Thrift Your Art & CSN Giveaway Reminder

This is another painting in my "thrift your art" series. Truth be told this was a yard sale find for $4. Each Fall I make it part of my front porch display and hope the wind doesn't take it away! It actually came pretty darn close to flying off this year but that metal lantern did a good job of slowing it down.

Time to pack it all up and get those Xmas decorations out. If only this head cold would go away so I could make some headway in that arena! Don't forget, my CSN Giveaway ends tomorrow so get those entries in.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Wishing you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving! Turkey on...

Weekend Finds

Although we had an unseasonably warm weekend, yard sale season is pretty much over. Time to head indoors and wander the aisles of the local thrift stores. These are a few of my "finds":

Vintage Strawberry Metal Tray

Beistle 3D Snowflakes in their original, unopened package

Vintage Halloween Owl Candleholder - made in Japan

Vintage "Space-Saver" metal bowl/tray - you can slide the sections to make it bigger as the need arises - the bolt that you tighten to adjust size is marked "Space Saver" - how clever is this? I love the whole industrial feel of the pierced hole pattern in the metal.

Green pottery planter - I never leave these behind.

Religious figure plaques - I've been finding religious items interesting of late. Is it wrong that I want to add some glitter to these (not much - just a tasteful spruce up)?!

Vintage Infant of Prague Planter - made in Japan. See how the religious theme keeps popping up.

Vintage Electronic Milton game - oh if you could hear the phrases this game says. Too funny for words.

All in all a fruitful weekend. Eventually all of this will be for sale whether on Ebay, Etsy or at shows in the spring. Well, ok, not all of it. That owl is MINE, MINE, MINE!

What did you thrift this weekend?

Rudolph With Your Nose...

Have you noticed all the brass hanging around thrift shops? Of course you have and more often than not you pass it by. I came across (ok, ok, actually my husband found this one for me but he just got to the aisle first!) this horrible brass sleigh last Friday. Hmmm...glitter perhaps?!

Ta da! Oh the magic of paint and glitter. She's got a whole new lease on the holiday season. And in the happy karma of the junk world I was able to pair her up with this fabulous reindeer that Shara over at Monkeybox was kind enough to send me when I won her giveaway. A junque marriage meant to last!

Inside I've placed a vintage Christmas corsage I picked up a while back at the Goodwill. Love the wee red reflectors which make it a nice match for Rednesday. Have fun visiting the other reds at It's A Very Cherry World!

Remember to stop by and enter my CSN store giveaway just in time for the holiday rush.

Linking up to Deck The Halls Friday, and Very Merry Holiday Home Party as well.

Linking up to Vintage Junk In My Trunk linky party.Check out her fabulous 100 Blog Post giveaway.

Getting Ready for the Holidays CSN GIVEAWAY

Looking at the calendar this time of year can be a bit overwhelming. So many things to do, gifts to purchase, home decorating, people to visit. Lucky for you I may have just the giveaway to help with that last bit!

The fine folks at CSN stores have given me a $55 gift certificate to share with my blog friends. As you pull out your luggage and realize that suitcase you were going to use is a bit tattered you can head over to their site and find a fabulous replacement.

If you aren't familiar with CSN stores they are an e-commerce site comprised of over 200 stores and a wide range of goods for home improvement, home decor, furniture, housewares, cookware - oh the list is pretty much endless.

Use the above link to begin your shopping. Gift certificate can't be used toward shipping costs but will be good at ANY of their sites. Click on the suitcase above to start your wish list!

How do you win? Pretty easy. You know the drill - leave me a comment on this post for one entry. Become a follower of my blog and leave me a comment letting me know you've done so (or if you already are a follower) for another entry.

Contest ends at noon Eastern time on December 1st. Winner will be notified via e-mail so make sure when you enter that I have a way to contact you.

Happy shopping to all!

Thrift Your Art

This is our most recent thrift store art purchase. It's quite small and simply had to be rescued. I love the trees on the bridge. This is quite reminiscent of another piece I thrifted several years back (I'll get that one photographed for the next post). I believe it is signed Celoz in the bottom corner but have not yet had the chance to do any research.

Happy Sunday!

Rednesday Pixie

It's Rednesday again! This time I'm sharing a vintage Davar Pixieware oil jar. For a short time we collected Pixieware but as often happens - we've moved on. I thought I'd post this before it's gone. It's currently on Ebay along with it's mate Mr. Vinegar.

Happy Rednesday to all!