the best pgh has to offer...

well i need to tell you all a secret.

pittsburgh, pa is home to the most amazing vintage/antique things.

i have tried other places but pgh has it.

it has all items and the prices are UNBEATABLE!

i stopped at four on saturday and one on sunday.

we will start with sunday bc well it's today.

below you you will see two perfect condition pieces of fiesta ware.

bought from an estate sale for wait for it.......$10!!!

i about flipped. these babies look great with my collection.

my mom wanted me to get china for my wedding but lets be real

i am not the china kinda gal. so fiesta had my name all over it and well

my collection needs some new pieces.:)

i have been searching for these boxes for months.

i am so excited to have found two of them for a steal..

$5 each! i am making the coolest shelving unit and these babies complete it!

so i love green. any shade of green really and the table below was perfect.

i only have one giant foldable table. so this little card table was just right for us.

we are big game players in our house so this will get alot of use!

so just fyi this is only a few of the things i got.

i got my great friend caroline a knife block.

i got my wonderful friend lisa a beautiful glass pitcher.

i got three in perfect shape dresses for $10!

[i am dying to wear them]

i also found 4 things of yard.[two green & two teal] for $2

i do have one more thing but it is for a later post!

:)

my working wish list...

so i have been making a wish list.

i have gone to many estate sales, yard sales and moving sales looking for a 

cabinet like the one below.

i want something not super fancy and not wide.

the one below would look coolio in my kitchen.

this is the number one book on my list.

the recipes are amazing and i love the southern goodness.

i am also hoping to soonish find a great camping lantern.

similar to the one in the link above.

i don't have any reason to like it other than it matches our tent.

also coleman stuff is about middle of the line which i like.:)

we also have a gaping hole in our air mattress.

i'd like an air mattress that allows for camping and in home use.

i also am always collecting more vintage bright colored pyrex!

i think this weekend i am hitting estate sales HARD!

:)

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

bye for now boys..

welp this past week was one of my toughest.

i had to say goodbye to my days w/two of my favorite dudes.

this is a and this picture is from our last adventure together on friday.

this is s and this also is from our last adventure.

welp i have cried and cried but it is time for me to let these dudes grow up.

they start school on tuesday and i will miss them like crazy.

ah.

xoxox.

homemade pickled okra..

i freaking pickled my own okra.

four whole jars folks.

it took maybe less than an hour i lost track.

it was way easier than i had ever thought.

i am super scared of botulism so this is the

only canning ill try w/o my friend lisa.:)

aren't they pretty??

i owe one of my friends a jar but

other than that i cannot wait to try them!!

:)

records..

alright these babies are a treasure in this house. 

the two records below if they ever broke or stopped playing i'd frame them.

they were recorded in good ole muscle shoals, al.

recorded at fame records by bettye swann & george jackson.

which until i bought these i had never heard of either of them.

let me tell you these little 45s are amazing.

the music is right up my alley. worth every penny!:)

[found these at an estate sale my last trip home, just fyi]

then remember the BIG album collection we bought that was mostly classical?

mostly classical and this bad boy!

i love halloween music!

this is a classic that i grew up listening to!!

i cannot wait for october and spinning this recorded.

[i probably cannot wait that long!]

so you should always take chances on records in my opinion.

well at least it hasn't failed me yet!!

what are your favorites in your collection??

southern folk art

one of my favorite things back in good ole florence, alabama is michelle's house.

i love it bc it seems to always change in the most fun ways.

her art is my absolute favorite on the planet.

when i am grown up i hope my home can look half

as cool as hers.

southern folk art is my very favorite.

no one else that i have seen comes close.

i look on etsy and it is nothing like these pictures from michelle's house.

i think i love it bc of the culture and the strong religious symbols.

so i actually have a little bit of the above artists work.

her name is martha beadle and she is a florence, al local.

the above piece is bob dylan and i forget the quote

underneath is i think music lyrics.

isn't that amazing??

i love the middle piece in the picture above.

it's a baptism at a church in a creek.

then the coke bottle cross. eekk love love!:)

this my friends is a new piece to michelle's collection.

it has shot up to number 1 on my christmas list.

i met the lady who is the go between in florence for this artist.

i am asking my mom for a piece from this artist.

i freaking love it so much!!

i just never see artists works like this.

michelle's collection that her and her husband have built i just can't get over it.