There comes a time..

..in life when people get cavities. I know most people have already experienced this event. I, however, had not until yesterday. Yesterday, I had a routine trip to the dentist to get my teeth cleaned. I wasn't too concerned about it. Although I did think I could have done better in the flossing department. I get there and am informed that it's time for new x-rays - no big deal. We get through the teeth cleaning - not a problem. Then the dentist comes in. He takes one look at my x-rays and says - "Oh, it looks like you have a couple of cavities". What?! This is the first time I have ever heard those words regarding *MY* teeth. He informed me that they were just small, but it would be best to take care of them asap. He also informed me that they are due to not flossing well enough after drinking soda - Doh!

So on June 10th I get to go get my cavities fixed. I am mildly nervous, only because I haven't had this done before and lots of people have fears of the Dentist, which I imagine are due to having their cavities filled or other procedures along those lines. I know everything will be fine and having this done is not a big deal, I am just the type of person that gets nervous before any procedure.

Club Ed

I've MIA and super busy lately, so I am trying to catch up on some of the posts I have been meaning to get done, but just haven't had time to get to.

Over the weekend of my birthday Jon and I went to California. The trip wasn't primarily for my birthday, but it was nice to get out of town. The trip was originally going to take place a few weekends prior, but there were scheduling issues. The plan was intended to go pick up some car parts and new wheels for Lucy (1962 Mercury Comet).

This is Lucy's before picture.

Here's Lucy with her new wheels and tires.


I have a fascination with ghost and old towns. Over time I think this has rubbed off on Jon. Club Ed is actually a movie set, located in Lancaster CA. It was originally built in 1990 for the movie Eye of the Storm. After filming the movie, they decided the set was too cool to tear down. It's described as an "outpost of classic Americana". We decided to drive out to it and take a look. Unfortunately, it's closed to the public so you can only take pictures from the road, but here are a few shots we got.





It's a pretty awesome place. I wish we could have gone in. There was a caretaker there, who we saw and he hid behind some of the buildings watching us. It didn't seem like he would be the type of guy to let us in to take a look around, since he didn't even want us to know he was there. The Club Ed website talks about the location and shows additional shots of the set including the interior of the buildings and the swimming pool located behind the inn.

Green Table

A few weekends ago Jon and I went to one of our favorite local consignment shops, Elemente. It's located in the Art Space downtown near Gateway. We were going to look at a flat file, that we were considering getting for Jon's brother Jason.

We ended up getting the flat file, but while we were there I fell in love with this table.

At the time I didn't need another table, but it has personality and I couldn't pass it up. I told Jon that I would get rid of my current desk at home to make room for it. My desk at the time was a little number I picked up from Target. Nothing fancy, but it worked.

The woman at the shop told me that she thought the people who brought it in mentioned that it was Mormon Pine, but that she couldn't guarantee this. Honestly, it didn't really matter to me, I just loved the rustic appeal of this piece.

I paid and we took the table outside thinking that it we could just throw it in Gherti (my Mazda wagon) and it would totally fit. I have moved two different tables and a vintage metal porch glinder in my car before. Unfortunately, this table was a little too tall and wide to fit. But as we were trying to get it in the car I noticed the following stamp on the bottom of the table.

(St. Louis Coffin Co)

Now some might find this a little weird, a table made from wood from the St. Louis Coffin Co. I. however, think that this table is just more unique and has an even better personality to it.

What is that smell?

Wednesday I went into the master bedroom and was confronted with a smell. Not a good smell either. It was slightly musky and unfamiliar for the bedroom. However, it had a slight familiarity to it. At that time I couldn't pin point it and frankly wasn't in the mood to deal with it. I closed the door and went back to re-organizing my office/craft room.

I didn't really notice the smell again until last night. Around 9:30pm I went upstairs walked into the bedroom and this time was hit by a wall of smell. Then I suddenly remembered how I knew the smell. It reminded me of the smell we lived with a couple days after we found that the water heater had been leaking water which was absorbed by the wall it shared with the coat closet. The carpet in the coat closet was also soaked.

I made Jon come in the room and give a 2nd opinion about the smell. I hoped I was going crazy and just imagining this. But... I was wrong. He could smell it too. Then began the investigation as to where the smell could be coming from. We looked behind furniture, in the bathroom, and then the closet. The smell was coming from the closet. Not awesome! No sign of water damage, just that horrible smell. I then noticed a small wet spot on the carpet where the humidifier had been sitting. Oh man.

During our search we had begun to clean up random things we came upon. Then we both take a break to take our minds off what is happening.

Before hopping into bed I decide I shout spotbot the spot on the carpet to see if I can wash the smell out. I am at my end at this point. I then spend the whole night unable to sleep due to fears of the smell and thoughts of replacing the bedroom carpet with zebra wood flooring. Is wood flooring in only one room of the house, a bedroom, too crazy?

(zebra wood)

Zebra wood wouldn't be what I would use for the flooring. It's uber pricey and exotic. I love the look of it though.

Spring cleaning SALE

Everything in my Needle & Pin Productions Etsy store is currently on sale. I am doing a little spring cleaning in preparation for some new items.

Also, take a look at this cute little case I did as a custom order for my friend Robyn.


The colors are a little off, because I took the picture with my cellphone under fluorescent lights. It's grey with a light blue birdie, and blue stitching.

The power of Oprah & chicken

Oprah seems to have an amazing talent of controlling the population. Good grief the woman even has her own magazine, which only she usually appears on the cover of. As I was reading through CNN today I noticed this article.

I can only imagine the insanity that ensued because of this free meal coupon deal. According to the article "4 million meals had been redeemed by using the coupons, with 6.5 million meals from rainchecks still needing to be distributed".

Piper & Chloe

I am participating in the Piper & Chloe Boutique this weekend. Actually it starts today. If you haven't picked something up for your mother you should stop by. They have 40 different vendors and lots of fabulous stuff.

My table at the boutique is featuring my felt ipod/camera/iphone cases and handmade aprons.

Also be sure to check out the Piper & Chloe blog to get a preview of what you may find at the boutique!

May Day

Happy May Day! Time for good weather and to party!

(image from here)