Size does matter...mirror

A quick trip to the thrift store this morning

resulted in this fantastic find!!

A 53" long wooden mirror

with gorgeous colored detail.

 The top piece broke as the ornate piece was

placed facing down in my car, I wish

I would have paid attention!!

 The corners, flowers and leaves are painted with

a beautiful color.

Love it!!!

 This heavy mirror was hung by a thick cord with two

"J" shaped pieces of hardware. The

cords hang above the mirror

when placed against a wall.

This is the front of the second "J" shaped hardware. It was

wrapped with silk thread but it's long gone

on this one.

Absolutely beautiful mirror,

a keeper for sure!!!

Happy Days to you all,

Sylvia

Groupon Rocks!

Some of you know that I like to coupon,

all about saving $$.

My younger son and I went shopping at

Old Navy for school clothes today (school starts Aug. 10th!!!).

Well, A couple of months ago,

Groupon had a great deal..

buy $20.00 OLD Navy coupon for $10.00.

I bought one and my in-laws bought one for us.

1 backpack,

4 shirts

2 shorts

All for $8.84.

We use Groupon for movie tickets, books, clothes,

do you Groupon?

Life is Good,

Sylvia

New Blogger Fonts

(cottage at Rennigers Flea market)

Friends,

 I am excited to tell you that Blogger Buzz is where you will

find new fonts for your blog.

I have been looking to update my blog and

came across these fun fonts.

Next is to change my header picture!!

Enjoy,

Sylvia

Random Texture Pictures

Since I had no luck at the flea

market this week

I took random shots of my

backyard.

I have no collectibles or antique pictures to

show you but I do want to share

my Dreamy texture picture from

Kim Klassen's Texture Tuesday.

The mighty oak tree by the

front of the house with again

the Dreamy texture.

My friends laughed when

I bought these two HUGE

wicker balls...I loved

that they were original,

they hang outside under

another oak tree.

Kim Klassen's pourvous

texture was used.

My red ladder holds

many plants along with

a wicker basket filled

with plants.

The plants inside the

basket are Eunice plants,

a sweet lady that

shared her green thumb

with me.

Life is good...

Sylvia

Seashell bucket

My coal bucket

is now my seashell bucket.

Blue daze and sun rose

plants are loving

the weather.

A Gulf Fritillary butterfly

 kept flying around me,

wanting to have it's

picture taken.

A quick snap as she stops

at the Zinnia flower.

She is too fast for me

but I am glad she

loves my garden too.

Have a great week my friends,

Sylvia

YARD SALE MODE!

The bright pink neon sign said...

Yard Sale...This Way!

Okay, so I take a small detour,

I'll just do a slow drive by.

I see antlers in a box!!!!

Do you know that I can park a car,

 get my purse,

 get out and

 lock it(over my shoulder) in less than 30 seconds!!

Yep, I'm focused, zoned in,

YARD SALE MODE!

I've been seeing antlers in magazines and

in blogs lately...

bought 3 of them.

Still in yard sale mode...

I walked around and

zoned in on these beauties.

Need I say more?

Let me know if you were in

Yard Sale mode this

weekend.

Sylvia

Craigslist finds

Look what I found on craigslist...

For only $10.00... 

 Sure it has a corner chip but still

a great deal .

 It's going in the new

garden bed that I started

months ago...

Patty's tastes have changed,

she no longer wanted

these $10 treasures in her garden.

I think this one will be filled with mini

succulents.

And while I am out in the garden...

 I will be wearing my NEW

garden boots! They were marked

down to 65%, they are so comfy

that I ordered 3 more for my

female relatives.

My $1.00 flea finds this week were these Ball jars,

such vivid aqua color

with zinc lids.

 They are keepers and sitting

pretty in my garden window.

My only win at the auction

is this $10.00 tapestry pillow. I intend to tear

it apart and make

a bag out of it.

The material is bright, strong and very

sturdy to hold some of my

flea finds.

I hope you all found some great finds

this week.

Pretties and Project done!

A quick stop at the

thrift store...looking for

scraps of material to

re-do a chair cushion.

 I found these 4 sweet Arzberg

tea cups. They are German made...

very sweet!

My eye was drawn to this wooden frame

with it's pretty embellishment...I

didn't notice the watercolor until

in line to pay. lol

 A mouth watering book is what

this is!

