good idea..

I just ran across this clip of a gal who

rents her 'bubbles' (?) to travelers on AirBnB

..it looks like she's in San Diego somewhere?

Makes me wish I had a little more land for Ellie Mae and a few friends!

                                                           Click here to see the little video

table trials .....part 2

So we have a bit of a failure going on at the moment.

Right now this table is banished to the garage for bad behavior. I am seriously thinking about getting a different glue and trying again.

Epoxy? E-6000? Gorilla Glue?

Not sure yet.

~

Since I changed the Formica, I wasn't digging my front curtains that much. I loved the pattern, but they were just clashing. It needed some turquoise in it.

 So I went digging around in my piles of tablecloths, found a better match and sewed

new ones. 

I think it ties in much better

overall.

The disco globe is going to get changed too...and the Slow Down sign we just popped up there temporarily

to hide the hole where the propane light was...I need to decide what to do there.

Little details.

While up in Ojai for work, my friend and & I decided to check out the Flying Flags RV Resort...where the

Buellton Vintage Trailer Bash is going to be held. 

I am so glad we checked it out.

 It is really beautiful and now I am super excited about camping there!

Most of the spots are wonderfully

shady and have nice grass.

Phoebe wanted to check out the larger grassy areas...

This is a Boles Aero..check it out..

it has two doors!

The park has lots of vintage trailers

 people can rent and camp

in.

This is going to be FUN!

table trials...

Between work craziness, 
babysitting

 4 wild dogs

for my friends..
getting a new TV and 

a new phone...life has been a bit hectic.

But finally we did something for Ellie Mae!
It's time for the table to match the counter.

I figured this wouldn't be hard. It looks pretty easy on the YouTube videos after all.

Smear the glue, wait a bit, slap it together and then just trim off the edges.

Piece of 

right?

Well...try it with Formica that has been curled up in a roll

 "since before we were born"

 quips Dave...

Not so easy! 

And the super-duper glue I found that's supposed to be the BEST (and therefore, no longer available)

ended up not co-operating at all.

It's like the glue and the Formica took one look at each other and it was 

hate at 1st sight.

We weighed it down with whatever heavy stuff was laying around..
and checked it the next day.
It looked great! 
Dave buzzed the router around it and we admired our job.
For about 10 minutes.

Then it started to lift!

So, more glue, more weight,
and now we are giving it a few days under all the junk..

Keep your fingers crossed!

this and that

Saturday's haul from the good ol' swap:

I love the wood and aluminum combo on this chair. Plus, it is super comfortable!

It will probably get sold at the Buellton Trailer Bash, but then again, you can never have too many 

camping chairs, right?

This is a terrible picture, but I was excited to find these vintage pink and gold textured placemats. 

I get happy about the dumbest things

They are a lot nicer than they look here.

and this cutie, which I will sell

Great color, right?

~

Ellie Mae is Ms. August on the Glamping Forum!

Yay! Not bad for a 50 Year Old!

~

Meanwhile, in the awning Dept..
I had to bring in the big guns.

That awning kicked my butt. 

Not because it is so hard (IT WAS) but because I have too small a space and just can't handle it!

Lucky for me, Bobbi loves to sew, has an

awesome machine and a giant table.

Gosh it's great to have friends that will help you. Thanks Bobbi, I owe you one!
Today it's back to the swap to see if
I can find the gal that was going to bring me spools of this.
Wish me luck!

Here's the Leo Carrillo Beach B-Day thing..I haven't heard back if we are in, but the chances are good.

Looks like a great time!

Pinning....

Time to tackle the awning.

I screwed up and got fabric with the stripes running the WIDTH 

of the fabric, not the 

LENGTH.

(sigh)

I am not a seamstress.

I know nothing about sewing.

guess that is pretty obvious

But, it ain't gonna sew itself

so I may as well give it a try!

Not the kind of pinning I usually do...

bigger than my kitchen

MAN that is a LOT of fabric! 

Thank God for the 

Vintage Trailer Talk Forum and the helpful folks who give so much advice.

Love you guys!

I will scallop the edges for an old fashioned look and if I can find fringe down the line I'll add it.

Pom-poms are super cute, 

but since it is such a girly color 

already, that might be over doing it..lol.

I can see Dave rolling his eyes now!

Homecoming

Well, the day has come..

Ellie Mae is coming home!

 Dave needs the space to work on other projects.

(hi Risa! LOL)

So an area was dug out and filled with gravel on the side of my house

Thank God I don't live in one of those 

'hoity-toity' HOA type neighborhoods!

It looks REALLY tight to me, but Dave assures me that she will fit.

ooo0000-kkkkkkkay....

~

later this evening

She's IN~!

Turns out, Dave was right, she DID fit

well, after cutting off part of my ROOF..

BUT, she's home and that's a good thing.

Now she can be an unofficial 

'guest room' I guess. 

The Buellton Vintage Trailer Bash is the next thing we are going to.

 I am really looking forward to it, 

as it will be the 1st real camping 

trip we take.

We also got invited to another vintage trailer show in Malibu in Oct which sounds super fun.

It's Leo Carrillo State Beach's 60th Birthday Celebration.

I remember going there as a kid on school field trips!

~

There will be a surf contest,

car show, live bands, food trucks,

Hoola Hoop contests, bubble gum blowing contests and K9 attack demos.

K9 ATTACK DEMOS?

(can we sign people up for the attack demos I wonder?)

J/K

too much time on my hands

I'm a sales rep with nothing to sell.
so...
I've been thinking about awnings.
I played a little online and came up with these choices so far:

 I like the last one the best, but I sorta wish it had some yellow. 

It does have that 'vintage vibe' to it.

~

After some tough days

(due to my work situation)

 I came home to a box at my front door.

 In it was a TON of amazing cuteness,

courtesy of my new 'trailer buddy' 

Risa.

Wow! It was like Christmas!

Bunny watched me open the box and she can vouch for my excitement. 

Risa MADE the embroidery above..

I can't wait to hang it up in Ellie Mae!

Notice the '63, and the colors? 

Perfection. 

~

Risa, YOU ROCK.