Curious Goods

Gardening and Raising Chickens... OH MY!

2011-03-29T23:16:00.001-05:00


Salvaging Materials to build a Chicken House.

Chicken House going up slowly as we design it. All materials salvaged except screws, paint, and a sheet of plywood

Chicken's nest had to be re-worked, but is now ready for move in when the hens are ready!

Building fencing to keep out the critters around here is a challenge!

Yes, I have done some of ALL of the work... except the roofing.

3 week old chicks are a riot to watch.


Square Foot Gardening, the "Mel Bartholomew" Method. The plants have doubled in size since these photos last week.


Broccoli's modest beginnings...

Thanks for checking in on me... just a bit of what has been keeping me busy in March! Veggies and Fresh Eggs are the future staples in my home!

50% OFF EVERYTHING! Curious Goods at the Lindy Mall in Malakoff, Texas

2011-01-09T22:29:00.000-06:00

50% OFF ON EVERYTHING?????????

IS DONNA CRAZY??????

YOU know how I get... about 2 times a year

I go nuts and have this clear-out sale!

I just put the signs up on Saturday late, so

get to the Lindy Mall in Malakoff ASAP

before YOUR treasures have been snatched up!

Curious Goods SALE and a FALL GARDEN PARTY this Sunday afternoon ONLY at the Lindy Mall in Malakoff!

2010-11-12T05:17:00.000-06:00

THE LINDY ANTIQUE MALL

Malakoff, Texas

IS HOSTING A FALL GARDEN PARTY

THIS SUNDAY

NOVEMBER 14^TH AT 2:00

The Special Guest Speaker will be

MARY WILHITE, owner of the

Blue Moon Gardens

One of East Texas' Fabulous Gardening Destinations!

Mary will speak on winter gardening and answer your gardening questions.

There will be door prizes and refreshments.

Join us for this fun and informative event.

ALSO ~ Many areas of the mall

will be having SPECIAL SALES FOR SUNDAY ONLY!

ASK FOR your 20% discount at the front register off of

anything in the Curious Goods Shop

inside the Lindy Mall!!

Our CHRISTMAS TREE is for the BIRDS!!!

It is FULL of bird ornaments of all kinds and

there are also other birdy ~ type things to be found under the tree!

Can't wait for you to see!

~~ Donna

Just a few Selected pics to give you

an idea of what Curious Goods

is up to these day!

Would LOVE TO SEE YOU on Sunday!

Lindy Mall Sale a Big Success Hosting Sisters on the Fly!

2010-10-08T19:15:00.000-05:00

Welcoming our new friends to the mall!

These ladies were such good sports.

The one in the center is soooo tall!

These sisters know how to have a good time~!

They had to be patient today to be checked out.

Janet and the staff were wrapping as fast as they

could, but the shoppers were shopping faster!

THANKS TO ALL OF THE LADIES WHO CAME AND

ENJOYED THE SHOPPING,

THE FOOD,

AND THE CHIT CHAT.

WE REALLY ENJOYED MEETING YOU ALL!

SALE 25% off Everything at Curious Goods in the Lindy Mall Oct. 8 - 10

2010-10-05T07:21:00.000-05:00

FALL is HERE!!! **

Cooler Temps are moving into Henderson County

and this has given me the urge to purge!

I have been taking inventory by the box-fulls

and adding to my ROOM at the Lindy Mall

It is like a mini - CURIOUS GOODS.

A bit of this and a bit of that...

from the RUSTY CRUSTY to Scrabble Letters

to Pressed Glass and Fishing Lures!

THIS LONG WEEKEND,

I am giving a 25% off discount off of everything in my

showroom. The last time I did this, things FLEW outta there!

So... if you are inclined to take a peek...

Hurry on to the Lindy Mall at the end of this week. I

will be there on Friday from 10 till noon or so...

Because, on Friday, some special ladies

are going to be in town. **

Have you ever heard of THE SISTERS ON THE FLY???

They are a sisterhood of FUN, Shopping, Fly Fishing,Fun, Restored

Vintage Campers, and did I mention FUN?

