2013 decision...

I have liked hunting for awesome vintage items since we moved to Pa.

It started out small garage and yard sales.

Then it grew into estate sales and driving all over.

I liked decorating with my finds & finding them was like a game.

vintage ladies glasses

vintage kiddo portable chalkboard.

vintage corningware percolator

amazing picnic plates. i love the colors.

So bc my love is hunting and I can good stuff weekly.

I did it.

I opened my own etsy site.

Having a great time and also I've already begun selling!:)

here is the link to my shop

stop by and keep checking in.

all the photos above are FOR SALE!

if you are looking for a certain item let me know and i will find it!

xo

favorite find..

this old flag.

its kinda yellowed, kinda torn up at the bottom and kinda awesome.

i loved it and i really don't know why.

i just want to hang it in a room.

not because of any reason other than i think its beautiful.

i only paid $5 for it.

from an estate sale of course.

it is the most fun to me to hunt for these super awesome old treasures.

:)

happy first day of fall

happy first day of fall y'all!

this was the first mum i planted this week.

found this coffee can at an estate sale for 50 cents.

it is just the look i wanted for our front porch.

:)

gifts..

i love love love sunflowers.

they are my most favorite flowers.

my mom found this amazing doily at an estate sale.

she gave it to be and i am using it to hide the grease mark on this great rocker.

:)

 lookie lookie another gift!!

my hens starting making chicks.

i have been waiting and two of them getting CRUSHED by sunlight made chicks.

i love them!!

question one does the rocker look granny?

question two how do i make my hydrangea flower??

thanks guys!

xo

this weekends finds..

this weekend shea and i struck big luck at the estate sales.

we found lots and below are a few of our finds.

i've started collecting plant stands.

this one i call the baby to the moma i already bought.

i am hoping to find a large one that holds multiple plants.

one day ill find it! 

this metal cart use to be a projector cart from a school or soomething.

it has a plug attached to it. haha

this metal cart will be receiving a make over which i will post later.

did i mention that this cart was $2??

a steal!:) 

i also found this bad boy. which i haven't been able to find until yesterday.

 who doesn't need a coffee tree??? love it!

my newest wall hanging in the kitchen.

it's great. it's called grandmaw's garden...its full of herbs.

:)

these christmas lights i love.

the plan is to decorate with them.

they will probably be in mason jars for christmas.

i am really excited to put them out!

we also found some fun records.

i love our adventures that include great treasures.

pittsburgh is nothing but vintage at every turn.

a successful saturday if i do say so myself.

before and after

remember this rusty boy?

he finally got his much needed make over.

it has only been a year. geez I'm a slacker.

here he is bright and green

he looks great with his two other friends.

i still need to work on two other benches.

oh and i guess you can see the hydrangea that has yet to sprout flowers.

i am super bummed about it.

come on big girl give me some more color!!

sunday funday projects..

today i sewed up three projects and put together one.

this babies have been on my to do list for months.

here they finally are.

our kitchen window that has been naked since we moved in.

it got some serious spring color today!

this fabric is a vintage bed sheet scrap that i purchased from creative reuse.

no lie i have had this scrap for prob 6 or 7 months...im a slacker.;)

this is the teenie tiny window at our back door that had a raggedy old curtain.

which i have replaced with a matching curtain to the window one.

its adorable. i love it.

this lamp i have been dying to make.

i bought this old golf ball basket for $10 about 5 months ago.

i finally put this bad boy together to avoid using the yucky colored light

in our kitchen. this light is much more warm and inviting.

i love the way it came out.

sundays are my crank them out days.

my plan was to make pillows for our bed well i made all these things instead.

oh and i also made a draft blocker for our backdoor with fabric

my roomie bought from creative reuse. it is so fun!!

xo

my around the house favs..

this is my most favorite piece in our bedroom.

i paid $5 for it while traveling with my momma this summer.

i love it!:)

these babies are in what i call the "brown bathroom".

the horses were painted by shea's aunt and grandmother forever ago.

i love them, they are a paint by numbers on velvet.

amazing and perfect for the "brown bathroom".

this is my favorite idea.

when we moved into our new place there was only one towel holder

in the "brown bathroom". our great friend had five beautiful antique ladders

that needed a new home. so i placed one as a towel holder in

the "brown bathroom". the others are in my craft room with my

fabric hung on them.[it helps display them, eeppp love]

this table cloth is from my mothers stash.

i love it.

it may stay on my table for stinking ever!!

readers i'd like to introduce you to my beautiful mother.

well my mother way back in the day.

isn't she amazingly gorgeous??

i found this picture and the frame, it now hangs in our family wall

where it belongs!:)

i hope you enjoyed seeing my favorite things.

i will one day get around to doing a grand tour of our new place.

i just haven't gotten everything just right.

xo

our christmas decor..

well christmas in my house growing up was always TONs

of decorations and i won't lie in my home now it is just as bad.

i try to stick to homemade or vintage items but a few newbies get thru

the cracks every now and again.

so here we go a sneak peek into our festive home.

first is one of my most prize possessions.

