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The BIG Score!

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Yesterday I was at one of my favorite places, Days of Olde Antiques.  I always find something when I go because they have a ton of antiques to choose from.  They get a lot of traffic, which means that there is always something new to look at.  When I was there last month, my mom bought me some things for my birthday presents.  It’s always more fun when you don’t even have to pay for it yourself.  Yesterday, I was able to make the most of my budget.  Here’s how things went down.  I decided that I was going to purchase this small candy dish to match some other pieces I have in my Anchor Hocking moonstone hobnail collection.  I acquired some pieces from my grandmother.  I just couldn’t resist this small $12 purchase.

IMG_1136As I was making my purchase, the person ringing me up just happened to be the owner of the booth that this piece came from.  He said to me, “I’m willing to sell you the rest of my collection at a reasonable price.”  I remained calm and nonchalantly said, “I’m willing to hear you out.”   He took me over to the booth to see what his collection entailed.  I was amazed at how many pieces he wanted to unload.  There were so many pieces that I thought he would tell me a very high number.  To my surprise, he said “I can do $100.”  Well hell yeah!  That’s what I was thinking in my head.  I told him that I would be happy to take it off his hands at that price.  He said he has about 50 more boxes of glassware at his house that he needs to unload.  I’m looking forward to checking out what he puts in its place.  I just unpacked the glassware and have valued it at over $350.  Looks like I hit the jackpot.IMG_1135

 

Let the Halloween decorating begin…

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Thanks to Sadie’s inspirational blog entry, I decided that I needed to read Jen Lancaster’s The Tao of Martha.  Since I began reading this memoir, I have cleaned out and reorganized my wardrobe closet, laundry room, and utility closet.  I have come up with some clever ideas for organizing along the way (these ideas will be posted at a later date).  Jen and Martha have also motivated me to use my creativity to decorate for Halloween.  I made a trip to Michael’s to pick up a few supplies…of course I checked out the Martha Stewart section because you really don’t need much else!  I only purchased a bottle of glue, glitter, and some fun scrapbooking labels.  This is what I came up with.  Of course, I also made a pit stop to TJ Maxx for the haunted house candles and owl candle holders.

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My mantle is now decorated and it only cost about $40.  The only thing I already had was the fall leave garland that you see in the back and the ceramic pumpkin bag in the center.   I found all of the glass bottles and jars around the house.  You can use empty wine bottles, beer bottles, perfume bottles, vinegar and oil bottles…anything that you think looks good.  I simply either glued or taped the scrapbook labels depending on whether I wanted to permanently use the bottle for decoration for years to come.  If the bottle was empty, I used colored soap or spices I had around the house to fill the jars.  I have one more craft project to make the mantle complete.   Don’t worry I’ll let you have a look at that one too.  In the meantime, get inspired!

Bucknell Love

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Today I was outlet shopping and I couldn’t resist this Coach wristlet that is representative of our Alma Mater. It will be perfect for any Bucknell event that I attend in the future. Talk about a great way to represent school pride and fashion forward thinking at the same time. To all you Bucknellians out […]