new coffee table

I have been searching craigslist for awhile for a simple coffee table for our living room. I thought what I was wanting was going to be simple to find. I didn't want anything fancy, no glass inserts, & it had to be cheap! After countless times browsing the site I gave up and decided to just not try to hard and if it comes along I will go for it.

On Saturday we went to a local flea market and I found this shelf thingy. It looked like someone took 2 small tables and just placed them on top of each other to make a shelf. So I asked Seth if he thought he could take them apart without destroying them. He looked at it closer and saw that they were just nailed together. They were exactly what I was looking for. Small, simple & for only $6.50 it was the perfect price!

The bottom of the feet were kind of rough so I wanted to put something on the bottom to keep from scratching the floor. I couldn't find my felt so I crocheted some tiny circles and glued them onto the feet. Works just as well! :)

This works a whole lot better than the basket I was using in place of a coffee table! And I have 2 of them... even better!

brooch

I found this brooch a year and half ago in an antique store in Springfield, MO and it had been sitting in my jewelry box since then. I love it but I always forgot about it. I found it the other day when I was digging through my jewelry box and today I crocheted this doily to pin it to.

huge owl

We found this huge owl figurine at a flea market today. I put my hand in the photo to show his size but I still don't think it captured his size that well. If I had $55 to just blow he would be in my living room right now! I'm kidding. But he is awesome right? :)

Collections Day 4 - Milkglass Vases

Here is the last collection I have to show you this week for Lindsay's collection challenge. It is my milkglass vases. I really have no reason to collect them besides the fact that I think they are really pretty clustered together in different shapes and sizes. Right now I have them on my black shelf. I love the contrast of the black of the shelf and the white of the vases. They are really handy when Seth brings home flowers. I like to break the bouquets up into the different vases.

Thank you Lindsay for this super cute idea! Head over to her blog to see her collections and I believe she will be doing a showcase of other people's collections on there real soon too!

Collections Day 2 - Vintage Cameras

Continuing onto day two of Lindsay's Collection Challenge, I have some old cameras that we like to collect. We have absolutely no knowledge on these cameras. Seth won a box of old cameras at an auction once and we tend to pick a new one up everytime we go thrifting.

These 3 cameras were also in the box Seth won. I believe they are video cameras.

This made me laugh. While I was gathering all the cameras up to take a picture of them, I realized we had FIVE of these land cameras. Oops! :)

Smile big!

Collections Day 1 - Vintage Chalkware Banks

This week Lindsay of Pixies & Bears is sharing one collection of hers a day. She asked everyone to join in with their collections. It actually started yesterday but it totally slipped my mind yesterday but that is ok. I am starting today. Today I am going to share our vintage chalkware bank collection. It is pretty small but I love it! We don't buy just any chalkware bank. It has to be crazy, kitschy, or weird looking. It has to make us laugh!

We keep all the change we accumulate when we use cash in these. We saved all the change we had for about 6 months and saved up 30 extra dollars for spending cash on vacation! Saving is more fun with these banks!

This is the bank that started this collection. I saw this bank at an auction and begged Seth to buy it. It reminded me of Alice in Wonderland.


I'm not sure where we found Gramps. Probably the thrift store. Seth found this one.

This is my favorite. Look at those eyes! We keep the change that Seth finds with his metal detector in this one.

This is our newest bank. We found this one at a flea market on our way home from vacation. I love how it looks like a kid's old dirty sneaker. :)

Want to know which one is Seth's favorite?

of course!!

What do you collect?

Hey Big Shot

Right after I published my last post a friend told us to go to a house that was selling some vintage cameras. Seth found this camera called "Big Shot." It made us laugh so we had to buy it. I think it is Seth's favorite find of the day!

Thirfting Day

Today I went out to a couple thrift shops here in town. I didn't score a lot but I did find a couple cute things! My favorite find of the day is an owl candle holder that I had been looking for for awhile now. I got it for $2!

Then this evening we went to the weekly auction we have attended a few times. I got this Pepsi case that I will use as a shelf. As soon as I brought it home I set it on the floor and Kizzy immediately decided it was hers. She is too adorable!

I also got a litte owl plaque to put in my shop. You will have to wait until my next shop update to see him but trust me he is a little cutie! I also bought a bunch of t-shirts to make more t-shirt yarn so that will be in the next update as well! I will let you all know when I do my next update so you can be sure to check it out!

Brittany's Buttons

Today I want to share to you all an Etsy shop from a very lovely lady I went to college with. Brittany lived just a few doors down from me in the dorms. She does vintage button jewelry, crochet hats & scarves, and more! Here are a few of my favorite things from her shop

Punk Rockabilly Anchor Charm Earrings - $3.50

Alphabet Vintage Button Hair Clips - $5

Turquoise Beret Tam - $10

Go to her shop to see the rest of her awesome items! http://brittanysbuttons.etsy.com

Etsy!

So today I finally opened my etsy store. I absolutly love going to thrift stores and auctions and finding vintage things. I think the search is my favorite part. I just love to find that one item that jumps out at me. Since that happens to me a lot and I can't possibly keep it all to myself I wanted to start selling some of these neat treasures. So I opened a vintage etsy store. Here are my first 3 items for sell.

A CUTE owl lantern.

glass bowl or candy dish

Evening clutch purse