What is it?

What is it?

A: A photographer would use it as a timer for their lighting to go off automatically. What am I going to do with it, I have no idea. I liked the look of it. 

Any guesses on this one?

A: A dresser I was working on this weekend.  

This one is pretty cool. Jay and I stopped at a roadside fruit stand and garage sale in Eastern Washington a few weeks ago and Jay spotted this in a barn.  We asked the lady about it and she gave it to us.  Score!!

 I had no clue what these were, until the fella at the garage sale told me they were....

 

...to hold hay. They were once on his barn in Texas to hold the hay for the horses. I plan on hanging them on my house and filling with moss and succulents. What do you think of that idea. We are going through a home makeover right now.  We just installed a beautiful new garage door and no we are getting ready to paint our house. 

Easy to guess this one right?!?!

Picked up two sets of lockers. They have no doors, (intentionally) and each bank of lockers has three on top and three on the bottom.   

Q: Can you tell what this is?

A: A whole roll of chicken wire. Couldnt pass it up for only one dollar now could I? 

Anyone?

An ashtray. 

Missing the amber colored glass dish that fits inside. What if I cleaned it up and planted some hens and chick on the inside? 

Thanks for bearing with me while I have been MIA, work has been crazy busy.  I am jonesing (sp?) to get out in the garage to start painting and getting more pieces in the shop.  

Poppy & Co. is open:

Thursday's 11-5

Friday's  11-5

Saturday's  10-6

located @ 765 Broadway in Tacoma

Ruffles & Rust is here....finally!

Ruffles & Rust is finally here. 

It has been a very long day, week, month.

I am ready to crawl upstairs and take a shower and pass out. 

Here is our booth, hope to see you at the show this Friday or Saturday. 

Ruffles & Rust Vintage Market

{for more information, please click on the button on the right side of my page}

A little of this and a little of that.

8 Days and counting.

Ruffles and Rust is coming fast.

Do you have your tickets for Friday night?

Are you and your friends ready to roll out to Monroe bright and early Saturday morning? Will you be having lunch at the Maltby Cafe, shopping in downtown Snohomish or exploring Monroe? 

I have gone through 15 glue sticks, 100's of hot glue sticks, pinched thousands of dots, bought numerous paintbrushes, learned a new waxing technique and hired the teenager as my assistant painter.  Who knew a 17 year old would be better at furniture painting than my husband? 

Here are a few photos from this past week. 

Early Sunday morning Jay and I headed out to Seattle to 'pick' through a garage unit full of vintage treasures. 

On the way there I spied this beast. 

I want it. 

What a perfect junking vehicle. 

Couldn't you see me pulling up to garage sales in this? 

Meet Betty. 

Betty meet Bride on a Bike friends. 

This darling lady was rescued from that pick I was just telling you about. She is missing one hand, but we are still looking for her. 

If you have a minute, hop on over to my bride on a bike facebook 

page to see Betty's photo a day. 

Jay seriously stalked our local thrift store to bring this piece home. He saw someone drop it off and he went back numerous times that day to see when it would hit the floor. So glad he was able to bring it home. Can't wait to get my hands on it this weekend. 

Love, LoVe, LOVE the base on this table. 

Chunk legs, six chairs and a killer idea. 

I will try to have this done for RR, if not it will make it to the shop soon.

On another note, The Modern Cottage Co. Vintage Co-op Market is now open Thursday - Sunday. 

This is a sweet vintage pink plastic childrens light. 

I have never seen anything like it. 

It also has a wind up music box on the underneath. 

A 4 piece baby set. 

Love the dog and the turquoise color. 

This is a great piece.  The top opens up to make a large table. 

How cute is this little side table?

My mom found this one. 

What color should I paint it?

Sneak peek. 

My new favorite color to paint with. 

Loving how this piece turned out. 

Random picture of the night. 

My fantastic birthday cake made by, 

Bridgette over at A Sweet Affair 

Is that not the best cake you have ever seen?

A dresser with a union jack on the top. 

I spent my birthday with family and friends, playing badminton and eating delicious food and drinking my favorite wine. 

Have a fabulous weekend! 

Can't wait to show you pictures from the projects that I will start and finish this weekend.  Please pray for sun, I need it. 

Night all. 

Look what I found in my mailbox today

Are you as excited as I am?

I hope so!  

If you have not yet experienced the fabulous Ruffles & Rust 

Vintage Market, mark your calendar for May 11th or 12th. 

And for those of you crazy enough to come back again, I can't wait to see you there! 

I am off to paint some more and to head to bed at a decent hour. 

Lately I have been burning the candle at both ends. 

Is that how the saying goes? 

Return For Deposit

I am the lucky recipient of my dad cleaning the garage.  He had these two Coke crates from the seventies.  I like that they have a wire frame which you can see in the corners of the first two photos. 

Thanks dad!

Please forgive me...

For I have been missing in action.  But trust me, I did think about you, a lot.  I had a few posts in mind but just not the time.  I hope we can put this past us and move on. 


This past week was a whirlwind, between waking up on Monday morning and having 2 baby fat rolls on my eyelid.  {I am serious folks, I drove my one eyed bad self to Urgent Care and was sent off to work with a eye cream and instructions to put a warm washcloth on it 3x daily} I was also given a tetanus shot {did you know you are supposed to get one every 10 years?} to which my left arm was red, very tender and very swollen and then ending my Tuesday evening with a dental appt. to which my darling dentist numbed me to the point my one good eye was numb and I had to wait a bit before I could drive home.  I started the week wearing my sunglasses indoors at work and gaining the new nickname, Hollywood to ending the week with a once in a lifetime opportunity.  


On Saturday the 9th I was asked if I was interested in dressing up some buffet tables and adding some vintage and new elements into a local hotels decor in their dining rooms.  I immediately jumped at the chance and after scouring local shops, picking through my garage full of finds, browsing for inspiration pieces and potting plants in the dark on Friday night.  Here are the photos from my Saturday adventure.  I do have to admit it was a little hard to part with some of my finds but I know that I will find them again down the road.  


I would like to say a HUGE thank you to Lu & Clem for your enthusiasm and working your chainsaw magic.  It was a huge hit!!  Thank you. 

I planted sedums and different types of ferns in vintage silver pieces.  

I stamped a knife and fork on a dictionary page with the word 'food' on it.  There is one of the word birds that I made for this.  I just love those guys. 

This was my favorite planter, it reads:
1981
Mushroom King
Chuck Ikeda

I also painted the back of this glassless shadowbox and glued the vintage serving spoon inside. 

These are 3 of the 5 wood rounds in assorted heigth that turned out amazing.  I am off hunting for more stumps to cut. 

I am off to put together my first ever blog giveaway.  Stay tuned.