NEW oLDe Finds & a Make-Over!!

After a stressful day yesterday, this morning I decided to venture out just over the road a bit....and came home with a wonderful haul!!

Best of all was the price ~ I won't divulge the exact amount, but starts with an "f" ::big grin::!! Old windows, a neat chippy paint work table (thinking would be a wonderful potting bench!), old flower pots, a few neat industrial metal bins, etc!
Some of the goodes will be SQUEEZED into the shop, and some will go to my booth at the Depot at Gibson Mill!!

And, now for a JUST A FEW of the NEW "OLD" pieces now for SALE in the shop!

This old ice box made me SWOON!! LOVE the chippy white paint & the rusty metal door!
And the INSIDE?!LINED WITH AN OLDE COCA-COLA SIGN!!
I had a really hard time deciding to part with this piece, but sadly I can't keep everything! lol

Another favorite is this wonderful old 1800s trunk ~ still has traces of the paper lining too!
and this WONDERFUL chippy metal medicine cabinet!

and now.....

drumroll please.....

THE MAKE-OVER!!

this weathered old table was part of my haul this mornin...had traces of yucky leather covering it that I promptly ripped off....digging thru my STASH of feedsacks, I knew JUST the one to use!!
NOW a WONDERFUL bench, ottoman, or coffee table!! Soo many uses ~ it's a great size and a perfect height!!

Thinking this piece will head to the Depot for sale.....

I'm now back to sewing ~ preparing lots of wonderful new handmades for my 3rd annual Spring Tyme in the Country March 20th & 21st!!! More to come on that....

Now that's what I'm talkin about...

Bright and early Saturday mornin, I headed out to try to find a few goodes for the shop before openin...I only had a few hours to kill, but managed to snag a lot in that period of time!

Arriving home....
Chippy, crackly, rusty..LoVe!Some of the goodes are heading into the shop this week, a few new a bit of TLC, and the olde wicker chairs & iron bed (to be turned into something extra sweet) will be ready Spring Tyme in the Country! (coming in March!)...

As for the rest of my weekend, Sunday out & about produced a few smalls...which will head into the shop this week too ('cept for the garden-y goodes ~ again for Spring Tyme in the Country)!

I'm a happy junker & the shop is looking HAPPY again (after christmas, things look so "sad" & empty)!

The sewing machine has been fired up again today & will hum away for the next few days to have some new handmades ready for the weekend!

Check back in soon!

Happy Junkin! :)

In my blood....

They say once a junker...always a junker...it's just in your blood...

I kept telling myself that as I've struggled thru a big "funk" both creatively & personally...My dear friend Judy, from the Cinnamon Stick, has been trying her best to help get me out of it & I truly appreciate the friendship & encouragement! I love you Judy!

I've been trying...I really have...went junkin a few weeks ago & it didn't work...I didn't feel a thing....which brought me down even more....

so today I took a jaunt to one of my first junkin grounds from many years ago..hoping to spark something...with a good friend in tow, what a nice day it turned out to be...

And LUCKILY

IT IS STILL IN MY BLOOD!!!


While I didn't find a ton of smaller goodes like I normally do, today scored me a few larger pieces to fill in some of the EMPTY spaces in the shop...I LOVE LOVE LOVE everything!! Every piece is already in the shop ready for Wednesday...EXCEPT the 5 gallon Red Wing crock ~ THAT piece has to be added to my Red Wing collection....::big smile::

Into the shop also went some "smalls" that I had picked up in my trip to Pa back in the fall..yes, I KNOW, FALL! But, better late than never!

AND, oh JUDY!! I am SEWING again!! FINALLY! Soo those heading to the shop later this week will find all sort of new handsewn wares..I'm slowly getting there....

AND....

stay tuned for news of my 2nd Annual Valentine's event!!!

Home Tour...Part 2...

Ok, so I said at some point I'd try to do another part of my home soon...well, I haven't felt too swift this evenin', so I thought I'd post some pics of our sunroom...As several know, we just finished our sunroom recently (after 5 years of only needing the floor done!! yiyiyi!!)....

So ya ready???? here we gooo......

First stop is the sweet chippy red swing I found junkin'....PERFECT for swingin' the day away (if I ever had the time!).....the flag quilt I made (I make them & sell them in the summer months)....and the pillow is also my little ditty as well...The little cabinet I got from my bud & junker, Janna. LOVE it!
Next up ~ this area is still a work in progress...The make-do couch is actually a chippy rusty blue/gray army cot that came out of my great uncles barn when we bought the barn & the land that is now our sheep pasture from him....David cut me a piece of plywood & a thick piece of foam to make the cushion...and I covered it with a great old quilt that happened to be backed with wonderful blue homespun ~ I need to adjust it, though, to hide that tear! I just haven't had the time to do it!! I'm thinking on some type of slipcovers for the pillows for the rest of the year...and possibly finagling up some type of "back"....The olde scrub-top bench I picked up in a fave stop in Pa...Bought it for the shop & couldn't part with it! LoLAnd last for this evenin....Remember that chippy great old country store screen door that hubby picked up at an auction for me a few months back?? Well, here she hangs in all her glory! I LOVE it! As I've mentioned before, I have a "thing" for olde advertising and this is the 3rd old country store screen door I have with the olde door guard on it ~ one is hanging as the screen door to the shop, then there's this one here, and the 3rd is the door that hides my laundry room.....that part of the tour will come later!
Hope you all enjoyed the tour!! :)

A FUN, SuPriSiNg weEkeND!

Thanks to my mom agreeing to watch the shop for us, Saturday morning bright & early David & headed out on the 3 hour trip to Afton, Va. to check out the Gathering at the Cabin.We got there shortly after it started & while I had hoped there would be more vendors, we were tickled to be able to visit with dear friend Barbara & her hubby Giles ~ and of course, get my "fix" from her! Since she closed her shop in West Jefferson, I don't get to see her nearly as much as I used to...Here's their booth~F-A-B-U-L-O-U-S as always!And, after sporadic emails thru the years with Lori of Notforgotten Farm, we finally got to meet! She's just as down-to-earth & cool in person ~ I knew she would be! While it was quite warm ~ heck, HOT! ~ in the mountains Saturday, Lori had the cool spot on the porch~

Now....the MOST exciting part of our weekend~

David & I went junkin' Sunday & while I was paying at one of our fave antique shops, this cool~lookin' chic beside me commented on the goodes I had nabbed. So she introduces herself, gives me her card ~ she's the editor-at-large for a magazine ~ and said to shoot her some pics as she'd like to see some of my house...So I tell her I have a shop, too, and long story short, we (Dave & I) said we'd be HAPPY to open the shop anytime this week while they're in town, no biggie after hours or before...Well, Sunday was their only day they could come, so a few hours later, she & her co-worker came by for a visit...They were BOTH very COOL & both very complimentary of everything ~
and I was in AWE! (shhh...I was trying to be cool!!!)...

They visited about an hour or so ~ we chatted & she took lots of pics of the shop & of the house ~ and even stopped to shoot a few pics of our girls (sheep) at the barn on their way out....

Not every day does this happen..especially in our little world.....and I have SUCKY luck, so for this to happen to me at all was some sort of divine intervention, I think! (or so my friend said LOL)

So you ready???
Here's a peek of her biz card (I hid her contact info)

NOW, where will this lead? I'm not sure...BUT I'm hoping ONLY GOOD things!!!!!!!!!!
Crossing my fingers & hoping the past 10 years (6 of it in full time business) of learning & experimenting & busting our you-know-whats....working 7 days a week....late nites...wee hours...stress....will see a nod of acknowledgement....I can only HOPE!!