On a scale of 1 to 10 I would give this weekend's garage sales experience a solid 5. I think the hotter it gets outside the less quality sales I am going to find. And it was HOT on Friday. At 10:00 am it was 85 and just getting hotter. It topped out in the...
My Vintage Diving Horse Postcard
I thought I'd share a childhood vacation memory with you today. I recently framed a couple postcards that show some places where my family vacationed when I was little. My favorite depicts the diving horse at the Steel Pier in Atlantic City. Now I would have visited in the 1960's, but 60's postcards aren't as...
Great Garage Sale Finds
This week I found a rare Thursday garage sale advertised on Craig's List. It was in a itty bitty little town about 30 minutes from my house. Since I had nothing better to do that day (like my piles of laundry, piles of dirty dishes and piles of dog hair on the carpet) I took...
I'm A Megan Fox Look Alike
Megan Fox and I look very similar. Really we do. Not kidding. You'll recognize her as the sultry actress from the Transformer movies and she recently married Brian Austin Green (from 90210 fame). You can see the resemblance really well in this photo. Yes, our thumbs are identical!!! My sister sent me an article about...
A Wedding In The Family
Can anybody find me somebody to love? Each morning I get up I die a little Can barely stand on my feet Take a look in the mirror and cry Lord what you're doing to me I have spent all my years in believing you But I just can't get no relief, Lord! Somebody, somebody...
Hutch Transformation
I had been looking for an inexpensive piece of furniture to use in my basement family room for a display area and extra storage. So when I saw this piece on Craigslist for only $25.00 I bought it. Hey, it's not pretty now, but I knew I could work with it. It is the typical...
4th of July Vintage Postcard Printables
GREAT vintage patriotic 4th of July images you can use for crafting, print out and frame or just set around your home for patriotic home decor. Please feel free to use copies of my vintage patriotic postcards for your crafting projects. Heck, sometimes I just print these out on cardstock, cut them out and place...
Holiday Weekends = Prime Garage Sales
Around this part of the country it seems like Holiday weekends bring out the big garage sales. I ran across some good ones today. Look at all the loot I got for $15.00: Won't this make the perfect potting bench? I saw a table similar to this in an antique store for $35.00, but I...
Purple Coneflowers
My Purple Coneflowers are in full bloom. Now their name is Doubledecker Coneflower (Echinacea Purpurea Doubledecker) which would lead you to believe they are maybe, I don't know, maybe doubledeckered, but the first year they were single flowers, the second year they had a cute little coneflower on top of the main coneflower and then...