Is that I'm going to be back here very soon. With delicious pictures of the screen printed posters I recently acquired when my company merged with another.
Pinky swear.
Showing posts with label treasures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label treasures. Show all posts
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Friday, October 23, 2009
Fall, Big Macs and Birdcages
Jason and I had our usual Friday Big Mac attack. Like clockwork, Friday hits and we are ready to shove the greasy goodness that is McDonalds into our faces like 16 year olds without morals or conscience.
Jason was not really amused when I made him pause so I'd have photographic evidence of our grossness. He said "I just want to eat already":
Today is a cold, gray and spitty Fall day. I'm down in the basement rushing through this because this is waiting for me upstairs:
Like an idiot, my bare toes are freezing, I was just out in the garage spraying a second coat on my birdcage (more in a minute) with no shoes on.
I thought I might share a couple of my recent Pyrex finds. Every time my grandma hands me a new (old) piece or I stumble across one at Goodwill, I get a little excited. And I don't think Jason gets as "pee your pants" happy as I do. Maybe someone out there will. Our next house project is a wall make-over to display my Pyrex. This project involves blackboard paint so I'm dorking out on the prospects of that just a little bit.
So I had mentioned to my grandma a few weeks ago that I really wanted a decorative birdcage for my living room and was going to start hunting for one. And that is when the treasure trove that is grandma's house started to shine and glisten with pixie dust and she announced, I have at least two that you can have, just come over and get them.
It turns out she had three just stashed in various places, including the place she calls the "Fairy House" in her back yard. I'll share that with you soon enough. Jason and I were married next to that fairy house. So she's not crazy, there is a house. Although, I'm not sure about the fairies. Grandma does get a little wonky from time to time.
So I went over and picked up my newly beloved birdcage. It was bare wood when I got it and not an attractive color of wood at that, "forcing" me to whip out my can of Krylon:
And as I said before, grandma's house always prices things perfectly, free. Which made this score all the better since just days later I saw one very similar at Urban Outfitters (urbanoutfitters.com) for nearly $100. Also? I saw one in the window of a shop that had been converted into a lamp that looked exactly like this one only it had a price tag of over $250.
Hopefully, I can get Jason to hang it in the corner I have all picked out for it. A corner that has been looking lonely and desolate since we moved into this house.
I promise to post pictures when we do.
Wishing everyone a great weekend!
Jason was not really amused when I made him pause so I'd have photographic evidence of our grossness. He said "I just want to eat already":
Today is a cold, gray and spitty Fall day. I'm down in the basement rushing through this because this is waiting for me upstairs:
Like an idiot, my bare toes are freezing, I was just out in the garage spraying a second coat on my birdcage (more in a minute) with no shoes on.
I thought I might share a couple of my recent Pyrex finds. Every time my grandma hands me a new (old) piece or I stumble across one at Goodwill, I get a little excited. And I don't think Jason gets as "pee your pants" happy as I do. Maybe someone out there will. Our next house project is a wall make-over to display my Pyrex. This project involves blackboard paint so I'm dorking out on the prospects of that just a little bit.
So I had mentioned to my grandma a few weeks ago that I really wanted a decorative birdcage for my living room and was going to start hunting for one. And that is when the treasure trove that is grandma's house started to shine and glisten with pixie dust and she announced, I have at least two that you can have, just come over and get them.
It turns out she had three just stashed in various places, including the place she calls the "Fairy House" in her back yard. I'll share that with you soon enough. Jason and I were married next to that fairy house. So she's not crazy, there is a house. Although, I'm not sure about the fairies. Grandma does get a little wonky from time to time.
So I went over and picked up my newly beloved birdcage. It was bare wood when I got it and not an attractive color of wood at that, "forcing" me to whip out my can of Krylon:
And as I said before, grandma's house always prices things perfectly, free. Which made this score all the better since just days later I saw one very similar at Urban Outfitters (urbanoutfitters.com) for nearly $100. Also? I saw one in the window of a shop that had been converted into a lamp that looked exactly like this one only it had a price tag of over $250.
Hopefully, I can get Jason to hang it in the corner I have all picked out for it. A corner that has been looking lonely and desolate since we moved into this house.
I promise to post pictures when we do.
Wishing everyone a great weekend!
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
The Treasure Trove That Is Grandma's House
Being a collector of vintage Pyrex, I love treasure hunting. Usually this means combing thrift stores, which is something I've recently introduced my daughter to and now Jason is mostly wondering what we will ever do with all the "old stuff" we find together.
Just this weekend I scored some fantastic pink Pyrex for $2.50. That's for two pieces. It's okay, Jason didn't really understand my reason for the happiness jig either. But he smiled and said, "Don't you already have that one?"
Which I did. Pictures to come.
Recently, my grandma has been inviting me over to her house to dig through her treasures. Which is mega because grandma's house is always the right price. So I thought I'd share some of my thrift and grandma's house finds.
My last trip to grandma's was fruitful with the aforementioned birdcage (I'll show it soon), a beautiful quilt and this vintage Lusterware bird wall pocket that I love (Jason hates):
and a clearer shot:
Isn't it beautiful?
*I also wanted to answer a question that I was asked by Le Meems, I never use pre-made stencils or molds in any of my projects. All of my designs are done freehand. If I do use some kind of stencil it is one I created myself by drawing freehand first.
I like to live dangerously, you know.
***
Have any of you found any mega treasure scores lately?
PS - I totally bragged about being mega knitter way too early. Last night I had knitter's block and couldn't even manage the most janky of simple cast on's. Knit fail.
Just this weekend I scored some fantastic pink Pyrex for $2.50. That's for two pieces. It's okay, Jason didn't really understand my reason for the happiness jig either. But he smiled and said, "Don't you already have that one?"
Which I did. Pictures to come.
Recently, my grandma has been inviting me over to her house to dig through her treasures. Which is mega because grandma's house is always the right price. So I thought I'd share some of my thrift and grandma's house finds.
My last trip to grandma's was fruitful with the aforementioned birdcage (I'll show it soon), a beautiful quilt and this vintage Lusterware bird wall pocket that I love (Jason hates):
and a clearer shot:
Isn't it beautiful?
*I also wanted to answer a question that I was asked by Le Meems, I never use pre-made stencils or molds in any of my projects. All of my designs are done freehand. If I do use some kind of stencil it is one I created myself by drawing freehand first.
I like to live dangerously, you know.
***
Have any of you found any mega treasure scores lately?
PS - I totally bragged about being mega knitter way too early. Last night I had knitter's block and couldn't even manage the most janky of simple cast on's. Knit fail.
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