Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Garage Sale Finds, A Redo and Some Hardware

Garage sale finds of the summer - or at least my favorite items so far this summer! I found the bowl for $2.00 - it has a small crack in the back, that's okay it mixes in better with all my other cracked items. The inkwell was 25 cents. This is a hand thrown piece that was signed by the potter.
I found this peg rack at a garage sale for 25 cents. I think it was meant to be used as a tool holder in the garage, but with a little paint it now looks just fine in our bedroom. I'm not 100% happy with the arrangement on it, but I'll tweak it when I have more time. It did have dried wood glue on the top - I pondered for a while on how to remove it and decided to take my embossing gun to heat it up and scrape it off - it worked wonderfully.


Remember my seasonal carpal tunnel disease? It's continued in full force. I had to share this photo with all of you. Our 11 year old all star team took 1st place in a 12 year old tournament last Friday night. The kids had 9 games in 7 days, whew! Our 11 year old DS is on this team, 1st row, 1st player on the left. This team is a sanctioned Little League team so we start playing towards that goal this coming weekend. DH is one of the coaches - middle in the back row. I love the picture, everyone is smiling - they were psyched to win a 12 year old tournament.


Add in the fact that our 8 year old had 2 games mixed in and you'll know where I've been spending my evenings.

Hope you all are having a great summer - we are enjoying a cooler summer that usual. ~Ann




8 comments:

  1. You got some fabulous finds!! I have only went YS one time this year... and didnt find anything!!

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  2. GREAT FINDS!! I love the bowl and that price was great!

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  3. Great finds, Ann! Love the inkwell. Sounds as if you have been busy this summer. We've gone through soccer and softball, but I don't think we have any other sport-related activities planned for the rest of July and August. I can't believe so much of summer is gone...

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  4. Congrat to the team...hope you get to feeling better. Dianntha

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  5. How happy those kids look! What an accomplishment! Hope that you get your carpal tunnel figured out. I was blaming mine on work and we did some changes there to eliminate it and it is worse than ever. I hate to tell hubby that he was right and it is my crafting causing it! Love your finds! Cathy

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  6. Good morning Ann - well I must say your treasures are wonderful and oh how I'd love that bowl for my collection!
    I rather like your arrangement on the peg rack it looks natural, not staged!

    THANKS FOR VISITING MY BLOG AND WISHING ME A HAPPY BIRTHDAY! And yes, next time you are in my area just give a call - I would always drop whatever to meet new friends!

    Hugs, Karen

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  7. LOVE YOUR GOODIES YA FOUND! AND LOVE HOW YOU HAVE THEM!

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Thank you for visiting my blog. I'm so happy to "meet" you through blog land. ~Ann