Awesome Day for "Pickin"

Oh my gosh.. I had the BEST day ever pickin!!

I spent some the money I've been saving for

the Extravaganza Renningers Flea Market this weekend..

But ~ It was SO worth it!

Check out some of my finds:

 

 

 

 

 

Dresser mirror, small compact purse,

lace and a purple glass bottle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shabby floral planter..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wood framed beveled mirror

& dresser mirror..

 

 

 

 

Old books from the 1800's.

See the middle one?

Little Women!

 

 

 

 

Antique Chandelier

"Made in Italy"

 

 

Most favorite find of the day..

Really old ballerina dress..

 

*Sigh* & Adoration!

 

 

 

Painting of 3 ballerinas

 

 

 

 

Lovely old quilt

 

 

 

And, I finally found the antique buffet

I've been searching for!

 

I've been wanting to get rid of our

entertainment center and replace it

with one of these..

 

I've been searching and searching..

and, today.. finally!! YAY!

 

Everything you see above

except the buffet (of course.. LOL)

will be in my booth by the weekend,

if you're interested in purchasing.

 

What have you found on your pickin trips lately??

 

 

~ Sherri ~

 

 

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Turning 40

Is August really here already?!

My gosh, this year has just flown by.

Today is the last day of my 30's..

Boo!!

This past year, when someone would ask me,

"How old are you?"  I replied, "Almost 40."

I never even embraced my last year of my 30's

by replying, "I'm 39."  Ah.. such is life..

And.. on to fabulous 40's!

The past 2 weeks of my 30's I've spent some

quality time with my couch and bed.. My allergies

kicked it into high drive and turned into Sinusitus.

I've never had that before, but, let me tell you..

I never want it again!  I spent the last 2 weeks

weak, tired and hacking my lungs out.. or, at least

that's what it felt like!  I did go to the doctor, finally,

last week and he wrote a script for some antibiotics.

Thank goodness they worked, because I had travel

plans this past weekend.  I'm finally feeling much better,

and was able to make my trip up to Michigan to attend

our family reunion, and enjoy my grandson for the past

few days in Traverse City.

Although I wish I had worn makeup for this picture (LOL)

I wanted to share with you my grandson James and I:

And this picture below of my little nutbag

wearning a fake moustache.. haha!

We really had some gorgeous weather up north

we swam every day, played on the playground

and I just ate up every minute I could have with him.

Here he is looking for shells in Traverse City..

While visiting with my dads side

of the family, we made an extra trip

a bit further to see my grandmother.

She gave me 3 quilts..

The 1st one pictured is one she made.

Isn't it gorgeous?

I love it, and will cherish it forever!!

The next 2 you see pictured are antique quilts.

These will look fabulous in my hutch

folded with the others I've collected.

I did manage to sneek away for a bit

and venture off to an antique store.

I picked up this cute little ironstone set:

I also found these clip on Roses..

aren't they fab? Pure white with glitter.

I'm not sure where I'll put them yet,

but, when I saw them glisten in the lights

I just knew they'd be great in my home.

My brother sent me a box from Germany

(where he lives)

for my birthday.. last year, he sent me

some antique grain/coffee sacks.

I'm in the middle of redoing our dining room

table and chairs, and I used those to recover

the five chairs I have to the set.

Guess what he sent me for my birthday

this year?!

Yep! Three more antique sacks!!

Aint he just the BEST big brother?!

My favorite is the one below.

I'm thinking about framing it

and hanging it in my dining room.

Before I left on my trip, I painted this

little sign that says, "Love Never Fails"

It's pink/white background and turquoise lettering.

I also decoupaged some printed tissue paper

on the corners.  I'll be bring this one up to my

booth tomorrow afternoon.

I'm pretty happy with the result, it turned out

so cute and shabby!

I hope ya'll have been enjoying

your summer so far this year..

And, if you're in your 30's..

Embrace EVERY year!!

It slips by soo fast..

~ Sherri ~



Antique Buffet Before ~n~ After

A few days ago I showed you the

antique buffet I bought from a local

antique store...

I was so excited to get started transforming

her over to shabby goodness, I could barely

contain myself.. LOL

Here is the before picture:

Gorgeous, right?!

Well, wait till you see what

magical white paint can do!

We added a shelf to the bottom

so I can display my vintage

(and new) quilts.

I can't wait to go hunting for more

and fill it up!

I just love the antique mirror

that came with the buffet.

It's aged so beautifully!

It was pretty tough getting sandpaper

inbetween all those curves..

but, SO worth it!!

LOVE the key holes on the drawers!

From that..    To this!

~Sherri~

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Dresser Makeover!

Hi ya'll!

Has it really been since Valentines Day

since I last left you all a blog post?

My deepest apologies!!

I've been soo busy around here,

I can hardly keep up.

Between visiting

my parents on the other side of the state..

then ~ they drove out here and stayed

for a few days..

From working on my

dining room set in my kitchen, to

"fluffing" my booth

And making sure

I didn't miss a thing at the last extravaganza

at Renningers until November..

I didn't even realize I

missed a whole week here!

And, the fun doesn't stop either..

my sweet 4 year old grandson, James,

is coming for a visit from

Michigan on Saturday!

YAY!  I'm soo excited to see him again!

I talked to him on the phone yesterday

and told him I would be at the airport

to pick him up on Saturday.

He replied, "Guess what Punkin'..

(That's what he calls me..)

we have a Saturday in my city too!"

Ahh.. he's something else, I tell ya!

Love him!!

In the meantime of all the above activity,

I've managed to finish up a dresser

I scored a few weeks ago.

Blech!

Sanded 'er down,

cleaned 'er up,

and, of course,

painted 'er white..

Tada!!

OOO I could just squeel

with delight!!

I just love this

pretty lill thang now!

Love me some Shabby!!

I picked this book

of self stick fabric paper

at Joann Fabrics this morning..

Guess what I did with it?

I cut it up into squares

and lined the drawers

so the fabric paper

looked like a quilt..

No Mod Podge this time

since it was already

sticky on one side

and fabric on the other..

How cool is that?!

From that ...     To this!

Sherri

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