While on our way to my Mom's for Sunday dinner, we came across a bunch of curbside garage sale loot. Best part, it was free for the taking! I grabbed this cute little concrete statue. It had not one, but two old wasp nests tucked inside. Gross! But still a sweet find. These plates are Limoges and there were six of them just sitting there. Mine! I found this great French/English dictionary after digging through...
I hit a few garage sales and the local church country fair Saturday morning. I hadn't intended on it, but I came home with a ton of great Xmas stuff! Super cheap too - just the way I like it. This candleholder needs to be cleaned up a bit. I may paint it white, but I definitely want to keep the faux berries. This was $1. The little snowman ornaments were also $1 for the set. ...
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Some Random Thrifty Finds
Wanted to share some random garage sale/Goodwill/thrift store finds that I picked up this week. I love this! I'm not quite sure what it is. The man at the garage sale said it used to go on the floor, on the bottom of the leg of an old radiator. I thought it was something for a garden hose. Either way, I love it's rusty, chippy goodness! I'm definitely keeping it as is. Thinking of putting...
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French Basket
This is another garage sale makeover I did earlier this week. I picked up this wicker basket last Friday. I really loved all of the compartments in it and I wanted it to match the utensil holder I did over the summer. I gave it a few coats of robin's egg spray paint. I knew I wanted to add something to the front of it. So while, the paint was drying, I printed out this...
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Upcycled Garage Sale Candleholder
*Don't forget to enter my giveaway here!* I picked up this little candleholder at a garage sale on Friday. It was black when I bought it and here it is now: First, I spray painted it white. Then I used Mod Podge to glue on my French script paper. I used it on the back panel and then cut a little strip for the rim. I hung it up in my tearoom. I added a new candle...
Not exactly a banner garage sale day in this neck of the woods. Maybe because it's been raining on and off all week?! I did manage to pick up a few goodies this morning: Of course, you know I never, ever pass up vintage sheet music. I got two of them today. The Romeo & Juliet book was a dime! And not sure if you can tell but that little black thing is a candleholder...
I needed a quick hostess gift this weekend due to a last minute invite. It wasn't someone I knew very well but I figured, you can't go wrong with a candle. I had an extra dollar store prayer candle in the craft room. I used some of this great Frenchy wrapping paper and tea-stained seam binding, and voila: instant hostess gift! She loved it! And here are a few more goodies I scored over the...
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The Mother of All Garage Sale Loot
I am definitely not a morning person. But it pays off when you stay awake after dropping the kids off at school and head out for some garage sale shopping. You cannot believe the loot I scored today. I can hardly believe it myself. So hard to contain my excitement! Lookie: This old sewing box is just what I need for my craft room. I love the old ad and image on the front. I'm...
I saw a gorgeous, vintage pink fan on Pinterest that I'm hopelessly in love with. What are the chances of me finding one during my estate and garage sale escapades? I'm thinking slim to none so I came up with an alternate plan: Paint a vintage one pink instead. I did find this one at an estate sale earlier this month and it was a yucky gray. All it took was a few coats of pink...
After a bit of a blogging respite, I'm feeling much better now. I swear the germs in our house are going round robin. In between blowing my nose and coughing up a lung, I remembered a champagne bucket and stand I got over the summer at a garage sale. I wanted to paint it white but my husband talked me out of it. Still, I had to do something to jazz her up: I decided...
This $2 garage sale frame has been sitting in my home office since July. Yup, July. I kept knocking into it this past week so something just had to be done with it: I have been wanting to use this Graphics Fairy image for a while now. I printed out the image onto transfer paper and ironed it onto a piece of scrap Osnaburg fabric. I gathered up some random French-y pieces to add as well. I...
