Road Trip

The Mister and I were away the past couple of days.

I just love hearing the mister say- "ROAD TRIP!"

We made our way to central Wisconsin in search of treasures.
We did 350 miles of searching. The weather was warm and sunny and made the driving a pleasure. We drove the country back roads all twisty and turny.
I love traveling the country roads and going through the little towns.

I found a few goodies for me and a few goodies to use with the bears. I have a few photos to share with you of just a small sampling of some of the things I found along the way.

The first two photos you see my prized find, a 1920's, 24" electric eye bear, with the original tag. My heart went pitter patter when I spied this guy!

I also found the two antique puzzle ball pin cushions, a pile of vintage clothing for the teddies and the old blue bench.

I found this fab, antique ladies size mohair coat, yards and yards of antique tinsel rope, and yards of antique flag bunting, I LOVE this stuff.

I also found dozens of antique chenille candy canes and a few handfuls of the sweetest little vintage batting snowmen.

Below is an antique Christmas tree floor cloth . It is dated 1928. These were used to protect rugs and floors from dripping candle wax.

I can't wait now to get back into the studio and create a bear from the antique coat!

It was a wonderful road trip.

Thank you Mr. Steiner!