MY WEEKEND FINDS-Flea Market Season Opener!

Thanks for tuning in to another episode of My Weekend Finds, the continuing saga of one girl's quest for more junk!

It's official: The flea market if OPEN for business! It's never opened this early in the year. Why so early? Global warming? Who cares! It's open!
I've coveted a Hendryx Art Deco birdcage for a few years now. They were the Cadillacs of bird cages back in the day! But these days they are very expensive. Once again it just goes to show you that if you wait, things will come to you at your price.
I can't believe I actually walked away from it though, and stunned that it was still there when I regained my senses and trotted back for it!
Vintage Easter baskets, only 50 cents each. These baskets, and the rest of my finds, were bought from a man selling his parents' things from their estate. His prices were so incredibly cheap that I almost started to cry when he said he wouldn't be back at the flea market next week!
LOVE this wastebasket. Again, SO cheap. Definitely needs a good cleaning though.
An old plant stand. I won't tell you how much it was, because YOU might start to cry! I have one just like it in our living room, but this one is going on the porch.
I've wanted some of these forever, and when I asked how much these mercury bead picks were, he said 50 cents. Each? NO, for ALL of them. Oh my.....
I love coming across a seller who isn't in it just for the money. And I have to tell you that I'm rather proud of the restraint I showed today, because I could have bought much, much more......
So, did you go flea marketing or garage saling over the weekend?

GREEN--In The Garden and St. Patrick's Day Decorations

Things are really poppin' in the gardens.....already! I even missed taking pictures of a couple of things, because I just wasn't fast enough!
The crocuses are poking through the leaves that I haven't raked yet because it's too early to rake the leaves! The leaves are there to protect the plants from snow and frost that I feel is still just around the corner, even though we've been in the 70s all week. Our normal temps should be in the mid 40s!
A white Lenten Rose, or Hellebore. I love these, because they bloom for months.
Another Lenten Rose.
And more crocuses.

I absolutely love when gardening season begins. It seems there's something new in bloom every day! And I would LOVE to find a garden cart like the one above. I'd gladly give up one small piece of junk, just to make room for it!
Anybody doing anything fun for St. Patrick's Day? Our town had their parade and festivities last weekend, so we'll be celebrating with some corned beef and cabbage.
Here are my decorations. There were more, but I forgot to take pictures of them. And now it's all packed away, and I've started decorating for Easter. Do you realize that it'll be here in a couple of weeks? That's barely enough time to enjoy those decorations! Oh, and our flea market opens on Sunday. WOO HOO! Wish me luck!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

REDNESDAY-Rearranging My Reds!

Thanks for stopping by to check out my reds for Rednesday! When you're done, head over to It's A Very Cherry World, where Sue hosts Rednesday every week.
I'm constantly rearranging all of my stuff. It's easy to do when you've got alot of junk! Do you do that too? The last time I saw that canister, it was down in the basement, where alot of my junk goes to hibernate. I spotted it when I was doing laundry, and decided that I wanted it back up in the kitchen. The rest of this stuff was elsewhere in the kitchen, but it's all living together for awhile on the counter.
I also spotted this vintage Wonder Bread wrapper while I was in the basement. No, there's not vintage bread in it, just a piece of loaf-shaped foam! I haven't found a spot for it yet, but it will need to go somewhere that kitty can't get at it and rip it apart!
I finally took the Valentine's Day tablecloth off of this little table in the kitchen. Geez I'm lazy...
And I replaced it with a vintage cloth. LOVE the tulips! Those old breadboxes underneath hold cookbooks, miscellaneous junk, and craft paint that I'm too lazy to go down to the basement to get. Do you sense a theme here?
I recently won this pillow in a giveaway at Hey Mom! What's For Dinner? Isn't it gorgeous?! Fran made it herself, and those embroidered roses are part of a vintage table runner.
I love it, and I think it goes perfectly with our old couch. You might remember me telling you that this couch used to be my grandparents', and that my Mom, who just turned 87, says that she remembers it from when she was little. WOW, that's one reeeally old couch!

Now head on over to Sue's to see more reds!

MY WEEKEND FINDS-Holiday Stuff Galore!

Thanks for tuning in to another episode of My Weekend Finds, the continuing saga of one girl's quest for more junk!

