2nd Time Around: $2.00 steps

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Last week I mentioned that my friend and I did a craft show. The day before I found this little bench at a yard sale for $2.00. It was perfect for displaying some of our stuff. I knew I could find something to do with it later, and decided to use it on my porch for my pumpkins! Later, after it gets a fresh coat of paint, it will be perfect on the porch for plants!

Here’s a pic with the flash…..

One without the flash with the porch light on…..

And one without the flash or the lights.

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Feeding the ducks: Outdoor Wednesday

I know some of you are surprised that I’m actually doing a post and it’s not Tuesday! I have really been lazy about blogging lately…don’t know why cause I enjoy it when I spend time on it.

These pics were taken one Sunday afternoon when my mom and I took Connor and Cooper to feed the ducks. Connor has just turned seven and Cooper two. They are having a birthday party together on Sat!

 

Cooper is smiling one minute …..

 

And crying the next! I think one of the ducks was a little too aggressive!

And Connor is the same all the time-afraid of nothing at all!

I’m linking this to Outdoor Wednesday at A Southern Daydreamer

Thanks Susan for hosting this event.

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2nd Time Around: Garage sale frames and Halloween Decor

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I have been really busy with a craft fair that my friend and I did this past weekend. When she asked me to do it, I wasn’t sure what I could make that people might actually buy!

One of the things that I did was go through my stash of yard sale frames and see what I could ‘repurpose’ for the craft show. I paid a total of 75 cents for the picture frames below.

And I used an old scrapbook calendar to come up with some Halloween decor. The double frame was painted black and I used a witch with the word Boo on the other side….

For this one, I made the Happy Haunting on the computer. This scrapbook paper has a row of witch feet and hats and painted the frame black of course! This one is my personal favorite.

Of the Halloween pictures we made, this one is the only one that sold-for $3-after I marked it down. Excuse all the junk in the background. I should have cleaned off the craft table for the photo shoot! LOL

Although we sold only one Halloween picture, I did manage to sell some other stuff. 4 of the Christmas ones I made sold and also a chalkboard I made from a thrift store frame. Guess the people in our town don’t so much Halloween decorating! LOL

We did have fun, and although we certainly didn’t get rich, it was overall a great experience. And, I can use my ‘favorite’ one in my own home!

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Also linked to DIY day at Kimba's A Soft Place to Land.

2nd Time Around: Antique Cars at Cruising the Coast

 

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This past weekend we went to Cruising the Coast in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Although we don’t own an antique car, we had a great time visiting with my cousin Kathleen, her husband Joe, and her sister Chris. The Mississippi Gulf Coast has hosting this event for 12 years-although the year of Katrina (2005) the event was not held. This was our first time to go, and we enjoyed it so much!

I thought since these old cars had been fixed up and given a ‘2nd chance’ so to speak, that this would be perfect for my 2nd Time Around post!

We saw hundreds of antique cars as they cruised down Main Street in Bay St. Louis! Don’t worry-I didn’t take a picture of them all and I promise I won’t post all the ones I did photograph.

There were LOTS of Camaros!

Most of them were red or blue….

Hubby and I in front of a gray one!

There were lots of great entertainers throughout the weekend too…performing music from the era of most of the cars—50’s and 60’s!

The cars  for sale had pretty hefty prices-this 1938 car was for sale for $38,000!

A magnet on the side of a car pretty well describes the majority of the crowd at the event. LOL

People were there from all over! 

This lime green on stood out in the crowd!

I took lots more pics-if you would like to see some more join me for Pink Saturday this week.

Thanks for stopping by! If you would like to read more about this  fun event, click here!

2nd Time Around: Pumpkin decor

 

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This week I stopped in the Salvation Army Thrift store just to take a look. This store has not been my favorite because I always found it to be a little on the junky side. I was very surprised at how neat and organized everything was.

I bought a couple of items, but wanted to share this one since everyone is getting their homes ready for fall. All my decorations are still packed up-maybe one day this week I’ll get in gear.

This pumpkin has a home now on our dining room table. I placed it on my Southern Living at home barley pedestal (not from the thrift store!) Don’t you love getting decorations at bargain prices? I know I do!

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