Saturday, May 30, 2009

Junkin' With Darlene...


Darlene and I had a ton of fun junking on Friday. So many times we have driven up Hwy 11 and passed right by several "junk shops". So we reserved friday to head up to check them out. And junk shops they were! I don't think I've ever seen so much stuff piled into one place...and not many treasure amongst the junk either! Darlene found this Parchessi board and we thought it was vintagey looking so she picked it up for $1.













The trunk starts to fill up!
































This place was recommended to us by one of the dealers we stopped to see near Coldwater. The shops were in a few units of a storage business in Midland. We would never have know it was there otherwise. Each shop was very tiny, but packed full of stuff...and our kind of stuff! Very friendly owners too. I picked up some vintage linens...napkins, table cloths and runners. An old laundry holder on wheels...have never seen one before. An office wire paper organizer, an old emamel pot to plant up with somer geraniums on the back patio.
Darlene found a great green enamel pot and a cute green and white check serving plate.






This place totally cracked us up. Looked up the Beverley Hillbillies first home....before Beverley Hills! It was packed inside with furniture and all kinds of interesting odds and sodds.
The only thing I picked up here was an old boiler pot...painted blue.

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Score!


I was on my way to Costco this morning when I saw an upcoming garage sale. I tried to go straight, but the steering wheel pulled me over and I had to stop.

Not too much exciting.....except these two pieces of blue and white. Old Foley Staffordshire to be exact.
Both the pitcher and the bowl were masking taped together as a set. $5.oo for both!

Even my hubby was impressed :)

Beauty Bouquets

A little bit of cheeriness this saturday morning. Love all of these arrangements.

This one is easy...green kermit mums trimmed short and pushed into a block of foam, tied with a ribbon.













For this one the designer saved the stems she cut off and gathered them around the vase. Beautiful rosed, hydrangea, lizzie, and berries.




















I love this one just because it's in an old tin can! How easy is that....and cheep.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Stepping into the garden...

This is normally something you DON'T want to see! But it was done with purpose I promise.
Quite a few years ago, while playing at Grandma's, one of my sweeties broke her beautiful blue willow lamp. I felt terrible, but we kept the pieces and over the years, as other blue and white plates and mugs broke, I added them to the pile. I think I remember certain unreplacable plates being used as frisbees from someone (who shall remain nameless) sitting in their highchair.



Anyway, we had a nice collection of broken blue and white pieces going so I decided to put them to use.

Sam and I made some very cute stepping stones for the garden. I think they turned out great. I can't wait for them to dry so I can pop them out of their molds and get them into the garden!

I know we are a little slower getting our gardens moving up here in Canada, but here are the gardens these stones will be put into!


Saturday, May 16, 2009

A few finds this week.

I took a little stroll through the Innisfil Street Antique Mall this week. I go fairly regularly so I wasnt' expecting to find too many cool, new (and affordable) things.
But I came across this neat thing. I'm not really sure what it is, but it looks to be the top of an old desk. The top flips up allowing access to the top compartments a little easier. I thought it would be a great place to store a lot of my crafty things that usually just hand around my desk. I'm thinking about painting it, since the finish isn't that great. $25



Then I found this cool mug....just my colours too. I love the transfer design, and the heaviness and shape of it. Feels like stoneware. $10

















And lastly, there was a little bag of ivory button goodness. I think it only caught my eye because it was wrapped up so nicely with a brown Hermes ribbon tying the top. I really bought it because of the cool buckles...although the buttons are cute too. $4

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Before and After

It's so great to find others that have the same taste you do. I came across The Lettered Cottage today. What a great sense of style she has. I love how she turned this plain Jane kitchen into something really wonderful, with a small budget to boot.
I've been thinking about painting my kitchen cupboards black for quite some time but wasn't quite sure how it would look. This was a great way to see. I don't know that I would remove my cupboard doors, but I do like the way she added the Home Depot brackets underneath for a custom look. What do you think?

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Pretty Flowers

Since I've been spending more time looking through the Blogs, I've found so many neat people creating neat things. I like that you can see products and creations from others shops and businesses, but I especially like that you can read where they found an item, or how they came to create it...it's so much more than shopping.

There aren't too many people I know who create flowers like I would, so it is really awesome to be able to connect with these people that I would otherwise have never met!
I love this little flower arrangement from Ink & Peat (flower and gift shop) in Portland. And here is her blog Housemartin.

Monday, May 11, 2009

Check out this colour...

Just a little inspiration for this Monday morning...
Aren't these little mini quilts amazing! I love the quirkiness of this one...how nothing lines up...and the very cheery colours.
I love how small the squares are on the second one...and again, the great mix of colours. AND... I love how she rounded the corners!
Go here to check out the blog Stitch In Dye.

Monday, May 4, 2009

Going antiquing...


Who new you could actually go antiquing online?

One of the gals from a blog I have been following (Such Pretty Things) took this pic, saying it was one of her fav's. You can see all her pics here. It looks like a little bit of heaven to me.

So next time you're going through Leesburg Virgina...check them out. Or if you can't get there...shop online. http://www.luckettstore.com/

Saturday, May 2, 2009

We all have our baggage!

Where were these guys when I was looking for luggage tags?
They make me giggle. Found them here!