Thrifty finds

Well I got to go to one of my favorite thrift stores that I only get to go to on the weekends.

pay dirt! the little plates with the fruit on them are hand made. Not sure but I think it is a pottery very cute. I got a whole bag of linens the rest I am washing. Julia child's cookbook, a box of vintage playing cards the flowered fabric on the bottom is a sheet set, very cheery, a couple of little pretty pieces that would go on furniture etc. And my favorite of it all the vintage sunbeam mixmaster! I am now on the hunt for the dough hook and a paddle it had. Oh I have such dreams of me in an apron making cupcakes with my mixmaster. Of course I would be in a cute dress, pearls and heels.
I have known the girl that runs the thrift store for awhile now and she said "I love the beaters they are nice and wide just right for licking"She's right!

Just a little note about my antique booth. It is going well I went last Sat that would be 8 days that I was in there and I have already made rent plus.

They are calling for snow flurries this Sat so not much for yard sales yet.

Dump finds & the hood

Today was dump day. Slim pickings but I did get the cake stand. I know there was a dome to go on it and it probably broke but why not keep the stand? It has so many uses. The English ironstone bowl and the Santa mold are thrift store finds total 1.25.

Now the hood as in neighbor hood each night we take about a 15 min walk up our street. This is the view from our driveway. Still sunny on the mountain. I found these may flowers. They smell so beautiful. Because of all the nice weather they are a bit early.

And this is literally the end of the road. We live on a dead end road, there are about 9 houses on our road. so it is very quiet. My daughter spent her teen years trying to get out of here and now she wants to find a place just like this. Age gives you a different view of things.

french watering can & a potting shed

This is an old french watering can I got some years ago. I use it to hold my collection of children's yard tools. Rakes,hoes. and shovels. They remind me of the ones I used to have. Now they are plastic. probably safer but not as cute. The tiny potting shed I have was my daughter's tree house.

It used to rest on this large stump that was left after lighting struck a tree. She had a secret trap door and all the kids couldn't wait to get up there. After she out grew it my husband took it off the tree in sections and now it's my potting shed.

(Do you see the man to the left of the stump in this picture? It is my husband swinging. He would die if he knew he was in this picture. That swing has gotten so much use. each time one of us walks by we stop for a swing and a think. )

The reason I love this potting shed so much is that it has a history inside. Who loved who and poems of my daughter and her friends childhood. I love this one the most.

The date on this would make my daughter 10. Ashley and Brad Pitt didn't work out but what a cutie and all around good guy she married (love you Ron:)

This is Sadie sunning herself in the garden while I clean out the potting shed near by, she is totally in charge. I was always a dog person. I can really love an animal who worships me. But this cat who was a stray completely took over our lives 16 years ago. We worship her every day just as it should be. meowww

Chippy shutters and wall paper

I got 3 comments yesterday on my post OH happy day! I love comments I then know people are really reading my blog. One was the color of the cooler. It is coke red but not a coke cooler. It is vintage, it has a zinc lining. I use it for the kids drink or when it's all adults I put the wine bottles in it. My husband thought it was a silly purchase. I have gotten so many compliments on it he loves it and see my vision for it. I was asked if that was fabric behind the bed. Nope just 20 year old wall paper. We papered it when we moved in and I still love it. Of course my husband is itching to take it down. But no way!

I love old chippy shutters. I really love the ones that are cut out like this one. I use them inside.

I just took a stiff brush to them and hung them in my kitchen.

This is over the sink in the kitchen. The zinc tray on the window sill is a chicken feeder. I put plants in it and it protects the paint.
There is a yard sale tomorrow wish me luck!

Things I have made

OK I didn't make the baby quilt that is on this table. I just bought it at a thrift store. Now the question is do I sell it and make a few dollars or keep it and use it on a table? It looks very cute on a table over another table cloth.

This you see in all the magazines. It was Sat. before Easter and I was walking the dog by the burn pile and I spied a broken rake. Instant glass holder for the porch. It is on a peg rack I have there. It was perfect for the mimosa's I served on the porch Easter.

I found this crochet edging at an antique shop for $7.00 I didn't know what I was going to do with it, but I loved it. And then I had a great idea. I sewed it to the edge of some new sheets I just bought. The bed is a king size and I had a small piece left over. I love the vintage look but I do have to iron the edge before it goes on the bed.(I always iron the pillow cases with rose linen spray heavenly)

Now the bed. My husband and I traded up from a queen to a king and priced head boards yikes!

So we took an old panel door laid it sideways. The top arch is from a door we had on our house at one time. the columns are ones that a whole one was cut in half. We screwed it all to the wall and painted it white. The hanging glass lights are from 2 different yard sales and the black shades are from a yard sale. I believe total it was under $50.00

a vintage redo

Some time ago I went to a yard sale and this chandelier was there. there were wires hanging every where and it looked like it might have arms broken off. When I picked it up the guy said take it, it's yours! So not one to pass up free, I took it home pulled all the wires out. painted it white and glued the plain votive cups on it. the arms where not broken they screwed right back in. Since I have hung it up I get all kinds of compliments on it and my brother in law who was with me when I got it did not recognize it. It is iron and heavy so I have a pretty big chain holding it to the

ceiling. I took some cloth and made a sleeve for the chain that matches a love seat in the kitchen. the total price was under 10.00. These daffodils are mini ones my mother planted. She just loved them. Happy Spring! 80's tomorrow.

Happy Easter

The egg hunt is done the meal is all eaten and everyone has gone home. I am so tired but oh what a wonderful day. we had 20 people including my husband and I for dinner. There were 6 kids for the egg hunt. The weather couldn't have been more beautiful. There was a wiffle ball game and everyone left tired and full of chocolate.(my sister-in-law,her daughter, and her granddaughter.)

On Sat My husband put up the surprise I have been talking about. All the parts except the paint and the rope came from the dump. The iron work came from an ad for wine.(which is appropriate as I plan on drinking wine while swinging) The wood was the rough saw wood we found at the dump.
It's a swing! I just loved to swing when I was little. My grandfather had one on an old maple it was so cool and shady in the summer and when it was to hot to do anything else I could swing.
When the trees fill out their leaves this is where you will find me on a hot summer day. in the garden swinging. I hope that you all had a happy Easter.