Shop Announcement

I've been working on my Etsy shop, RhondaMum, today and have listed some new items. I hope you will pay me a visit. I now have all items priced with only $1.50 shipping, and any additional items ship for only $.10 cents. That's right, TEN CENTS, no limit. This offer is only good in the United States (sorry friends). However, for those who live outside of the US, I will work out a great deal for you as well.

I have lots of vintage playing cards, foreign flash cards in several languages, vintage tickets, handmade tags and one of a kind art as well as many other unique and vintage items. If you are a reader of my blog and you make a purchase, just mention in the comments area that you read my blog, and you will get a free gift. This part is good for readers outside of the US too. Yippee!

Hope you are all enjoying the day after Thanksgiving!

Rhonda...

Have A Wonderful Thanksgiving!

I'm sure that many of you will agree, it has been a very busy week. I can't believe that Thanksgiving is already here. My life is just flying by so quickly. I have loads of things to share, and will do so after we celebrate turkey day. My husband has had my camera as well, so I have felt a little lost. I take so many pictures every day. It's ridiculous!

Any hoo, just wanted to do a post to wish you all a wonderful Thanksgiving. I have a lot to be extra thankful about this year, with Mom on the mends still. I also have wonderful friends, like all of you, family, health and so much more. A day never goes by that I don't realize just how blessed I am.

Be safe in your travels and God bless!

Rhonda...

Things I'm Excited About

Time for another dork post from RhondaMum. It's going to be a Killer week!

First things first, tomorrow is an exciting day because The Killers new album, Day & Age, will be in stores, and I am PSYCHED! Also on Monday, they will be on Jimmy Kimmel and on Tuesday they will be on Leno. I will be a screaming teenager, trapped in a 40 year old body, for most of the week.

The count down is on for their concert in January! Woo Hoo! My husband and I already know that we will have a blast!

On another note, the movie Twilight came out this past Friday. I had heard about this book from several friends, and my neighbor, who is also a dear friend, was HOOKED! So, I gave it a go. Oh my gosh, I could not put it down. I am now on the third book, Eclipse, from the series. My friend's sister is also into the series, big time. She purchased tickets for us about a month ago for Friday and we were so excited about this movie.

The theatre was packed, and although our ticket was for the 8:00 showing, we had to get there at 6:00 to stand in line so we would have a good seat. There were about 20 people in front of us, and by the end of the first hour, the line went clear around the theatre, twisted all back and forth like a huge line for the awesome roller coaster ride at a theme park. They even brought in popcorn and drinks on a cart so that people wouldn't loose their seats.

The movie was amazing! It was perfect in every way but one and that had to do with Edward's (the vampire) sparkle. But you would only understand that if you read the book.

The thing that kills me is how it is called a "tween" thing. I hate that term. This series is awesome and is read by all age groups. I mean, come on. I'm 40, my friend is 30, her sister is 35, the other gal was in her 50s, and my mom, who is also reading it and loves it, just turned 71.

I am VERY picky about what books I read and they really have to grab my interest or I just don't bother. The way the author, Stephenie Meyer, writes is fantastic and I love the way she pieces everything together. AND, she is a stay at home mom. So there you go.

I am really hoping that the other books in the series will be made into movies as well. And to the person that stole Midnight Sun, the fifth book that the author was working on, and posted it illegally on the Internet, SHAME ON YOU! That is one story I would have really like to have read.

Are you curious yet? I hope that at least one of you will be inspired to get this book and read it. I don't think you will regret it at all.

So, have a great week and be sure to also check out The Killers on Jimmy Kimmel and Leno. You might even hear me screaming from out in the distance.....

Rhonda...

It's International Button Week at The Button Floozies. Here are just a few of my favorites. As you can see below, I have more buttons then anyone could ever need. I just love them though. They are neat to look at and great to use in my art.

These are my favorites. What could be better then a button with the image of the Eiffel tower on it?

This one is my absolute favorite. It is so old and just seems to have a history about it.

These are some more of my favorites. I especially love mother of pearl buttons. I just can't get enough. You can see more of my collections on my flickr page here.

Be sure to check out the Button Floozies and see the many wonderful collections of my buttons pals. Thanks to Abbie, for being so great at all she does and for putting this event together!

Rhonda...

My Favorite Bird

Here is a recent treasure find while out shopping with my Mom. I love British Robins. I just thought that I would place it here to share. Hopefully I scanned it correctly. So, if you are interested, help yourself.




Have a great weekend!

Rhonda...

