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Pink Saturday

Good Morning and Happy Pink Saturday!!! Pink Saturday is hosted every week by Beverly of How Sweet the Sound.

If you have been following my blog, then you know that a few weeks ago, I went to Smocking Arts Guild (SAGA) Convention in Atlanta. Fortunately, my roommate needed help at the SAGA Market and so I helped her instead of spending all my money at the SAGA market and going to Atlanta Market. :-) Good thing too! Otherwise I would have had to pass on the bargains I found here at this shop. To know what I am talking about, you will need to scroll down a few posts and read about my trip home from Atlanta and the money I had just burning a hole in my pocket! (I still have most of that money and WDW here we come!!!) On my drive home from Atlanta I found a Flea Market/Antique Mall..... Spent some time there....

Something else I bought at that Flea Market/Antique Mall...
This beautiful clear soup bowl! Isn't it just lovely with all it's shades of Pink!
It is almost flat. Almost. I was going to use it in the China Garden I am starting. (China Gardens do not fade and wither during a drought. Nor do they have to be replanted every year.)
I think I saw on China Garden in Manuela's Blog. She has a beautiful China Garden. There are probably several other china gardens that I have seen photos of as well.


This loan clear soup bowl spoke to me. If there is not enough rain for my roses to bloom, I can still have a rose blooming in my garden, and it will be PINK!!!

Thank you Beverly for hosting Pink Saturday! I enjoyed participating. Please go to Beverly's blog, How Sweet the Sound, and check out the other Pink Saturday Posts and Happy Pink Saturday to everyone!

One Word Answers

I got this meme from Sally at Smiling Sally Blog. I liked it and she said I could use it on this blog. I like the one word answers. If you like it, feel free to copy it and put it on your blog as well. When I copied hers, the clip art seemed to come with it. :D

1. Where is your cell phone. Pocket

2. Where is your significant other? Bed

3. Your hair color? Brownish

4. Your Mother? Home

5. Your Father? Gone

6. Your favorite thing? Shooting

7. Your dream last night? Fun

8. Your dream goal? Retire

9. The room you're in? LivingRoom

10. Your hobby? Many

11. Your fear? Snakes

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Healthy

13. Where were you last night? Home

14. What you are not? Perfect

15. One of your wish list items? D300

16. Where you grew up? Huntsville

17. The last thing you did? Type


18. What are you wearing? Slacks

19. Your TV? Armoire

20. Your Pet? Birds

21. Your computer? Dell

22. Your Mood? Relaxed

23. Missing someone? Boo

24. Your car? Accord

25. Something you're not wearing? Dress


26. Favorite Store? TJMaxx

27. Your summer? Busy

28. Love someone? Yes

29. Your favorite color? Burgundy

30. When was the last time you laughed? Today

31. When was the last time you cried? Today

More Photos From Flea Market/Antique Shop

Here are some photo I took at the Flea Market/Antique Mall where I bought the Chandelier I posted about yesterday. I really likethe place. It was fun to go to. Not as fancy as many of the places around here, but most places do not have "Flea Market" added to their sign either. Some collectables, some junk, some Shabby Chic, fun stuff, weird stuff, good stuff, etc. And some bargains!

I thought this was cool.


Love these lamps.


Beautiful figurine. Growing up, my next door neighbor had this type thing all over her house. George and Martha. Love the lamps in the back ground as well.


Another pretty lamp.


Here you can see the lamps better.


Another colonial lamp. I am falling in love with these lamps. Do I feel another collection coming on?


I took this photo for Shannon.


It is not a Singer. :-( Looking for a Singer!


Now I cannot believe that someone painted this!!! But, uh, I don't think I am interested in it. I was on a 'hunt' for a chandi anyway. And this place seems to be full of them.


Many many bird cages in this place. I have 4 birds. And I have 4 bird cages. And I do not have room for a cage that is not practical for a bird. I love the look though and if I did not have birds... or if I only had one... or a bigger house....


I think this was an umbrella/hat stand and rocking horse repurposed together. Big price tag too!


I had this on my blog yesterday... it was displayed under...

this.... hahahah!

I don't know why I took a photo of this. Just like it I suppose.

I have some more photos I will share at a later time and some photos of the items that I purchased. :-)

Kitchen Chandelier

Today is Tuesday Trash to Treasure Hosted by Diane of A Picture is Worth a 1000 Words. And here is my T to T to share.

