Countdown To Vacation… Even If It’s Short

4f62c29e9bbe11e1a39b1231381b7ba1_7I don’t know why I do this to myself… I plan a getaway but I never plan a long getaway. Perhaps it is because I would feel totally guilty if I asked anyone to housesit and watch the pooches for more than a few days. Who knows!?

Anyway… I am super excited because in just a few days, Greg and I will be flying down to Florida to visit my family! Yay! I never get to go down there as much as I like, so this is a huge treat.

It’s funny… I was just telling Greg that I can’t remember the last time I was in an airplane with anyone. I have always flown alone – aside one company trip in a tiny jet plane (I don’t count that!). When I was a little girl, I flew with family once or twice but that was so long ago that I barely remember.

Lucky for Greg, I am ultra organized. I get to the airport early. I don’t panic. I am a relaxed traveler – except during the take off and landings. Then I am praying for my dear life. Poor Greg gets motion sick, so hopefully it’s not an eventful flight!

While we are down in Florida, we will be non-stop visiting family from Tampa to Daytona and back. The trip is from Thursday to Monday. Like I said – short trip!!

At John's Pass... One of my favorite places to visit! I can't wait to take Greg!

At John’s Pass… One of my favorite places to visit! I can’t wait to take Greg!

Can you believe Greg has never been to a Waffle House!?

Can you believe Greg has never been to a Waffle House!?

Greg and I really need this. Between working and starting up our little shop – we barely get time to relax. Plus my classes start right back up next week. Thank you Lord for our vacation!!

I am thinking I will need to do a little staycation in July. Hopefully I can schedule something with Greg so we can spend time working on the houses – there is so, so much to do!!

Are you guys planning on going anywhere exciting this year? I know that some of my friends here just got back from holiday and some are on holiday this week!!

I hope you all had a beautiful weekend and are off to an amazing week!!

p.s. Greg and my glass blowing flowers were picked up this weekend!! What do you think?

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We Have Flowers!

I feel as though I should apologize for not being around as much lately. To say things are busy is an understatement. To say things have been great is also an understatement!

Greg and I have been pushing forward with our little Brown Swan shop and let me tell you… it is time consuming! Between that, work, vacation approaching and school starting back up – I can only do so much. So, I had to cut back in some areas (hence, my none blogging for a week!)

What I am realllly excited about is the fact that our little business is already getting a lot of attention! We have made a couple of sales on Etsy, had some special orders and now… *drumroll* …we will even be in a little shop! Can you believe it?! In addition to the shop news, we may also be a rather large event in September but until I have the 100% “Yes, it’s happening”, I am going to keep that hush… I just rather not eat my words if it falls thru!!

Last night we finally got our flowers in the shop and O.M.Goodness! I wanted to keep every single one of them! I have to thank my BFF for the inspiration and idea behind the cotton fabric flowers. Aren’t they so stinkin’ cute!?

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I am going to start adding many more of the polyester vintage style fabric flowers, too. For now we only have 1 on the site but I have a ton more ready to go!

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What do you ladies think? Do you like the headbands, clips or pins best? I am curious as to what everyone else wears because I wear everything! I am thinking I need more headbands, though!

There is so much more to share like my visit from my BFF  last weekend and our trip to the *ech* Mutter Museum *ech*! I am praying I get some down time this weekend so I can relax a bit and catch up! I hope you all are doing fabulously on this beautiful Thursday!!!! <3

 

May Day Giveaway… And The Winner Is…

Happy May Day!

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Congrats to Cindy L. for being our May Day Giveaway Winner!!!

I just know Cindy is going to have lots of fun shopping with her $50 Dornick Designs Gift Certificate! Don’t worry, Cindy – shipping is on me! Oh… and I hear Kathy is adding a lil’ sumthin sumthin to your package!! Enjoy!!!!

Thank you to everyone who participated in our May Day Giveaway. To the new folks, I hope you stick around and get to know JustSomeJane. To those who have been following all along, thank you so much for your continued friendship & support!!

You guys are beautiful!! <3
Happy Wednesday!

We Went Glass Blowing!

It seems like the last week has been more busy than ever. With the warm weather sneaking in, I have been doing much more outside and spending less time in front of the computer. I can’t help it – I absolutely love this time of year and I take advantage of it before it gets too hot to handle!

On Saturday Greg and I did something new! We took a day trip out to Lancaster and we went glass blowing!For Christmas he had gotten me two passes for a demo class where I could try it out myself. Let me tell you… It was so much fun!!

We had the options of making an ornament, flower, paper weight or a dish. We both made flowers. I nearly made a dish but then I saw I would have to put my mouth on something that other people were also putting their mouths on… yeah, no thanks!!!The flowers were the way to go!

I was surprised at how well Greg did. He was awesome for his first time! Me on the other hand… well, it was heavy and I was nervous but it was still so much fun!I think it went pretty well considering. Of course, I will have a better idea of how well i did when I pick up the finished product (it had to bake for 10 hours in a kiln). We get to pick up our flowers in a couple of weeks. It is sorta far, so we decided we will make a day trip out of it.

Oh, and we took tons of pictures!! (of course!)

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The studio we were in was so cool and the guys running it were fun and incredibly talented. The atmosphere was laid back and relaxed! There were about 20 people in the class and we all just took our turns at our projects. I am definitely thinking about going back!

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Have you ever been glass blowing? What about pottery making? I would love to try that, too. Maybe, I will also take a painting class…. always looking for something fun to do!

Happy Tuesday everyone!! I hope your day is beautiful!