Yard Sale Saturday

Yesterday we went round to some yard sales and a rummage sale at a local church. We found some neat stuff, too. I found some craft supplies like felt and embroidery hoops.


This hoop is metal and has cork on the inner hoop so it holds the fabric. I have never seen this type of hoop, or this shape before.


I can always use some jingle bells, so I picked these up.


I got this set of miniature deer, too. This was my favorite find of the day! The back of the package says "Made in Hong Kong" and the original price tag reads 49 cents!


There were some Christmas miniatures in with the deer, too. We just took what was in the box home. I thought these small ornaments were a full nativity, but it is just a mismatched set. I wonder where everyone else is? Raoul said they fell in the grass.


Last, but not least, I got this lovely handmade deer pillow. This was stuffed in a box with a bunch of forgotten plush (a sad sight, indeed). I was not going to go through the boxes, but I did while Raoul looked at records. I found this pillow and it says "Fauna, Handmade in Brooklyn" on the back. I am certain I saw it online and in magazines. Another yard sale shopper told me she saw those at the NYC Gift Fair and that she thought it was strange to find it in a box of forgotten toys! I got it for a quarter. Score!

Trash Or Treasure

Today we got up early to hit a huge YARD SALE happening at a local Baptist Church. The thing about this church yard sale is that, a lot of houses in the surrounding neighborhood also schedule their own yard sales accordingly...so we basically hopped from one yard sale to the next all morning. But first things first - we had to stop at the ATM to get cash and we needed some HI-NRG music to get us in the mood (and to wake us up)...











Whether at a grocery store, a gift shop, a thrift store, or a yard sale, Missy and I can spot something designed by the company we work for from a mile away. In this case, it was a green ceramic TEAPOT...we turned it over to confirm what we already knew:













We finally hit pay dirt - a bunch of CRAFTING SUPPLIES that no one seemed to care about. We ended up getting three bags of POLY-FIL STUFFING, a bunch of EMBROIDERY HOOPS, an embroidery kit, a bunch of felt, and miscellaneous crafty odds and ends...





















I was curious to see what kind of music I could find at a church yard sale. Not surprisingly, there were a good number of AMY GRANT recordings. I found this CASSETTE BOX SET of popular movie and TV show theme songs. THE GODFATHER, KOJAK, and ROCKY were on the cover so naturally, I had to add it to my music collection...











At one of the neighborhood yard sales we picked up this sturdy CAMERA TRIPOD for cheap, and even picked up a movie to watch later in the day...

Cloud Drawings - Otter in a Seashell

Leaving our work one day we spotted this cloud. I asked Raoul to take a picture, so he did. Do you know what we saw in that puffy white cloud?


That's right, a baby otter in a seashell!

Sleepy Kitty Charm

Please meet my newest creation! This is my Sleepy Kitty Charm, and it is right here in my Shoppe Sugar Cookie on Etsy!




Each Sleepy Kitty Charm is made from my original artwork and cut from beautiful birch wood. No two charms are alike, just like real kitties. I love how these came out - I love their sleepy faces. Meow!

Cloud Drawings - Tired Bunny

Here is a cloud I took a photo of a while ago. To be honest, I do not remember what I thought it was that day I took the picture, but that is okay. Most clouds remind me of...


bunnies anyway! This one especially looked like Jumbles on closer inspection. This is what Jumbles looks like when he is resting. Sort of like a white puffy loaf of bread, and when he is really tired he rests his head on the ground.