Posts with the label vintage
Showing posts with label vintage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vintage. Show all posts
Saturday, March 10, 2018
TWO COMPLETED PROJECTS AND WHAT TO EAT
You might think from the title of this post that I know what to eat. Apparently I don't because eating like this caused me to gain back two pounds last week.
Who knew that a gluten free chicken tender and roasted veggies could wreak such havoc.
I know that the Gabapentin I have to take for neuropathy causes weight gain, but I didn't realize just how hard it is to lose weight. I need to lose 15 pounds, but oh boy I think I am going to have to go outside and graze on some grass to get it off.
I am searching for solutions, so let me know if you have any.
Now on to something more fun. I wrote in a previous post that I was working on a couple of things to sell in my booth and I finished them a couple of days ago.
Of course I forgot to take any actual before photos, but I did think to take this one after I started.
I found this vintage Syroco plaque at Goodwill for $2.99. It was a plain ugly brown with two screws on the front where apparently something had originally hung.
I took it home and painted it with some chalk paint I had leftover from some earlier projects and added some French writing. I love how it turned out.
I really wanted to keep it, but I made myself take it to the booth yesterday.
A couple of weeks ago I purchased five vintage suitcases from an estate sale. Four of them were great as is to put in the booth and I already sold two. The fifth had a big patch torn off the outside vinyl and so it needed to be rehabbed.
Like I said, no before photos, but I used the same paint and wording on it that I did on the plaque.
I'm happy with my projects and found that it was more fun than I thought it would be.
Now, about that weight loss effort, I guess today will be the day that I get back to my mall walking.
I aggravated my knee walking through a field and so it hasn't been super comfortable to walk the last couple of weeks.
No more excuses. I will get these pesky pounds off one way or another, and I can window shop while I do it. That's always fun.
Have a great day and if you have snow I hope it melts super fast.
Who knew that a gluten free chicken tender and roasted veggies could wreak such havoc.
SIGH!!
I know that the Gabapentin I have to take for neuropathy causes weight gain, but I didn't realize just how hard it is to lose weight. I need to lose 15 pounds, but oh boy I think I am going to have to go outside and graze on some grass to get it off.
I am searching for solutions, so let me know if you have any.
Now on to something more fun. I wrote in a previous post that I was working on a couple of things to sell in my booth and I finished them a couple of days ago.
Of course I forgot to take any actual before photos, but I did think to take this one after I started.
I found this vintage Syroco plaque at Goodwill for $2.99. It was a plain ugly brown with two screws on the front where apparently something had originally hung.
I took it home and painted it with some chalk paint I had leftover from some earlier projects and added some French writing. I love how it turned out.
I really wanted to keep it, but I made myself take it to the booth yesterday.
A couple of weeks ago I purchased five vintage suitcases from an estate sale. Four of them were great as is to put in the booth and I already sold two. The fifth had a big patch torn off the outside vinyl and so it needed to be rehabbed.
Like I said, no before photos, but I used the same paint and wording on it that I did on the plaque.
I'm happy with my projects and found that it was more fun than I thought it would be.
Now, about that weight loss effort, I guess today will be the day that I get back to my mall walking.
I aggravated my knee walking through a field and so it hasn't been super comfortable to walk the last couple of weeks.
No more excuses. I will get these pesky pounds off one way or another, and I can window shop while I do it. That's always fun.
Have a great day and if you have snow I hope it melts super fast.
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
STAYING BUSY
This is always a difficult time of the year for me to get through. I am not a winter person, and it seems that when we have a mild February the month of March tends to be cooler.
Sitting around makes me feel a bit morose.
I found a definition for morose and I think that probably it may apply to me.
A morose person is sullen, gloomy, sad, glum, and depressed - not a happy camper.
Yep, that pretty much says it all.
When I get into this kind of mood I know I need to stay busy, so that is what I am trying to do.
I wrote a couple of weeks ago that I was giving up Etsy and listing on Facebook instead.
At the time that seemed like a good idea because I immediately sold some things on Facebook. However, that seems to have faded away so I am now back on Etsy along with Facebook.
We learn from experimenting I guess.
