The chair with it’s final coat of white paint.  I like it an all but the flat open space on the back just needs something. It looks bare.  Maybe it just needs a little getting use to. Sometimes simple is best. Acutally more and more, I find myself working harder at keeping things simple in the house.

The table with it’s coat of blue bauble paint. Something deep down is telling me I should have painted it white, because in a couple months I’m going to want yellow or red or some other new color. It’s that change with the wind syndrome. The fabric on the love seat are for a pillow. I have them together, to see if I like them as a combo and I do. I’m really enjoying the flowered one, I even bought a couple extra yards so that I can make a skirt like all these girls have been doing.

Just a picture of my comfy blue shoes.

The hamper. It’s not done, the wicker really soaked up the white paint.  It needs another coat and I think the green needs to be lightened up just a snip and brightened up just a hair, more like the green fabric that covers those little windows. That fabric was a king size pillow case. I went to the fabric store looking for a green and white fabric, come home empty handed. Later that night,  I was digging through my craft storage stash looking for something complete different and spotted that fabric. Have you ever noticed how you will be thinking of something or wanting something and totally out of no where it appears or you stumble upon it. It’s like something read your mind.  I took the hamper picture a couple days ago, since then one of the hinges broke!! I know it was for a dollar but I must have over looked a flaw.  I’m hoping a nail and hammer will fix it. I just haven’t  got around to it yet.

And speaking of laundry. Isn’t this some cute vintage fabric. I turned it into a kids size laundry bag. It’s perfect for keeping track of all those little sock and undies while on a trip to grandmas or summer vacation. I need to make one for myself and maybe the other kids.

…….Because the summer has just begun!   Saturdays yard sale adventure didn’t end as well as last weekends but None the less I did get a few things that I liked.  And these I liked a lot!  I’ve tried looking on ebay for similar ones to add to the collection but with no lucky just yet. Does anyone know maybe the style name, year or anything that may help my search?

The morning started out with us reading about this one yard sale and it sounded like a good one. It stated that she had finally talked her mom into having a yard sale, 3 generation of vintage and antique stuff! That line alone made me tell my husband we were going to this sale first. I don’t care if it was 25 minutes away.  When we pulled up all I could do was stare. I think for a few minutes I had actually stopped breathing, well …ok.. I’m exaggerating a bit on that. But seriously it was horrible and I did start to feel a slight throb behind my eyes. I didn’t see a old vintage thing one! It was all junky nick nack stuff you can buy at a discount store these days and she only had enough stuff to barely cover 2 tables.  We quickly recovered and headed to the other sales that we had circled.  I found a step up end table. I really like them. My husband on the other hand, didn’t share the same opinion.  The next sales were ok, found 2 bags on silver tinsel for $2.50 and passed up the cutest antique baby blue little childs play high chair (kicking myself). I did get a bigger hamper. It was more necessity than a want.  I do laundry almost everyday but our small hamper was always spilling over by the end of the day plus you could see all the diry clothes. The new one has a lid and ventilated in the back so you can’t see the clothes.

 

This is some of the stuff being worked on. The hamper, end table and the last coat of paint on my chairs. It’s not suppose to rain today, so hopefully I can get back out there this evening and finish it all up. The After pictures later. And to keep someone else occupied while I painted, she used her water colors and painted rocks. 

My husband just called me a few minutes ago to let me know about another community yard sale this weekend. I’m lucky to have a guy who love to run from sale to sale with me. Last weekend we hit a few good jack pots. The only sad part of it was I walked away from a metal vintage porch glidder. What was I thinking?  I went back but it had been sold (sniff, sniff).  My great grandma had one and seeing and sitting on that old glidders brought back fond childhood memories. The early morning, dew all over the bottom (valley). The guinea hens squacking because they spotted us. The sun peaking over the pine trees as were looking up the high hill that was right in front of her house. I grew up in flat land so the southern hills held magic to a small child. And the famous sound of my brother getting a little to crazy on the glidder and the metal would start to bang, an boy was it loud, it seem to echo down the hollar, of course he would always get in trouble but not by my great grandma of course.

I spotted this bucket of old button for a dollar. The lady said it held her 50 years of sewing in it. There was a couple of teenage girls in front fo me that spotted this tin first. They started to laugh as they held it up and said this is something mom would be looking at. As soon as they put it down, I snatched it up.