Well, I think I hit every thrift store within a 5 mile radius over the weekend, where I found lots of holiday stuff, and one vintage kitchen item. A pink one!
Let's start with that pink item. After standing around, staring at this thing in my hand for a good thirty seconds, I finally realized that NO, IT'S NOT A BUNDT PAN, YOU IDIOT! YOU CAN'T PUT PLASTIC IN THE OVEN! It's a vintage Jello mold. Well, let's be honest, it was coming home with me no matter what it was. Especially when I looked on the bottom and it said it was made by Blisscraft of Hollywood. Is that a great name for a company or what?!
Vintage Easter stuff has finally arrived at the thrift stores. YAY!
I think this one is my favorite. Doesn't she look like something that Laurie over at Magpie Ethel would make?
How did the kid who received this guy in their Easter basket all those years ago resist the urge to free him from his packaging? Must have been a silly boy.....
I had to have these old Empire bunny baskets. They're destined for the front porch.
This little plaster guy with his pot o' gold will fit in nicely with all of the leprechauns in my St. Patrick's Day collection.
I have a strong like/dislike relationship with Goodwill. Sometimes their prices are ridiculous, and sometimes they're amazing, like 49 cents each for these blow molds. I already have some like these, but I DO NOT CARE. I decorate the front and back porches, so if it doesn't look like Vegas when the lights go on, I'm not happy!
Well, almost every holiday got an addition to the collection this weekend, and the 4th of July was no exception. These old rolls of streamers caught my eye right away. After all, this is Old Glory Cottage, so if it's red white and blue, it's gotta come home with you know who.....

MY WEEKEND FINDS

Thanks for tuning in to another episode of My Weekend Finds, the continuing saga of one girl's quest for more junk!
Well I must say that it's been very hard finding junk recently, because I haven't really been looking! Normally, I would stop at every single thrift store when I'd pass them, but I guess I got burned out doing that at Christmastime. However, that break was very short-lived, and now I'm ready to track down junk with gusto!
I've been looking at this little Crown bird cage for a few months now, and finally decided to bring it home and trap some pottery deer in there!
Vintage seed packets, some with seeds still in them. They're like little works of art, aren't they?
I couldn't pass up that tray. It's just goes too perfectly with the green and yellow pottery!
Nor could I pass up this cute record to go with my old record player. SING & BE HAPPY!
I finally found this issue of Coronet magazine, after years of searching. I LOVE anything Halloween-y!
I also had to have these cute little school books.
The illustrations are just adorable!
I'm always looking for additions to my holiday collections, so I was quite pleased to find that old valentine planter. And on my front porch, I found a package with that elf inside. Geez, he's cute! Maureen, of Nest 'n Feathers, sent him to me. She said that when she found him, she thought of me. Isn't that one of the nicest things a person can ever hear? Thank you Maureen, for thinking of me!
Well, there seems to be some red in every single picture, so I'll be linking up to REDNESDAY over at It's A Very Cherry World too!

PAINTED HUTCH

About two weeks ago, I did some painting!
You might remember a while back when I brought the lid from this vintage picnic tin to the hardware store so that they could color match it and whip up a gallon of custom paint for me. It's my favorite jadeite green color, and I used the paint......
to transform this cabinet......
to this! I absolutely love it, and I've never regretted painting it.
But across the room, there lurked this thing. This secretary hutch, which I've hated almost from the moment I brought it home. It serves it's purpose, which is to hold lots of junk, but I've never been crazy about the way it looks. So I got that paint can out again....
and now I love this piece too! It feels like I can see everything behind the glass doors so much better, although I'm thinking about painting the inside a cream color, to make it all stand out even more.
Aren't the polka dotty knobs fun?! They're from Hobby Lobby, and when they have their knobs 50% off, I could just go nuts!
The bottom drawer holds placemats for every holiday.
And sometimes it's a cat bed! Not really though. That would be gross to eat off of place mats full of cat hair!
The middle drawer holds part of the vintage tablecloth collection.
Which takes some of the burden off of the other green cabinet. Yikes, what a mess! You've just seen one of my dirty little secrets. All of my tablecloths in a jumble!
And while I was in the painting mood, I tackled this ugly lamp.
Spraypaint is our friend! I used Rustoleum Moss Green, and now I like this lamp. But I'm not real sure about the shade yet.....
So which do you prefer....the BEFORE or the AFTER? And should I distress it a little? I'm no expert, but I have to recommend painting a piece of furniture, especially if you hate it. And if it's not valuable or a family heirloom. Oh, and do it without telling your husband. That would be my number one recommendation!