Feature Fridays

Since it's Feature Friday, we are featuring a free sample from Purex and also a link to some great coupons from Target.

Here's your free sample of Purex Complete with Zout detergent. I requested mine and am excited to try it out. Happy Washing!

Here is your link to Target's coupon page. There are manufacturers' coupons and also Target coupons available. Hope you find something you can use. Happy Shopping!

(Just click the highlighted words to access the pages.)

Have a great weekend!

Our Upcoming Posts

We have exciting news! We are going to start doing special posts on certain days of the week. We are doing Made on Mondays where we will feature something we have made or something we plan to make, What We Like (or Don't Like) Wednesdays where we will review products we have tried or something we like (or don't like), Feature Fridays where we will feature something (a blog, a great deal, available coupons, just something we think you will like to know about), and Smorgasbord Saturdays where anything goes. We will, of course, still be doing other posts regarding our business. Beth has already started this with our most recent post titled "What We're LOVING This Week!" Hope everyone has a great weekend!

What we're LOVING this week!

Hi Everyone! :) It's Beth! Hope everyone is having a great week! Mine has been LOOOOOOONG so far, and I can't wait until the weekend!! :) Mom and I have a garage sale to get ready for on the 30th of this month, and we have A LOT to do! Well, take that back, I have A LOT to do! :) Procrastination at it's best right here.

Anyways, each Wednesday we're going to do a post about what we're loving and/or what we're not loving so much. :) This week is all about the love, because I need some positiveness (is that a word??) today!! So here goes.....

First a few etsy finds! These are some items we've come across recently and added to our favorites! (Click on each picture and it will take you to the etsy listing for that item, and then in the description of each one I added a link straight to each etsy shop!)

These little guys are hilarious!! :) And they have tons of different animals, people and even zombies to choose from! :) Check out Paper Moon Gallerie here! (I'd personally LOVE to get one of these in my Easter Basket!!) ;)

Pixie Dust Miniature's has the cutest "miniature magic" items in their shop! Check them out here!! I personally love the ones pictured above and the Harry Potter inspired items! :)

Mom found this little guy, and I fell in love with him when I saw him! Who wouldn't want this cute little dude hanging on your neck? :) Sweety Summer has some really cute jewelry, and hopefully they will restock their shop soon with some new goodies!! Check them out here and keep an eye on when they return!

I LOVE felted wool! And these pin cushions from astashtoys are adorable!! They have a TONS of cute felted items for sale in their shop! Check them out here!

And last but not least is this adorable suitcase from AdaLou Vintage! Sadly for all of you it's already sold, but good thing for me because I'm the one that bought it!!! :) I had a similar one when I was little, (see photo below) and we got rid of it, so I was looking to replace it! :) I LOVE IT! Plus she has lots of other great vintage items too! Check her shop out here!

A few last things I'm loving are my finds from last night and a few things I bought from a fellow blogger yesterday!

On my way home from Zumba at about 6:30pm, I noticed that my favorite Antique Mall/Flea Market, Franklin's was OPEN!! There were TONS of cars there. So I got home gave them a call, and turns out they were having an Open House/Dinner that night. HOW DID I NOT KNOW THIS? LOL :) So she said of course come on up, and up I went. :) (I am now on the phone list to be called for events like this, so I won't miss any! hehe)

Anyways, I walked away with a CUTE wooden Pepsi crate for only $14 and a pretty blue Ball Mason Jar that I'd been eyeing for months, that finally dropped in price from $8 to $3! YAY! :) Pretty good deals last night! :)

Last, but not least! :) I got 2 cute items from Amanda at Our Humble A{Bowe}d

She posted Monday about how they were cleaning out their house and she had done a major purge in her kitchen, and had lots of things to get rid of. Then she opened it up and asked anyone to email her if they saw anything they were interested in! So I immediately emailed her and scooped up these lovelies! She was so sweet and we worked out a great deal on shipping, set up an etsy listing for me to buy it and everything is on it's way!! I can't wait to get these goodies!! :)

First is this vintage kitchen organizer, holder thingy. :) The cool thing about this one is it has 4 slots, while a lot I've found only have 3! :) It can hold Paper towels, waxed paper, aluminum foil, and saran wrap. I haven't decided if I'll actually use it in the kitchen or just sit it out to look pretty, (or I might use it in my craft area, I have some smaller rolls of wrapping paper that will fit on it!). :) But it was just too CUTE to pass up! :) And for only $25 I couldn't say no. :)

Next up is this set of 8 vintage embroidered napkins! I just LOVE the blue flower design!!! And the edges are adorable!! I've got a few ideas up my sleeve to repurpose these so hopefully I can get it done soon and post about it on here! :)

Well that's it for this week! :) What are y'all loving? We'd love to see and hear about your recent finds!! :) Send us a message on facebook, tweet us, convo us on etsy, or email us at rattydaddydinkdum [@] gmail.com.

Have a great day!! :)

Beth

Locker Hooking...Wait, What Did You Just Say??

During a trip to have my Mom's sewing machine serviced and repaired we came across a class being offered locally called Locker Hooking. They had examples of a few projects they had made, and needless to say we took one look at it and we were hooked. ;) hehe Here is a definition of Locker Hooking -- "Locker hooking is an “old rug hooking technique” originating from Great Britain in the early 1900's. Using a steel locker hook (a crochet hook with a large needle 'eye' on other end), latch hook rug canvas, fabric strips, and yarn (which is inside the loops) you can make rugs, wall hangings, baskets, purses, kitchen items, frames, clothing, blankets, home decor and accessories." -- that I found here.

Mom ordered hook, loop & lock on Amazon a few days later and the projects in there are SO CUTE!!! All of the photos are directly from projects in the book!

A journal cover!! LOVE this one!

Super cool lampshade!!

Purses and tote bags too!!!

HOW FUN!! Tic tac Toe!

With Easter coming up, who wouldn't want an adorable handmade Easter basket? :)

And finally a CUTE placemat!! I think they even have a table runner as well!

We both can't wait to get started on a few things! We'll be posting about our progess soon, so stay tuned!!!

Felt Flower Pins are in the shop!

We finally got some of the pins added to the shop! There are a bunch more ready to be listed, so keep watching for more color combinations this week!!! :) The links below take you directly to our etsy shop where you can see more pictures and get more details about the pins!

Looking for a different color combo or shape? Let us know! We're happy to do custom work!!! :)

Ultramarine

Berry Cherry Red

Strawberry Periwinkle

Alabama Crimson Tide

Periwinkle

A few new scarves added to the etsy shop...

Hi Everyone! Long time no blogging right?? Well we've been a little busy and haven't made much time lately for making a few things but over the weekend we added a few more scarves to the shop and took pictures of the flower pins we have made so far! So hopefully I'll get all the pins added to the shop tonight! :) Hope you head over and check them out!

Beth

Carnival

Purple Pixee Dust

(made with a little bit different fabrics/yarns)

Auburn Tigers

(made with slightly different fabrics/yarns)

40 Bags in 40 Days...

I just wanted to share a great blog with everyone, white house, black shutters. Beth found this great blog and is excited about Ann Marie's latest post. If you're looking for a way to clear out clutter, the 40 Bags in 40 Days post is what you are looking for. I hope everyone realizes how much a cluttered and messy house can affect your day to day mood. Use Ann Marie's ideas and clean it up!