Show and Tell: Vintage style

I had some fun shopping our garage sale last weekend. (I'm pretty sure I got rid of more than I acquired, though!) :) I am using these items in decorating my house - mostly my family room. I wanted to share a few for Show and Tell (for more show and tell - check out Kelli's blog!)

First off this ironing board:

My mom bought this for me when I was little. I remember thinking it was so neat! It has a matching iron that became warm when plugged in. (I think I have it somewhere, and will probably be attaching it with magnets!) :) Somewhere along the line, Dad or Mom cut the wire - good idea. Anyway, I wired it where the legs would stay against the board and made a loop to hang it with. Aren't the owls cute? (For perspective, it's about 2 1/2 ft tall.)

This phone wasn't mine, but I thought it was so neat.

It hangs on the wall, which I haven't done yet. But I did get it cleaned up yesterday and it's looking great! It makes me wonder what type of conversations were had on it. There's not date, but there is a switch on the bottom that makes the bell ding.

Some of my readers have seen this, but I wanted to put it in my show and tell.

I think the design on this frame is so pretty, and I will be fixing it up... So check back in a while to see what I do with it! ;)

Thanks for stopping by my show and tell! Happy Friday!

Snapshots

Talk about a miniature jungle!



My tomato plants are going wild!
The branches are growing all over the place - from the cherry tomatoes anyway.

We've really been enjoying them. There's nothing like food straight from the garden! They have a whole different taste. I've been picking 3-4 a day, but I have a feeling that they are going to start ripening a lot faster than that.

In other garden news, my cucumber plant is quite happy and growing like crazy! Here is a close up - see it growing up the tomato cage? (it has the really big leaves.)

However, I have yet to see a cucumber grow. A cucumber plant has two types of flowers: one with the fruit and one with the pollen. Unfortunately, my plant doesn't have both. So I get a LOT of little cucumbers, but no pollination so they just shrivel up and die. (more info here.)
Oh, well. I do have a couple of little plants coming up, but they have been a little slow in providing pollen! :)

I love all the fruit that is available in the summer! I love creating things like this:

(before it's blended - a fruit smoothie with vanilla yogurt, peaches, strawberries, orange juice, ice and banana - I decided I like it better without the banana, though.)
I can't wait to go blueberry picking!

A year ago today I wrote this post. It's amazing how much you can miss a little guy like that. Here is Scamp enjoying some after-bath pampering just a few weeks before he died.

I'm so glad that God gave us creatures to love. Scamp was the greatest little dog, with a big heart and a youth and happiness until the very end. This may sound strange, but loosing him was one of the hardest things I've been through. If you've lost a long time pet, than you probably understand.

And just to leave you with a smile, don't you just love this?
Edited to add: I can't figure out how to embed the video - so just click on it to view it in Picasa. Sorry.

(Please pardon my babytalk!)
This little smile just lights the room! If they could only bottle how she makes you feel when she grins like that! I sure enjoy all three girls!

Sunday Blessing

Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!
O what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.

This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior, all the day long;
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior, all the day long.

Perfect submission, perfect delight,
Visions of rapture now burst on my sight;
Angels descending bring from above
Echoes of mercy, whispers of love.

Perfect submission, all is at rest
I in my Savior am happy and blest,
Watching and waiting, looking above,
Filled with His goodness, lost in His love.

Blessed Assurance
by Fanny J. Crosby

The Sale

It's. Over.

(Hallelujah!)

Thanks for all the well wishes for our sale. So how did it go?

It did go well. We sold a lot of things valuable merchandise. We had a lot of people show up. (My parents have a GREAT location for sales!) We had a lot of friendly people and my parents got to meet several of their neighbors. All in all, everything went well.

(hmmm... I have a feeling you are waiting for the "but..."!)

You'd be right. We didn't make a huge amount of money. It averaged about five dollars earned per person for today's time. (That doesn't include prep this past week!) I think some bigger ticket items are necessary for really earning money. Also people don't really shop garage sales for antiques, they just want deals. I totally understand - that's the way I shop sales too! :) So some pieces of furniture would have helped.

And watch people. ugg. Someone switched tags on a (new) pair of shoes. I know because the sticker wasn't the color I used - so I didn't just missprice it. Yep, I'm just a tad upset. It wasn't like I asked that much to begin with. Anyway... her word against mine. I let her have them. Then she tried to get me to lower my price on a couple of candles. Nope. I told her it was too early. We had just opened. But that was the worst, and it could have been much worse - like some of these stories.

I did find some helpful tips before the sale. The Nesting Place has a great post on hosting and shopping yard sales. Another site has Do's and don'ts of signs, and other great tips. Like making sure to post this:

I did get a few neat things shopping my parents stuff. Like this frame:

I have great plans for it. Isn't it pretty?

We had some great customers, and we enjoyed visiting with them. I like meeting people and working with the public. However. For me, I don't think I'll have another. It just wasn't worth the time and effort for the money. But we did get rid of a lot and got paid for it. The rest, we shipped off to Goodwill.

And it's over. WHEW! :) Now we can crash.

I hope everyone else had a great Saturday as well!

Finished Object Friday

Whew... so much for being off work! It's been a busy week. :) Next time I say the words "Garage Sale" remind me that I like VISITING them, not having one!! We are having a joint sale with my family this Saturday, and we have been working hard getting things put together. Hopefully, next week will be a little slower... and thus I will have more time to blog. :) Well... enough of that... on to FOF!

Every two weeks flies by so fast! I really enjoyed making the project I'm sharing today. In fact, I had a hard time giving it up! (It was a birthday gift for a friend.) Using one of my shopping bags as a pattern, I made this bag:

It isn't a wide at the base as a regular shopping bag, but it makes a better over-the-shoulder bag that way.

I even put a pocket on the inside... and the inside has a complimenting black and white fabric. If the fabric looks familiar, it probably is... I have quite a bit left from the curtains!


It sewed up rather quickly... I will be making more. (One for me! ...maybe) It was just one of the items completed in my "sewing frenzy." I will probably be putting some of these in my Etsy shop, when I get it up! A.G.S - after garage sale... and recooperating from said sale! :)

I can't wait to see some other projects! I know some of you have been busy! (Some with spray paint in hand!) If you have questions about FOF, visit this post. Happy Friday, everyone!

PS~ New blog layout - something a little more summery for June! It's fun, and you know me... it probably won't last for long! :)

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