Rag Rugs

Images Courtesy of Flickr

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1. 170-7018_IMG, 2. Seventies Sunshine Crochet Rug, 3. Bowl of Fruit Crocheted Rug, 4. פרט - שטיח סרוג מבדים, 5. Hexagon Rag Rug 54 inches , 6. Looking good, 7. שטיח לרובין ורוני, 8. Rag Rug, 9. Rose's On The Fence Rag Rug

These images from Flickr inspire me...to someday make a crocheted rug.  

Some of these are made out of T-shirt knit fabric strips.  

Many years ago my sister-in-law gave me a crochet pamphlet on making rugs out of plastic bag strips.  

I hope one of these days I can put this project on my "to do" list.

How about you? 

Are you inspired to try one?   

And there are more REDs to enjoy with our host, Sue, at 

It's A Very Cherry World

(here) 

for REDnesday!

Cottage Pretties

Images Courtesy of Flickr

1. Rag rug, 2. Mesa de luz Luis XV magenta, 3. closeup, 4. Keeping track of the tools, 5. Romantic Chic room with lounge chair., 6. Vintage Fisher Price Bluebird Music Box Crib Toy, 7. The Hooker's Floor 4, 8. Yo-yo puff, ribbon and lace., 9. Rose Curtain Ties

It's Mosaic Monday tomorrow and I'm sharing some beautiful 

shabby cottage

images borrowed from Flickr.

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Aren't the rag rugs cute!  

Someday I have to try making one of these.

Please join Mary at The Little Red House (here) for more Mosaic Monday!

Talent Round Up Day!

Hi I'm "Friday"!

My Mickey Mouse Club Teddy Bear!

The "Mickey Mouse Club" week ended on Friday with "Talent Round-Up Day."

Mickey closed out the week-long fun on a western theme, wearing a ten-gallon hat and spinning a lariat. 

He launched the show with a friendly "Hi, pardners!" to ready us to join the Mouseketeers clothed in their best cowboy and cowgirl finery. 

Music for Friday's show was written by George Bruns, lyrics by Gil George (pseudonym for frequent contributing lyricist, studio nurse Hazel George): 

Saddle your pony, here we go

Down to the talent rodeo.

Gather up Susie, Jack and Joe,

Join the talent round-up.

Round 'em up, bring 'em in,

Everybody's sure to win.

Step right up, here we go,

Oh, what a rodeo!

Bring along Dinah, Bob and Bill,

Ask everybody on the hill.

We're gonna have a great big thrill,

Join the talent round-up.

Round 'em up, bring 'em in,

Everybody's sure to win.

Step right up, here we go,

Oh, what a rodeo!

Bring along Mary, Jim and Moe,

Ask everybody you may know.

We're going to have a great big show,

Join the talent round-up.

Step right up, step right up,

Here we go, here we go,

Join the round-up rodeo!

I don't know about you but everyday after school in the 1950s I came home and watched the Mickey Mouse Club and then America Bandstand.  

My favorite Mickey Mouse Club day was "Talent Round-Up Day"!

I loved watching the Mouseketeers dance out on the stage on their "ponies".  Here's a fun clip of that opening!


(Don't forget to go down to the bottom of my blog and turn the sound down on My Podmix music so you can hear this video.)

This is a fantastic book giving the history of the Mickey Mouse Club and it's loaded with lots of photos.

Who's your favorite?

All of the Mouseketeers were so talented.  

I liked Annette and Darlene!

Marty, Annette and Spin

Even my Hubby watched the Mickey Mouse Club serial "Spin and Marty"!  

The first season's show was about boys at a summer horse camp. 

The next season they bought the girls in probably because the boys were getting older. 

Mr. Jimmie Dodd

A great man!

Don't you wish we had TV shows like this now?  

Good, clean, fun shows...teaching kids principles for living.  

My Annette Funicello Mickey Mouse Club Talent Round Up Teddy Bear

I finally got my Mouse ears when I bought this adorable Teddy Bear from the Annette Funicello Collection.

We're planning on taking an RV trip down to Walt Disney World (Hurray!) in Florida this fall in our new travel van. 

And maybe a stop at Univeral Studios to see Harry "Hogwarts" Potter Land too.

And...then on to the Florida Keys for some snorkeling fun. 

So...were you a Mouseketeer fan?