The World's Longest Yard Sale runs from Michigan to Gadsden, Alabama in August. At the last minute my Hubby and I decided to take a couple of days and see how far we could get. Since I had done this once before with a girlfriend I knew there was a little town,
Mentone, that is a good rest stop. We made some reservations at 2 different Bed and Breakfast since things were booked up at this late date!
We drove up Wednesday night to stay at the
Mentone Springs Hotel. It was built in the 1880's.
We had a small room with a fireplace and a shared bathroom- which turned out OK since we only had to share it with one other couple. We had a huge breakfast (steak, grits, eggs, biscuits) on the wrap around porch.
We headed up to Lookout Mountain, but the yard sales were few and far between.
It picked up a little after Chattanooga but rain and getting lost wore us out. We decided to turn back to
Mentone where we were spending the night at Crystal Lake Lodge.
We were so tired that we fell asleep before dark and slept to the sun was up in the morning!
Our room was the "Forest Room"- it was huge. The bathroom was so cute. It had an outhouse and a waterfall shower.
It was like being at
Disney World!
Breakfast was wonderful- pancakes, bacon, coffee cake, fresh fruit grown on the farm. We will be going back- there was a lot to see- llamas, a fishing
pond, trails- but we were off on the treasure hunt-
I have not changed the tabletops in our hall since Spring! So I decided this week to make it my goal. To be thrifty I only spent $.80 and shopped my house and storage for vintage school items. In the hall I have an antique library table- a good place to begin.
I found teacher's plan book from 1907 - and NO- I was not teaching then.....
An old advertisement for school shoes, some old books, and an apple paperweight (which was a gift from a student of mine.)
Blue Horse Composition book- I do remember these from the 60's
My Hubby made these bookends for me -they always sat on my desk.
Old school photo from an estate sale...
The other side of the hall-
The Cranky Queen showed some eye glasses cases she made from old neckties this week-this is a pillow I made from ties...
I used a bunch of old encyclopedias to elevate things and make it more interesting-
Chalkboard tray-
My $2 typewriter, some globes found last year at Goodwill and another estate sale school picture.. The only $$$ I spent this week is for the new crayons I put in the glass jar! How I always loved the smell of new crayons at the start of the new school year!!
I saw this idea back in May on
And then I wanted to make one for myself as well.... I spray painted the silverplate trays. Then lightly sanded to let the silver peak through. Used Modge Podge to glue on the pictures and Tacky glue to attach the tatting and shells and bows and Mickey ears.....And here they are!
