Sunday, May 30, 2010

summer fun....on a holiday weekend!

Up at 4:30 this morning....by the light of the silvery moon...(insert... "what the heck are you taking pictures of NOW????",.... moon picture here)



and before long...the blazing sun burned a hole on the horizon so it could peek in on what kind of day we would have...
(these pictures do NOT do the sunrise justice..it was just a glimpse into the new day starting!!! and the car was moving..."Uhhhh, i CANNOT wait for you to take a BETTER picture...there are CARS behind us waiting to go!!" gosh...impatience!!!



Here is my "ironman..." He took two trips back to the car for us...so we didn't have to carry everything...
SMOOOOOOOOCHES TO HIM!!!



Day started with a big sign saying the fleamarket opened at SEVEN!!!! for years and years as long as I can remember....it has opened at 6!!! UGH...so we waited...
PATIENTLY...see i COULD have gotten a better picture...!!!
Well onto my list of goodies i'm looking for....that basically didn't find...but did find so much other stuff...that I'M A HAPPY CAMPER...

found: these rusty spikes that will look wonderful...



when i pound them into this sweet piece of driftwood for a jewelry holder...
I'm going to paint BEACH with an arrow on it...for our BEACHY bedroom....



I also got some antique fishneting...for a valance for the same said beachy place!!!
...no pictures because it was a bit FISHY..LOL...but after a good wash, wash, wash, wash, wash, and rinse..it is smellin great!!! (and drying on the back porch...)

and these GREAT OARS for a corner (CORRECTION...THEY WILL BE ON MY SIDE OF THE BED...AS THEY WOULD MOST CERTAINLY FALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT ON "HIS" SIDE..RIGHT ON TOP OF HIM...LOL) in our beachy retreat!!!



Lady had a shoebox full of vintage buttons...glass ones too!!! all for one price...
Over 100 cards...(like i REALLY needed more buttons...) but she wouldn't take less...for just a couple...it was ALL or none...so ALL it is...



One of my favorite sweet ladies was there...I always worry when one of the older ladies don't show up for a sale...after a long winter...but she was THERE IN HER GLORY!!! she has boxes of junque jewelry...quarter a piece...but you ALWAYS end up with more than you pay for..."oh i'm just gonna toss this old thing in" then she blushes when you tip her...lol





Some sweet sheer flocked flower fabric and about 4 yards of vintage never been used strawberry shortcake fabric!



Some glass door knobs for bases for halloween dolls...



Picked this weathered chair up...for Fifty cents..for the garden



...got these sweet pickets..to reconstruct a little fence in the middle of the new gardens for accents...got enough to do 4 sections...



and here is a fence section to use to break up the "newness" of the garage wall....



I met a lovely lady (CLICK ON "BEAUTIFUL BLOG") who has a BEAUTIFUL BLOG...WOWSERS...I've bought many sweet things from her for a bit now!!! I look back on her pictures from prior years and see things i now own!!!! and a funny thing is her name is Jeanine Burkhardt!!! how close to my last name!!! And now i find her BLOG!!!!

IT WAS A FANTASTIC DAY AT THE FLEAMARKET!!!

Yesterday...the

Babies got spoiled...from afar....Auntie Dawn sent them some very special gifties...

Maddy has her very first speech to give...she has her 3 x 5 cards rough drafted...
ready to do....we are going to be practicing all week for her Thursday presentation...
Now she has this very special outfit to wear as well!!! COMPLETE WITH SWINGY TEENAGER earrings....and necklace...!!! actually the swingy earrings will have to be worn after school...as they don't allow anything dangly for safety purposes.




OH SOOOO WONDERFUL!!!!



AND MAXX...(the collector of license plates...for his room) now has a WHOLE FLEET of British plates!!! WOW!!!


The collection INCLUDED...A CUSTOMIZED PLATE TOO!!!


(auntie angie, cousin jackie, auntie peggy, uncle ian...wow...i hope i didn't leave anyone out!!!!)
Everyone has been soooo wonderful sending out plates and car caps....even autographed hats!!! His room is VARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOMING right along!!!

wow wOW WOW!!!

THANKS EVERYONE!!!

and i leave you with this very special pic...the guys got the airconditioners...put in!!!!



now isn't THAT special????!!! (maybe that photo should have come with a WARNING...)

BIG HUGZ TIL NEXT TIME!!!

6 comments:

peggy gatto said...

I saw the same moon, wasn't it a beauty!!!
Looks like another successful flea-day!!!

Unknown said...

OMG you found some amazing stuff at the flea market, love it all, the rusty nails the picket fences, the buttons and the bling.
Now here's a thing, when I was single I had a beach bedroom, with netting on the wall, a fisherman lantern for a light and lots of starfish etc. caught in the net, so we do have the same taste.

WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL PICS, HUGS TO THE KIDS XXX

mariasangel said...

we've been on the same page again!! i got some vintage jewelry today as well! and your other goodies are wonderful as well--i NEED to see your halloween doorknob dolls!!

Megan said...

Kewl stuff, you lucky ducky!

ChiPPy-SHaBBy said...

Helloooooo Barbara!!! Thanks for "saying helloooo" at the Flea Market yesterday... YOU netted some "great bling finds"!!! Jeanine, ChiPPy!-SHaBBy!

roseroomnz.com said...

lol!! good scores there Barb! Maddy and Max are so cute! Sounds like life is busy and good for you! Rachaelxo

one of my sweet valentines

shoop shoop

the grandbabies

create your own slideshow

garden fairy purse

garden fairy purse

JUNQUE BRACELETS

JUNQUE BRACELETS

white bracelet

white bracelet

mary bracelet

mary bracelet

turquoise bracelet

turquoise bracelet

glass knobs

glass knobs

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