Blue bottle tree

Lets face it, my bottle tree is pitiful. But...found the mother lode of blue bottles at a sale today! 

 Lucy watched me fix it up.

 Found brass  3.00 ea, silk scarves 1.00 ea, tooled leather purses 5.00 ea, the blue bottles 3.00 ea but the grimy red thing was the deal of the day! Telescoping gauges we paid .25. Ha. 

 My husband knew they were worth much more than that but 125.00 Bucks! Woo Hoo!

 Look at this little Red Cross pin I found in my booty 1919.

 After waiting fucking 6 to 7 weeks for a phony ass mechanical keyboard from amazon. (My husband told me it was not real) I finally gave up and got a refund and bought this at the local best buy. It is a really good gaming keyboard, but I bought it for the clicking keys! Now I can type again. That apple keyboard was jacked up. I can not stand to wait for anything so this was driving me crazy. Supposedly it was on a slow boat from China... 

This silk scarf is from Italy. Seta or silk in english.

junking

Trying to distract myself from the fact that I have POISON OAK on my right boob!  Omg! I have had a rash and hives all summer from a reaction to my med, finally figured out which one, and that is clearing up just in time for THIS!  I think we are going to the doctor tomorrow.

Flea market finds

 This is a entire stack of craft paper envelopes.  Gelli fun all waiting for the plate!

 The tiny Big Chief tablet is amazing!  I bought a new one of those every year even in high school.  My favorite school supply.  This one is a salesman samples, (I have quite a collection of paper samples now) and the National Geographic I've already played with.  Going junking always inspires creativity!

 Giant ball chain and a cool clasp.

Two almost full reams of old office papers for gelli printing with!  

Metallic thread haul!

We went junking this morning and both are giddy with our finds!  I found this great basket for $1.75 first thing I picked up and it sure came in handy because I filled it up with goodies.

If you look close you will see this is an OVER sized basket.  It is leaning against the bar stools so you can't tell how tall it is. 

I love it so I bought the next size smaller.  Buster got to go with us and he is beat.  Too bad Logan missed this sale.

Then I found this baggy full of metallic thread!  Ladies, if you don't know how expensive this stuff is you won't understand my glee when I tell you I paid only $3.75 for ALL!  

I do know, because I did purchase the gold box for over $25.00 a few years ago.  I hoarded them until just last month and finally used them to make a great border on my scarf for my bed.  They worked great in my machine.

The cigar boxes were so cheap, I paid maybe $1 or $2 each.  This is a tiny portion of my haul and my husband got some great wood shop tools for amazing prices also.  Best day of junking in like forever!

Coffee jar

The lure of this coffee jar got us out in the 105 heat today.  Ugh.  I paid too much, 15 bucks but it was hot and I have wanted one forever.  Went by the freight store and found all those clips for 3 bucks!  What a deal.  Actually the money I saved there made up for the jar.  Glad to be back home in the air.  

Junkin

Buster made me walk yesterday. So glad he got me out of the house. Pleasant Hill garage sale weekend and I had completely forgot.

Flea Market!

Checked out my local flea market and really enjoy this stuff! All the old paper and the hard back accounting journals! Be still my heart.

new pastels

I picked up some new pastels at my favorite freight store. Played with them last night. Water soluble oils for 3.50!! All colors. Amazing. The soft were 13.95. I'm sure a deal, wanted the big set for 24.00. Maybe next trip they will be marked down.

Had a great day at the flea market today. The copper pieces were a real find for under 10 bucks. And enough spoons to make chimes until my heart is content. And the old raffle tickets are really special as they have Kansas City on them. My hometown.