A Month's Worth of 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!~~~~~It's been busy around here since I last posted, and I'll talk about that in my next post, but for now, here's what's new at the cottage in the junk department!

Since it looks like I will never ever be able to afford a vintage patriotic picnic tin like this one on Ebay, I decided to buy this beauty from Cost Plus World Market! 

I couldn't pass up these old 7UP bottles. Alot of the vintage things that come home with me do so because they trigger a memory from childhood, and these bottles are a perfect example. When I was about 5 years old, my family took a camping trip to Yellowstone Park. I remember that when we got thirsty, my Dad would pull a bottle of 7UP from a nearby stream, and I thought that they grew there! Little did I know that he had put them in there to keep them cold! 

A vintage appliqued butterfly quilt. For $3.00!

A close-up of one of the butterflies. Sure wish I knew if this was feedsack material.....

A couple of little birdcages. It's hard to tell from this picture how small they are, or that the one on the left has a minty green tray and the one on the right has an aqua-y one.

The one on the left still has it's original $3.29 Goldblatt's price tag!

I spotted this big heart-shaped bird cage hanging on the porch at a garage sale. I didn't think it was for sale, but it never hurts to ask. Turns out it was for sale. The seller's wife had passed away last Fall, and everything on the porch had some kind of heart on it. I felt sad after hearing that, but I sure will treasure that bird cage even more now.....

I don't know about you, but I actually start to sweat a little when I see something like this Fire King batter bowl at a garage sale. Will it be overpriced? Do I need another piece of Fire King? NO, it was only $2, and YES I needed it!

And while we're talking about jadeite, I thought that this little hobnail creamer would look lovely sitting on the sill with some flowers in it. Forget the fact that it's a repro. All jadeite is welcome here!

Do you ever continue to go to a sale, every week, even though you strongly dislike the seller because he doesn't understand the concept of haggling for a better price? I don't like the guy who sold me that fishy wall pocket, but I do like that fish!

A blue parakeet to keep the pink one company.

Deer have always been dear to me, so after passing up that little brown deer planter at an antique shop while on vacation last year, I brought it home in my suitcase this year!

Still trying to make the kitchen all red, pink and aqua, so this Lustro Ware juice reamer also made the trip home in my suitcase. The sweet lady who sold it to me graciously showed me her kitchen, which is decorated with only vintage aqua kitchenware. It. Was. Amazing! And I'm hoping that she will condense her collection even further and I'll find more at her sale next year!~~~~~So, how's the junking going in your part of the world? 

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, you will all be relieved to know that I did not find any radios last week! That's the first step in the process of breaking that obsession, wouldn't you say?!

After being outbid on Ebay several times on this particular kind of watering can, I was finally victorious!

A vintage Halloween witch rattle or noisemaker, and bless the person that cut out that wood jack o'lantern and painted it just like the vintage die cuts, which I would never consider putting outside but now I sorta can!

A vintage light-up Merry Christmas decoration.

I'm completely bananas over these birdie clothespins! I'll find something cute for these four to do inside the house.......

While this one perches in a birdcage in the garden.

I put a little light in there too! Love the way the cage's shadow is cast on the shed.

Patriotic Swanky Swigs!

And a sweet little pillow for the bench on the back porch.~~~It was our town's citywide garage sale event, and I don't know exactly how many sales we went to, but it was somewhere between 50 and 100. And all I got were the Halloween things, the Merry Christmas light, the glasses and this pillow. Six things. I still haven't decided whether I'm disappointed or if it was a blessing in disguise! 

Front Door Bling!

A few months ago my sister sent me an email urging me to check out Country Sampler magazine next time I was out shopping. She said that there was something in there that she was sure that I would love and want to  make. Boy was she right! Isn't that Door Umbrella decoration sweet?! Love the color of that door too. I knew I had to make one, so the search was on for an umbrella, with a curved handle. Well wouldn't you just know that finding one of those when you need it was like trying to find a needle in a haystack? Probably because I didn't want to pay full price, so I spent alot of time looking at thrift stores. Couldn't find a single umbrella, so my sister found one for me!

This is my version of the Door Umbrella. 

I've got tons of silk flowers, so I gathered all of the Spring-y ones.

And I've got lots of birch branches, so that saved me alot of money too.

All I had to buy was the nest at Hobby Lobby, and I painted the eggs so that it would look like a robin's nest.

My sister also gave me this umbrella, which is just waiting to be stuffed with a bunch of flowers and hung on the back door! 

Oops, I Did It Again!~~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!

I did something really stupid at the flea market last week, and frankly, I'm a bit shocked at myself. I wasn't able to do a post about my finds last week, so it feels good to finally be able to talk about this....... 

Seems I have zero willpower when it comes to resisting vintage pink radios!!! So another one came home with me. Have you ever noticed that sometimes when you decide to collect something, it just starts coming out of the woodwork, and you see it everywhere? I don't remember ever seeing pink radios until now, and there are SO many different styles. I'm scared!   

Pottery for the Porch!

It's so nice to have a sister who knows exactly what I like. She found that kneehugger elf and those ornaments for me! 

She also gave me that gorgeous tablecloth and patriotic breadbox.

Another watering can to add to the collection!

A vintage Hallmark Easter honeycomb decoration.

And since I'm being totally honest about my addiction, I found another clock radio today at the flea market. I had to get it, since I've got one in practically ever color but white. And I've always wanted a Brownie camera like this one, so I was thrilled to find it. 

I think this is good for me, to be so open about this obsession of mine in a public forum. Maybe you can hold me accountable, when I say that I don't want to buy any more radios. Honestly, Mr. Old Glory, I promise! 

IN THE GARDEN~~Jonquils and Junk!

Let's see what's blooming at the cottage! But first, I really feel the need to vent: BLOGGER &GOOGLE, if you want us all to switch to Chrome, why not just tell us, so that we don't waste hours and days trying to figure out why we can't upload pictures to our blogs??? Ok, I feel better now!

Oh, the joys of filling up the old station wagon with flowers and fertilizer! I'll admit that I've started planting way earlier than normal, but I can't seem to help myself!

Crocuses. Always the first flowers to bloom around here, and I miss them already.

Hellebores, or more commonly called Lenten Roses. So shy, they always hang their pretty heads!

Daffodils, or Jonquils, way back in The Secret Garden. 

I don't know why, but these particular daffodils make me grin like an idiot when I see them!

The forsythia bushes are doing better and better every year. They seem to enjoy the severe pruning that I've been giving them once they've bloomed. 

Siberian Squill. Every time I would try to take a picture of them, their little heads would be all closed up. If you think that you might like an electric blue flower in your garden, Siberian Squill is for you!

Oh my goodness, I love the heck out of this vintage lawn spreader. I found it in my Mom's garage, and I plan to put a clear coat on it to preserve it. Can't you just picture white pumpkins, mums and tons of gourds in it for Fall? I can!

After several attempts, I just couldn't get this fountain/birdbath to stop leaking. I bought it at a garage sale several years ago, and it wasn't even supposed to work, but it did, and it's given us, and the birds, so much pleasure. So I pulled out the pump, which I will be using to make another fountain.......

And turned it into a planter. Along with the Asparagus Ferns, I plan to pop some Nasturtiums in there too.  Can't wait to see them tumbling over the sides. I've heard that they're edible, and I think that this is the year that I'm going to put some in a salad!

Look what I found under a cement statue. The very first ladybug of the season! With all of the rain we've had, I'm sure the mosquitoes won't be far behind. So, what's blooming in your garden?