waco for breakfast.  Huge pancakes - if you're ever through Waco be sure to check it out.

We hit Big D around 10am and headed straight downtown to The Old Red Courthouse where a huge tourist's information center is located.  We picked up tons of brochures as if we had never been to Dallas before :) 

Next we headed across the street to the 6th Floor Museum - very interesting.  Also a visit to the grassy knoll.

Debbie standing on the spot where JFK was shot.

 Ok, now to the SHOPPING!  We dropped our stuff off at Mattie's apartment - multiple trips up the three flights of stairs!  It looked like we were moving in - I guess you could say we are both pretty high maintenance.  Next we headed to Lower Greenville Ave., known for it's bohemian vibe.  On the way we stopped at a cute little taco stand which happened to be in a very seedy part of town.  While waiting for our tacos I watched a drug deal go down - what luck!!!!!

On to Greenville.  Some of the shops we wanted to visit weren't open so we'll have to go back.  We did visit The Shining - very cool, lots of unique jewelry and stuffed mice.  Debbie fell in love with this little angel mouse.  A short walk, actually a few steps, next door to We Are 1976, another cool shop with original artwork, books, jewelry and odds and ends. 

Next, across the street to Again Design Studio, lots of mid century modern furniture, beautiful antique chandeliers and re-purposed furniture. The most amazing thing about this shop is the bathroom.

 A short drive and we arrive at Dolly Python - OMG - I've never seen so much stuff - vintage clothing, old records, and alot of other very fabulous finds.  We only had an hour before closing time and we spent every minute - as in the guy followed us out the door to lock it up.  We made a few nice vintage purchases.

We plan to go back on Saturday morning for a Bizarre Bazaar (flea market) in the parking lot!  Finally, we headed to T.J. Max on Preston looking for purses, etc.  With hurting feet we stopped at Kroger for a few snacks and headed back to the apartment - another trip up the stair,s both of us looking like pack mules - no way we were making more than one trip.  Awww, settled in to watch Glee, luckily Mattie had taped it, with wine, cheese, bread,etc.  A great first day!

 

Trying this Blog thing once again!

Well, once again I am trying my hand at blog writing. I thought this would be a good week to start because I'm on Spring Break and will be leaving tomorrow for Dallas for a super fun week with my BFF Debbie. We plan to shop until we drop and look for the best bargains. I will mostly be looking for ideas as well as "stuff" to decorate my house. I'm also looking for funky finds and found objects to use with my vintage altered art projects. I will try and post everyday and fill you in on our shopping adventure and hopefully can clue you in on some of Dallas' best kept secrets including bargain shopping, vintage finds, fun places to eat, and fabulous thrift stores for those of you who, like me, are junk divas.

Take care,

Meschill