A Marie Antoinette Award

A Marie Antoinette Award - a real person, a real award!

I am so happy to receive this award from that amazing Priscilla at Sweet Remembrance. She was one of my first blog friends and has been a huge influence on me both as a person and a artist. She has such a wonderful soul and you will feel happy if you pay her a visit.

So now, I must pass this award on to some more wonderful people.

Here are the Rules for the Award:

1. Please put the logo on your blog

2. Link to the person from whom you received the award

3. Nominate at least 7 or more blogs

4. Put the links of those blogs on your blog

5. Leave a message on their blogs to tell them

The people that I would like to pass this award on to are:

1. Carolyn from Magpie-Pixie

2. Abbie from Down Abbie's Road

3. Jules from Whimsical Notions

4. Sherry from Esprit'd Art

5. Jo at Labor of Love

6. Nancy at My Crafty Little Page

7. Marilyn at Unshelved Words

8. Kathy at Vintage Snaps & Scraps

I know that there are several more that I could give this award to, so please don't be offended if I did not name you. I know a few that will be gifted this award by some that I gifted. All I know is I am blessed to have you all!

Have a wonderful day and thank you again Priscilla!

Rhonda...

Today Is My Blogoversary!

Wow! I had no idea. I just happened to notice this little pic on my blog today. I can't believe it has already been one year since I started blogging. I used to think, "I would never have a blog... who does that?" I was SO wrong. I have met so many wonderful people through blogging; supportive, wonderful, true friends. Not to mention all of the swaps and events I take part in now. I love it! So here is a big thank you to all of you who have been a part of this and have kept me going. I hope to meet many more and find more fun things to do during the next year. I feel a giveaway coming on... stay tuned!

Love and God Bless!

Rhonda...

Like, that was like, the best party EVER - fer sure!

Like, Ohmagawd! I had so much fun at our party! Carolyn was like, the best friend ever and made my birthday so awesome, like fer sure! And the best part, was that I even got to talk to her, for real, on the phone. That was a fantastic gift! Even, like, my husband was excited for me.

Sorry to be posting so late. Jake, John, and Brandon (who was all of a sudden a man, and not a little boy from the 80's) got, in like, the hugest fight over me and I had to break John and Ryan's hearts, like so bad because my heart really belongs to like, Brandon. And Ryan just left me in his daddy's Rolls with him, and like, didn't really like care that I had moved on. Only problem was that some of Brandon's friends, like, took pictures of us and I don't even remember any of it. And, like, Brandon doesn't even have his licence.

Again, Carolyn is amazing. She made this like, ohmagawd, this banner for those of you that came to the party. It was just too hard to pick one winner for our categories. I mean, like, Carolyn had the most beautiful dress, but like, Pea's was so cool. And Carolyn and Sherry both had, these like, totally tubular shoes, but so did Pea cause she had some like, really cool jellies. And, well, we all have rockin' hair because we survived, like, gag me with a spoon, those horrible, like, perm fumes. So, just be sure to visit everyone that came by, and like, give them a big 80's shout, like okay!



Caz also made, this like, amazing collage sheet for everyone. So, like, make sure we have your like, email address, so we can like, send a copy to you. Like, fer sure! And a huge, huge thanks to Caz for making this party, like, totally awesome. Like, ohmagawd!

So like, I just loved this cake that Caz gave me. It's like, so cute except that it has that big old 4 0 on it. Like, gag me with a fork!

And like, this gift is so awesome too. John even, like, kissed the glass for me because he like, loves me so much.

Brandon and I took our balloon ride this morning, and it was like, so romantic. He sang "Let me show you, how much I care" and I like, just melted. Not to mention the other fun we had, but like, I'm a lady so I won't, like, kiss and tell. He even asked me to go with him, so we're official now. Like, Ohmagawd!!!!!

These flowers from Caz just smelled so beautiful and Brandon put one, like, in my hair and then, like, kissed me ever so gently on my cheek. Oh, baby!

So like, Nancy made this like, totally awesome banner for me and it is just so perfect. I like, love the colors!

And Pea, she like, gave us all these, like, cute buttons and like, she like, accidental poked herself with one, but like, Simon LeBon kissed it and made it like, all better.

Pea also gave me this great box of like, great 80's candy. Like, Ohmagawd! I love candy, especially Pop Roks!

Okay, so like, Sherry also brought me this like, so cute cake. But then she gave me an even better, like, present.

