SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY 2.12.12

LOVE MOM'S TABLE RUNNER!

JOIN ME in visiting Ramblings & Photos (Ashley's blog) where over 150 participants in SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY yesterday. 
I was visiting family & didn't get to a WiFi site... so I'm posting late (I consider anything after NOON on the SUNDAY of the scavenger hunt to be late! but Ashley encourages participants to post no later than Tues at midnight).
This week's words were: FACIAL FEATURE, SHADOW, SPICY, GOLD & FABRIC.

FACIAL FEATURE

This is from my photo archives ~ the girls are here & there!

I think my girl's eyes are their best FACIAL FEATURE!

SHADOW

Candle light SHADOW... I've taken other pictures of this chair...

always trying to capture the SHADOW.

GOLD

Before I left my mom's I took a picture of this plate... we know it's been in the family for years,

but with no visible markings, it could be something from a "5 & Dime" store??

 the lovely GOLD painted edging really sets off the border, don't you think?

SPICY

Okay ~ this really isn't anything SPICY... but, use your imagination! this is a fan my parents 

bought in Spain... it shows some fancy dancers... tango, flamenco, salsa ~ 

those are all pretty SPICY {sassy} dance moves!

FABRIC

Don't you love these FABRICS? this is a small table runner at my mom's! My mom is a quilter / seamstress / mender etc. Of course, she has a cabinet filled with quilts, so I could have shared her "stash" of love-ly, cozy warm bed coverings... but, I'll save that for another post. 

She has a knack for selecting complementary fabrics {some quilters are much better at fabric selection}... but, it could be I'm used to the way she puts together a quilt pattern?? 

Originally, I thought I would use the next photo for my FABRIC post... I was visiting ACE & decided to document the pillowcases she's received from her NANA {my mom}... Remember my previous pillowcase post?

So, for my mom's benefit... here's Allie's collection of handmade pillowcases!

• one = ACE is a knitter... and she decorates with blue & orange in her bedroom {this is her newest pillowcase}
• two = she has a February birthday - three days away from Valentine's Day!
• three = one Christmas, my mom made pillowcases for everyone in the family! {I think the year was 2002 & she made more than a dozen!!}
• four = to commemorate the beginning of her knitting hobby
• five = another birthday pillowcase with Valentine designs from the 40's
• six = in college {CSU-Chico}, ACE was in the ballroom dance club - so this pillowcase has dancers on it {sorry for not showing more of the dancer fabric - it's adorable}
• seven = this pillowcase was sent to ACE the first summer {2001} she was a camp counselor at Snow Mountain {residential camp outside of Nevada City}

So - check in with Ashley & plan to participate in SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY... the words for this week's hunt are: 

LOVE, DUPLICATED,

TREND or TRENDING {a photo that symbolizes a trend},

PAPER, & PLASTIC