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Tea party table

Friday, April 19th, 2013

 

 

 

 

Why do they make children’s play tables so expensive?   I decided to make my own after seeing this one on the mali-mo blog.  Nora found this one for me at Unique for $15.  Before:

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This is painted with left over paint from the front door.  I use this paint a lot.  I used it on the outside metal furniture too.  It’s a Sherwinn Williams color.  I want to say it is called Meander Blue.  I’ll have to look at one of my very first blog posts when we painted the front door!  Holy cow, I was right.  Meander Blue.  I copied this color from Miles Redd’s front door.  I considered doing some gold highlights on it (like the inspiration pic) but I don’t have any gold so I thought I would just live with it this way for a while and then decide about adding gold paint.  Anyway, I only have one child’s chair that fits it so I am on the look out for more at garage/rummage/flea sales this year…

 

IF…we can ever get healthy and I can make it out of the house to sales that is!  I came down with a sore throat yesterday and hoped it was only allergies.  Today I am sure it is something more.  Especially since Mila had a two day sneezing fit earlier this week.  Poor dear, I thought it was just allergies then too and kept dragging her out on our usual days adventures.  Miles and Liam both stayed home feeling unwell today.  February, March and April have just been this way.  But honestly, it’s this way every year for us.  Liam especially is frequently sick at this time of the year every year.  I’m not sure why.  **Note to myself**  Next Winter I need to start Liam on vitamin C, D, Probiotics and Fish Oil at the very least to boost his immune system for this time next year.   Anyway, I am resting up today so I won’t be sick for the weekend (I hope!).  I missed out on a rummage sale last night in Poolesville and one this morning in Walkersville (plus a fun play date for me and Mila).  Oh man!

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Nesting

Sunday, October 28th, 2012

I put the rose needle point  ($4 from the Leesburg rummage) on the stairwell wall.  My new flower pillow is on the white loveseat.  The zigzag tiny rug was $20 from Homegoods.

 

My new fox pillow.  I am crazy about this pillow from Garnet Hill.

 

This is my new $20 vintage metal, floral chandelier from the consignment shop in Clarksburg (From One to Another).  We hung it in the powder room.  I am crazy about this too!

Look how pretty those vintage, pink, millinery flowers are ($4 from the Leesburg rummage)…I can’t stand it they are so lovely.

 

More tray arranging.  This is my other vintage, Florentine tray (purchased for $5 at the Mt Airy flea).

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My favorite thrifted clothes from this summer

Sunday, October 28th, 2012

 

I spent less than $10 for all three pieces.  They are all in very nice shape.  The coat and the skirt are vintage.  The sweater is 100% wool, Eddie Bauer.

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Thrifting treasures

Sunday, July 22nd, 2012

I finally found six chairs for the dinning room table!  I found them at Chartreuse.  Virginia said they were bought at auction and they are from an estate and believed to be from the 1860′s.  WOW!   I paid a little more than I wanted to…but they were still a lot cheaper than going to Ikea and buying new ones.  And I LOVE the shape of these.  I think they look lovely with my Louis ghost chairs.  They are not in perfect condition so I think we will fill cracks/previous repairs with wood putty and paint them white.  We are thinking of using a blue and white check gingham for the seats.   Now I just need something to function as a server/sideboard and I’ll be set.

These are my other treasure from the last six weeks or so.  Can’t wait until rummage sales start in the fall again!  I have not had any luck with garage sales yet this year.

 

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Thrifting

Monday, June 11th, 2012

This haul was from Unique, Gaithersburg Goodwill (the pink and white skirt if for me, originally from Anthro $6…the clothese were pretty decent there!), and Germantown Salvation Army.

This haul is from my Ellicott City day with G.

These are vintage lingerie pins… to pin your bra strap/slip to your dress so it doesn’t fall down.  Isn’t that brilliant?  I had never seen these before this weekend.

 

Last weekend’s haul.  Total spent?  $16.  We went to the re-flea in Frederick.  The woman who runs it had amazing vintage jewelry!  I bought 2 darling pieces (pic later).  It was pretty good.  Small, but no new/crap stuff at the re-flea.  I think they do it once a month but won’t have another until September though.

 

Then we happened to drive by a rummage sale on the way home!!!  It was the second day and everything was whatever you could fit into a bag for $1.  Awesome.  There was a lot of vintage.  I am totally going on the first day next year.  It was the Calvary UM church on W 2nd and N Bentz in Frederick.  It was not advertised on Craig’s List.  They say all the downtown churches advertise in the Frederick News Post.  OK!  I have been wondering where all the good rummage sales in Frederick are.   Now I know where to check for them!

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Recent Treasures

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

From the Mt Airy flea market.  I really love the linens I purchased there!

Close up of the twin bed cover.  $6!  I adore this.

Vintage buttons that came with Mollie Makes this month and pink/white bakers twine that I got cheap from Group Deals.

This is a vintage, full size, 100% cotton sheet from Unique.  $2.99.  I <3 Unique!  It was yellowed but I oxi-ed it and it is so pretty now!

On Mother’s Day Darling and I went to the Harper’s Ferry flea.  Total spent $6.

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I’m back…

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

Here is what has been happening…

Lots of lilacs and tree peonies.

I thrifted this 1960′s (?) raincoat in FL.  It is so darling!

