Busy Bee Buzz

This is a picture of my oldest daughter Amy.

The past two days, I have had to help her move in to a new house with 4 other girls. Ugh! Not that it is a bad thing, but it is over the bridge in St.Petersburg. About a 45 minute drive each way. I am tired.  However.....I did scope some thrift shops while over there. No pictures yet. She totaled her new car and until she can save enough for another car, I am toting her around. Get my drift?

Other News:

 I found this fun blog that hosts a Thrifters Anonymous party every Monday. Here is the link: http://shanaandadam.blogspot.com/

You can also see her button on the side of my blog. Isn't it cute?

I did not think to add clothing to my blog. I have been wearing vintage and thrifted clothing since I was in my early 20's. I am going to start taking some pics of the outfits and add to her blog and mine. My best buy once was 3 FULL garbage bags of cloths for $80.00!  Good shopping day I might say.

So....that is what is to come.

Have a GREAT 3 day weekend!

Time Flies....

I can't believe the month of May is almost gone. I started off really dedicated to this blog and have gotten just a little too busy. Now for the catch up.  My camera had died and luckily it was still under warrenty. I mailed it in and it was back within 1 week. That is what I call service...and a brand new camera at that. Canon. Remember the name.

Let's see....I have only thrifted once in 3 weeks and I found a WONDERFUL item. See below...

A turquoise typewriter! I have been wanting a pink one too. Now for a closeup....

Ahhhh Oooooooo and it was ONLY $12.50!

 I was cleaning out the garage this past weekend and found this box of craft items that I had picked up at an estate sale a few months back. I forgot it was out there. One can never have too many craft items. The sequins....I just want to roll around in them. :) $3.00 for the entire box. It also had a few Christmas items in it. It  also had this little deck of bird cards below: I guess I am to memorize the bird names (????).

Now for some crafting:

 I made a few of these chicken wire note frames. This one is still in progress. The one I made for my house is made with an old antique frame with lots of details on it. I am having to putty a corner of it where some of the detail fell off. Picture later to come.

                               ....and some decorating.

I ordered the birdcage on the right off of eBay. I've been looking for a metal vintage one for over a year and could not find one to finish this up. I am happy with it. This big blue cabinet is one of my craft supply cabinets. It is happily waiting in part of the living room until my daughter goes away to college next year. Then I will finally make myself a personal craft room. But then again....she will need somewhere to sleep on holidays. Maybe I will put a daybed in there also.

Well that is my update. Hope all of you are having fun in whatever you are doing.

Also....a BIG thank you to my new followers. Yeaaaaa! 

I will be linking up this week with a few of the link parties on the right side of my page. Check them out!

Making a Nest....

Here are a few newbies I found a few weeks ago that I have not added yet. These black iron owls were in a bag for $2.00. I figure I can hang them outside on the wood fence and hang flower baskets from them. Owls seem to be all the rage now and these look old.

I found this birdcage at my first stop and it was $5.00. A little high, but it is like $60.00 for a new one like it at Steinmart. It is pretty big too. I have it next to my blue craft cabinet and the colors match well together.

Found a few jewels. The lady said this plastic flower necklace was bakelight, but I don't think so, since it was only $1.00. :)  Still cute and it has PINK flowers!

That is it for this weeks gems. I love looking at yours!

I will be linking up with:

http://shabbynest.blogspot.com/ for "Frugal Friday"

http://thethriftygroove.blogspot.com/ for "Thrifty Things Friday"

http://apronthriftgirl.typepad.com/apron_thrift_girl/2011/05/thrift-share-monday-may-9.html for

"Thrift Share Monday"

http://linda-coastalcharm.blogspot.com/ for "Nifty Thrifty Tuesday"

I Won the Burlap Coffee Bags....

Thank you so much Patti. I will get real creative with these and do a follow up blog with the results. :)

Check out Patti's blog:

http://ppandorasbox.blogspot.com/2011/05/burlap-coffee-bag-winner.html

Burlap Coffee Bag Winner

Congrats to Amber Victorias Cottage - the winner of the Burlap Coffee Bags!

Thrifty Finds - Vintage

The title amuses me, since these are from January of this year. This being because my camera is broken right now and I recently found some REALLY nice finds that have been on my list for quite awhile that I would love to share, but will have to wait for now.

Anyway....these were from a VERY fun trip too. I will just pinpoint some of my favs...

I found 2 pieces of old luggage on this day. The red one was kind of pricey, but I talked the lady down to $12.00. It is in great condition and the inside is really pretty. The brown one was only $4.00. I had ordered some vintage "Florida" luggage decals and put those all over it. (There is a finished picture of it in my garage picture in one of my "A Photo a Day" pictures.) I also found this sweet lime green vintage clothes hamper. It matches the kids bathroom perfectly! It was only $4.00 at the Salvation Army.  I also bought the gold rimmed glasses. I forgot if it was 4 or 6, but they were only $1.99 for the set.  (It is late at night, not thinking clearly.)

Then I found this WONDERFUL frame. It just needed some love and wood glue. .50 cents! I also fell in love with this red framed mirror. I do not have anywhere to put it, but one day I will. It was only $5.00.  Living in Florida by the beach, you need at least 10 beach bags, right? This pink and orange plastic one was only $1.00. Too cute for the picture.

 I found these old prints at an antique store in N. Florida when I was on a scrapbook camping trip. A vintage tablecloth, other misc. linens and this item that gets the most questions asked about is the old red brick with 3 holes in it. I was buying it and the man asked why I wanted a red brick? It was .25 cents! I knew that I had these tiny candles at home that would fit into the holes and now I use it on my back porch at nighttime. He was so thrilled with that idea, that he ran over and got the last two. lol I should have snagged them. I have it on my list to look at Home Depot and see if they carry them.

Well those are my vintage finds I wanted to share with you.

I will be linking up with:

http://herlibraryadventures.blogspot.com/2011/05/flea-market-finds.html 

http://shabbynest.blogspot.com/

http://apronthriftgirl.typepad.com/

http://linda-coastalcharm.blogspot.com/

This and That

I have been under the weather this week. Not accomplishing much of anything. Clothes are piling up....you know the story.

Also.....my camera broke yesterday! How can I blog and put pretty pictures in it?  I called Canon and they said I just need to mail it back to them and they will send me a brand new camera, since it is under 1 year old. Hurray! Great news!

So...I will be back soon with more crafts and thrift shop finds. Now I have time to get more items priced for the thrift booth. I need to learn to make it fun and not like work. Maybe I will skip while I do this. :)

Tales of having a Thrift Booth

This will be a new edition to my blog. I signed a month to month contract on Friday for a cute little booth at a place called "The Curiosity Shoppe", located here in Brandon, Florida. They are just opening up and only have about 1/4 of the booths rented. I have always wanted to do this, so why am I fretting over it now?

Questions to ponder: (I always overthink.)

1. Will this take the joy out of thrifting?
2. Will I be able to get rid of every item I buy, since I want everything I buy? you know the feeling....
3. Will I be able to make my $100 booth rental without losing money?
4. Will I price items correctly to sell? Not just to take up booth space.
5. Will larger items like furniture sell better?

....these are my concerns at the moment. I have boxes in my garge ready for me to start pricing the items. Here are a couple of pictures of my garage at the moment....

I will post some pictures later of my before and after booth. I have lots of ideas stirring....

Wish me luck. Let me know if you also have a booth and any words of wisdom. Thank you.