 Then I seen this as we were driving down the road. Pulled in, seen the cheap yard sale price, bought it. And it’s solid wood too, no cheap press board. I was so tickled, drug it into the house washed it up and was going on and on and on about how cute it was and now my daughter would have more room to put her clothes in.  I guess I was so excited I didn’t notice the reaction to anyone around me.  But when I went to tuck my daughter in, she said “I have something I have to tell you but I dont’ want to hurt your feelings.” I laughed and said “Well then don’t tell me.” Knowing good and well she can’t can’t keep anything a secret and she tells me every little detail of her days.  It was 3 seconds passed and she went on about she really needed to tell me. I comforted her telling her she wasn’t going to hurt my feeling. But I admit I was getting a little worried she had never took so much thought in trying not to turn your feelings. She usually just speaks her mind.  In reality I was wondering if she had decided she would rather live with her aunt whom she had just spent the whole day with, than me.  A few seconds of feeling like a fail as a mom, when she said. “I hate that dresser, it’s one of the ugliest I have ever seen.”  What a relief, I felt.  She still loves me.  I guess I was so relieved of the news, I didn’t try to talk her into liking it but put it in my room instead. And it was a happy ending.

 

 

 

I really liked this picture in Country Living magazine.  I would love to have one of those Glass dispensers, the funky glass on the table are cute too, even the table with those curved legs would be nice to have.  When I seen this I instantly thought of one of my roses bushes that would be perfect for putting it’s petals in drinks or soups. The smell is sweetly intoxicating and strong too.  It’s an antique one that I bought a few years ago through this place. I don’t remeber it’s name but If my memory serves me right, It’s from the 1400′s. It was one of the oldest known roses.  I love things from the past like buildings, clothes, romantic history, plants. 

This is a picture of the actually rose. Beautiful.. huh?  

 

Because it smells so good. I’m wanting to make some rose water with it. I found this website that had some great information about green living and the recipe I need.  My roses have been blooming for a couple weeks, so I don’t know if I have actually could get 3 quarts of rose petals from it now.  I may have to wait until next year to make my own 100% rose water.  I found a lot of info at the Care2/Green Living site, a few of them were  crafting while still being green, decorating Green, fragrance quiz. I know I love different scents for different moods but enjoy earthy herby smells the most.  Kimono rose by Thymes is my very very favorite. It doesn’t smell like roses to me. If it wasn’t for the name and looking at the ingredient I would not have guessed that rose was even in it.

 

Yard sale!

The yard sales, side walk sales and just sales in general are every where. Don’t you just love them?  Here are a few of the wonderful treasures I have found.

These for a quarter! I couldn’t resist the little cross eyed guy, Gives him character.

And with some pocket change, this is what I took home.

 

And these were marked down at one of my favorite antique shops.  All of these were under $10

I think this is my favorite of them. Love the couple in the corner.

 These chairs were a great find at a yard sale, for only 2 dollars. I liked the idea that they were sturdy and there was no paint on them. Stripping paint is not my cup of tea. I’ve had them for a while and decided to get them out and fix them up. This is the very before.

This picture here has one coat of paint on it. It will take seveal more and I have covered the seats. The fabric is suppose to look like leather but if you feel it,  it’s real soft. Easy to clean too.

I originally bought this fabric to cover these seats. I had a fair amount left over and then it hit me. This would make a cute fall purse and this button I bought last year from Molly would be the perfect embellishment to add to it.  Molly by the way is having a sale on herr buttons. I have bought several myself and love them. Can you tell that someone is always wanting to get in on the action when I’m taking pictures? I personaly like to see that little hand that she sticks in there. 

This doesn’t have anything to do with the craftness but as I was making supper last night. I seen 3 little sparrows sitting on my arbor waiting for mommy to come feed them. It was something nice to see. The mommy sparrow is not that afraid us and when she see and hears us throught the window she does seem to really care. Even the banging of kitchen pots doesn’t worry her.  We think it’s the same ones that have been nesting under our siding for the last couple years. We have tried several things to get them to build a nest in a tree not the nooks and crannies of our house. They always seem to find the tinys little hole and they seem to be very determined to build it here.

See Mommy bird feeding baby birds?