This Old Rusty Bike

  Through the years, Charlie and I have gone to quite a few auctions.  Some have been been jam packed with wonderful treasures to be had and some not.   Not once in all the years that we have gone has he ever questioned why I would want to bid on something.  But, he did question why on this old rusty bike. 

He just couldn’t understand why I fell in love with this rusty perfection.

Which by the way, had the cutest bike basket attached. 

And when I was the winning bidder of $20, he just shook his head, smiled at me and loaded it on the back of the truck. 

To this day, he has yet to say anything about this old rusty bike that now sits in one of my flower beds.

As always, thanks for stopping by and your sweet comments.  Hope you all are having a wonderful week and enjoying this beautiful weather. 

Gail 

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Fall Touches on the Mantel Shelf

Hello Everyone!  The weather here in Southern Maryland this past week has been absolutely gorgeous!!  I was finding it hard to spend time inside because of it but I did manage to do a little fall decorating inside.  I finally finished tweaking the mantel shelf in the living room this morning.

  

Each year and with every season I try and change things up on the mantel shelf.   This year for fall, I flanked each end of the mantel shelf with  black urns and made faux eucalyptus swags.   In this urn, I placed a white pumpkin with berries.    

And on the other end, I placed faux wheat with berries in the urn. 

 

  The weather forecast for the next couple days is rain so I’ll be working inside adding more fall touches.

As always, thanks for stopping by and your sweet comments.  I hope you all have a wonderful week. 

Gail

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A New Table and a Pottery Barn Knock Off

Hello Everyone!  Have I told you how wonderful my husband is….I know I have I just wanted to tell you again.  Look at what he made for me. 

  I asked him if he would make a table for our hallway down stairs.  I told him my ideas and he made me one.  I was unable to find one that was narrow enough to fit.  Of course after he finished it, I started painting it with white milk paint and heavily distressed it.   It’s now in our hallway. 

I think he did an awesome job….I love it and it’s the perfect fit! 

Did you happen to notice the big clock face?  How can you miss it right.   I’m calling that my Pottery Barn knock off.   I was browsing their web-site the other day and they had a painted clock face listed for $299!  I thought to myself….I can make that. 

I found a clock face graphic that I had and for the life of me I can’t remember where I got it from.  I went to Staples and had them enlarge it to the size that I needed.

I used a tabletop that was in the shed.  I removed the hardware and painted it black. 

I trimmed the excess paper and then applied Mod Podge to the front of the tabletop and placed the clock face on.   After the Mod Podge dried, I distress the front of it with Distress Ink.  

Do you know how much mine cost to make…..$3.50 and that was Staples fee for enlarging it!

As always, thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

Gail

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Fabric Pumpkins

  I can actually say that I have started my fall decorating.  I’ve been making fabric pumpkins for my upcoming fall show and I made myself a set to keep.  I placed my pumpkins on the side table in the dining room.

    I placed the larger one inside a champagne bucket and the smaller one is sitting inside a little silver dish.     

Do you think I have enough pumpkins? 

 

As always, thanks for stopping by and hope you all have wonderful week. 

Gail

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Another Vintage Scale To Add To My Collection

Happy Thursday everyone!  While cleaning this morning I realized that I haven’t shared my new vintage scale that I bought at an auction. 

  Charlie and I attended an auction a few weeks ago and it was the biggest auction I have ever been too.  They had four auctions going on at the same time.  Three of them were held outside in different fields and each field had a different starting bid.  The auctioneers ride in a golf cart and go up and down the rows of merchandise.  At first it was a learning experience for me and I wasn’t sure I really liked it.  You had to bid quickly or you would lose out, since the items moved very fast.  After losing out on a couple of things that I really wanted, it didn’t take me long to get the hang of it.   I almost lost out on this scale because someone had moved it from one row to another row which you’re not suppose to do.  But lucky for me, I found it and stayed right there until the auctioneer reached us on his golf cart.   Needless to say, it was a bidding war at first but I won!  I ended up paying $50 for it. 

I now have three scales and each one is different.  I placed this one on the open shelving in my kitchen. 

And I have this little postage scale in the kitchen also.

I did purchase other things at this auction.  I have been working on some of the furniture pieces that I bought and I’ll be sharing all of that soon.

I’m hoping we can plan another trip back to this auction again sometime next month.  Next time around I’ll know how it works! 

As always, thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. 

Gail

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Fall Welcome Wagon

Hello Everyone!  The other day while I was out and about, I came across these Welcome wagon planters and thought they would look so cute all dressed up for fall.   Today, I got around to assembling the wagons and dressing them up for fall.  

I added faux mums, pumpkins, gourds and fall leaves inside to this wagon. 

I purchased three of these Welcome wagon planters but I only decorated two for fall.  The other wagon is a red Welcome wagon planter and I plan to decorate that one for Christmas.  I am keeping one of these fall wagons for myself and I’ll sell the other one at my upcoming Fall show. 

I added two large pumpkins and a couple of small ones with faux mums and fall leaves to the second wagon. 

I have a few more things left to do before my fall show next weekend.    Hopefully, I’ll finish in the next few days and then I can start taking pictures and share with you what I have been working so hard on. 

As always, thanks for stopping by and hope you all have a wonderful week. 

Gail

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Fall Wreaths and a Hanging Door Basket

Hello, I hope everyone is having a wonderful Labor Day weekend!  Today, I spent most of my day in the garage working on some wreaths and a hanging door basket for fall. 

This hanging door basket below was part of an allotment purchase at an estate auction a few weeks ago and let’s just say it did not look like this when I brought it home.  Sad to say, I did not take a before picture because I wasn’t sure I could salvage it.  But with a little paint and dark stain, I think it turned out nice.  

 

I kept the floral simple in this for fall. 

On the front of the basket, I Mod Podged a graphic I found from The Graphic Fairy. 

The fall wreath below was made using an oval grapevine wreath.   

I attached fall leaves, pumpkins, cream and brownish orange hydrangeas, a chalkboard and burlap bows. 

And this one, I used a twig wreath.

I attached greens, fall leaves, pumpkins, gourds, berries, pinecones and burlap bows. 

Now I’m off to my sewing room to work on some fabric pumpkins.  I have them all cut out ready to be sewn together. 

As always, thanks for stopping by and I hope you all enjoy the rest of this long holiday weekend. 

Gail