~ Roses from my Mom ~

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What a lovely surprise!

My mom sent me roses on my Birthday : )

Thank you so much ~ they are absolutely gorgeous!

Pretty in Pink ~ Perfect : )

I won Aleta's Giveaway : )

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Look what arrived in the mail today! So beautiful : ) I won Aleta's Birthday Giveaway (she gave away presents on her birthday ~ such a sweet gal). You can visit Aleta's lovely blog here . Aleta is a talented Teddy Bear Artist, antique treasure hunter and photographer all rolled into one. These lovely roses are images from Aleta's garden.

They make such beautiful cards. Thank you again Aleta : )

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Even the wrapping is pretty !

I love the two wishes . . . . I just might use them tomorrow.

I turn 43 years old (shhhh) tomorrow ~ September 3rd.

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Mom . . . .I fell off my bike . . . .

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My son's back to school t-shirt pretty much sums up his day today (the night before school starts). A young boy airborne over bike ~ Bike wins. Ouch!

The shirt doesn't seem quite so appealing now.

Three hours and 10 big stitches later at the local Emergency we are finally home.

We are told he will have a Harry Potter type scar on his lower calf.

Our dog Cider knows something is wrong . . . . big sympathy kisses for "her boy". I guess my son will have a great story to tell on the first day of school. Well , it is almost 11:30pm, Ontario time, so we are all off to bed. Night, Night.

Isn't she sweet!

Fresh Corn and Sunflowers : )

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Every spring my husband plants some corn and my two children plant sunflowers (yes, all in the same small area). The last two years, the sunflowers have won (great flowers, but no corn to eat). But this year . . . there was definitely more corn growing than flowers.

There was the odd sunflower trying to compete.

This year we actually had two BBQ dinners with corn on the cob ~ such success!

It looked and tasted pretty good too!

But then my visitor from last spring came back . . .

(remember her?)

Well now she has the sweetest little baby fawn!

I finally have a photo to share . . .

They seemed to like the corn too ! Ah well, she is so cute I don't mind.

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No Friday Flea Market for me this weekend. We have company coming tomorrow and it is the last weekend before school starts ~ September 2nd. Hope everyone had a great summer ! It went by so fast.

Friday Flea Market ~ Monogrammed Hankies Linens

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Welcome to Friday Flea Market. Have you heard that our hostess Polly has created a Friday Flea Market Blog for all of us :-). It is beautiful!!! Thanks to Shabby Miss Jen for creating a beautiful custom made banner. The new blog provides an easy way for visitors to find us each week. You can see the new blog here, at Friday Flea Market. Thank you for all your hard work Polly and Jen!

This week my theme is Monogrammed Hankies and Linens. I just love Embroidered Linens with Monograms. They look so elegant! You will find the Monogrammed ~ M ~ and ~ O ~ in the Hanky section of my Ciderantiques website along with several pretty floral and wedding hankies. The other monogrammed hankies and linens are newly listed in my Etsy Shop .

Monogrammed ~ N ~

Hmmm . . . perhaps Oprah would like a Madeira hanky : )


Monogrammed ~ H ~


Monogrammed ~ A ~

Monogrammed ~ M ~

Monogrammed ~ E ~

Monogrammed ~ D ~

Monogrammed ~ E B A ~

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Thank you for visiting and have a great weekend !

The Winner is . . .

The Winner of my 100th Blog Post Giveaway is Carolyn of Draffin Bears! Congratulations Carolyn :-) Please send me an email at ciderantiques@rogers.com with your mailing address and I will mail your giveaway prize on Monday. Thanks again to everyone for visiting my blog and for making Blogland so much fun. . . I love visiting all of your wonderful Blogs. ~ Karen

Friday Flea Market ~ Lace Collars

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Welcome to Friday Flea Market. This week I have several lovely lace collars to offer. They can be viewed on my website at Ciderantiques . I will offer FREE local and International Shipping if you purchase a lace collar from my website before August 30, 2008.

Here are some photos of the collars I have available,

I think the first one may be my favorite.

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Lovely whitework and embroidery ~ Ayrshire Lace

This would look lovely on a Boy Doll or large Teddy Bear

I love the floral detail and netting on this one

Perfect for a Sailor Type Teddy Bear or Doll



Thank you Polly ~ our lovely hostess ~ for another great week. You can visit Polly's blog here. You can visit the other Friday Flea Market vendors here. Have a great weekend!

~ Please sign up for my 100th Post Giveaway ~

The winner will be chosen on Saturday August 16, 2008