Wow, it’s already the 12th Knick of Time TuesdayThe time passed so swiftly! We had so much vintage bliss shared last week thatI had the hardest time selecting just afew bloggers to share with you..If you missed it, you must goback and check them out here.You can learn to make a thyme Christmas wreath,turn an old silver cup coaster into a vintage ornament,make a fun & funky Christmas tree from old lamp shades,and so much more!! I don’t usually feature {Read More}

Last week I dropped by one of my favorite thrifty spots.I refer to it as the “little old lady shop”,because it’s run by a group ofelderly voluteer women who are all as pleasant as can be.I love listening to them chit-chat while they work. I had already been there about a week earlier,and came back with loads of goodies,so today was a lighter load, butI did find a bunch of vintage linens. I’m really not a vintage linen collector,I’m more like a {Read More}

If you’ve been looking forcable knit sweaters or glass jars in thrift storesand noticed that their supply seems unusually low…It was me.  I bought them all. I am seriously hooked oncreating these cozy sweater candle holdersout of sweaters and glass fish bowls, jars and cups. They are quick, and fun and so darncozy with candlelight inside! Here are my latest creations(which are available in my Etsy shop). This is the first one I created(actually, I made 2 and both have {Read More}

I gotta admit it,I get a special “kick” outof discovering that I was featured on another blog. My smile goes from ear to earwhen I go to link up to a blog party,only to discover that the post I linkedup last week was featured. Thursday I was just onebig grinning fool, because Igot featured 3,count ’emTHREE times! This post, called, “Got Galvanized”was the favorite pick ofof those who linked upat Catch as Catch Can  at My Repurposed Life! Gail, at My {Read More}

Remember when you were a kid and you wrote your name on your “valuables”to make sure your ownership was obvious?It may have been a favorite book,your diary, or your bedroom door, so yourprivacy would be respected. Well, tonight at the auction,I won this Polaroid Land Camera – Model 95. It’s a keeper and isn’t going in my shop.I’m “writing my name” on it, if only in my mind,to stake my claim on it. I’m just starting to build a collection ofvintage and {Read More}

What’s not to love aboutan old wire spring? Every time I look at one,I think of either Tigger or Dr. Seuss.They just seem so full of pep. It’s a lot of fun comingup with new uses for them too. Christmas cards and vintage postcardsjust seem to “pop” when displayed on them. Candles look gorgeous in them(I didn’t secure the spring in this photo,but you should make sure your springswon’t topple over with a lit candle in them). They are perfect {Read More}

Some days I can sit through an entire auction and come home with hardly anything, and then there are other days when I’m there for 30 minutes and fill my vehicle. Last night was a fill my vehicle night…in 30 minutes. Check out this stool! It looks like it came straight out of an old warehouse. At one time, the seat and back must have been padded, but now it’s down to the bare bones and I love it because {Read More}

It’s been a few weeks since I postedany antique graphics,so if you love them, my apologiesfor not posting them recently andif they bore you to tears…my apologies for that too! Right click on the photosto save them for future use on your projects. Today’s graphics come froma 1911 yearbook from Morningside Collegein Sioux City, Iowa. I like to think of these as“adopt-an-ancestor” photos. If you don’t have any photosof Great-aunt Lucille, and wish you did –claim one of these folks as your {Read More}

I feel like I’m the only person in blogland whohasn’t got their home festive for Christmas(someone, please tell me I’m wrong). We got our tree out, only to discover mostof the lights didn’t work.I bought more lights and those are on the tree,but with 2 kids in college and one of them also working,it’s hard to get everyone together to get the decorating done. Maybe we could have a Valentine tree thisyear, instead of a Christmas one!It might take that {Read More}

Most people greet thefirst day of snow with joy. Normally, I enjoy snow –especially looking out my window at it,while I’m warm indoors. This morning was the exception.This morning I was woken up{bah humbug #1}by my oldest son saying, “Mom, it snowed and thehorses escaped and are running down the blacktop.”{bah humbug #2} He was getting ready to run outthe door to get to college,so my daughter, {the owner of the horses}my middle son and I jumpedin the van and took off {Read More}