The Group is going to be at the Lindy Mall swtarting about 11 am

on Friday the 8th. If you would like to meet them and find out

what they are all about, maybe you could get them to

tell you all about it. When we met them last year

they did not appear to be a SHY BUNCH at all! LOL!

One of the ladies, Valarie, has a beautiful blog you may know of

called Glimpse of my World:

http://wwwglimpseofmyworld.blogspot.com/

Go Check it out!

See you at Lindy on Friday!

****** (Photo of Camper credit to Valarie!, Photo of
cutie pies credit to my daughter, Laura Rinn) ******

Curious Goods at the Lindy Mall in Malakoff, Texas

2010-08-11T09:53:00.000-05:00

Hey there!

Update on Curious Goods...

We are now located exclusively at

The Lindy Antique Mall

in Malakoff

on Hwy 31

(The main drag thru town)

headed toward Athens.
Open Tue - Sun

We have 2 booths that are getting filled up,

so it is time to get on over there

and check it out!

Just ask at the front desk where we are located.

We have an entire room to ourselves

in the front,

and a booth in the back

I refer to as "Parts and Pieces"

because it has just that...

things to get your creative

juices flowing...

Look forward to seeing you there!

~~~ Donna

Rhonda won't be able to go fishing for a while...

2010-07-13T19:24:00.002-05:00

Hi Friends~
Just a note to ask for your prayers.
Rhonda is going to have a hysterectomy
Monday morning, July 19th.
She will be in Tyler at Mother Frances'
and is not looking forward
to this at all!

First because it is just NO FUN to have
things like this done...
Mainly because she will not be able to go
FISHING
for a couple of weeks or longer.
Dr. M. said that she can ride on the boat
after a couple of weeks
and then fish, well, later.....

Poor Poor Rhonda!
(Lucky, Lucky FISH!)

Hugs to all and thanks for your prayers!!!

Sweet 16 Dear Daughter 'O' Mine!

2010-07-13T00:31:00.003-05:00

Laura Elizabeth with her big
brother, Koen.

Just wanted to say, sweet girl, that
I am blessed to have you as my
daughter, and I wouldn't
change one single thing!

The first 16 years have gone by
way too fast. May the next year be
one full of great experiences and
wonderful memories.

I love you!

50% off at Winnie & Tulula's for Curious Goods booth

2010-07-06T09:11:00.005-05:00

Yesindeedy!
50% off sale now through This Saturday!
I are no longer going to
have a booth at Winnie & Tulula's. At least not for a while...
I might pop in for special occasions! Gloria and the team there could not be better to work with, but I cannot seem to get my ---- together! I cannot stand having my booth look too sparce. I am sure you have all noticed it and I am so sorry to disappoint! :(

I know that it
seems like I have been hiding out...
and I have missed seeing all of you there, but
That new baby...
and other life "Stuff"
have had me on a different path
of sorts in the past few months...
The photo is of my soon to be 16 year old
daughter, Laura Beth, with soon to be 7
month old granddaughter, Ellie!
Forgive me?

I will give you updates more often, I promise!
At least baby pictures with life stories, if nothing else, right???

We will continue to have have our booth at
the Lindy Mall in Malakoff on Hwy 31, and
are in the process of moving inventory there
from our shop downtown which is
no longer open. You know how things got
for some of us... the economy hit some
harder than others. There are still a lot of cool
places to shop in Malakoff that are doing very well!
I am so glad that they are, and hope that
you will all come thru Malakoff on your
way to Winnie & Tulula's and check them out.

Again, I miss seeing you all
and hope to maybe hook with you
there at the Lindy Mall sometime. Let me know when
You will be in town. My email address is
Malakoffmom@yahoo.com
(change this in your address book!)

Sale ends Saturday, sorry for the short notice.
Hugs, Donna

WHERE have the Curious Goods Girls been???

2010-01-29T17:16:00.003-06:00

Let these pictures speak for themselves!

Baby Ellie Jo Rinn

born 12-17-09

She is perfect and being the first Grandbaby for us,

SPOILED ROTTEN!

