Flea Market Finds

I just realized that I haven't shown you my lovelies from the last flea market.  I think I have pulled together all the items that I am keeping.  I listed some of the other goodies in my etsy store.  I actually went twice!!  On Friday, it was raining, so many of the vendors had their treasures under wraps.  I felt so cheated, so the wonderful Mr. Hughes suggested we go back Sunday after Church.  So this is my loot!  I got a couple of vintage frames and a great old medicine cabinet that just might have to have a little makeover.  And here is a closeup of one of those items that has been seeking me:

Ahhhh ironstone!   Look at the patina!  And it has a few cracks here and there!  And, it is large!! I found this lovely in a booth full of mishmash on Friday.  The gentleman that ran the booth informed me that he was a picker for a very expensive antique store in Nashville.  And that he picked it especially for her.  Well, I told him that she was out of luck because I was taking that pitcher home!!  For $15!  I know if I would have let her buy it, I would be lusting after it for the bargain price of $115!

And, it wouldn't be a productive trip without a few letters...

Pretty neat, huh?  I am not sure what I am going to do with them yet but they sure are fabulous.  And, I made away with some numbers too....

This is actually a deck of cards from some old card game. There are numbers 1-15.  I am keeping Baby Hughes' birthday and will find something to do with it.   I will list sets of these in my shop soon.

Well, that is all of my flea market goodies for this month.  Oh... look at what I got in the mail today!

 

Mr. Hughes was sweet enough to design me a business card!  I feel so official.  I want to thank all of you for your sweet, encouraging comments about the opening of my etsy shop.  It really means alot to me!

So, I hope to show some more of the fall decorating... it has been raining since Sunday... and I am itching to get some more pumpkins

Make Your Monday- Touch of Grey

I am joining Kim at Twice Remembered for her weekly Make Your Monday Party.  I have  a few small projects that I worked on this weekend.  In my excitement to get them completed, I forgot to take before photos!   So here is the first little project completed:

I found my new favorite color of spray paint... stone grey.  So, I had some fun painting some different things lately.  This was a cheap gold metal frame before I spray painted it.  Then, I covered some cork tile (that slid perfectly in the slot in the back of the frame) in some grey wool fabric.  Then I took some of these really cool vintage letters that are push pins (I think they may have been used to make small marquee signs.)  I used "mi amor" (spanish for "my love") because that is what my father called my mother.  I looked for a wedding photo of them, but I couldn't find one, so I used one of my grandparents.

Here is the before of the next project I completed:

This is the not same one, but this cuckoo clock is very similar to the one that I transformed.

Here is what it looks like now:

 

I painted it with a coat of Ralph Lauren's Dove Coat.  I added chandelier crystals on place of the pine cones that are usually present.  And then for the final touch:

 

I added this pewter heart from a vintage necklace.  And, look closely and you will see a tiny thumb tack with the number 7 on it!  Now the cuckoo doesn't actually work.  I am planning on putting a clock mechanism in it, but I have to spray paint the hands black.

Okay, here is the last little project, and you are probably going to think it is silly!

I spray painted this old metal paint by number tray that Mr. Hughes brought home one day.  No one ever even finished the painting but, I have always liked the shape... so I sprayed it stone grey.  Then I got Mr. Hughes to print out my logo.  I attached it to magnet paper and covered it with contact paper so it wouldn't ruin if it got wet. I threaded some ribbon through the handy little hanger already present on back of the tray.  Then I put the whole tray on my flea market cart!  I didn't complete this one until after we came home from the flea market.  Can you believe we went twice this weekend?  I will show you my treasures that followed me home later this week.

Please remember

to come join me on Wednesday for my multiples party...

it will be lots of fun seeing what everyone buys lots of!

Okay...I am off to see what everyone else has made this week!

Letters and Numbers Party

Hi! Come on in! I am so glad you came to visit Vintage Junky for my first ever blog party! I know there are so many of you that LOVE numbers and letters as much as I do. I am obsessed... most everything looks better with some type. So here is some of my Numbers and Letters goodness!

My Napkins that I added vintage cowtags to...

...3 white vintage stools with my favorite number,789....

...our initial on our front door....

....numbers on our coffee table baskets (cough, toy hiders...)

....my collection of black and white crockery....

....vintage milk cooler....

....the self-explanatory entrance to our closet (and robe hook....)

...set of little plates that almost have my old initials and year of birth (yeah...I wish...)

....my pots that I got from My Sweet Savannah's etsy shop...

....my 1,2,3.  I don't really know what these are for, or what I will use them for, I just like them....

....vintage bingo cards...

....old printer's blocks...

....and the typewriter that Mr. Hughes insisted stay in his office!

Speaking of Mr. Hughes,  I also wanted to wish Mr. Hughes Happy Anniversary... this is the 5th anniversary of our 1st date ...we went to see Vanity Fair with Reese Witherspoon. I don't really remember the movie, but we talked after until 2 or 3 a.m. Life hasn't been the same since... in a good way!
That's all the letters and numbers I have... for now!!!  Thanks for stopping by! If you'd like to join in.....

....here is how this works:

1. Write a post showing us all your numbers and letters. In the post, link back to this party post so that everyone reading your blog can see what everyone else has brought to the party. Click on the title of this post and copy the address bar to link back here.
   
2. Come to Vintage Junky and add your name and permalink to your letters and numbers post to the list at the bottom of this post. To get the permalink, click on the title of your post for this party and copy the address in the address bar. The link you add should NOT be your blog's address ( ex: www.anyblog@blogspot.com) It will be much longer, like this ex: www.anyblog@blogspot.com/2009/09/title-post.html
3. Make sure your link works. If you come back and your link has been deleted, just try again and make sure you are linking back to this Party Post and you leave the link for your Party Post. You can always email me or comment and I will help get you joined in!

Now, sit back and enjoy all the wonderful posts from the partygoers!

Letters and Numbers Party

Isn't September Fabulous? I have been reading the blogs welcoming this month and I have to agree. I always have the fondest memories of September. I met my Mr. Hughes in September. And, I loved starting a new school year... new clothes, school supplies, new crush *wink*! And, I always would tell myself that I would write my notes and homework so neatly. And, by October every year, my notes would only be legible to me. Oh, who cares anyhow? I type most everything I write and someone once told me that geniuses have terrible handwriting. Sorry all those who have cute, perfect lettering, I had to break it to you! Anyhow... what a long, scenic way to get to what this post is really about-- my first Blog Party!
Yes, I thought it was fitting to start out the new school year (never mind that Baby Hughes is 1) with a party showing all of our letters and numbers. I know that I am not the only one obsessed with them... I have read your blogs. So, come back here on 09.09.09 and show everyone your numbers, letters, signs, words... I want to see it all! Now, remember this is my first blog party and I will remember all the food and drinks, but I may have a time with that McKlinky, so if you have any pointers, send them my way! Feel free to invite all your friends, truly the more the merrier.

Oh, and please remember to enter my giveaway! I can't wait to draw the name!