Road Trippin

Today my good friend, Kate and I are headed North to this awesome show.

I’m super excited to see lots of my favorite sellers. Will I see you there too? Hope so!

Vintage Sale at Little Cottage

Good Sunday Morning! I am still in the middle of my bedroom re-do.  Painting is done and now it’s time for the fun part, decorating! I have three big boxes of all the littles that I took out before painting. Some will be going back in, while most will be priced and head to the malls.  I’m trying so hard to eliminate the clutter and keep only what I truly love, but it’s so hard as I love it all. Anyway, I have a few projects planned that may take awhile, so it may be a few weeks before I share the big reveal.

Yesterday, quite early, Isabel and I headed up to Battleground, WA to Sylvi’s Vintage Sale she was hosting at her home.  We weren’t sure what to expect, but I have to say, it was the perfect shopping situation for both of us.  First of all, we both love Sylvi’s style and to make things even better, Joe and Natalie had cool stuff there too. Isabel and I got there first and there weren’t a bunch of people waiting so it was nice to be able to take our time, look around and visit a bit.  The merch and prices were awesome and we both got lots of great stuff.  Filled my van and still had to leave things behind to get later in the week. So, this is what I brought home yesterday.

Vintage bed lamp, cute little canister, three vintage clocks, floral fabric covered box, leather coin purse, pink child’s hanger and a lovely roll of vintage roses wallpaper.

Love these little vintage clocks. I am going to dress them up a little with some pretty bling.

Box of vintage casters from Joe.  I can always use these.

Four vintage frames.

Lovely antique baby dresses.

Look at the lace detail on this baby gown.

Adorable baby slip, a ladies half slip that has “Love Me” embroidered on it and the most lovely powder blue petticoat lace.

And finally,

I got this long low table from Joe for a steal.  I’m going to add a shelf on the bottom and casters on the legs and use it for my new sofa table.  My current sofa table (cabinet) is going to be used for a tv cabinet and my current tv cabinet will be headed up to my room.  Lots of switcheroos around here.  Fun times!

Got lots of projects to work on this week. My priority today is to buy a new palm sander. I wore my old one out and it broke on me. Hope you all have a fun and/or productive Sunday!

White Wednesday and some other Goodies

Thought I would share some pictures of some of the things I’ve been finding this past week. I had a great month at both of my antique malls. Sold lots of furniture and other things so you know that means I need to get out and find some new (old) things to keep my booths nice and full. Here are some fun finds for White Wednesday.

Sweet vintage cream lace petticoat and cotton towel with lace.

Thrift store white dresser and craigslist vintage corner cabinet.

Found this adorable beadboard cabinet at Monticello when I was there last week. It’s a keeper. Will most likely go into one of my bathrooms to hold towels and/or toilet paper.

Found these adorable pantaloons at the flea market. They were part of a vintage costume. Have never seen ones like these before that just go over your legs with elastic to hold them up. So cute!

Some other non-White Wednesday related finds include:

Belt buckles to add bling to, coin purses to make more necklaces, a little silk girl picture pill box and an adorable antique petite pointe wallet. With roses, of course.

No trip to the flea market is complete without finding a bit of bling.

The little glass lamp was a thift store find, the mini crystals were found at the thrift store and the silver cruet holder and silver Victorian box were purchased along with the corner cabinet pictured above.

This cooler weather is making me feel like nesting and I am currently in the middle of re-decorating my bedroom. The periwinkle blue, which I never really liked, but worked with what I had in there is going bye-bye and will be replaced with a creamy white paint. It’s a big bedroom, so it will be a big job. I can’t wait to share the end result with y’all. When that’s done, I will most likely start re-doing some other part of the house. We have lived here for 10 years so it’s definitely time to make some changes. Have a great Wednesday!

Some Things

Not a lot of blog worthy things going on around here which is why I haven’t posted for awhile.  Had a one day garage sale last week with some good friends. It felt good to clear out some of the clutter, but I have a long way to go.  I have so many projects I want to do, but am having a bit of a trouble figuring out what to start first.  So, in the meantime, I thought I would show you some things I’ve picked up here and there recently.

