What a weekend.

It’s so strange — I moved to Arkansas from Chicago and have no full-time job. You would think life would move a little slower for me now. You would THINK. Lately, things have been CRAZY around here. On Friday, I practiced my camera skills by taking family photos for one of my favorite cousins and his adorable family. I’m going to make you look at a few of them because I’m kind of proud of them even though, as my granny used to say, “Self brag stinks.” (Such a weird saying.)

I made that sign for them and it just so happened that it blended with their clothing color palette perfectly! Hooray! I was so scared that I was going to get them out there and take pictures of them for two hours and not end up with a single good photo — but I got a few good ones for them to choose from, thank goodness. It was such good practice for me, because I’m not experienced at taking large group shots at all.

After the photo shoot, I had to run home and pull, price, and load the stuff I wanted to sell at the yard sale my friend Barb was hosting on Saturday morning. She had decided to wait until 9 to open up because there was an estate sale she didn’t want to miss — which, of course, was okay with me! We were supposed to meet at 7:45 Saturday morning at the estate sale and then hustle on over to Barb’s house to pull the yard sale stuff out. I knew something was up when 7:45 came and went and Barb hadn’t shown up yet — she is NEVER late. I got into the estate sale a little early, shopped as fast as I could (it was a GREAT sale — I could have dug all day) and then dashed over to her house — where she had already pulled everything out and was in middle of a flash mob scene with motivated shoppers. When we finally got a breather she told me she had awakened too stressed out that morning to try to make the estate sale AND have the yard sale. I felt terrible because she had to pull my stuff out herself. I probably should have left the estate sale as soon as I realized she wasn’t coming, but as evidenced by what I’m about to show you, that is not what I did — I kept frantically shopping.

So without further ado, I would like to introduce you to the new love in my life.

Isn’t she MAJESTIC? Don’t those legs just make you want to SWOON? She was TEN DOLLARS. The only reason I got her is because I was the second person to enter the basement after the sale opened, and that is where all the good stuff was. Now. I need help. She was spray painted silver sometime long ago. If it were the original metal I wouldn’t consider painting her but now she looks kind of fake metal. Should I paint her or leave her all rustic and industrial?  Can you imagine how cool she was when she still had her glass door? I just love her so much.

Here are some of my other treasures from that sale.

I just need to go ahead and change the name of this blog to The Vintage Mixing Bowl Blog. I can’t say no to a mixing bowl. This one is tiny — maybe four inches in diameter?– and I paid $5 for it, which is a lot for me. But the color!

This is a wee little pitcher, maybe three inches high. He is stamped Japan and was a quarter!

This is a bad picture of some cute sewing boxes. 75 cents for both of them.

This purchase reminds me of Miss Shara Stacks! Because it’s pink. But not gingham.

Gorgeous chippy garden tools. I’m putting these away to pull out for the booth in the spring.

 

These were all either a buck or two bucks.

A JFK bust? You betcha!

This plant stand was $5.

These giant windows were $10 for the pair.

There were wooden crates and boxes everywhere. I would have bought so much more if I wasn’t in such a hurry to get to the sale. I am a wooden box fiend lately.

It was a real digger’s sale, which I haven’t been to since moving to Arkansas. My favorite sales are the one where all the good stuff is in the basement and you have to poke and prod boxes to find all the treasures. This one was like that. Next week they’re having another sale with stuff the found in the attic. The only thing better than basement stuff is ATTIC STUFF.

I also got these sweet little girl’s shoes at an estate sale on Friday.

Here are a few pictures of some things I got last weekend…I never got around to doing a post on last weekend because I didn’t have a ton of luck. But my favorite finds included this doll dresser, from my friend Laurie’s awesome yard sale:

She sold this to me for only $5. I’m going to paint it and try to get it out in time for Christmas.

This vase isn’t old, but it LOOKS old, and it’s GIGANTIC — about two-and-a-half feet high. I think it’s just gorgeous.

Next on the docket: family photos for another cousin, helping my friends Kristie and Bailey with their estate sale, and the Holiday Bazaar Shara and I are selling at on Saturday. I don’t see a lot of free time in my future. But it’s all fun stuff, at least!