More odds and ends..................

I found one garage sale this weekend. There was not a lot of stuff there but I did find this for 8 dollars. I only paid 8 for it because it goes with my pink (red and white?) things I already have. The lady was asking 10bucks. I didn't want it that much.


I also bought this small plate, it was pretty and only 25c.

This old Button hook was also 25c

Then I decided I could use this lovely tea pot who had lost its lid. A plant pot, what else. Perfect for 50c

Another 50c item will come in useful when I find something to hang in it.

When we were at Manitou gardens I picked up some herbs. I found this old box in the garage. I had Gerry screw it on the deck. I will keep it there for now.

I love old boxes. When I find them,(or baskets) I have a job relegating them to the outside. I am always aware that it wont take long for them to be weathered away.

While I was getting the box out I refound this old mail box. Not sure what to do with it. I bought it as a planter but still not sue where to put it. I need to clean off the brown paint and make it more presentable.

These are the blocks that I got from Laura, I am thinking around the pond and the garden there will be a great place for them. If not, plenty of other places to put them.

Its just a question of getting down to work. Some of my other treasures I have not found a permanent home for yet so this glass dish on its base will sit there for now.

At least the things I found this week were the right price for a change.
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A mixture..................

Going to the thrift shop the other day I really didn't find much. I was looking for a few pots to plant some flowers in. I did accomplish that goal. I found this jar/container that was missing its lid. I liked it because it had dogs on it, It says "Dogs smile with their tails". I got it home and wondered what to do with it. Then.....duh!!! I want planters right.

The pot that I found was ideal for this plant, just the right size. If the plant likes it I will plant it in this pot it was just what I was looking for. For 1.99 how could I miss?

I also got these 3 bird house thingies someone made.

Then there are ones I painted myself.

One year I made a bunch of butterfly houses. They do not do well out in the elements. I should bring them in and repaint them but......well at the moment I have other projects. This one was in the house and I put it out this year. The bird house in front is waiting for a plant to go in it. An ivy maybe.

I don't have a lot in my sketch book to show so will just throw a couple in on this post for now

Not much going for me this time, I did like my fox though

Here is one page of faces.........

I have now filled book 8 and have to go get another. I am still enjoying doing it so may as well keep going.

This is a wren

Thats it folks..............all for today.
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More Treasures.............

On Friday Laura and I went to our local fav thrift shop. I found some treasures as usual. I must stop going there. Some one is very generous and donates great things. Their prices are a little high for a Thrift shop but this one thinks of itself as a "Boutique" well I can deal with that. They have lovely donated items, new items like hats, scarfs jewelry that are very nice. The 2nd hand items that I have found myself are often expensive things. I feel I am helping the cause as well as getting nice things for my home. I have no problem saying I found them at a thrift shop or garage sale. I love getting nice things for a good price. It's the thrill of the hunt.
Here are some pictures of some of my recent finds.


This is a Crystal bowl, can you believe it? 9.99.

So is this one, a Lenox

OK so I got this one for the fish pond. The fish like to play with them

I got a few nice linens that day too.
Then we found an estate sale. Wow. What a beautiful house. The lady was very tiny and we heard them talking about her. Its a shame when people are going through personal things. It comes to us all. She had beautiful taste. The things were good quality and expensive, I only bought a couple. There were a LOT of things though so I did find a few I could afford. The good thing was that next day would be 50% off. I could not believe that Laura actually got to my house early Saturday. Woo Hoo we were off.
These are some of the things I bought. Linens and cushions.




A beautiful wreath for 12 dollars. I could not wait for the 50% off I wanted it for sure.

I have decided to collect more teapots. So this is a couple that I found at the Estate sale. I love the one cup pots


This little fairy just had to come home with me.

I am always looking for things for the garden. These were from the thrift shop at the right price. Just need a clean up and a couple of plants.

I found this at another sale and as I want a butter dish, I thought this would fit the bill.

An angel I could not resist from the estate sale. A lot of my garden ornaments were no good this year. So for 5 dollars I thought she would be a nice addition. I usually get fairies but Angels are most welcome.

Berry dishes, not sure why I wanted them. Guess I got carried away. The main bowl has a chip in it. I really do not need it so may use that in the garden. A bird bath or something like that? I will put it with my ornament things for later.

This may also end in the garden ornament pile for later but I love the colour, I found that with the butter dish at another garage sale.Everything else was the Estate sale.

I found a basket of flowers at the estate sale but they were selling them all stem by stem. So, I found this vase of flowers for 5 dollars and I think there is a nice selection there for making wreaths. Another project. Will that get done? It is a heavy glass vase and that may be useful.

The last thing I was in two minds over. It is a dinner service for 4. I normally only buy sets of 8. This was so pretty that in the end at 50% off I paid 22 dollars for the set that included salt and pepper, cream sugar and serving dishes. I will do a post maybe when I get them unwrapped.

Now I have to say that I have no idea where to put this set. For now it will remain in the box till I work that out. Maybe when we fix up the other room I will find a place. I am looking for a large dresser of some sort. When we change our back door from where it is now. The entrance will be bigger and I want a very large piece of furniture there to hold all sorts of things from shoes to toys. If there is room for storage so much the better. That is another story.
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