Flea Market and Thrift Store Finds!!

First of all, I am linking to these great parties:

Garage Salen Partay:
Please visit DebbieDoos to see all the great treasures everyone has chosen to share with us!

And

Pink Saturday
Please visit How Sweet the Sound to see all the pretty Pinks posted for this weekend!

And

Show and Tell Friday
Please visit My Romantic Home see what everyone has to show and tell you about!!

Remember this from last Pink Saturday's post..........
Well, it still looks like this

Still immobilized in a splint until Monday. Turns out there are degenerative changes and a calcium deposit in my knucle joint meaning.........
Arthritis!
I can now add that joint to my back, my neck and my feet all having Arthritis!
My sister has Discoid Lupus and my maternal Grandmother had Rheumatoid Arthritis and I was diagnosed in my 30's with arthritis.

Enough of that, moving on........

This is what the theme basket that I made for our church's festival looks like before I wrapped it.
It will be added to 49 other baskets to be raffled off at our 3 day Festival this weekend.


Caution: Lots of Photos!!

These are some of the things that I picked up at a great yard sale, a church Flea Market and at Thrift Shops over the past few weeks.

I plan on using this for Valentine's Day
It is vintage Lefton


These great saucers were marked down to 30 cents and then were 50% off at The Volunteer's of America Thrift Store. Yep, that's right 15 cents!! I bought 4 of each!
I plan on using them in some Craft projects as soon as I can use my right hand!


These bolts of lace were at a great yard sale right by our church.
I bought these and 2 more items for a mere $5.00!!


He is now under my Patriotic tree right now....


Some great purses....
The white one is hanging on my hat rack in my guest room


Sorry this is a bit blurry but what a great urn for a buck???


These were a few flea market and clearance finds. I posted on my Christmas blog about the red flatware.
They were clearance in a local supermarket for 62 cents a piece!!
I am already thinking of using them for Christmas, Valentine's Day and Summer Patriotic Tablescapes!

Next are a bunch of vintage linen napkins from a church flea market...
I did give the ones on the far right which have shamrocks on and are Irish Linen to my friend, Ann Marie! Glad you like them, Ann Marie!!


And 2 vintage linen tablecloths.....



And this sweet pitcher.....
Doesn't it remind you of a Kool Aid commerical only much prettier????



More vintage linen napkins...


Since there are only 2 and 3 of these......
can't you just imagine pillows????


A bowl with no pitcher at Salvation Army for $2.00.
I will show you the pitcher I placed on top of this beauty in a few pics down.......


I collect vintage tea pots and since we already had our 25th Wedding Anniversary.....


Now I have always wanted pink stemware to go with my 2 sets of china....


This cherub plaque came from that great yard sale...


And can you believe that I found this great Cherub bust @
Volunteers of America Thrift Store for $2.00!!!!

You can see I have a bit of a theme going on here in my Living Room....

I liked this photo so much that I decided to make it my new Header photo!!


A great vase for a buck is now in my Guest Room...


And this picture will go in there too...


This will be a Craft Project that I will dabble up a bit...



This sweet picture now lives in my Guest Room...


Remember a few posts back when I showed you these curtains that I bought at a church flea market??
Well, they are now in my Guest Room.......

And yep, that is the pitcher that now has that cute pink bowl under it


And these curtains that were in the Guest Room are now in my Craft Room...

Well, that is it!!
You may ask how can I type with out my right hand???
I Thank God that I had 2 years of Typing class in high school!!!
I guess it is called Keyboarding now???

Please visit A Debbie-Dabble Christmas to see photos of my favorite Store that inspires me at Christmas!!

Have a great weekend!!

Thanks for stopping by today and everyday that you take the time to visit me!!

Hugs,
Debbie

TEA TUESDAY!!

Today is Tuesday so that means that there are Tea Parties going on in Blogland!!

I am linking up to:
Tea Cup Tuesday: Please visit Martha and Terri

and

Tea Time Tuesday: Please visit Sandi

Say Hi! to all the other participants in these great parties!

The tea cup and saucer I would like to show you is not a particularly fancy one!



But there is a story behind it........
The year before we got married, Hubby Joe's maternal grandmother passed away.
She left a note that Joe, who was her favorite grandchild, could pick anything in the house that he wanted before anyone else, including her own children , did.


