Trash to Treasure: New and Old

Welcome to Trash to Treasure on Tuesdays!

If you have any treasures that someone else 'trashed' please add your link to Mr. Linky.

My Trash to Treasure this week is this set of acrylic coasters I found at a garage sale this week for 50 cents. I've always wanted some of these, but hadn't ever bought any. They hold the little party size napkins. I just happened to have these fall ones left over from my Southern Living at Home party, and replaced the jungle print napkins that were in them. I googled these, and found some for 12.95! So I think I did pretty good to get a set for 50 cents!

Connor went with me Saturday morning, and we got a much later start than usual, so I didn't buy much. But sometimes just buying one little thing is better anyway!

This little chest below is a 'treasure' that was bought over 30 years ago at a yard sale! It has been all over the house and used for lots of purposes. I'm thinking of doing something different with it-painting it maybe- and using it in the bonus room. I can't bring myself to get rid of it although we don't use it anymore. I can remember taking Kelli to the sales when she was a baby. She was always taking everything in with her big blue eyes just like Connor and Cooper do now! I's sure she was with me when I bought this.

What do you think? Should I paint it? I may use it to store craft supplies.

Shelia(The Quintessential Magpie) sent me a picture of her Trash to Treasure. She comments frequently on quite a few blogs, but has not got one of her own. Here are her comments and picture:

We found these fishing lures in an old tackle box in a house that my husband and I bought years ago. We bought the house to save it from the wrecking ball (precious little late Victorian cottage in very original condition), fixed it up, and sold it (never living there). My hubby climbed in the attic and brought down the tackle box with all of these neat wooden lures. I put them on a creel and hung them in a little alcove at our house with other fish related items... fish prints, lure wallpaper, etc. Thought they were fun. The people who sold the house didn't want them. They also had an antique whiskey jug (medicinal, I'm sure) with a corncob in it. I didn't open it in fear of what was in it... I imagine it was pretty "ripe." ;-)

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