We have had our Showroom in Malakoff Closed for the Winter Season.

We still have our booths at the LINDY MALL in MALAKOFF

and at WINNIE AND TULULA"S in ATHENS!

This weekend we are headed to Dallas to a Comic Book Show (not what you

expected, I know) to show our Jewelry Line, NECKJUNK.

At the end of February we should be back showing at CANTON in the Civic Center.

Sorry that we have been missing in action...

thanks to those who have been trying to

track us down, LOL~

Will add more BABY PICTURES SOON as I am having camera troubles. :(

XOXO, Donna and Rhonda

White Sale at WINNIE AND TULULA's! Jan 6 thru 9th, 2010!

2009-12-31T11:54:00.004-06:00

Winnie and Tulula's WHITE SALE

January 6 - 9, 2010!

Our first great event

of the

NEW YEAR

Everything that is WHITE

will be on sale. I am hearing

discounts from 20% to 50%!

If you have had your eye on

something and were spending

all your money on gifts for

others, NOW IS THE TIME

to DO SOMETHING FOR YOU!

For more information, go to the

Winnie & Tulula's BLOG:

www.winnieandtululas.blogspot.com

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

CONFESSION In this Post... (Winnie & Tulula's in Athens OPEN HOUSE STARTS TONIGHT!!!)

2009-11-27T08:26:00.005-06:00

OK, folks, I have a confession to make!

Being vendors at W & T's in Athens

means that we have been

in the store

this week

and got a sneak peek

(behind the curtains that were hung so YOU

could not see in!)

AND IT IS BEAUTIFUL!!!

This is an event, gathering, and party

that YOU are NOT going to miss!

Some of our favorite friends, designers:

Peg and Jon of French Vanilla AND

Linda and Ludmil of Willows Nest

are sharing their wares with us...

YOU WILL WANT to have a piece of designer

wonder from their collections!

You do not have to drive to FAR AWAY PLACES

to see ALL of the Designing Women (and guys too)

with their Holiday inspirations... beautiful,

glittery, inspirational, and,well, you know we

(Curious Goods) are funky...

as usual, but we somehow we have a

place among all of the wonderous

designer decor.

NOW, I have to say that I KNOW some of you were up

at 3:00 this morning at the Wally World type place

of your choice.... so take a darn nap and

be in Athens at FOUR this afternoon!!!

You do not want to miss the

EGGNOG BAR

the SASSY D.J.

who will keep us entertained

while we snap up the most unusual one of a kind

Holiday Decorations this side of the Red River!

If you cannot be with us tonight, then

get ta going in the morning and join us

anytime from 10 - 6 tomorrow

(Saturday).

There will be wonderful food and fun

and we promise to save some of the

beautiful and unsual treasures

just for you!

SEE YOU THERE!!!

Curious Goods Showroom in Hibernation for the Winter

2009-11-23T12:05:00.005-06:00

YES, FOLKS, the rumors are TRUE!!!

Curious Goods Showroom in Malakoff

will not be open during the

Winter months...

Curious Goods will, however be open:

1) At The Lindy Antique mall

on Hwy 31 in Malakoff

(We have set up an entire room all of our very own)

Tuesday - Saturday

10 - 5.

2) At Winnie & Tulula's

on the square in Athens

Wednesday - Saturday

10 - 5.

3) In the Civic Center

in Canton Trades Days

Thursday - Sunday

(before the first Monday of each month)

***Next show: first week in December!***

So, don't fret! All is well! Things were just getting

a bit too hectic to get it all done,

AND THERE IS A NEW

GRANDBABY GIRL EXPECTED

CHRISTMAS WEEK!

I appreciate all of your support and words

of encouragement

and look forward

to see what God has in store

for all of us in the NEW YEAR!

********REMINDER: FRIDAY AND SATURDAY

AT WINNIE & TULULA'S IS AN EVENT NOT

TO BE MISSED! LOOK ON THE RIGHT

SIDE OF THIS PAGE FOR A LINK TO MORE INFO!

SEE YOU THERE!*********

Your Plans for Thanksgiving Weekend...

2009-11-06T15:42:00.004-06:00

... We have got a plan for YOU!

Winnie & Tulula's Open House Event will

set your mood for a beautiful Holiday season!

What better way to start the Christmas season

than hanging out with Gloria and the gang and

being the first to see their wonderful holiday decoration ideas?

See you there...