Currier and Ives has such pretty

prints...

 La Gitana...The Gypsy...

 Watching a ball game...mmm...one

of our favorite activities

in the summer.

Beautiful ladies...

Oh yea, the scraps of material...

I didn't find any but

did find this colorful

canvas curtain.

Silly me thought that this would be

a piece of cake project. HA!

(Sam, our dog)

I never thought re-doing rounded

edges could be so hard.
After trying over and over again,

I actually went to an Upholstery

store so that they could show

me how to finish round edges.

Sorry that I have no pictures
but it was me against the cushion,
mano a mano!

Several million staples

later...

A challenge for sure but

the chair is very comfy and

colorful.

Life IS Good.

Sylvia

Pumpkins in July

I have a habit of throwing

out rotten fruit and veggies

into the garden.

Compost right?

Last December I threw

our Halloween pumpkins

into the garden.

And a couple of months ago

these crazy vines started

growing!!!

 As I was walking through

the garden this morning...

I saw this pumpkin on

my croton plant!

I looked for more but the vines are all

over that it's hard to tell.

I think this might be one  of those warty pumpkins...

we will just have to wait and see.

Have a great weekend my friends...

Sylvia

Lamps and Doll broom

Every time I bring a lamp or two

home my poor dear hubby

groans. Another project for him...

BUT not this time!!!

I took the lamps apart, took

the old hardware pieces with me to Lowe's,

compared and bought what was needed.

Then I re-wired one (with my hubby as a supervisor) and

had my oldest son do the other (he has to learn too!).

With  practice, I won't need hubby as a supervisor anymore.

Yay for him!!!

 I haven't found that "right"

lampshade yet...maybe

I need smaller bulbs?

 As you can see I used

a lot of crystals

 for these two...so my

stash is running looowwwww.

I giggled when I saw this cute

doll broom. Her body language

reminded me of...ME...

Lately

this blogger has been a bit snippy

around here and I totally blame

it on the heat!!

Ohhhh I almost forgot to mention...the black book is a 1925 pathology book...

so perfect for Halloween don't you think?

Linking up to  Thrifty Thursday at Tales from Boggeritaville.

I also want to mention that Laura at 52 FLEA is having a 700th post give back!!  The winner will recieve beautiful fabrics and accessories from Cabbage and Roses along with Christina Strutt's Homemade Vintage Book!!!! 
Winning this would definetly put me in a good mood!!! haha

Happy Thursday...

Sylvia

Monogrammed, singer and longhorns.

Two sewing machines in one

week..SCORE!!

This singer has a tag dated

1964...serial # AE875562,

 I placed all the accessories

in a ziploc bag.

 A giddy feeling came over me when

I spied these linen napkins...they all

are monogrammed with the

letter "S"...yay for me!

Yes...they need a touch of  BIZ!!

 The cast iron vintage light fixtures

are so shabby chic...

Hmmmm...I might have to see if they fit

in my decor first.

Have you noticed the

crates are coming out of hiding?

Or is it that I never noticed them

before?

Couldn't pass up them longhorns!!

All(except the linens) will be in my little shop

at the Antiques Emporium.

Happy Thrifting...

Sylvia

Curbside finds

I do brake for junk!

As I was driving by my neighbor Diana's

house, I had to reverse my truck because

she had two beautiful,

mirrors by the curb!

 This is one of them...

thankfully the frame was

still intact.

But it does have several

designs in the frame missing.

The other mirror's frame came apart

from being stored outside in a wooden shed.

She was surprised that I still wanted them...haha..

of course I had to tell her that I love

anything old and chippy.

That's when she offered me her

Domestic sewing machine. 

 It too was in the shed

but in fairly good

condition.

 She wouldn't take any

$$, said she was

 about to put the machine

by the curb too. (yikes!)

 Everything is there,

I can't wait to clean her up!!!

A fun class has been added

to my project plate..learning

how to texture my pictures.

I signed up for Kim Klassen's

Texture Tuesday...

and today's theme

was PINK.

Even though I am still

a newbie,

it was lots of fun creating the textured

picture.

I am also taking her FREE skinny-mini course...YES....FREE...check it out.

Linking up to:

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday

Have a great day,

Sylvia