Like, Ohmagawd! Like, I LOVE the kILLERS and this shirt is like, Ohmagawd, so thoughtful. Now, if I only had my body from the 80's to like, fit into it.

And like, the amazing Abbie made this like, totally awesome 'flair' and I just thought that was like, so sweet.

And like, Caz always, like cracks me up with all of her like, funny pics with comments on them. There were just so many that I can't post them all. And not only did she have them on her post yesterday, but they got, like, Ohmagawd, even better today cause they had, like, Brandon Flowers, like all over the place! Oh, baby!

Yea, that's what I'm talkin' about. Oh, I just love Brandon Flowers. He is like, so awesome! But, like, all of the kILLERS are, even if they are, like, a lot younger then me.

So, enough "likes". I am finding myself speaking and saying it too much like I am living in the 80's again. Like, like, like. What was I thinking? Carolyn had made a beautiful bird collage and I told her I wanted to buy it if she put it in her shop. And then, tear to the eye, she made me my own with a British robin. They are my favorite, and I will treasure this forever Carolyn. Thank you so much.

But there was more. She also gave me this beautiful scarf, with my favorite Eiffel tower on it. I love the colors and I am going to hang it on my wall. I also love the birthday card and these adorable little robin holiday cards. Just so, so thoughtful all wrapped up so beautifully.

I really had a wonderful birthday. I will admit, the whole 40 thing is getting me down a little. As I told my mom, I just feel, kind of deflated. But, I am also the happiest I have ever been.

So, guess what my family got me.... drum roll please......

SCREAM!!!!!!!

That's right baby! I'm going to my third Killers concert! My husband and I are so excited! Mom and dad will be watching the girls that night so we can drive down and act like we are in our 20s again.

We, my parents, the girls, Chuck, my real true love, (sorry Brandon) and I went out to dinner last night for our (Mom & I) birthdays. Mom's was on Monday, and how neat to have a baby just a few days after. I sat at the table, with great food, my girls, kind of, out of control (they were really excited) and I thought to myself, how, this is what it's all about. I am so blessed. I have parents who are dear friends, a beautiful family, girls that warm my heart when I look at them, an amazing husband who supports all of my quirky habits and such wonderful people in my life. It was a great birthday, and I thank you all who were a part of it and made it that much better.

I am proud to say I grew up in the 80's. I don't think there will ever be a time when there was such great music and style. As crazy as it all was, I loved it and if I wasn't 40 I would still wear a lot of it today and dance the same Molly Ringwald dance from The Breakfast Club. However, I would NOT have a perm!

Like, Gag me with a spoon!

Rhonda...

Totally Awesome 80's Birthday Bash

Like, Ohmagawd! It's like, totally time, for like, Carolyn and I to have, like, our totally awesome 80's Birthday Bash! And of course, like, Carolyn and I are like so talented, that we are going to perform a Madonna song, like, just for you, our like friends. We are going to, like, "Dress you up in our love"!



And like, Caz and I, are like, such BBFFs that we even dress up together in like, whatever theme it is, that like, we're like, going for. Here we are as Madonna and that, like, other chick, "Desperately Seeking Susan". That movie was like, so tubular! But I think, that like, Caz and I look so much better in our outfits. I mean, if you compare them, like, to us, it's like, Gag me with a spoon!

Here's, like, this like, totally huge dress, that I tried on one day when my friend and I laid out of, like, school. But I really think that I should wear, like, a tea-length dress.

And like, here are some, like, pictures of me, with like, different 80's hair styles.

You, like, really need to go to this site and make yourself in to like, all of these different pictures from like, all sorts of years. It's like, so funny! http://www.yearbookyourself.com/.

So, like, I do, like Ohmagawd, a totally awesome job, on like, my makeup. Like, you should really click on my cap and gown picture, and look at my like, beautiful blue eyeliner and mascara. It is just, like, so pretty!

So, like, of course Duran Duran are going to perform, at like, our party. Like, John and I are like, so close and he is so in love with me. But then sometimes he is, like, with Caz, and it used to make me mad. But, like, she is like, my BBFF, so it's okay, ya know. Like, we can share.

So, I told John, that like, they totally have to perform Planet Earth for me, cause, like, I love that song. Like, ohmagawd!

So, like, if you look at like, this picture of John and I, you can see what, totally awesome taste that I, like, have. My tea-length dress, looks, like, so awesome and my lace shoes are dyed to match it, like, exactly. Like, ohmagawd! Isn't that just like, so tubular! I even have pink rhinestone jewelry like Madonna, and pink fingerless lace gloves. But, like, Madonna got those ideas, from like me, life fer sure!

