Dress giveaway!

http://intheheyday.blogspot.com/2011/10/daisy-chain-fleur-dress-giveaway.html?showComment=1320340708376#c6776296328473005612

Isnt it amazing! ;)

I have two new books up on etsy!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/12dollarcow?ref=pr_shop_more

Will be more later but im to lazy to put them all up at once lol! (I price them according to what other sellers are selling them as - like a few dollars)

Started a Business

I have started an Etsy shop that I am hoping to sell vintage books and clothes on. I would like to eventually move on to selling other thing but I dont know what I should sell. Right now I only have one item up.

Anyone have any ideas what I could sell other than vintage books and clothes?

Here is the link to my shop,
http://www.etsy.com/shop/12dollarcow?ref=pr_shop_more

Bitrhday haul ;)

Best birthday present ever!

My husband and mother in law bought me a set of freshwater pearls!

I have always wanted a set! SOOOO HAPPY!!!!!!! ;)

Getting up early

For the past week I have been able to get up earlier than my husband. That NEVER happens! For some reason unknown to me it appears that I dont need as much sleep as I used to .

Maybe it has to do with the fact that because I am 2 years behind hormonally (I had a seizure when I was 2 that I think set me back because I am like always 2 years behind in things like puberty, liking boys, boob growth, growing growth.) and I have just started not needing the teenage 11 hours sleep or what.

Any who so I have been getting up and cooking breakfast dressed nice and being totally a perfect housewife! (yay for a month at least my dream will come true before its dashed by having to get a part time job :( )

Im amazed at how much quiet time I can get and how much I am able to get done!

Lets hope I am able to keep this up lol!

Raiding Grandma's Closet and Thrift Store Haul

The day before yesterday I got to raid my grandma's closet.

I came away with

2 slips (one red silk and one black rayon or something)

2 sweaters (one soft blue button up and one from norway where the family is from)

1 bathrobe

1 white shirt

2 crop tops

5 dresses

1 skirt

and 2 aprons

(I am very happy ;) pictures are below

slips

petticoat one (these flair my skirts our perfectly!)

petticoat 2

smock apron with amazing pockets

frilly dinner party apron

this dress is a perfect fit but needs a new zipper

another perfect fit but needs buttons this time lol

a very warm long sleeved dress (these are hard for me to find)

front of nice purple party dress

back of nice purple party dress

decent white top

(this is a light sky blue but my camera refuses to take it with the correct colors)

the sweater from norway

detail of norwegian sweater

red dress (rumpled because I just wore it yesterday)

nice brown wool skirt

crop top 1 probably from the 90s....

crop top 2 needs some altering to fit me correctly

bathrobe

Ok so NOW on to the thrift store haul ;)

Yesterday I went shopping with my mother (who had given me the most amazing cover everything apron that will be perfect for bread baking).

I ended up only spending $4.10 and getting, a sewing book and an adjustable dress form! YAY! I have been looking EVERYWHERE for an adjustable dress form but I just couldnt find one. Then I saw them being used as display dummys in the local salvation army and decided to ask for one.

They said what I thought they would say, no they are not for sale. I said ok thats what I thought and then the lady said something completely unexpected.

She said she was a seamstess and understood how hard it was to find some cheap ones so she would sell me the one that wobbled for $4.

SCORE!

so yea I have a wobbly dress form but thats fixable and now maybe my dresses will fit! ;)

yea im excited I can not wait till we move again so I can unpack my sewing equipment and start learning to sew again .

here is the pics of what I got

The giant apron.

So yea I have had the most amazing few days ;)

hope yours is just as cool!

Mrs. Bergstrom

Opps long time no see and Free Download of "Make do and Mend"

So sorry I have been away for so long. Life has been quite hectic the past few months.
My husband has been unable to find a good job with his degree so we have been living with my mother-in-law for the past 6 months as he continues looking.
We have decided that the best move for us is probably going back to school for a different engineering degree in Aug.
That means that we will be moving for the 5th or so time in a year. (see told you life was hectic. I am probably going to have to get a part time job too :(
Also we have been working on getting in shape so that takes up some of our time.
We know we will make it but its still hard at times when things dont go the way they were planned.

Now for the download ;) (description from amazon)



With the nation's industrial output concentrated on the war effort and a clothes ration in place by June 1940, basic clothes were in short supply in wartime England and high fashion was an unknown commodity. Adults were issued as little as 36 coupons a year to spend on clothes, but a man's suit could cost 22 coupons, a coat 16, and a lady's dress 11. The need to recycle and be inventive with other materials became more and more necessary, and so the government issued a series of leaflets containing advice on how to make fabric and clothing go the extra mile. Reproduced in this intriguing collection, these pamphlets included tips on recycling curtains into dresses and instructions for turning old sheets into underwear. Covering darning, patching, knitting, and more, this is a nostalgic look at the innovative thriftiness of the 1940s.

