Awesome finds!

Found this really cool idea in one of my magazines, loved it! Haven't used it yet but I'm planning to. I wouldn't suggest all the liquor but the idea is super cool.
It's an old yard rake repurosed for all sorts of tasks, pretty nifty and thrifty!

Okay so another, remember the postcards I was buying and selling to make money to take Dear 'ol Mom to the northwest to see the Sequoia Trees, well I'm on my way. Actually the postcards didn't go over great, I did sell a few but barely broke even. I have recently started buying and selling pins, like lapel pins and you wouldn't believe it but there's a market for those little thinggys. Here are a few I found and sold.
Loved this Stan and Oliver pin with their names in Croatian. Also Olympic pins sell pretty good too. Here are a few I found and sold. Actually the Mom fund is up to about $50. I know it's not a lot but it's a start and I have a year and half to make more before furlough.

Hey look what I found at the open market. This handy dandy little cabinet. It's the perfect size and is gonna look super cute when I finish sanding and finishing it and add the new pulls I got at IKEA. Not sure if I'm going to stain it or maybe paint it, can't decide. Anyhow, not to keen on the glass, printed doors so I'l still thinking about those.

Other than those, I haven't found too much more. Did find a lady with tons of antique laces and trims for dirt cheap but I haven't used the last meters I bought for dirt cheap so I resisted.

Anyhow, I still have the wonking big closet in the garage that needs to be done and now I have added my little cabinet, I better get busy!

IKEA Fabric ♥!

Yesterday we took the day and headed to Austria for a little fun. Our first stop in Graz was the Burger King. Okay so I know you're like, big deal, but yea it was and the kids really enjoyed it. Then the day turned even better as we drove over to my most major crush, IKEA!!!


I totally love IKEA, everything they carry and the style, it's me! My most favorite part of the store is the fabric section. They carry some of the best quality fabrics in these parts. I was excited to see that they had some new stuff in stock and got busy at once cutting and weighing my booty. Now how cute is this birdy fabric, so cute. Love that single red beak!
I super love all the brilliant colors IKEA uses in it's fabrics, love it!
Got his little orange and pink lovely for only 2€!
Future skirt for Nana girl.
Another of that 2€ fabric. Cute birdies!
And lastly, love this large pattern print, so festive. It's also going to be a skirt, maybe mixing it with another. We'll see!

Stay tuned!

Finding my Niche

When I was 20 or so I worked at a company in Texas that warehoused lots of merchandise for big companies. We were responsible for shipping out their items and so forth. Anyhow, I was always very good at my job and one day my boss called me in. She sat me down to tell me how I was doing and she said that the one thing I needed to work on was my attention span. She said I was easily distracted and needed to try to focus on one thing at a time. Well that was 16 years ago and I still haven't learned how to concentrate on one item or hobby at a time.

I was just chatting with Johnny and we were talking about my being a Jack of all trades or Jill I should say. Anyhoo, I know a little about pretty much everything. I know how to sew, paint, crochet, garden, upholstery, cook, decorate, and now refinish furniture. I wished for once I could master one of these hobbies. Just so I could say that I was an expert at at least one thing. But no...not me, I can't do any one thing perfect but I can get by with lots of little things.

Sometimes I look around at some of the sewing going on out there in Blogville and I'm like, yep that's the thing for me. Then I see some of the cute knitting blogs and thing, oh wait, that's for me. I dunno, I may never perfect anything.

My latest thrill is thrifting at the markets here in Croatia. Normally anything bought new in Croatia is outrageous but at the market, if your willing to look there are treasures to be found.
Today before soul-winning my partner, Hannah and I all went to the market (across the street from the church) and found some gems.

First we found a prize that I can't tell you about now but soon I'll post a picture of our great find and you'll be amazed. I'm so thrilled about this find that I can't wait to get it home. It's stored at the church right now since it was way too big for our little Chrysler van. Oops, I'm telling too much, enough for now, you'll just have to wait.

One of my lucky finds was the tea kettle. I seen it on the table and was so excited to see it was in perfect condition. It probably dates to the 50s or before and it's so cute. I love the curly copper handle. It even has the tea strainer thinggy in the top for putting your tea leaves in . It's so sweet and obviously handmade here in Croatia. I think it's earthenware and it's come home to a very happy recipient.
One more thing I picked up, a pair of ugly brass lamps. They both work find and are pretty substantial in size. The brass is sooo ugly so this week they are going to get a new coat of flat black spray paint and new shades (if I can find them cheap enough, or maybe I'll cover these).
Anyhow, I am so enjoying digging for treasure here in the Croatian markets. You wouldn't believe all the goodies they have. Cross stitches that are obviously 100 years old. Sewing machines and tables from multiple decades, all sorts of Nazi and war memorabilia, post cards out the wazoo, and any and everything you can imagine, all for the taking.

Anyhow for the moment, I have found my niche and I like it!!