It's my Birthday and I can do what I want!

 An estate sale, a FREE Mocha from Caribou Coffee and Pumpkin bread. What else could a girl want for her perfect birthday morning?

 Had a gift card so got some new music

 Goodwill! 

I don't need these but they sounded good and I have lots of time to read now.

Oh yeah, 

I am unemployed. 

Lowes put several of us on a leave of absence.  

but, 

my husband got a great job! 

So, all is well and I am enjoying my 2nd week of being a kept woman.

I have never not worked since college so this is fun.

I really needed a break and if you have followed all that we have been through I think you will agree I should take some time to relax.

This was my plan for my birthday today anyway and these are some of the items I purchased.

 Antique Yo Yo's Not sure what I'll sew them to yet but I think they are adorable. They are laying on a mans shirt I found at a thrift store I passed after the estate sale.

 Close up of fabric in shirt. Will Re~purpose this!

 Loved the vintage print in these cafe curtains and look at those awesome ruffles!  Can't wait to re~purpose these too!

 These napkins will probably be mine for awhile. Colors perfect for my living room

 Great box for my supplies :)

 2 addictions! Will have my friend make me a bracelet with the watch faces and typewriter keys.

 All in all it was a great day but I need a nap.  It has been rainy. That is why the images are not so good. Not much light to work with but I really wanted to share my finds and good news with you.

I really do not have a good excuse to be gone from here any longer except that I will be very busy sewing with all my new fabric finds.  I have several shows coming up so lots to do! Some creations will show up in my Etsy shop also, soon.

Antique Extravaganza is Comming!

 It's almost here!

In 2 weeks the Springfield Antique Extravaganza will finally be here.  I can not wait to spend the day with my friends looking at some of my favorite things.

 These are some of the great stuff we saw last September

They have 3 BIG shows a year, as well as shows most every weekend. The big ones are really BIG.

100's of booths it takes all day to see what we want to see.

 Some of the vendors do such a wonderful job displaying their items

  I Love frogs

this is a strange obsession with me. Not sure why I like them.

 I love these old letters too!

 Bottles like I make :)

 Cute button flowers

 I need this sign, I should have purchased it.

Do you like JUNK?

I am linking to Nick of Time vintage Tuesday Linky party if you want to see more lovely "junk"
http://knickoftimeinteriors.blogspot.com/2012/05/knick-of-time-tuesday-33-vintage-style.html

1st Estate Sale of the Year!

Look at what I got today!

I can not tell you how bad I have been needing to go to a sale. Watching American Pickers each week, reading all the bloggers who live in warm climates who have sales year around. It has been killing me.

Well all I can say is I hit the jack pot today.

I can't wait to make something from all these finds.

What do you think of the dresser? The details are very art decoish.

The color is almost perfect as is but I think it needs sprucing up. I was thinking of a color instead of the white look but since I will probably sell it I don't know what color to go with.

If I keep it it will need to be a bit more white than yellow.

What color would you go with?

Robins egg blue

Aqua

Rusty pink

Green?

Look at these handles.

LOVE THEM!

The beautiful patina.

Drool

They alone are worth what I paid for the chest.

I won't tell you how much I paid because you will have a heart attack.

Go ahead and guess if you would like and tell me what you would pay for it cleaned up.

I got more bottles to alter. I just added some to my Etsy shop.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/70940439/romantic-carnival-glass-vintage-steam

More books to use. I love books so much I hate tearing them up. But I'm getting over it when I see what I make with them.

Awesome sheet music that is already distressed to unbelievable coolness!

Do you see the edges?

I almost died right there in their driveway.

See those 2 knobs. They were marked $3.00. Nope, not paying that.

Asked what she could do.

She put all this, the bird print, tintype frame and both knobs together for

$1.00

yup a

$1.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

These will be added to something soon.

I thought this silver bracelet was very interesting.

I really likes these small beads with the silver spacers. I don't like the larger sized beads at the base of the necklace so I think I'm going to remake it into a bracelet for myself.

I didn't take close ups of the cutter quilt or the dust ruffle but they are really nice. Already washed them and am ready to start sewing something with them.

So, I think I did real good for the first sale of the year. I got my fix and now I'm ready to get busy making stuff.

Do you want to know how much I spent total?

It's going to help you with your guesses on the dresser but lets just say I had enough left from $30.00 to get a mocha!