A Few Good Finds

A few weeks before we closed the lake house for the season...

...there was a town wide yard sale.

I was surprised to find some pretty cool things!

What do you think of this Italian metal wall sconce?

Three silver plate water pitchers...

...found in different places.

...and I was delighted
 to find this large and wonderful wall hanging

 by KC Willis from Lipstick Ranch.

Who would ever expect to find this

 at a yard sale in the Adirondack Mountains?

I have it hanging in Kate's room at the lake!

That's it for today...
...trying to accomplish something around this place!
:)

Thrifty Flea Finds and Looking Ahead!

The family has gone but not the memories of a fun filled weekend

 with the most gorgeous weather ever

 on this just past Memorial Day weekend. 

...cleaning up just a bit and getting ready

 to move on to the next adventure!

...which just happens to be...

...a girl's only weekend with Paula

 and hopefully other special girlfriends in Connecticut!

Looking forward to girl talk, shopping, eating

 and maybe even watching a favorite old movie...

...together!

Can't wait to see Paula's gorgeous gardens...

...things are really blooming now!

I will be sure to bring the camera

 to capture some pretty pics to share.

All these photos today are of a few of the things I have picked up

 at thrift stores, yard sales, church sales, etc.

 over the last few months.

Some things are just plain useful...

Some are old, some interesting...

Some are beautiful.

These items are all those that I actually got to photograph

 before I came up to the lake...

I have been so busy having fun with family that I haven't shared these with you before...and there's so much more.

Getting some things ready to sell.

(feel free to email if there is anything of interest).

Hope you all had a fun weekend...

...here we are already at Tuesday!

Wishing you a productive and joy filled week...

:)

Elvis at the Flea Market

It was a glorious morning at the flea market...
... cool but clear blue skies....
Elvis greeted me with...
"I'll have a blue blue Christmas without you"....



And that set the tone for this November market...
...lots of Christmas items!



...click to enlarge for a closer look!







Besides Christmas... there was other quirky merchandise for sale...
a collection of faucets...kind of funky and fun all piled together...



Lots of boxes and trays of assorted jewelry bits and bobs to sort through...
What could be more fun than this at 7:30 in the morning?
Hey, I'm usually on my way to the office at this hour.



Just a few pictures of odds and ends that came home with me...
...a sweet angel, a lonely vintage glass ornament...
(Elvis told me to buy them...50 cents each)



A pair of old ballet slippers that came out of an estate in Connecticut....
I really love these....I can visualize them hanging on the wall, perhaps with an old gilt frame around them...so feminine...so sweet and so pink!



a bottle from the late 1800's with an interesting pewter top...



Look at these pretty green transferware dishes....9 large plates and 3 small ones...I am hoping to mix them with my red transferware dishes at Christmas....





A well rusted pair of antique skates with vestiges of old leather....
...can't wait to create a winter vignette with these!!



Elvis let me take some of his blue blue Christmas music home with me...



This was on the dollar blanket....surely you can't blame me for claiming this prize....
...now close your eyes and picture just the right flowers arranged in this lovely old mug...



And the last to show in this post...two little silver plated trays....
...at fifty cents each...they will be just perfect for a certain project I have in mind...
Will show more of my fun finds next time...
Hope you enjoyed my early morning jaunt with Elvis at the flea market this weekend...
:) Laura

Violets and Silverplate

When the violets finally appear......we will know spring is here. For now that promise is buried beneath the snow and so I must be content with the silk, paper, flocked and sugared violets I have on hand. The tiny doll's purse in luscious purple is just large enough to hold a penny. The paper container for soaps......"Violettes de Toulouse" was brought back from the Paris Marche' aux Puces, ( flea market) at Clignancourt where I traveled with my husband, Lynn and Steve ten years ago. We were in Paris celebrating our anniversaries and it was the most romantic week ever. The silver plate tray is pitted and marred but the detail is lovely and the inscription....."To Mr. & Mrs Brashear......14/11/98".....(November 14, 1898...) conjures up visions of a turn of the century wedding. I should have taken a photo of the back "15...071..... Boston Silver Co, 4 plates..."hard white metal"....hmmm...1898 was the same year my Nana was born.....I wonder who the Brashears were.....and if their marriage was long and happy......???