Found Little Brother............

Decided to take a ride today and check out an Estate sale that was advertising canning supplies, I need a few more pint jars.  Here's what I found.................

Some for canning.......

Some for decorating............



A 22 quart pressure canner, (the price on the box was $99), it is in almost new condition, just needs a wash...........

A few books to add to my learnin' library...............

A yogurt maker, I've been thinkin' about trying to make some of my own and have been checking out the prices.  This brand is what I was looking at, the glass jars are missing but it's clean and the instructions are included.  I can buy new glass jars or maybe use some of the small canning jars I have, I'm testing the timer, etc. than I will see if I got a deal.  Brand new this one is about $39, the price was right ($1) and worth a try.

Last but certainly not least is "little brother", a 5 gallon crock with lid......

I was so shocked when I saw this crock, I asked what they wanted for it, are you ready................$2, yes that's right TWO DOLLARS!  I actually paid $30 for the whole lot so I think I did well. 

Off to clean my treasures and put them away!

The Best Yard Sale EVER!!

The plans for today were to stay home and putter..........I had one errand to run so I thought I would check to see if there were any yard sales near where I was going, there was one that advertised "country/primitive crafts" so of course I had to check it out!  It turns out that I knew the woman  and she had some wonderful stuff, she also pointed out that she had fabric that she was selling for a friend!  Within a few minutes I realized that I would need a box to put all the yummy fabric that I was finding, I managed to limit myself to two boxes, LOL. 

Here's what I found........

 There are lots of pieces that were over a yard, many 1/2 yard cuts and many that were fat quarters size or somewhere in between.  I also found a few nice pieces of wool.  I found a few pieces of batting that were large enough to use to practice on "Miss J" , my new mid-arm quilting set-up.

The pieces in the above and below photos are completed and ready to be quilted!

 A completed tea-stained stitchery.

There were also some partially completed things, a bag full of half square triangles, a BOM that hasn't been touched, only the border is missing.

I also found this group of goodies at the same yard sale, I collect salt glazed pottery so of course I had to have the lamp and Christmas plate, there are two Longaberger baskets, the cloth liners are not my style, but I have lots of fabric I can use to make new ones.  The lamp and one of the baskets are sitting on two pairs of black plaid curtains, found some candles, a fun little wooden box, a ladle, and some dish towels and fabric napkins that I didn't include in the photo!

I also found this cute little dress, the hem and neckline are not finished but the rest is finished.

Here are some goodies that I found yesterday at a yard sale, I really liked the frame and thought that I could use it for one of my finished projects at a later date.

Coming soon.......updated photos of the progress of the chicken coop area. 

Hope you have a wonderful Sunday!

Saturday Fun

Thanks to Lisa for giving me "permission" to go out and check the yard sales.  I  had a successful day, here are the goodies that I found:

The candle holder was 50 cents at the first stop, found the candles for 25 cents for two at the next stop.

I got the crock and harness for $5 and the books were 50 cents each, they are all in excellent shape.

This last bunch of stuff came from a surprise stop on the way home.  I stopped at a house of a woman whose son went to school with one of my boys, I had been in the house a few years ago and it was beautifully decorated, just the way I would like if I had an unlimited budget.  She is selling her house to travel more and just simplify things so I got ALL of this for only.....$5.00.   I have been wanting one of these to put by the wood stove for quite some time now, patience pays:0)

 

The basket with the sunflower has a bunch of little stuffed things, there are even some stuffed candy corn and several small pillows with crows on them.  Everything comes out of the basket, nothing is glued in so I can take them out and use them around the house this fall.  The two wooden boxes will be great catch alls for my sewing room, I think. 

This basket will be put away for Spring.

The only thing I didn't get a photo of is a floor grate that I bought for $6.00 and already put it in place.  I had a brass one that was broken and found a black cast one that fits perfect.

When I got home I finally decided to get working on the ladder that I posted about on July 8.  Hubby helped me to (Deb close your eyes, you probably don't want to see what I did, lol) cut this old ladder into two shorter ones that I could use for display in the living room and my sewing room.  I was just going to measure and take a handsaw and cut the thing in two pieces, hubby had other ideas.  He though I should angle the cut based on the distance away from the wall I planned on setting it, so it took longer but I guess I have to admit they probably set better because of the angle cut, just don't tell him I said that, LOL.

Instead of the handsaw I got to use this tool.

Hubby showing me how to mark for the cut.

You really can't see them but here are my two lines to cut on, when I finished I had two ladders.

Midnight checking things out and looking for something to steal and chew on!

The one on the left is in the living room and the one on the right is in the sewing room.  They will look great with "stuff" on them. 

One questions for you ladies that are "re purpose" pros, do you think I should use some Howard's Restor to make the surface a  little smoother?  I put some on the (back) of the left side to see how it would look.  The can I have is Walnut so it's darker, but  it does feel smoother and I think it will make it easier to dust??

Okay, I have really made up for lost time with the photos today, but not sure if I will get a post in tomorrow or even Monday so I thought it would be okay to have a long post today.  Have a great weekend.