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

Mosaic Table

 I have a habit of buying small pieces of

furniture that are in dire need of

TLC!!!  That is not good...

because I keep adding projects

to my plate.

Would you buy this at a thrift store?

I have sucker written on my forehead...haha



"Oh yea...I can repair this, it shouldn't take that

much of my time"...again, no friends with me to

hit me on the head and say ARE YOU CRAZY?

After several weeks of repair, painting,

mosaic work, fixing paint chips..and not to

mention fighting the Florida heat and humidity

It's done!!



It's being dropped of TODAY at the Antiques Emporium,

it's been hanging around here for waaaayyy dang long!

I wish I could remember the name of the paint colors.

They were Lowe's Valspar samples of a Turquoise color and dry brushed

with a grey color. Then I polished it with Minwax Paste finishing wax in a

natural color.

Have any of you found the Minwax Paste dark finishing wax? I've been to several

stores around here and NADA...

gulp...I am linking up to Miss Mustard Seeds Furniture

Feature Friday and Favorites. I am not as crafty

as those ladies there but what the heck...it'll be fun.

And

 Debra over at Common Ground for Vintage Inspiration Friday

And also

My Romantic Home Show and Tell Friday

Will you come with me?

What is my next project?

Let me go check my porch area and see what

I have...hahaha

Sylvia

Flea market finds

Flea markets are great fun,

the thrill of the hunt and never

knowing what you will come across.

Even though my 2 local flea markets are

minute in size they still have those "Oh MY GOSH"

finds.

 Can you believe I almost passed on this

demijohn? Yes, crazy me walked away with the

thought of checking out the rest of the

flea goodies.

There was no one with me to whack me on the head and

say Duh!!!

After taking in the rest of the flea

I walked back and bought it!!

The cute wire basket, wooden corbels and

wooden shoe shape holder

also came home with me.

The two vintage mottled grey enamelware

dutch ovens will fit in perfect with my

garden decor.

Did you find any goodies this week?

I am linking up to Tales from Boggeritaville for

Thrifty Thursday and Treasure Hunt Thursday

Have a great rest of the week,

Sylvia

Screen door

I've been playing with screen doors...

The loose white chippy paint

was scrapped off...

then I painted with turquoise blue

and sanded down.

Attached two hooks (btw...vintage

hooks are hard to find around here!!)

and VOILA...

I'ts going in my store.

Antiques Emporium

625 Florida Avenue

Cocoa, FL

10:00 - 5pm

I am linking up to Linda at Coastal Charm's  Nifty Thrifty Tuesday...and Wow us Wednesday at Savvy Southern Style.

come see...

Back to my projects...

Sylvia

Ohhhh Nooooo!

An urge came upon me last Friday night.

Mosaic!

To mosaic my little table as I was unsure what

to do with the table top.

 I have a huge bin full of broken plates...the prettiest

ones were picked for this project.

This was done at night, in the back porch with

a motion light detector...YES..haha..every few minutes

I would be in complete darkness until

an Elaine dance (from Seinfeld) was

performed by me. lol

 I added the grout early, early this morning to beat

the heat and humidity!



Everything was working out great, I brought

the piece inside because the grout was not

drying like I wanted it to.

And as I was wiping the china pieces

this happened!!!!

Ohhhh Nooooo....sh**t, sh**t, sh**t..darn, darn, darn.

The paint peeled from the wetness of the grout,

from me wiping down the china, from the humidity?

Sigh....I don't know....

I am un-decided as to what my next step is...

Should I paint that area a darker color to hid the chip?

Should I sand down the whole little table to give

it that chippy shabby look?

Grrrrrr....I hate it when things like this happen!!!

Sylvia