Weekend Finds

Oh wow Y'all.  What a busy Saturday full of yard sale-ing!  My sister Mary Evelyn, my niece Kristen and I all got up extra early and headed to Springfield to the sales in the historic district.  Lots of people in different houses along the streets participate.  I wish, wish, wish I had taken my camera along.  From the architecture to hidden backyard gardens with water features, this area of town is fabu!  And so were most of the sales.  Mary E scored on a few pieces of furniture and other items.  Kristen lugged home the cutest pink vintage trash can, metal with a foot pedal lid among other things.  And I drug home this fantastic stuff!

I adore this plug in clock.  If you listen close it has a hum when it is plugged in.  Just like the one my Grandmother had on the back of her bed.  The alarm works too!  $1.00 for the clock and milk glass vase.  .50 cents for the footed glass dish.

 Pyrex makes me smile and teetee a little when I find a piece. $1.00

Lovely vintage milk glass lamp that works.  I scraped off the after-painting that someone had done. 
$3.00

The rug here is lovely, shabby chic and I wanted it to go in my bathroom.  I will tell on myself a bit here.  I cleaned it... in a cooler... because it is way too heavy to go in the washing machine.  It came somewhat cleaner than it is here and it smells a whole lot better.  It is handmade... hook-a-rug style with a backing sewn on crooked.  I thought when I washed it I could stretch it to make it square up but no such luck.  Don't know if I will be keeping this one unless I find something else to do with it.  The cat sure likes it.  I paid $3.00 for it.

 

I also got two vintage chenille bedspreads, one of them older than the other.  I paid $35.00 for both of them.  It's more than I normally spend at a sale but these things go for way more online.  Not that I am selling them, I plan to use them, and I just couldn't leave them laying there!

This is the other bedspread.  Folded up but you can see on the right how fluffy it is even though it is folded with the underside up.

I also bought this old flannal back table cloth for $1.00... maybe less... don't recall.I use them at the DC to cover the tables and the older ones seem to hold up better.

 

What I'm Lovin' On

My sister Tracy gave me this all-purpose cleaner as a hostess gift on Mother's Day. 

The special summer scent is Tomato Vine.  I love it and have never been quite this

fascinated with wiping counters and tables.  It comes from Target.  I went back and bought more because I was toting it back and forth from home to DC.  Crazy lady.

My elephant watering can at the day care given to me by Granny.

It has the easiest stream of water that comes from the truck that doesn't damage your plants.

You can buy one at amazon HERE.

My luscious basil, parsley and chives growing in this old water tub/sink that

I bought at an estate sale.

I am crushing on both of these books. 

I bought The Secret Life of Bees at a yard sale last Saturday for one dollar and haven't wanted to put it down since I began reading it. 

I got Steal Like an Artist in the mailbox yesterday and am already inspired!



 

This puppy belly.  Soft as can be.

four fanciful things: terrain

 

 I feel so thankful that terrain has included pictures with plants on their site to really make me want them even more.  The pots they offer are ever so cool.  Some out of my personal price range, I'm not going to lie, but does put me on the serious look out for imposters.

 

Please check out terrain.com for more of their fabulous looks. 

Pom Pom Fever

I saw something about these somewhere and wondered... how have I gone my whole life not knowing how to make these?  I have a humongo stash of yarn... some of it from the seventies that I love... and what better way to use some of it than making Pom Poms??? Well.. maybe covering coat hangers... but that's a blog post for another day.  I looked up some videos online and picked the best one I could find and actually wound up finding a good blog to frequent in the meantime. 

 

I started making these suckers and was hooked.  I made something like fifteen during nap time one day.  Big ones... little ones... fluffy ones and short cut ones. 

 

I remember being in elementary school and once there was a fair going on inside the school.  You know, the ones where you go from classroom door to classroom door and there are different activities like a fishing game set up in the door way (did I dream this?).  But, I decided I wanted to dress up like a cheer leader to go the carnival and my Mom made me some Pom Poms to go on my shoes.  They were blue and gold which were the school colors of Goodlettsville High School where we lived but like I said was an elementary school function.  I asked Mom if she had a picture of me that day and she didn't quite recall the day like I did but I even remember getting one of those plastic bird things that you put a little water in then blow through the tail feathers and it made a kind of whistle sound.  Man I'd like to have one of those things again. 

 

Here is the video that I found.  I also found another one where they made little ones by using a fork.  I think I will make some more today.  I reckon they are great for using in gift wrap or wearing on the tip toe of your tennis shoes.  Or sew them on the back of your socks and we'll bring that fad back!   

 

 

And the blog I found is Creature Comforts Blog.  Love it!  I really like it when blogs update often.

 

Here are some that I made.

  

 

It's not easy to tell the yarn from the seventies is it?  It has a Woolworth's price tag on it.

 

You can hang them from your rear view or your Christmas tree or your hummingbird feeder. 

Whatever floats your boat!