Lately, I have been on a 'hunt'. Specifically, a chandelier for my kitchen. Not too over the top, not too rustic. Pretty, well so on and so forth.

My desire has been inspired by bloggers! Now I did have a desire to find a chandi for $2 or no more than $15 and re wire and re do like everyone else. A real bargain. But DH was afraid I would burn the house down. He even preferred that I just buy a new one and be done with it. But no! Non of that for me!!! (He also went pricing new ones with me... He was clueless!!! I think we had 2 different ideas of what I would be satisfied with...)

I saw this one and thought it was very nice, but ... wanted to keep looking.

Hummmmm.... Spray painted with textured paint, strung with plastic beads... that were also spray painted. It looked OK for a photo prop, but don't look too close!

This one is pretty. Pretty for a girl's room. My room! ;-) I saw one very similar to this at Lowes not long ago on clearance for almost 1/2 the asking price for this... keep looking...

My kitchen is the odd room in the house. It has cheerful yellow walls and it is decorated with blue and white. (The rest of my house is rich with greens, reds, sages, toupes)
We are getting very close with this one. Very close.
I will have to keep it in mind.

I love it, but way over the top! Too Foo Foo! Nice for the bedroom or bathroom?

Oh my, what is that under the bench, stuck under there. It has a few broken pieces, but that can be fixed. Can it be????

I believe that is exactly what I am looking for!!! None of the china pieces are broken. Has places for 16 prisims. Looks like it might need rewiring. DH wired a whole house when he and his Dad built a lake house together. How hard can it be for him to rewire a chandelier for me?

Yes! Yes!!! It is just for me!!! And yes ladies I did buy something. :D A few somethings, but I will save the rest for another post. ;-)

It needed a little straightening.
I cannot believe this beautiful Chandi had been someone's 'trash' at one time.

I love all the details. They are just lovely.
I had thought about changing out the candle parts, but decided I liked the 'aged' look. I thought it needed total rewiring. But when DH took it apart, it was totally wired. It only needed a wire from the fixture to the ceiling, a chain and a canopy. Home Depot's chains looked too 'new' and the canopys looked like plastic spray painted gold or what ever color you needed. I decided to just buy the gold coated wiring we needed, and canobolize the chain and canopy from the fixture we used to have in the kitchen. The chain was more 'aged' and the canopy was brass & 'aged'.

And two of decorative arms had to be reattached. The dealer made sure they were with the chandi. She also knocked 45% off the price of the fixture.

These photos were all taken with my point and shoot camera, but my photoshop program loads my copyright onto all my photos automatically. Please do not think my Professional work looks like this!!! These are 5 second photos with a little camera that fits in my purse. LOL!

DD and I counted 16 places to hang prisms. Though the fixture looks great w/out prisms, we think we want prisms. We will double check before we order though.

I have found some french prisms that are shaped very similar to the the shape at the bottom of the chain. However, all they have in stock are prisms with silver bowties and hangers. And I want gold and those are out of stock. I have called the company and left a message and emailed them. But they have not returned my call or email. Anyone know a good source for prisms?

I love it!!! Now I really need to get started on those curtains/window treatments!

Thank you for stopping by my blog!

Be sure to go by Diane's very first Trash to Treasure Event and see the other posts!

Blue Monday

A couple of weeks ago, on the road coming home from Smocking Arts Guild Convention in Atlanta, I had a few bucks still in my pocket, burning a hole, no child or husband in the car or expecting me home to cook supper and feed them... :-D I looked for a Antique Store/Flea Market. And I found one!

It was in Leeds, AL, really not far from where I live. About 30-45 minutes if I am not speeding and interstate all the way. I pulled over and stayed until they closed. And yes, my cell did go off while I was there, DH wondering when/if I was coming home... (I think they missed me. I have been gone for almost a whole week!)

I love blue, blue & white, blue & white & yellow. I saw this shelf and it was all I could do to resist! I wanted to buy everything on the shelf, but I didn't. I did however, take a photo for Sally's Blue Monday. Many pretties and though I had not yet participated I wanted to start collecting pictures.

I also found this pretty blue chandi. Fell in love with it and took a photo of it too!

This is my first time to participate in Blue Monday. To find out more about Blue Monday, go to Smiling Sally's Blog to read and participate. Happy Blue Monday and thank you Sally for hosting!

Sunday Video

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