Yard sale finds

This past Saturday I went to my favorite yard sale of the year. Yes, of course I woke up early just to stand in line to get in the door! I went expecting to bring home a truck load of treasures just like last year, but I was disappointed in the amount of good junk. I did find one steal (or two) these ugly 1975 brass lamps were three dollars a piece.

I thought with a little spray paint and fabric they would be as good as new, an much cheaper than I could find cute lamps for any where else. I paid six dollars for spray paint, six dollars for spray adhesive and I dug out some fabric I had purchased at a fabric sale last year. Fifteen dollars and and hour later this is what I ended up with.

Not too shabby by my standards. I love them and that fact that I only spent fifteen dollars makes me love them even more! This was an incredibly easy project. I removed the old shades and light bulbs, stuffed paper towels in the holes where the bulbs go and gave them 2 coats of oil rubbed bronze spray paint. I rolled the shades along the fabric to make a template, and cut it out and used spray adhesive to adhere the fabric. Put it all back together and presto! This was a perfect project if  you want instant gratification!

-Enjoy!

Trash Pile Treasures

I am so glad to be out of school on winter break! It has made me realize how much I miss being a house wife, being able to clean and do yard work every day makes me one happy chick. I did take a break from all of that "work" and took a trip to the local flea market, and boy am I glad that I did. In the back room surrounded by ugly yard sale coffee cups were these cute little puppies.

These cute little cups, saucers, and bowls are Syracuse China made in 1972 for the restaurant industry. There were 24 pieces and I paid a whopping $8 and some change for them! Hello cute dessert party!! I haven't been able to establish an actual value yet, but on one website I found 2 of the coffee cups going for $24. Yay me!

My good fortune for the day wasn't over yet! I took leftover chicken pot pie and mac and cheese to my Granny's for lunch. After we ate she showed me some Pepsi bottles she had recently found, of course my question was where. She showed me an awesome treasure hole! I'm glad that my relatives used to throw their trash in the woods so that some years later I could dig through it all!! an hour later, dirty and sweaty I emerged with some pretty good loot!

Cutsie vintage glass

Clorox Jug with top 1940-1960

They are currently soaking in a bucket of Clorox water in the garage with some other things like a Pepsi bottle, a syrup bottle and some little brown one! I plan on returning to the dump soon, but this time I'm wearing gloves and boots and taking a shovel!

-Happy Hunting