this christmas tree was my grandmaw's.

she passed away this year and i inherited it.

i love this tree.

this is how i chose to display our christmas cards this year.

here is a fact about me...i LOVE christmas cards.

our first one was from our dear friends the "betterman's" back in AL.

i have a feeling every year in this house our cards will be in a different place.

this is our 6.5 foot frasier fir christmas tree.

i love everything about them their smell and their look, amazing!

i am also parcial to an angel being on the top, not a bow or a star.

i am sure one day we will have two trees one fakey one real.

that day has not arrived yet so our lovely ornaments will rock this baby.

this to me was the perfect place for our stockings.

back in alabama our stockings are on a mantel but this is the best i've got.

also the first three stockings were made by my amazingly crafty momma.

my stocking was from when i was a baby.

mom made shea a stocking during our first christmas

and kristin got a mommy made stocking this year to match ours.:)

this tree is towel rolls cut to size made by my Gran.

i love this so much.

it was made with love, my Gran is an amazing lady.

this tree was made by our roomie kristin.

it is made from a wine bottle, old book pages, a knitting needle and an angel.

it turned out beautiful and makes a great centerpiece on our table.

i hope you enjoyed this peek.

what are your favorite decorations for christmas?

xo

my burday wish list..

these are on the top of my bday wish list.
these are in no order as far as most or least favorite.

1. is old old old like 1900s Jane Austen books. I prefer a hardback
these are hard to find but could be discovered at an estate sale.:)
2. new make up hopefully from somewhere like sephora. i will be
26 and i think it is about time i have makeup from somewhere other
than walmart. ha!
3. a large vintage fiestaware pitcher
4. a vintage or vintage looking lock it. nothing too big but something
ornate is what i am hoping for.
5. a formica table hopefully green or turquoise with it's leaf and four
or more chairs. my mom had one of these growing up hers was yellow.
i love them. what a beautiful table.
6. these are just two bowls that i love. i would like a large size bowl
either handmade or vintage. something decorative for parties.

i would like a new camera but an affordable awesome one.
i am in need of a pedicure in the worst way. hopefully i can get one for my bday.
:)

sources
five.

vintage clothing...

two weeks ago i started collecting vintage clothes.
i love the styles of the 60s and 70s.
so my collecting has a purpose...i am going to stock my etsy shop with vintage clothes.
this is just a preview, i have about 15 pieces now.
i am saving the best piece for last in this post.
i know all these pieces will look better on a person
so i found someone to be a model for them which i'm stoked about.

this first piece is a dress that fits really well and is comfortable
and fashion for today.

this is a close up of the design of the dress.

this jacket kind of fits me but is a tad snug.
i love the plaid and the style is so fun!

this shirt is fun.
it is a cool pattern with an awesome tie around it.

this is my most favorite find.
i found it last week at an estate sale.
this ladies style was crazy, i always love finding people
that hang on to vintage pieces like this one.
my sister says it's very mary tyler moore.
ha.
i think i love this dress the most bc its green.
i stinking love GREEN!;)
here is the thing about these clothes as you can see they are wrinkley.
also there are some minor tears that i will fix.
then wash and get these wrinkles gone before i start the real photography
for selling. i really love hunting for these clothes.
i am kind of picky too.:)
i hope you enjoyed this post!
:)

thrifty finds...

on saturday shea & i got up early & headed to estate/yard sales.

so the first estate sale had tons of fabric almost too much.

it was very overwhelming. i just couldn't dig any more

so i just got a few bc i have to be real w/the amount of space we have.:)

so we just got a new couch that is also a twin bed.(no not a futon)

these fun vintage sheets were 3 bucks.

so we now have a vintage set of sheets for our guest couch.

hint hint..lauren we are ready for you to visit!;)

how amazing are these super vintage patterns.

i think i got 13 of these bad boys.

the plan is to sell them on etsy prob 3 at a time.

i'm keeping the little kiddo pattern tho.

also check out the cool vogue patterns...love them!!

shea cole is super surprising during these sales.

i never know what he will come out with & these were his picks.

these funky fun buttons. we might be making some into magnets.

he usually goes for the books so when we laughed about all these buttons

i was sold.:) such a cute lil husband.

so one of my favorite movies is pride & prejudice.

i have been hunting for old jane austen books bc i love the language & the love.

the copy of mansfield park below is from 1965.

i'd like hardback but for now i'll take what i can get.

i don't read much but i plan on reading this one starting this summer.

hello beautiful! this is my favorite find! two rot iron chairs!

i love the lime green & the floral patterns are incredible.

these are now our most comfy lawn furniture!

these are low to the ground & amazing!

it makes me think of old 70s movies.

this one is my fav of the two!

the lady from this sale was really friendly & gave us a great deal.

both chairs for $45.

they are in good condition the rot iron has hardly any scratches on it.

endless possibilities for these wonderful chairs.

they could be repainted & recovered & reawesomed.

i love love love finding vintage treasures.

the hunt is half the fun & i get soooooo excited about saturday

mornings that we go a hunting.

:)