I had always wanted a Dining Room set. My parent's had a large eat in Kitchen, no Dining Room.
So I chose the Dining Room furniture which was in that Blond finish.
I had wanted the dishes that were in the Dining Room Hutch but Joe's Uncle from Ohio had already taken those.



I guess you can tell what the dishes looked like that I was not fortunate to have????


Yep!! This was the pattern of the dishes!
As a wedding gift, one of Joe's other uncles refinished the Dining Room for us in a fruitwood stain. I have had it for 32 years in my Dining Room. I needed to buy a house with a Dining Room when we got married!! LOL!!
Since, I had other dishes and china, I never got an entire set of dishes in that pattern that Joe's Grandmother had.
But I have paid homage to those dishes in other ways.....

In Lamps.......

This one was actually my Mother's.


These are in my bedroom.....



And this one I just bought at a flea market for $1.00!! I have to find a shade and a place for it!!


And in my Dining Room, I have bought a few of the fancier versions of this pattern...


This one I paid $6.00 for at the shop where I have a booth.


This one was $5.00 at a flea market.



You can see where the tea cup and saucer are normally kept, between 2 more plates....


So in a small way, even though I do not have Joe's grandmother's dishes, I still have kept his memories of them alive. His parent's lived with her until Joe was in 8th grade. He was very close to her.
Her name was Rose and she never learned to speak English. She spoke only Polish.

By the way, guess where the note was found.......
in the drawer of the Dining Room hutch!!!!
I guess it was meant to be that Joe would have his grandmother's Dining Room Set!!

Thanks for stopping by today and everyday that you take the time to visit me!!

Hugs,
Debbie

HAPPY BLUE MONDAY!!

Please visit Sally for Blue Monday
and all the other participants showing off their blues today!!

I want to thank everyone for your get well wishes in regards to my hand injury! I am muddling through with my left hand and not doing it gracefully!!! I am also on the mend after having bursitis in my left shoulder. I think I need to trade in this body for a newer model!! LOL!!


I would like to show you some of my recent flea market treasures !!

I thought these cobalt blue custard cups would look great with my blue transferware!
Since there are only 3 of them , I plan on using them for candy or peanuts.



And I loved this pitcher with the hand painted blue flowers on it.



And I bought these salt and pepper shakers at a local grocery store for $1.25 a piece!


That's it for today!!

Thanks for stopping by today and everyday that you take the time to visit me!!

Happy Pink Saturday!

Sorry I am late in getting my Pink Saturday Post up but I have a good reason....


Yep, That is my right hand! I had my wrist and fingers twisted while assisting a patient get out of bed. Didn't think anything of it until the next day when my hand was swollen like a balloon.
I had Xrays and it is not fractured but it is a severe sprain with tissue damage causing a lot of swelling and pain. So I have to wear the splint and ace wrap until I go back to the Dr. on Monday morning and then they will determine if I can return to work.

So this will be short as I am right handed and having a heck of a time! LOL!

I am going to show you some things that I recently made...


This set I made for a Theme basket that I will be donating to be raffled of at our church festival next weekend. I will add some bath products and a few more goodies and all will be wrapped up in a nice round wicker basket with a handle. We chance off 50 theme baskets every year at this event.

Next is a wreath I made to go into my booth in celebration of Christmas in July.


And a heart shaped plaque



A heart shaped Christmas Plaque


And another Victorian style plaque



And some ornaments......
Sorry there is a glare


Here is a photo of my now fully stocked booth...


To see more photos of my booth,please click HERE
to visit Elegant Creations by Debbie, my business blog.

If you would like to see photos of my 12 Christmas trees ,please click HERE
to visit A Debbie-Dabble Christmas, my new Christmas Blog!

Thanks to Beverly @ How Sweet the Sound
to visit all the other pinkies!

Thanks for stopping by today and every day that you take the time to visit me !

Hugs,
Debbie

A PINK CHRISTMAS IN JULY!!

I would like you to visit my new blog, A Debbie-Dabble Christmas, to view this week's Pink Saturday's post!
Please click HERE!

And please visit our lovely hostess Beverly @ How Sweet the Sound to see all the beautiful pinks that everyone is showing today!!

These are some of the Christmas items that I have added to my booth at Lark Mountain Market Place for the Christmas in July sale!
Please visit Elegant Creations by Debbie to see more!!





Thanks for stopping by today and everyday that you take the time to visit me!!

Hugs,
Debbie