John and I are so cute, that we, will like, still be like, beautiful 20 years from now. Like, you know it's true.

So now, let's like, move on to like, the food we will be eating, at our awesome 80's bash!

I, like, love Mc. DLTs from McDonald's. I think that the like, Styrofoam container it's in, is like, so cute and I think it such a like, ohmagawd, an awesome idea to have like, all of the cold stuff on like, one side, and the hot stuff on like, the other. It's just so, like, awesome! And like, you can't have, like, a McDLT without fries and a coke. Like gag me with a spoon!

And my sister, like, she's older, and she's like, gonna sneak in a bunch of, Seagram's Wine Coolers. Like, ohmagawd! It's going to be, like, so much fun!

So, like, after Duran Duran performs, like, Ohmagawd! It's, like, Kajagoogoo. Like, Limahl, is like, so cute. I love, like his hair, like, how it's like, all spiked up on top and, like, long in the back. Like, Ohmagawd, I just love him! So, like, go and check out their video for Too Shy. It's like, one of my favorites! And you can check out more great 80's videos here.

So, like, after they sing, like a few songs, like, Caz and I are going to bring out desert. Like, I know it's like, my birthday and everything, but like, I love you guys, and like, so does Caz, so we like, made everyone these, like, totally awesome cakes a lightning bolt on top. Like, we make them, like, ourselves and like, you will like, love them.

So like, here I am with my Mom in like, New York City. Like, ohmagawd, it is like, so cool there and like, check out my jacket with all of my, like cool buttons on it. Like, I even have a new, like Walkman. Like, ohmagawd! My parent's are like, so awesome! And like, I even have a Michael Jackson button and like, I like, love to roller skate at the roller rink to his song Wanna Be Startin' Somethin. Like, I am like, such a good skater. Like, I even have pom poms and skate covers, in like, all sorts of colors.

Okay, so like, something else that we decided, to like do, is to like give all of you gifts. Like, you will, like, love what we got you!

Okay, so like, everyone, like, loves my add a bead necklace we got, like, each of you one. Like, ohmagawd!

So like, here's what they look like. Aren't they, like totally awesome, like ohmagawd!

And like, we also got you some twist-a-beads, cause their like, so cute and look so pretty with pink lipstick and blue eyeliner.

And like, I love, like Keith Hering, especially those, like, little barking wolves. But like, he has these totally awesome Swatch watches, so like, we got one of those for you too.

And like, it can't be the 80's without, like, a Rubik's cube. Like, I just can't figure mine out. Like, gag me with a spoon. I always take mine, like apart and click it all back together, cause, like, I just can't do it.

I have these shoes in like, every color. Like, a pair to match, like any outfit I wear. And I love my Aigner purse, like, so much!

Like, here I am on, like my first car. It was like, a Plymouth Champ and like, I had so much fun in that car. And like, check out my cool white boots. Like, I got them in New York City, and wore them, like all the time.

So, like, my final date of the evening, is with Jake Ryan. Like, ohmagawd, he is like, so awesome and cute and I just love his like, body. Like, it would be Brandon Flowers from, like, The Killers, but he's just a little boy and that would be like, so gross.

And Jake, like, he just loves me, like so much. He comes over to my house, in his red Porsche, and like, we like have so much fun together. And like, I love it when his parents are like, out of town, and we can pretend we're like, Mr. and Mrs. Jake Ryan and like everyone just envies us.

So like, you guys, like stay and like eat and dance as long as you want. Like, okay. Like, Caz will be here for a while, and like, you can just make yourselves at home, and like, just don't put any freshman, like, in the coffee table, like, okay. And if someone, like, gets their hair slammed in the door, like, just get some scissors and like, cut it off, cause, like, they'll still love you and they won't get mad. Like, I promise!

So like, thanks for celebrating my 40Th birthday with Caz and I. Like, be sure to check out her site and all of the others, that like, joined in. And like, ohmagawd, like, if you want to join in just fill in Mr. Linky HERE and like we can like, come and visit you too. Like, Ohmagawd! And like, we'll like, catch up tomorrow and compare stories and stuff, like, okay. And Caz and I might have some like, prizes too, so check it out. Like, I'm going to go to Jake's house now. He has, like, a special cake for me.

Like, ohmagawd! See what I mean. He is, like, so totally awesome!

Ohmagawd, like, I can't believe, I am like, 40!

Rhonda...

You Know You Grew Up In The 80's If...