I found a free download generously offered from this site in PDF format ;)

Make Do and Mend

I personally can not wait to read it and start learning how to stretch what I can do with my budget ;)

Well I hope you all have a great Wednesday and stay cool ;)

(edit after opening the files I realized this is NOT make do and mend but it is, however, the AMERICAN version of it, Make and Mend. Sorry for the confusion but still a good book. )

Love,
Mrs. Bergstrom ;)

Free clean eating menu plans

free clean eating menu plans for all for seasons….shopping lists too ;) Im only starting to move in this direction but these look good to me ;) (click on the title)

Homemade soap give away!

Hey guys!

Found yet another awesome give away! Homemade soap!

Here is the link if you want to enter ;)

http://homesteadrevival.blogspot.com/2011/01/give-away-levis-lye-soap.html#comment-form

I found a give away!

look what i found! this book looks very interesting so im entering to win it and so can you! Just go to this link and sign up ;)

http://gracefulwordsblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/be-your-own-doctor-book-review-and.html

A Few of the Reasons I am Homeschooling My Kids

This video has a few of the reasons I am going to homeschool my future kids. Its a very powerful movie. (I dont think it is young child safe so send them out of the room) (I could be wrong but better safe than sorry )






P.S. I totaly would have been a medicated kid if I was a public schooler haha!

Love,
Peash

Homemaking tip

Im back ;) I went to visit my parents last week and all of this week has been spent catching up on my housework (still not caught up lol). I'm amazed at how much work it takes to catch up on a week of doing nothing vs how easy it is to just do maintaining work.
So for the tip ... DRESS UP NICE! I have found that one thing that motivates me is to dress up nice, put on makeup and a nice clean frilly apron. For some reason when I look good I want the house to look good too ;)
If Im in jeans and a teeshirt I just want to lounge around and do nothing at all.
I wonder why that is ?
Anyway just wanted to let you all know I was back ;)
(and that I am going to start using the nickname my husband when I sign my posts) ;)

Love,
Peash (isnt it cute ;) )

Lazy me

Today was a very lazy day. I did absolutely nothing offline except cook ;) And so this is going to be a very short post lol ;)
I should work out but im still feeling lazy.
Here is the workout im not doing lol ;)



This girl is AMAZING! She puts up brand new workouts every other day along with tutorials on how to do them and food tips.
She is a personal trainer and I just think it is great that she shares this with us for free ;)

Well time to be lazy and watch the cheese documentary my husband put on lol!
Love,
Mrs. Bergstrom

Cleaning Up a Storm

Today the apartment manager is randomly inspecting apartments for insurance reasons which has me cleaning my bum off.
I know I dont really need to but for some reason every little speck of dirt and dust bunny seems to be looking at me saying "Haha you missed me you lazy housewife! Get a job!"
So I have been running around changing things around, washing the counter until the top comes off, doing my hair and make up, making the bed (which I never do) and putting jelly beans the the always empty candy dish (maybe I should put carrot sticks in there then it might stay full).
My husband has been shaking his head at me in disbelief all day because he thought the apartment was fine just the way it was. (He is right you know).
Oh well at least its like super clean now and im almost positive you could eat off the toilet (not that I ever would or have ever had the desire to though)
Sigh I wonder what it is in me that thinks my house has to be perfect when people come over. Most of my friends when I go over to their houses have far from perfectly clean living rooms and it dosnt bother me a bit! Oh well what ever it is I have an edge now because I know Im thinking it and besides my house is cleaner than a hospital so it dosnt really matter now anyways;)

Love,
Mrs. Bergstrom

Meal Plan

So I decided that I sould post up my meal plans for the week along with with recipes for them .
I hope this helps people because now you dont have to make one yourself ;) (unless your family hates my recipes lol ;) (this is only dinners because I only plan dinners)

Wen:Tomato soup and grilled cheese

Thur:Poor Mans Meal ( http://www.mealsmatter.org/recipes-meals/recipe/82159 )

Fri:Mac and Cheese

Sat:Buritos

Sun:Lions Favorite Hotdish ( http://www.mealsmatter.org/recipes-meals/recipe/82162 )

Mon:Spaghetti

Tue:Rice and Beans ( http://www.mealsmatter.org/recipes-meals/recipe/82163 )

Hope you like ;) comment and let me know if you liked this so I know if I should keep doing it ;)