Not the best picture, but I found this cute vanity with tri fold mirror at a local garage sale.  It’s currently in my garage waiting for me to finish painting it.  A couple glass knobs and it will be good to go! The metal plant stand was found at another sale and the little two drawer cabinet and cast iron bird feeders were found at a thrift store.

I got these lovely pots from Isabel at our garage sale. They will look great added to my growing collection.

I also bought this adorable vintage purse at the garage sale.  It will be headed over to Stars soon.

I got this cutie off of craigslist. I originally thought I would sell it, but I love it so much it’s going to be a keeper.  I’ll just have to replace it with the one I currently have in my bedroom. Already gave it a coat of creamy paint, but will take a picture of it after it’s all done.

My favorite part is the feet. And, did I mention it’s cedar lined?

Found all these goodies while out thrifting. The two matching lamps were found at two different Goodwills, if you can believe that. One is broken, but I’ll use the parts to make a new lamp. I got the platter and the swivel frame at Camas Antiques, but I think my favorite find in this picture is the bunny puppet.  I found him at the bins and have since washed him up really well. He’s pretty cute and it’s going to be hard to give him up, but do I really need a bunny puppet?

Also found while thrifting, a lovely pair of white euro shams, white cotton nighty, white cotton slip and a lovely floral duvet cover. Just couldn’t resist those flowers.

And finally, I want to show you something that came in the mail.  Maddie, who is a reader of my blog, proposed a trade awhile ago. She knew that I have a thing for lovely vintage purses, having seen them on my blog and offered to trade one she had for one of my coin purse necklaces. So we made the trade and this is what came in the mail.

Gorgeous, right? I love it so much and I have it hanging with my other cute purses right now.

So that’s about all I have going on right now. Today I’m sorting, pricing and just getting stuff ready to take over to Monticello and Stars tomorrow. The Fall Premier Sale is still going on over at Monticello and will continue until October 2nd. Dealers are continually restocking so if you are in the neighborhood, stop by and maybe I’ll see you! Have a great Wednesday!

A Winner, Back to School, Some Recent Finds and a Makeover Project, I’m tired!

Thanks to everyone who commented on my last post. So good to hear from you all and I do appreciate your kind words. The winner of my Cath Kidston giveaway is, Carol from The Polka Dot Closet.

Wednesday was my kids first day back to school. My #1 girl is a senior this year and my favorite dude is a sophomore. As is our family tradition, I took their pictures before leaving the house this morning. Couldn’t get them together for one as they were ready to leave at different times.

Now for the fun vintage stuff. A couple weekends ago, I ventured out to the Oregon City Antique Fair and found some treasures.

These adorable vintage dresses were a steal.  They were from the dealer’s own children and she had great taste.

Here is my favorite.

A little wrinkled, but oh, so lovely!

And this little jacket was so sweet.

I love the little tag inside.

I also got a few bits and pieces.

Love this cute hat/wig box and ticking case.

My biggest purchase of the day was this cool gate leg table with bluish-gray paint. No picture, but trust me, it’s a cutie.

I got a call this week from Monticello to tell me I sold the buffet I had there. I had just purchased this hutch off of craigslist

 

 

I quickly gave it a makeover (okay, not so quickly, it took all day Wednesday to finish) and brought it into Monticello yesterday. Here’s what it looked like before I filled it up with goodies for sale.

I gave it a really distressed white finish and changed out the knobs to glass ones.  Personally, I don’t think I captured how cute it turned out, but I’m very happy with the results.

Speaking of Monticello, the Fall Premier Show starts today at 8am. I got a sneak peek yesterday and was amazed at all the cool stuff the vendors have brought in. In fact, I think this is the best show yet! You can get more information here, but I would definitely recommend that you check it out if you can. Have a great weekend!

What I bought on my trip and an End of Summer Giveaway!

