REDNESDAY!

Finally. FINALLY I have some reds to share for REDNESDAY! When you're done looking at my reds, be sure to head over to It's A Very Cherry World, where Sue hosts Rednesday every week.

Over the weekend I found this vintage Santa on a swing. I'm no expert, but I think those might be pink mercury glass picks in his head!

I've finally had enough of the flowers around the lamp post engulfing the red bike, so I moved it over here. The red begonias in the bike basket are still going strong. I know I should probably toss them, instead of waiting until it's frigid out there, but I just can't do it! 

This picnic basket is looking a bit orange in the shot, but trust me that it's red! I love to collect those Osage Oranges that drop along the road. They look like green brains! Have you heard that placing them around the house keeps spiders away? I don't know if it's true, but I do it anyway!

I'm finally sharing all of the goodies that I received from Martha's giveaway at Seaside Simplicity. She really did her homework, because she included lots of the things that I love, like vintage radios and Red White & Blue!

This afghan is my favorite thing in the giveaway box. Do you know that I've always wanted to learn to crochet, just so that I could make a patriotic afghan?!! This is going to save me so much time, and you just can't underestimate the fact that there won't be any unladylike swearing that would have occurred when I would undoubtedly have dropped a stitch, or whatever it's called when you mess up while crocheting. Yes Martha, Mr. Old Glory thanks you, and I thank you too!~~~~Want more reds? If so, head over to Sue's!

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!

When I saw this, I thought it was your run of the mill trick or treat bucket....

But thanks to a Flickr friend, I suspected that when I turned it around, this is what I would see. I LOVE the designs on there! This bucket is vintage, from the 60s, so the next time you see one, it's worth taking a look at the back! Sadly, it's my only find of the week, but Don't Go Away! It's the perfect intro to more Halloween decorations!

Here's the front of our house.

I'm completely batty over that orange and black bunting! I ordered it months ago, and about once a week I would pull it out and have a peek at it! The striped bunting was made from my favorite outdoor fabric: a vinyl tablecloth.

I painted the signs several years ago, but I try to do things a little bit differently each year, so those two cats in the windowbox got little party hats!

Decorations on the green cabinet.

I found this little figurine a few weeks ago, and I knew right away that I wanted to transform her....

Into a little witch!

I've been trying for weeks to get a good shot of Cupcake in her little witch hat. In the end, the best shot ended up being one of the first ones I took, because she DOES NOT like that hat!

Cupcake, getting a little frisky with the decorations! Well, I hope you all did better in the junking department than me and my one little find. But sometimes it's quality over quantity, and I'm very happy with my bucket. TRICK OR TREAT!!!

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!

The garage saling season has just about ground to a halt. Lately the pickings are so bad that sometimes we do a drive-by, not even bothering to get out of the car. That is until I saw this aqua case sitting on a table at a sale. We were almost past the driveway when I yelled for my friend Nancy to STOP!!! I was pretty sure it was something that I had been waiting all summer to find.

And I was right. Inside that case was a vintage aqua typewriter! It looks scrumptious next to the pink radio, doesn't it? I can't wait to do a little Halloween vignette around it, so stay tuned! 

I found a few additions to my holiday collections, like this Easter die cut and fantastically tacky plastic decoration. Just what my collection needed: A bunny playing a banjo!

Another Lefton candy cane girl and some little bottle brush trees.

Finally. FINALLY I found a Gurley witch candle!

Some Beistle honeycomb Thanksgiving decorations, found in a bag at the thrift store. The girl pilgrim was missing, and I can only imagine that she must be busy somewhere, rattling some pans and whipping up a fabulous Thanksgiving dinner!

I also found a bunch of vintage magazines, and this one is my favorite, because that illustration on the cover pretty much sums up how I feel about housework! So, what kind of treasures did you find last week?

Halloween/Fall Decorations

I just realized that if you were to look at my last few posts, you would probably be thinking: Geez, all that girl does is go junking. Not true! I've just been busy enjoying this beautiful Fall we're having. After that awful summer, I can't get enough of being outside and enjoying nature. I even made Mr. Old Glory go to The Monarch Buttery Festival, where we could enjoy even more nature. The butterfly tent was full of beautiful monarchs and gorgeous flowers.

This Tarantula was there too. Which is the perfect segue to my Halloween decorations!

This is our back porch. A Flickr friend was surprised that I decorated our back porch too, and so I explained that we use the back door all the time, not the front. So the front porch is decorated for the rest of the world, and the back is for us.

Little flags made out of vinyl tablecloths, and sparkly purple hats for the cats.

I'm batty over how that polka dot bunting turned out!

A vintage plantstand holds sparkly light-up pumpkins.

A nice, cozy spot to sit and watch the leaves fall.

Mums in the vintage cooler!

I handpainted these pillows several years ago. I hope the squirrels leave them alone!

Pumpkin lights by the garage windowbox. I'm just getting started decorating, but hopefully I can  share the front porch next week. It's so easy to take pictures of the back, but I feel a little odd taking pictures of the front. Like maybe the neighbors will think that I think that we're special or something. So I'll probably get out there early in the morning, before anyone is around. Or make Mr. Old Glory do it! 

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'll be the first to admit that this vintage Fisher Price Little People Playhouse was the last thing that I expected to bring home from a garage sale. But I had to have it! I actually passed on it and got in the car and started driving away before I threw the van in reverse and went back for it. Just look at those sweet little windowboxes on the second floor!

And on the back of the garage, there's a dog bowl full of bones, and Snoopy's very own doorway!

Six little Santa cups, all for a quarter.

Another Easter Bunny candy holder! It's my second one in about a month, after years of hoping to find one that I could afford. The bunny on the right is a baby rattle.

This vintage aqua CLUB sauce pot looks SO GOOD sitting on my stove! You'll have to take my word for it, because the old stove just isn't all that photogenic (it's dirty). 

Pottery. YAY! That wee little pink pot is only about 3" tall.

I found these two vintage transistor radios at the flea market on Sunday. I haven't figured out a spot for the blue one yet....

But the red one is now hanging by the back door. It's been really slow going at garage sales and the flea market lately, and pretty soon the junking season will be over, and but a distant memory. And then the options are either to hit the antique stores or pay tons for shipping on Ebay. I'm dreading it already....

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 was a slow junking week over here, and to top it off, I could not drag my butt out of bed to get to the flea market on Sunday. Oh well, I guess I shouldn't complain, because I found this vintage aqua rotary phone.....in the FREE box at a garage sale!

After lots and lots of scrubbing and sticker peeling, it looks pretty good hanging by the back door. 

I couldn't believe that on the third day of a garage sale, this vintage Easter planter would still be sitting there. And for 50 cents!  

Isn't this little Lefton graduation boy adorable? Love that wise old owl perched on his cap!

Vintage Planters A Go-Go! Those three metal ones were only 5 cents each. Can you tell that the sellers really just wanted to be rid of them? The pottery planter is Haeger.

I have to admit that as soon as I put this glass carrier in the car, I regretted buying it.

Until I got home and found out that my aluminum glasses look really sharp in it! And in case you're wondering why I almost always take photos of my finds right there on that bench.......1. The lighting is terrible inside the house, because we're surrounded by huge pine trees......2.  If I have to take pictures outside, this is a pretty private spot, and really, the less neighbors to watch me doing this, the better! So, did you find any goodies last week? And tell me, do you take pictures of your junk outside? And if so, do you feel weird doing it?!