2nd Time Around: Cricut Machine

 

 

 

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You never really know what you’ll find at a garage sale or estate sale! I usually look for things I can sell in one of my booths, or in my Etsy shop, but one day recently I came across this little machine!  I’ve heard other people talk about them and how much they enjoy using theirs, so I bought this one at a great price.  I thought that if I didn’t like it, I could always sell it on Ebay or to one of my teacher friends.

Got it home, and it didn’t have any cartridges with it, so I put it on a shelf and forgot about it until the other day. My friend Karen has one, and has loaned me several of her cartridges!

I don’t know what I’ll end up making with it, but I would like to make some mats for picture frames, and maybe some cards for my flea market jewelry.

 

So, do any of you have a Cricut? Tell me what all you do with yours!! I need some inspiration!

Love my state-Mississippi!

2nd Time Around: Fun Painted Furniture!

 

 

 

 

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At the Flea Market where I have one of my booths, we have lots of talented vendors! Lately, the rage has been to take old furniture not worth refinishing, and breathe new life into it with paint!

These photos are some of the new pieces that have been added this month: (sorry, I don’t have any before pictures, but trust me…these pieces were blah before! )

 

Sometimes the painted furniture sells within a few days, and other times it sits there awhile til just the right buyer comes along!

Which of these is your favorite? I can’t decide! LOL

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2nd Time Around: New Use for an Old Shelf

 

 

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Have you ever bought something and wondered later “Why on earth did I buy that?'” Bet you have if you are a regular shopper of garage sales, flea markets etc. Recently I bought this shelf for $5.00 at a  yard sale.  I really don’t know what I was thinking when I bought it, but at the time it seemed like a good shelf for my cans of spray paint. Or maybe a shelf for paper back books at the flea market!  Well, the spaces between the shelves turned out to be too close together for spray paint, and I really don’t have or sell enough paper back books to justify taking up space for them.

The shelf sat in my garage for nearly 2 months getting on everyone’s nerves until finally on Saturday while organizing the pantry I had a brainstorm!

The shelf is a perfect place to store canned goods! So, I used some light green paint from the paint stash and spruced it up. Now I can see at a glance what canned goods I have! If you look closely you can see that I have 3 cans of spaghetti sauce! No, I didn’t buy that many because they were on sale, I just didn’t realize I had that many because they kept getting pushed to the back of the shelf!

 

Anyway, I love the shelf in it’s new spot. It is not deep and had to have a brace put on it to secure it to the wall, but I’m happy with my new organized pantry! (At least the canned goods are organized!) LOL

I would love to hear from you….tell me about something you bought and used for a different reason!

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2nd Time Around: Shopping in London!

 

 

 

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Thank you for stopping by! I have been on an extended vacation to England, Scotland, and Ireland, and am finally beginning to recover from my trip!

While on the trip, I didn’t get to shop very many antique stores, but did go to one market in London and enjoyed browsing the vintage and antique items. I had to be careful about the weight of my purchases because I didn’t want my suitcase to weigh more than the 50 pound limit! So, even though I spotted lots of things that I loved, I purchased some pieces of vintage jewelry!

I fell for this goldtone daisy pendant and had to have it! It can be confusing because of the different value of the pound to the dollar-it seems like you are not paying much until you convert the currency!

This beautiful rhinestone bracelet was just begging to come home with me! The British lady that had this jewelry said both pieces came from the same estate, and were from the sixties! I have no idea if that was true, but it makes a good story!

So, I’m glad to be back and will be hosting 2nd Time Around each week, so please join me every Tuesday to show off your 2nd Time Around treasures!

I appreciate you stopping by!