As I mentioned in previous posts, due to the weak dollar in England, I didn’t buy much on my trip to the UK. I’m a cheapy and everything seemed really expensive. I did mention, however, that I found a few trinkets at the Portabello Road Flea Market.

All the little bits and pieces pictured above were found at Portabello Road Flea Market.  The cool bottle was found at a little antique store in Harbech.

I found this cute Cath Kidston floral tote in Oxford along with a cute oilcloth scissors holder and scissors (not shown).

This was a little Cath Kidston knock off  oilcloth tote I found in Portabello Road.

More Cath Kidston cuties. A deck of playing cards and a shower cap.

Lovely petite floral painting in a gorgeous frame. Found at an Oxford charity shop.

Found these two vintage books there as well.  The Architecture book has some cool pictures and the French-English dictionary is the perfect size for my pocket and will come in handy next time I take a trip to France.

And finally,

This really cute vintage (antique?) pewter engraved flask. Not something I typically buy, but I was drawn to the lovely engraving and the price was right.

Some other things I bought, but didn’t get pictures of are, a pair of Laura Ashley pillowcases, a couple tops for me, a petite point purse and a black ruffley petticoat skirt.

So, now for the giveaway part of this post. I was so tickled to find a Cath Kidston store right in the London airport, that I decided to buy a few goodies to use as a giveaway for my lovely blog readers. Yeah!

Here’s what I found for y’all.

Mini oil cloth tote, thank you notes, labels and stickers, cute pencils and pencil case.  I am also including a little Cath Kidston magazine/catalog. 

As an added bonus, I will also include one of the antique brooches I picked up at Portabello Road Flea Market. All you have to do is leave a comment on this post. You can just say hi, or tell me about something fun you did this summer.  I will draw a name at random on Friday morning. Easy, right?

I’ll be back soon with some more vintage goodies I’ve picked up recently.  Until then, Happy Labor Day and I hope you all have a fabulous week! Kids going back to school on Wednesday for me. TTFN!

UK Trip~Part 4

On our way back to Manchester to pick up Isabel’s daughter, we stopped in the adorable village of Buxton. Lots of shops (several charity shops), beautiful gardens and so very charming. Here’s some snaps I took of Buxton.

After picking up Isabel’s daughter, we dropped off the rental car and took the train to London to spend the last couple days of our trip.

Our first destination was Portabello Road. We got there fairly early and it was already getting busy with shoppers. They had everything there from antiques, to produce, to pastries (had the most wonderful apple cream pastry). We didn’t buy a lot there, just a few trinkets which I’ll share on my next post.

We then made our way over to the London Eye. On the way, we saw this

And him, our first and only celebrity sighting. It’s Rick Steves the travel host and author.

My first view of the London Eye.

After the London Eye we headed here, the sight of a little recent wedding you may have heard about.

The next day, the three of us hopped on a bus and saw the sites.

Took a tour of the Tower of London which was really cool. Saw the Crown Jewels (no pictures allowed), and lots of other cool stuff.

View of Tower Bridge from The London Tower.

We then headed to Covent Gardens Market where we had to duck out of the rain. Not so bad as we had some yummy Paella for lunch. Should have gotten a picture of that.

Here is St. Paul’s Cathedral. It was Sunday and they were having Mass inside, but we tip toed in to take a peak.

I loved all the birds perched on this statue.

We ended our day with a visit to the Queen. Unfortunately she didn’t feel obliged to come out to see us.

We didn’t get to see the changing of the guards, but I did get a picture of this one. It’s hard to tell, but I think he’s smiling.

That’s about it for pictures of my trip. Hope you enjoyed tagging along on my journey. Overall, I couldn’t have been happier. I saw so many wonderful things and places and I will always treasure the memories I made with my good pal, Isabel. She was the perfect travel companion and we shared many laughs along the way. I am so grateful that she agreed to be the designated driver on this trip, but most importantly that she invited me to join her.

Next up I’ll share some of the treasures I found on my trip. Until then, have a wonderful weekend!