Brimfield and yardsale purchases

This past Saturday was the yearly animal shelter sale. I found a few bargains. Most went home with my brother but I was fortunate to find this cute little vase for 1$. I found 3 while bowls in brand new condition for 2$ each. Two pouring bowls and one large bowl. I kept one of the pourers for myself, brother got the other two.
I also found the crackle glass waterer for 2$ and 3 of these pictures on wood for 1$ each. I thought they had shabby chic potential and knew I would be sorry if I didn't buy them.


Brimfield is a great antique show in Massachusetts, I found the Ironstone tureen for 20$, the pretty music sheet for my sister for 5$ and the fleur planter for 5$ and the flower frog for 15$.

New chairs and lots to do

The chairs look so different in person, the color is off here and you barely see the design but you get the idea, lots more to do on this room, it seems each new thing I add makes me want to change more in the room, will I ever be satisfied?

The brown chair is the partner chair I made for my brother, side of the road find painted and reupholstered.

A day to Remember

We headed out for a day of hiking, since we were passing a Lowes I ran in to check to see if the outdoor rug I have had my eye on was marked down. It was and only 47$ yippee! It was an import from Belgium. The porch is complete except for some new pillows to be added.



On the way to the park we passed 3 homes that had stuff out at the curb with free signs, my favorite kind of sign! I have been trying to cut back on bringing things into the house but the tool box will be perfect to decorate for fall with small mums and decorative cabbage plants. And I'll redo the container for Mums.




After climping uphill on rocky terrain we finally get to see some pretty views. Snuggles is taking in the view too!

We start walking again and the next thing I know this creature comes flying up 3 feet from the ground rattling and hissing and scaring the hell out of me and the dog. Joe starts yelling get back, get back!!! Did he really think I was going to stay there? I never moved backwards so fast in my life! What jumped at me?? A poisonous Timber Rattlesnake!!! I was terrified I was bitten, I'm pulling up my pants, pulling down my socks checking for fang marks. Joe got on the phone and called his friend to look online to see if you have pain if your bitten. After I was satisfied that the snake didn't bite me we checked the dog thoroughly. Both ok!
That ended the hike, we had another mile to go to our destination butthere was no way I was going to continue on in rattlesnake territory.

Candlestick and a half!

I bought this candle stick for 1$ at a yard sale and the broken candlestick was thrown in for free. Pretty good deal, of course they were painted bright gold and needed some updating. Out came my samples of Grecian gold and silver mist and a little polyshades mini wax and this is what I came out with...Probably one of the fanciest toilet paper holders around!! Have I lost my mind?

My friend Dee at http://alapinlife.blogspot.com/ made me the pretty candle. Perfect match I would say!

I'm liking up to Rhoda's party at http://southernhospitalityblog.com/

Mod Podge Candle

Do you know you can decorate your own candles using napkins and mod podge? Easy peasy too. Measure lenght around candle, cut napkin to size. Separate the backing from the napkin, put a thin coat of mod podge on candle, gently press napkin to candle and let dry. Voila, custom candle!!

Roadside chair find reinvented...

I found two chairs on the side of the road, one with the pretty curved arms, one without. The fabric is from Ballards and the paint is spray Expresso in satin finish purchased with a 50% off coupon from Joanne fabrics. For a total of 25$ I have refinished two chairs destined for the landfill, now that makes me feel good.

I'm linking up with Rhoda at http://southernhospitalityblog.com/

Savvy Southern Style Porch Party Redo

I am linking up to http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/ for Kim's Porch Party. Thank you Kim for hosting this party and inspiring me to get my little porch summer ready. I sanded, painted and stained for the past few weeks. Most everything except the furniture was a garage sale or side of the road find with the exception of the chairs. I spent about 100$ on the total redo including the plants!! It was alot of hard work but I'm so glad you gave me the incentive to have this completed and I'll be able to enjoy it for the rest of the summer. I'm ready for your next challenge!!