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!

This week's episode finds our heroine (that's me!) scoring lots of great junk when she really should be working on her own garage sale. At least I can't feel too guilty about buying that aqua clock radio, because the one that was sitting there went straight into the garage sale. I'm trying to be better about getting rid of one thing every time I bring in something new!

I finally found a matching set of glasses that I really like for my carrier. They look so much better than the mismatched ones that I had in there.

Why yes, as a matter of fact I am trying to collect every picnic tin ever made! I think out of all the ones I own, this one really says summer to me. I believe it's because the plaid pattern matches the old aluminum woven lawn chairs that my grandparents owned.

The jury is still out on that flower-shaped clock in the bathroom. I like it. The rest of the family hasn't said a word about it, and I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing........

A vintage plaster fawn, which will be coming inside for the winter but for now is living on the back porch.

The deer planter on the right was a 50 cent garage sale purchase.

This old cement........pigeon?......was an estate sale find, and she now roosts by the entrance to The Secret Garden.

Mr. Old Glory finally let me get a dog! Ok, as much as I would love the real thing, I was very excited to find this Mobley squeaky dog. It's just like the one I had when I was little, and it was only 25 cents at a garage sale. AND, it won't poop in my garden!

These Easter Bunny blow molds are super skinny, 3' tall and all white except for their eyes and mouths. They're so weird looking. So I had to have them!

Love their big buckteeth!~~~~~~So, the projected date of our garage sale is August 8th, and I'm telling you right now that I won't enjoy it at all.  Do you know why? Just think of all of the sales that I'm going to miss!!!!!

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!

Ok, so I lied. I said that I would be back later last week to share some patriotic decorations, and I didn't do it. Now that the 4th is over and done with, I thought I would share just one decoration, and you may think it's silly but that's ok with me. I bought one of those solar hula girls that you can get at Dollar Tree, the aqua one in fact....... 

And made her a patriotic decoration for my van! I painted her outfit red, added a little bit of glitter but not too much, because I didn't want to weigh her down and make her unable to dance. Then I  gave her a flag to wave! I know what you're thinking. You're thinking "This girl has too much time on her hands". The truth is pretty simple: If they don't sell it, I have to make it! Dollar Tree makes a solar thingie for every holiday, so why not the 4th of July? An Uncle Sam would be ideal, but I wasn't about to make a beard and hat for her. C'mon Dollar Tree!

It was a great day at the flea market today. All of these vintage beach toys for very little $$$.

I've wanted to add one of these Fisher Price chick basket cart pull toys to my Easter decorations for awhile now. I bought it from the same seller that I got the beach toys from. He's new to selling at the flea, and I can't wait to see what he'll bring next week!

Vintage Dennison St. Patrick's Day die cuts. The more I look at that leprechaun, the more creeped out I get by him!

Loved the cottagey green color of this birdhouse. I took a chance and didn't buy it right away, but was very pleased to see it still sitting there when I went back to check on it. And I was able to haggle a lower price! I don't know about you, but a big pet peeve of mine is when a seller absolutely refuses to haggle. That's the whole point of a flea market since the beginning of time!

Vintage aqua pottery isn't real common around here, so when I see it I get excited and when it's cheap it's coming home with me!

I bought these vintage parakeet s&p shakers and added clips to them. If I could just stop buying old bird cages, I wouldn't need birds to put in them.....

I found this plant hanger and pot all in a tangle on the ground at a garage sale. Although the plastic pot looks ok, I knew I wanted a vintage piece of pottery in there.

Much better, but I'll keep my eye out for something aqua!

I bought this old green metal magazine holder while on vacation, from a couple who have a huge garage sale every weekend, chock full of vintage stuff. I spotted it the day we got into town, but passed on it because it was a little pricey. Needless to say, I thought about it all week and had to wait until they opened again a week later. I'm not entirely sure that I even want to use it as a magazine holder. I just knew that I wanted it!~~~~~~I'm sure you all had a great 4th of July weekend, but did you make time to go junking?!