From H&M.

Vacation and treats from vacation.

My sweet nephew, baby Aiden.  I missed his birth in FL by 2 days :(

Swedish, wooden clogs for Mila from Lucy’s $9.

A lovely new dress for Mila from my mom.

A sand/water table for Mila since she had so much fun with the sand and water at Granzie’s house.

Vintage jewelry from the Clarksburg flea market $1 total.

I actually got some things done!  Framed these lovlies.

Ordered this pepper mill from Amazon since our old one broke.

Finished my British flag bath mat (it is quilted with a towel on the back).  It turned out so cute and it was so fun to do some sewing for the first time in a long while.

 

It has been a long month of doctors appointments.  Hope to be posting a lot more again.  I have been obsessed with Pinterest during my blogging break!

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Here is what we have been up to…

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

Auntie R gave Darling this scooter.  I love it.  It is so cute!  I need to learn how to drive it.

I got these cute play hair rollers at Unique for Mila.  So cute!

I made two giant batches of strawberry applesauce.  The first was 10 lbs of apples and was so good we ate it in 3 days!  The second batch was 15lbs of apples (I had more red delicious than grannies for the second batch) and 2 lbs strawberries, plus a squeeze of lemon and some honey.  The second batch is not as good.  I think too many red delicious made it too watery and so I tried to cook it down a bit.  It turned into an almost apple butter.  Good, but nothing like the first batch.  Oh I made chicken broth with chicken feet.  It completely changed the texture of the broth.  Very gelatinous!

Mila got her summer sandals.  These were too big, I exchanged them for a size smaller.  I love these salt water sandals so much I ordered myself the red adult version :)

These little potted flowers were 3 for $10 at Giant.  They were such a treat!   I bought the pretty lacey Ikea pots for $2.50 each I think.  I bought them with Giant potted flowers in mind.  They are a perfect fit!

I made some pretty cards.

I bought these lovely lamps with Sacha at Unique for $6.99 each.  I am crazy about them.  They need quite a bit of cleaning/fixing, but they are so very pretty…I can’t wait to get them working!

The last month was a bit hard.  Mila and Liam both went through nasty stomach viruses and I have been dealing with awful rashes all over by face and neck.  I believe I finally figured it out…I have developed a coconut allergy (I haven’t been able to wash my hair in a week).  More on that later…I have been so busy…and then today we lost Moonie.  But Sacha is here and that is fun…and G and I are walking and that is fun.  I have been spending too much time looking on ebay for pink and blue porcelain handled items to take my mind off things.  I got a few new pieces to add to my little collection (Mila already broke my vintage cake separator/cutter…I was so disappointed).  But it is finally March and Spring is nearly here.  All will be well…February always seems like a hard month.

 

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Thrifting Saturday

Monday, February 20th, 2012

Nora and I had a lot of fun thrifting on Saturday.  This is one of my purchases ($6/3 knives) from the Thrift Shop for the Blind in Kensington.  They are porcelain handled, brass, fruit(?) knives.  They are marked “Bohemia” on the brass.  Does that mark mean they are Czech?  They are so pretty!  I came home and scoured ebay and etsy for similar pieces in blues and pinks.  I think this is the start of a new collection for me.  I just won my auction for a porcelain handled cake separator ($6.95)!  Woo!  I will actually use this because I love to make cakes.  This is supposed to cut cake without smooshing it.

VINTAGE PORCELAIN HANDLED CAKE KNIFE CAKE BREAKER

 

 

Vtg SHEFFIELD England Painted Porcelain Handle Stainless KNIFE Set of 6 w Box

 

I like these a lot too.  But the starting bid is $36.  The blue on these is so pretty!  I think if I stick to light blue and pinks they will all mix and match well.

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Ellicott City

Monday, January 9th, 2012

Last Saturday was in the 60′s!  It was so beautiful.  We actually managed an outing with the kids (It seems like a while since we’ve done this).  We had never been to Ellicott City.  It was fun to walk around and look at the little shops.  We had lunch at a brewery.  Darling and I had fish and chips.  It was so nice.  I suggested we try and do one local cute town a month.  We don’t have to do lunch each time.  We could just do ice cream or a coffee place for snacks.  It is hard to remember to take pictures when the five of us are out.  Next time, I will do better.

On the way way home I made Christian take a detour to Jessup.  There is a thrift shop out that way called Teen Challenge. I saw it in my “Dirt Cheap, Real Good” book.  It also made a top ten list of Maryland thrift shops (actually that may have been from the book’s author).  Anyway, it was a disappointment.  It did have a lot of furniture.  Not much better than the stuff at Goodwill though (bad junk).  They had a few vintage pieces right when you walked in and they were more expensive.  They had a couple of vintage couches that were almost cute but something was a little off.  Although, if we were just starting out and didn’t have a couch…I would prefer one of these to a futon (which was actually our first couch).  They were in an off white fabric and in decent condition.  If it was closer and I could stop by frequently to see how often they get in new stuff…it might be worth going back.  But is is so far!  I managed to find one item in the entire store.

It is a magazine rack.  I have been looking for one.  I paid $3.71 for it.  I know it is pretty ugly right now, but it is sturdy and has some cute, curvy lines.  I think it will be nice painted.  Darling said he will spray it for me.  What color do you think we should do it?

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