What I Have Dragged Home This Week...

Or at least some of it! Last week I was under the weather- I didn't leave the house. So this week I have been itching to get out to the garage sales and thrift stores. Two of my favorite finds are posing on this cute little end table that had a makeover this week. The table is a good solid piece of Bassett furniture. I painted it this week with one of my favorite colors of Annie Sloan chalk paint- Graphite with a touch of dark wax in the distressed areas. One of the plates is the Southern Living at Home Dress Me Up Plate- new in the box. The other is a beautiful Shenango Plate.
This plate is so thin! With a beautiful embossed band and featuring a Naval Battle from the War of 1812. I found it at a yard sale. It was dirty but I could see how pretty it was underneath and it washed up perfectly! Love!
And these big boys took my breath away! I loaded them into my cart with the speed of light-

After I calmed down I saw the babies, too! And 50% off!!! Next came this wrought iron plant stand and all these little goodies. Rook game, Carrriage sillouette prints, a bunch of jello molds and some Restaurantware.

I have not even counted all of these molds!

The lower plate is Shenango- from the King Cole Restaurant- I might have my Hubby try that on ebay. In a few days he will be making a real life change- retirement! He will need to keep busy with our junking business.

I Am Not Attached...well, maybe a little!!!!

For many years I have flown solo on my "junking" expeditions, or gone with other women who had their own homes in mind when making a purchase. I picked out the treasure I wanted and it was all mine. Now that we are deep into the ebay experiment my mindset had to change. I can no longer become attached to my treasure.....I still stand by the rule that "if it does not sell...it was meant to be mine." This week we found a great painted metal tray at a church rummage sale.It is quite comfortable on the parlor table...unless it sells!

I am also not attached to this sweet paint by number...
I took it apart to clean the glass and was surprised to find it was painted on a thin canvas fabric. The paint by numbers that I remember were all on a canvas board. Does this mean it is older than I can remember? I am curious, it is not dated...Does anyone have a guess?


And another mystery- the bottom of this sweet tea pot says Franciscan , made in Portugal. It looks like Desert Rose ...but not like the tea pot that is shown with Desert Rose...which is not made in Portugal...Is it a knock off?

It sure is cute! I think I am safe with this on ebay because that is one pattern I have never collected...but there is always that first piece that starts a new obsession.....I am not attached....I am not attached...I am not attached.....

I am linking up to Rhoda's Your Thrifty Treasures this week!