Sunday, December 31, 2017

Happy New Year!

Wishing you a warm and happy New Years!


We take New Years pretty easy in our house. We spend the day shopping with our Christmas cash, then tuck in at the house with plenty of good food and movies. I honestly cannot think of a better way to end the year.
 
See you back here in 2018!

Sunday, December 17, 2017

It pays to be patient, or maybe...stubborn is more accurate....

For the record, I am not a patient person. I recognize this and do, believe it or not, try to work on it. but I am a very stubborn person, I am not quite as good about working on that.
 
Maybe I don't worry too much about being stubborn because for a many things, being stubborn pays off. For example,  let me tell you the story of the yellow Hazel Atlas cream pitcher.
 
Last winter at my favorite indoor flea market, I found a darling green Hazel Atlas cream pitcher. Originally 18.00 the booth had I think a 75% sale or something crazy like that and if memory serves I ended up paying 7 or 8 dollars for it. Fast forward to Spring and, again, at my favorite indoor flea I find another creamer, exact same except in orange for 5.00. After doing a little research I found out that these creamers were sold as a rainbow set, orange, yellow, blue and green. Of course I decided I wanted the set, so off I went in search of the yellow and blue.
 
I got lucky with blue, found it on Ebay for .99 plus right around 7 bucks to ship, I decided since it was close to the cost of the green one I would live with it....now for yellow.
 
Yellow was another story, they must be the hardest to find, they certainly seem to be the most expensive of the set. The cheapest I found one online was around 12.00 not including shipping, the most expensive was 29.99 not including shipping. Since the most I spent was about 8.00, that was as much as I was willing to pay.
 
So I watched Ebay and the Antique stores/flea markets for probably the last 6 months or so. Several times I almost gave in and just paid for it, I really wanted to finish the set, but I kept holding off, too stubborn (and maybe just a little cheap) to give in.
 
Well...my patience (ok, cheap driven stubbornness) paid off. At the December Nashville Flea market yesterday, I finally found it!
 

The market itself was pretty slim this year, not as many vendors as there has been when I have gone in Decembers past and I was wondering if this would be a wasted trip. As a matter of fact, we were getting ready to leave when, as I came around the end of an isle, a spot of yellow caught my eye, I dodged around furniture and made a bee line to find that YES!!! The yellow creamer!! As a matter of fact, two yellow creamers, two orange, two blue and a green! So I tracked down the booth owner and asked the price, ready to pay about anything...she said. 1.00.
 
Oh hell ya I will pay that! My mom even grabbed a blue one at that price! I almost had to take a minute to calm down I was so tickled!
 
I love looking at the set reunited!
 
 
 
So satisfying.
 
But that was not the only treasure I found, although I had wondered if I would find anything worth taking home when I first came in and saw how many vendors were not there, I did end up coming out with some fun stuff.
 
Another purple jar. My kitchen window now glows purple when the sun shines in.
 
Masons Improved jar. Love!
 
 
Another wooden ruler, the one I originally have is missing the first 5 inches..not handy. This one is in perfect condition!


A Copco Danish Mid Century Modern cast iron enamel skillet. I saw one of these in yellow about 3 years ago, really wanted to buy it, but for 60.00? Nope, out of my flea market budget, but 15.00 or a cherry red one? Definitely coming home with me. Already cooked in it. Oh how I love the feel of that beautiful wooden (maybe teak?) handle. And it cooked beautifully! Love!
 
 

And a Jadeite surprise! I don't often see any of the range sets at a reasonable price, but this one was pretty good and in excellent condition. Already happily snuggled in with the rest of the Jadeite!
 
 
The last thing I grabbed as we walked out, was actually the first thing that caught my eye when we came in. Vendor was not there yet so I gambled and decided to walk by on our way out. May have been a little pricey, but it was one of those things that I just loved, so price was not a huge factor. So on the way out, it was still sitting there sturdy and in excellent condition, 35.00 later, I was walking out with it. As soon as I saw it I knew it would be perfect by the front door. And I was right. Have not had a chance to give it a light sand and maybe a touch of stain, but I will get to that after Christmas. Now to order a new print to hang over it!
 
 
So, we are down to it, the last week before Christmas. I was lazy this year and did about 90% of my shopping Amazon Prime, with a couple sporadic trips out to the mall near my home over the last two weeks, I am in pretty good shape. A couple gift cards and a couple hours wrapping and I am done!
 
I hope you are having a stress free holiday season as well!