Tag Archives: Vintage

Deja Vu All Over Again

Posted on September 23, 2022 by kathy & deb

It’s been a weird week. I had to get a new roof, because my old one had a leak. I’m not great at calling and getting bids—it’s pretty stressful for me. Not to mention that I had an old solar … Continue reading →

Posted in Friday Finds | Tagged Animals, Bad Decor, Clowns, Garage Sale, Tchotchkes, Thrift Store, Vintage | Leave a comment

Road Trip Again

Posted on September 16, 2022 by kathy & deb

Hubby and I took a “sick” day from work last week and did a day trip to Florence, Colorado. They bill themselves as the Antique Capital of Colorado. and to top it off they were having their fall Junktique market. … Continue reading →

Posted in Friday Finds | Tagged Bottle brush trees, Furniture, Lamps and Lighting, Mid Century Modern, Pictures, Sewing items, Sewing machines, Toys, Vintage, Vintage Clothing | 2 Comments

Digging for Happiness

Posted on September 9, 2022 by kathy & deb

Well, it’s been a week, all right. It started with an inner ear infection over the holiday weekend, and ended with me begging plumbers to take my money, and plumbers saying “No!”. In between, it was HOT and my monarch … Continue reading →

Posted in Friday Finds | Tagged Animals, china, Crafts Gone Wrong, Fashion Follies, Garage Sale, Tchotchkes, Thrift Store, Vintage | 4 Comments

Back to the Grind

Posted on September 2, 2022 by kathy & deb

It was really nice to take a little vacation last weekend. All of four days, but it is more than we have taken in the last three years, so hooray! We went up toward the Black Hills, but skipped most … Continue reading →

Posted in Friday Finds, True Confessions, Weird Collections | Tagged Antique store, Cats, Clowns, Crafts Gone Wrong, Dogs, Sewing machines, Thrift Store, Vintage | Leave a comment

Glitterati

Posted on August 19, 2022 by kathy & deb

It’s that time of year. I wait, not so patiently, all year for this: The annual parade of my hibiscus bushes. The blossom on the left is a solid 10 inches in diameter! And the bush has been loaded with … Continue reading →

Posted in Friday Finds, Patterns | Tagged Animals, china, Clowns, Cows, Jewelry, Patterns, Sewing items, snakes, Thrift Store, Vintage | 2 Comments

What a Difference a Week Makes

Posted on July 29, 2022 by kathy & deb

Well, last week we were melting in the heat, and this week has been much more pleasant with lots of rain mixed in with lower temperatures. It’s crazy how a third of the world is on fire, another third is … Continue reading →

Posted in Friday Finds | Tagged Crafts Gone Wrong, Dogs, Garage Sales, Thrift Store, Vintage, Yarn Play | 8 Comments

Rock Bottom

Posted on July 15, 2022 by kathy & deb

Don’t let the post title worry you; we haven’t hit rock bottom, yet. Every time we think we’ve seen the worst thing ever, something else comes along. Probably a good life lesson in there for us. No, the title refers … Continue reading →

Posted in Friday Finds | Tagged Animals, Crafts Gone Wrong, Garage Sale, Pictures, Shoes, Thrift Store, Vintage | 2 Comments

Glad to be Garage Saling

Posted on July 1, 2022 by kathy & deb

I was in MI for my dad’s celebration of life, and one of the ways we celebrated him was to go to all the garage sales we could find! He loved to spend Friday and Saturday mornings picking through people’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Friday Finds, Giveaways | Tagged china, Clowns, Crafts Gone Wrong, Dolls, Garage Sale, Thrift Store, Vintage | 6 Comments

I Can’t Get You Out of My Mind

Posted on June 17, 2022 by kathy & deb

We frequently are haunted by the scary things we see at garage sales and thrift stores. Heck, we still have a picture of one of the first “bad things” we found as our mascot (Ruffles the Ugly Bunny) along the … Continue reading →

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Doctor, My Eyes

Posted on June 3, 2022 by kathy & deb

Although this song came out in 1972, Jackson Browne might have been singing about our blog: Doctor, my eyesTell me what is wrongWas I unwise to leave them open for so long? What has made me being so specific about … Continue reading →