While cleaning out one of my two closets I found a lot, and I do mean a lot, of antique and vintage ephemera. Lots of prints and maps. There is also a huge stack of vintage sheet music.
Time to get busy listing.
I have also started back into purchasing at auction and I am working on painting some of the things I bought. I am not one of those people who just loves to paint, but at least it keeps me busy.
This is one of the pieces I have started on. The two things I am working on will probably go into my booth.
I know that actual spring will be here soon and I can't wait.
Sitting around makes me feel a bit morose.
I found a definition for morose and I think that probably it may apply to me.
A morose person is sullen, gloomy, sad, glum, and depressed - not a happy camper.
Yep, that pretty much says it all.
When I get into this kind of mood I know I need to stay busy, so that is what I am trying to do.
I wrote a couple of weeks ago that I was giving up Etsy and listing on Facebook instead.
At the time that seemed like a good idea because I immediately sold some things on Facebook. However, that seems to have faded away so I am now back on Etsy along with Facebook.
We learn from experimenting I guess.
While cleaning out one of my two closets I found a lot, and I do mean a lot, of antique and vintage ephemera. Lots of prints and maps. There is also a huge stack of vintage sheet music.
Time to get busy listing.
I have also started back into purchasing at auction and I am working on painting some of the things I bought. I am not one of those people who just loves to paint, but at least it keeps me busy.
This is one of the pieces I have started on. The two things I am working on will probably go into my booth.
I know that actual spring will be here soon and I can't wait.
The trees are really starting to pop out.
Maybe I am not quite as morose as I thought.
Wednesday, February 1, 2017
COLLECTING OLD BOTTLES
Pssst!!! It appears that I have been running I mean walking slowly around with a bit of pneumonia. My doctor has issued a stern warning and put me on a stronger antibiotic. My pneumonia appears to have laughed at the first one.
Now that I am sort of behaving, I am looking around at my apartment and thinking about things I would like to do, and I took inventory of my old bottles.
I love vintage and antique bottles. I have collected them for years, but I have had to sell many of them because of the lack of display space in my small apartment.
I have some in each room.
These are in my kitchen.
The desk in my dining room.
The pine cupboard in my living room.
The window in my bedroom.
I guess the only room that doesn't have any is the bathroom. I will have to remedy that.
What is your favorite collectible?
Now that I am sort of behaving, I am looking around at my apartment and thinking about things I would like to do, and I took inventory of my old bottles.
I love vintage and antique bottles. I have collected them for years, but I have had to sell many of them because of the lack of display space in my small apartment.
I have some in each room.
These are in my kitchen.
The desk in my dining room.
The pine cupboard in my living room.
The window in my bedroom.
I guess the only room that doesn't have any is the bathroom. I will have to remedy that.
What is your favorite collectible?
Friday, August 16, 2013
LITTLE PINK STOOL
It's those little things in life that make us happy.
a smile
a wink
a bite of rich dark chocolate
a child's hand in yours
and sometimes it's a little pink stool
You know the one that I mean
the one with the chippy soft pink paint
a stool that is so cracked and worn that no one else wanted it, so you paid three dollars so you could have the honor of bringing it home.
a stool that you just know some young farm girl sat on long ago while she milked the cows.
and you know that it must have belonged to a girl, because after all it is the softest shade of pink.
so you brought it home and set it down in front of the curtains draped with antique lace.
you set a pretty teacup and saucer on it
you spread an old quilt remnant over it to warm it up
and you said welcome home little pink stool.
a smile
a wink
a bite of rich dark chocolate
a child's hand in yours
and sometimes it's a little pink stool
You know the one that I mean
the one with the chippy soft pink paint
a stool that is so cracked and worn that no one else wanted it, so you paid three dollars so you could have the honor of bringing it home.
a stool that you just know some young farm girl sat on long ago while she milked the cows.
and you know that it must have belonged to a girl, because after all it is the softest shade of pink.
so you brought it home and set it down in front of the curtains draped with antique lace.
you set a pretty teacup and saucer on it
you spread an old quilt remnant over it to warm it up
and you said welcome home little pink stool.
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