Hopping Home From Auction

Last Saturday was an auction unlike any other! As usual, my sister and I waltzed in about 2 hours late because we had no real need for anything, just wanting to see what odds and ends were coming up. I bought a $2 box of old jewellery, my sister snagged a box of old books for $1 and a dandylion weeder. Nothing exciting and absolutely nothing we needed.

About 1 o'clock, amidst some fly fishing gear, they bring out a cage with 2 bunnies in it. Awwww of course we thought they were adorable (yet we wondered when this turned into a livestock auction). But nobody else must have felt the same because there was no bidders! Finally the lot of 2 bunnies, a homemade cage, a pile of food and a bale of hay was down to $5 and still no interest. So my sister, Torri, throws her paddle up!

I looked at her like "what are you doing? Are you really buying these????". Her bid spurred on 1 other for $7.50 and we breathed a little sigh of relief that we would not be held responsible for these things. And when the auctioneer went to $10 there was absolutely no interest.... until just before the gavel fell and my sister threw up her paddle again!

It happened so fast that we kind of felt stunned. Here we came to look for old plates and random odds and ends, and we left with 2 live animals!

The reaction back at home was somewhat mixed until everyone saw Wren play with them.

It was love at first sight for her and she cuddled those little babies all weekend.

And on a side note, we had a small victory at our house over hair clips recently! Wren will not wear one for the life of me but somehow allowed me to put one in for Sunday. She is a girly girl in so many ways (note the painted nails) but refuses to let me do her hair. Hopefully this means she is coming around.

Wren and I share a favorite rabbit, this little brown rex named Buttercup.

While my sister loves the fuzzy little lionhead with his crazy hair.

I haven't been over to check it out, but Torri and Braden built an enclosed bunny hatch and run in their back yard for the summer. It seems that being bunny parents suits them well.

Blue Cabinet blues

This may give you an idea of how hectic and disorganized the WhiteBerry portion of my life has been. Sean sanded and primed this baby for me back in early January. I painted it last week.

When I finally got around to it, I thought I would match it to Wren's bed color and find a spot in her room for it to house her massive book collection. It is low and would be easy for her to access the books so it seemed like a good plan.

But sadly her room, large as it is, cannot house another item of this size without completely re-configuring her room. And still being so little I prefer her bed to be up tight against a wall so it just wasn't meant to be.

I did a two layer effect to match the bed, with hints of white coming through the worn areas.

And had set aside a cute set of butterfly Anthro cabinet pulls just for her (on clearance for $2.95 so take a look if you need some cute pulls!)

And just like a butterfly I had to let this cabinet fly. It didn't come back so I guess it really wasn't meant to be~

So I'm back to square one with the book situation...for now anyways.

Caitlin Rowe Giveaway

Hello again! I have let life take over these last few days which has been a nice, yet busy change. Yard work and voting and taxes, oh my! It's always a little depressing when it comes time to calculate just how much you owe. I would much rather go on a trip or shopping spree...

And while I definitely won't be going on any shopping sprees in the near future I am excited to offer 2 lucky readers a chance to beat the tax time blues with a little something pretty.

Little Bird Fly by caitlin rowe, is a new fashion label from Brisbane, Australia. The self titled label was created in 2009 by up-and-coming designer Caitlin Rowe and was inspired by her love of all things pretty and shiny. Her debut accessories collection incorporates fine fabrics with gorgeous jewels to re-create the feeling of summer romances of years gone. Each piece is beautifully hand crafted with love and care in her tiny but adorable studio in Brisbane, Australia.

And being such a sweet gal, Caitlin wants to send 1 lucky winner the Taylor headband.

AND she will also be sending the Doris hair clip to 1 lucky runner up!!!

If you have weddings galore this summer you NEED to check out her selection! I will be hunting for a dress to rock with the Harlow and Sophia headbands to a wedding in June~

{TO ENTER}

Simply leave a comment on this post before Friday, May 6, at midnight Pacific time. BUT if 1 entry just isn't enough, become a facebook fan of LittleBirdFly and leave a second comment on this post telling us for a second entry.

So that's 2 entries with 2 chances to win a beautiful hair piece from Caitlin.

GOOD LUCK!!!