A couple weeks ago, before I made the huge purging drop off trip to Goodwill, I was at the thrift store and found some silver pieces that were jumping up and down on the shelf and just begging to come home with me. I really hadn't planned on buying any more silver, since I have...
Alternative Uses For Vintage Planters
I find vintage planters at thrift stores and estate sales all the time, but I feel sort of bad using them as actual planters. And a lot of times there are hairline cracks in them or they are in somewhat precarious condition, so I love to give them new life by using them in different...
Mum Of The Year
I got to get out of the house for a little break this weekend and bought my very first mum of the season. And I say first, because I am sort of obsessed with buying mums in the fall. I always buy a mum with just buds on it, because in my mind it will...
Milk Glass At Home
I ran across this milk glass planter at a garage sale for 25 cents and well, for 25 cents, you knew it was coming home with me. I have a couple of pieces of milk glass. My Hen On A Nest and my lamp are two pieces that I can think of off the top...
Pup Tent
When I went out to some garage sales on Friday, I found this cool old Boy Scout tent for a mere $2.00. I didn't really need a tent, but I did think that my husband would think it was pretty cool since he's a former Boy Scout and all. And it was dirt cheap, so...
Faux Grain Sack Camp Stool
What do you do when you have an ugly non-vintage camp stool in your vintage loving life? Find a clean spot on my really-used-as-a-drop-cloth drop cloth, scrounge around for some painter's tape and buy a bottle of craft paint (because, out of the 100 bottles of craft paint I own, I never seem to have...
The Community Gardens
Columbus has a treasure that I recently discovered - the Franklin Park Conservatory Community Garden. When I went to the Conservatory on Mother's Day (my son's treat) I noticed that there was an outside garden area, but it was raining cats and dogs that day, so I bookmarked it in my head as a place...
Down On The Farm
Well, I was going to show you some photos of a wonderful community garden that I visited this week, but I took a bazillion and one photos and now I have to weed them down to the top ten or so. Otherwise it will turn into a viewing of great Aunt Martha's vacation slides and...
I'm On Fire
I attended an estate sale on Saturday. This was the second day of the sale and, since I couldn't attend the first day, I wasn't expecting much of the stuff I had seen in the ad to still be there. Even though I knew ahead of time that I wasn't going to get the good...