The Thrifting Adventures of Picky and Pickier Episode 1

My sis and I have been doing an awful lot of thrifting lately whenever we get the chance.
So I thought I would start a little series on what we find. You know sort of to chronicle our times out, hunting, thrifting, junkin, antiquing.
We've named ourselves "Picky" and "Pickier"
Like a cross between "Dumb and Dumber " and "The Pickers"
And because it is always an adventure going anywhere with my sis,
( you never know how much laughing we will do)
(Or raggin about our DHs)
Isn't it funny how sometimes when the hub is on your good side, DH stands for Darling Husband.
On your bad side, well... we all know what DH stands for then!

So back to The Junkin Adventure...Have you found anything great out there lately?

 Picky.. that's me... I found some really great linens this time out.

• A lovely piece of old lace ...5 yards of it, in Cape May

•  A very nicely done lace bedskirt in a full size

• And a fine Cozy Cottage Hand Embroidered Vintage tablecloth with pink blossoms.

 Such a work of art! I can't imagine how much time it took someone to create this pretty cloth.

And Pickier... that's my sis.. (pronounced picky-er) or ...pick- e-air  if you prefer French :0)

• Found some great pieces of pottery. We both like this color blue, but didn't fight over them.   

Such a beautiful urn isn't it?

•   These cute little tea towels

•  This great pine shelf that will get a nice coat of paint.

It has a plate rack on each shelf.

• And these pretty little blue glass dishes.

Traveling around to different thrift shops and consignments and such, is absolutely one of our favorite past times together. We really enjoy it.
That, and our newest obsession... Zumba. Wow is that fun! Have you tried it yet? What a great workout.
I am actually looking forward to my work outs now! A bit more fun than just walking.
We're making up for lost time when we were raising our kiddos we didn't get to hang out much together. We didn't live that close and you know how little ones always have schedules, and soccer, and baseball, and just stuff. But now down the shore, we are just a couple blocks from each other.
Do you have a sister that you don't get to see much? Or are you lucky enough to hang out all the time?


Thanks for stopping by! I'm off to join these parties.
Eileen

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What makes me Smile

I smile at lots of stuff.

• My granddaughter the most.

• Heading to the beach on one of those glorious summer days in August when the Atlantic is warm.

• Seeing an unusual bird on the way.

The Hereford Lighthouse gardens

A visit from a dragonfly on the beach, just sitting for a spell on the arm of my chair!

Miss dragonfly was so close we could see her cleaning her head!

It made us both smile! My daughter got her face up close to it's!

And she still ddn't fly away

And a finger laid next to her didn't even budge her,

All these things made me smile last week. The thing about life that's good is, there's always something to make us smile. Different each day.
When you think about yesterday, what made you smile ? or laugh out loud?
How about this morning? Maybe something cute your little boy or girl did.
Maybe a treasure you found out thrifting?

I want to hear what has made you crack a grin lately. Let me know. I love your comments. They make me feel connected with you.
There is a fun photo challenge and it's never to late to join it.
 This is week 2 and the challenge is What makes You Smile? Come have some fun.
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Roses on a Cottage Table

I just discovered another blog called A stroll thru Life
which has a linky party titled 75th Table Top Tuesday.
It's all about vignettes and things we dress our side tables, end tables, and dining tables with.
So I though I'd give it a try, since I am always taking pictures of that sort of thing.
Last Saturday when I ran to get groceries, they had some lovely cut roses I could not resist, A big bunch for a reasonable price, so I couldn't help myself but to spread them all around the cottage.

They filled so many containers.

This is one of my favorite thrifted pitchers, it has little shells embedded in it

 I even threw a bunch into a big old porcelain steamer pot!

After I got done making my mussels in marinara!

And  into a precious little newly thrifted porcelain jug

with a hole rusted out the bottom.
 ( I got it for a steal)
I just slipped a glass inside.
Guess you can tell I like me some porcelain stuff?

Then as night fell I couldn't resist a little heart shaped ace around my table.

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for Sweet Shot Tuesday

I just discovered this blog and they are having a photo challenge, called Sweet Shot Tuesday. So I thought I would jump in.
My favorite shot this week is of the lighthouse gardens down the street from my cottage at the beach.
They have a sweet spot that is perfect for the sweet shot.

It's a little hideaway. and I love how cool and cozy... when you open the gate, there is a little bench.

 That just lures you to come in and sit for a bit, out of the hot summer sun.

And so I do... sit among it's lush greenery of impatiens.

There is an old chippy urn to my left, almost burried.

And now, as  I make my way back out  through the garden gate, to join my daughter, on our way to the beach, I roll over in my mind what a wonderfully blessed life I live.

 Savoring our last moments of summer, before college begins.

She is patiently waiting and chatting on her phone, in the garden room.....
........Off to the beach
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Some White Vintage Cottage Beach House Discoveries

I found such pretty vintage finds out on a recent "Treasure Hunt".
A perfect pristine white cutwork duvet cover.

The cutwork is so awesome.

The prettiest work I've seen in a while!

 I love how it looks wth my simply shabby chic pillows in my shore house cottage

The lamps, I found at "Home Goods" last year, they were a " had to have " find

 Don't you just love it when you have a successful day out shopping?

I also found, on the same day, this lovely twin eyelet bedskirt,

 which I will be holding on to until I find another to use in my middle bedroom which is due for a redecoration.

 i love the look of eyelet

I adore the texture in this bedskirt.

I really enjoyed washing and hanging outside on the line at my beach house.

 The fresh ocean air makes everything smell so crisp and fresh!
It always reminds me of when I was a kid and sheets were hung on the line to dry in the summer sun.
They always felt so crisp, and so refreshing when I went to bed I would move my feet back and forth and listen to, and feel the sheets rustle.
I still do, and some sheets are better than others.
 I really love Rachel Ashwell's "simply shabby chic" line of sheets, because even after 3- 4 years of using some of them, they still have that crisp and fresh feel that reminds me so much of sheets dried out in the sun, on the line. (even when I use the dryer) And they still fit perfectly.
Thank You, Rachel ! for making comfortable precious linens for a reasonable price. So now i will add these precious new finds to my collection of yummy linens.
I like how quickly one simple find changed the look of this room.

which I had originally designed after the idea below in a coastal living magazine

But change is good right? I love change. Although the design challenge was really fun,
 I love the white a lot more.

what'ya think?

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