My Shoestring Life

Spring Cath Kidston

I have just spent 20 minutes I’ll never get back drooling over the new Spring products from Cath Kidston. I have a dress of hers that I LOVE and wear often. It was so worth the money. I just can’t get over the cost of overseas shipping, but someday I will, and my husband will [...]

I’m going to miss my magazines.

I won’t be getting any decorating magazines delivered to my mailbox any more. All the ones I have subscribed to have ceased operations.
First, it was Blueprint.
Then, it was Cottage Living.
Next, it was Country Home.
Finally, it’s Domino.
The “official” information has cited the economy, which has impacted their advertising revenue. Some speculate the rise of [...]

Working on a big ebay auction.

I am elbow deep working on a major ebay auction to clear out inventory that’s been sitting around and not selling.
Here are the ground rules:
1. All auctions will start with an opening bid of just 99 cents.
2. The fun starts Monday, February 2 at 8:00 AM Central or 6:00 AM Ebay time.
3. The auctions will [...]

Goodbye Citrus Mint.

The first Caldrea fragrance I fell in love with was Citrus Mint Ylang Ylang. As it just so happens, in order to add Sea Salt Neroli, Caldrea decided to discontinue Citrus Mint. I was a little disappointed at first. (Well, maybe more than a little.)
I have received much consolation from the beauty of the [...]

I’ve got a new favorite.

Introducing Caldrea’s new fragrance: Sea Salt Neroli. It is divine. It is clean. It is fresh. It is my new favorite.
It ships the first week of February. (I’m not sure I can wait that long. I almost stuffed a bunch of hand soap in my backpack at market. You think they would have noticed?)

I’m warming up to owls.

They are beginning to pop up everywhere. Funny thing is, I had a strange customer come in to the store repeatedly who collected owls and I honestly thought it sort of weird, the obsession with owls.
But now I am seeing them a lot, in all kids of applications. Maybe she wasn’t that weird after [...]

Look who’s coming to Shoestringhome.com

Aren’t they so darn cute?
Handknit dolls from blabla. Large (18-22 inches) $44. Small (12 inches) $34.

Back to basics.

I’m hearing this phrase a lot, lately. But what does it really mean? Is this an advertising slogan spun to fit the times and make us think that company B’s products are not “basic” and therefore not essential, but company A’s are. So, you can keep buying those.
Probably.
I don’t think as Americans we’re [...]

Christmas past.

Here are some of my favorite Christmas decorations from our house this year. I took these photos before it all came down a couple weeks ago.
I actually enjoyed decorating for Christmas this year. It’s been a while since that’s been true. Running the store. Closing the store. Having babies. It seemed every year I [...]

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