Estate Sale Finds

I had the best time shopping at an estate sale this last weekend, this home was jam packed with all the things I LOVE.

I went late in the afternoon and all of these goodies were left, I'm always amazed that shoppers leave all of the goodies I love!

Look at these needle point pillows (They can be sold as is, or taken apart and framed, or used as a chair seat cover), 3 gorgeous vintage hat boxes, and a full roll of vintage rose drawer liner...OH MY!

3 yard pieces of vintage fabric..... Me loves fabric!

Tons of linen and vintage kid leather gloves in their original packages

Be still my heart..... Vintage wrapping paper, cake decorating umbrellas, hats, and gorgeous vintage playing cards

A bisque wall pocket, needle point picture and purse, and 3 vintage pink hangers with clear plastic covers 

Some of these goodies will go in my booth at Orange Tree Antiques and some will be staying right here with me!

If I haven't told you lately, THANK YOU for taking the time to drop by!

 Happy Creating and Shopping!

Carol

Repairing An Antique Stool With Epoxy Putty

 I fell in love with this cute little antique foot stool at the thrift store, but it had a problem!

This is what the poor little thing looked like when I found it

And this is why everyone else passed it up...Bad Dog?!

No problem!  After I did some heavy duty sanding of the wood, I used epoxy putty and molded it as close as I could to the original shape of the handle.  

After it dried I sanded it again to get it nice and smooth...Can you find the repair?  Maybe, but it looks pretty good.

I then painted it with heirloom white paint that I made into chalk paint.  It's been so hot here in Florida that I have been painting inside with homemade chalk paint, adding plaster and water to regular paint, no real recipe, but you can find a ton of them on the internet.  

I finally caved and got some Annie Sloan dark wax...I love it!  It gave an authentic aged look to this little stool 

I covered it with pretty toile fabric and lined the inside with wallpaper 

Then I finished the backside of the lid by copying onto Fabric (Tutorial HERE) a furniture ad from Graphics Fairy.   I glued the printed fabric with Fabri -Tac and trimmed it out with braid 

Oh, this little stool is feeling much better now!

Epoxy putty is a great tool to have in your DIY arsenal.  I have used it to repair wrought iron, fix broken corners on tables, and to fill in missing gesso on ornate frames (Tutorial HERE)

I am going to price this cutie at $38 and put it in my booth at Orange Tree Antiques

 Thank You to everyone that entered the Goose Creek Candle giveaway, the winner is Gina @ Random Thoughts Of An Incoherent Mind

Congratulations and Happy Creating!

Carol

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Goose Creek Candle Giveaway

I'm thrilled to offer you this great giveaway.  I was contacted by the nice people at Goose Creek Candle Co. to review a candle of my choice

I love candles, I was a groovy girl in the 70's when we always had a candle or incense burning, a habit I continue today...Well, not the incense part

The "Flavor" I choose was "Spun Sugar"  OH MY...Oh yum, here's my confession, I'm not a baker, but love my house to smell like I am!  I lit this fabulous candle and within minutes the whole  house smelled like Sugar! 

They have a large and unique selection of scents including "Apple Bourbon" and "Orange Berry Slush"

There are two unique qualities this candle has that I have never found in all of the candles I have used

The first is the jar design, this is gorgeous, look at the lid, this is something I don't mind keeping out on my table and when the candle is gone I'll still have a gorgeous jar with a tight sealing lid

The second amazing thing is the house retained the "Spun Sugar" smell for 2 full days after I burned the candle for 3 hours one evening

So, here are two great offers for you from the nice people at 

Goose Creek Candle Co.

You can use code 0904 to get 25% off your entire purchase until September 30th.  They have a great selection of Halloween candles in stock now!

And 

 One lucky reader will win a 16oz American Heirloom Candle of their choice!

Just leave a comment 
The drawing by random number.org will be held on Sunday night 9/9/12
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 I was compensated to write this post, but the opinions are 100% mine  and I can say with 100% certainty that I LOVE this candle

Good luck and Happy Creating!

Carol

Travel Themed Wedding Shower

Last Sunday was my future DIL's wedding shower hosted by her Mom and Sister.  The whole shower had a travel theme that was kicked off by adorable invites that looked like luggage tags.

Just a note about the R. C. P. ....Or Really, Crummy, Pictures, a girl can't drag her tripod and SLR camera everywhere, sometimes she takes her shiny red pocket Kodak and horror's she use's flash...Sorry

Shower programs and gifts for the guests

The bride to be's Dad is a chef and he prepared fabulous food from around the world.....YUMMMM! (Trust me the empty pans got filled with food)

Beverages...Oh Ya, that's Sangria!

Here's the Bride, My Mom, and I  (Yuk, a couple times a year a blogger has to show her picture...It's a blogger law!  Thankfully the law does not say how large the picture has to be).  In case it escaped you, "The Polka Dot Closet" is wearing a polka dot dress...Groan!

The Future bride and Her Mother, the hostess of this fabulous shower

There was a huge surprise for everyone! My son is in DC and the shower was in Florida......Enter Technology!!! 
My Son surprised his bride to be by Skyping in from DC...

...To play an engagement version of the newlywed game.  

Here's how it worked, the bride's Mom and Sister sent my son questions about his his future bride, he wrote the answers down ahead of time and she had to guess what he would say. 

This question was "What food does your future bride like that you can't stand"?.  She answered the question and then he held his answer up to the computer screen......He got it right!

  This was so fun and it gave the shower guests he had not met a chance to get to know him

After she opened presents

We had coffee

And delicious Desserts.....

....And said our goodbyes, followed by "See you at the wedding"

Then Mom and I hit the road for the 2 hour trip from Clearwater back to Orlando.  It was the perfect shower and the perfect weekend!

Happy Creating

Carol

Wedding Shower Gift

I just got back from my future DIL's wedding shower.  Mom and I drove down to Clearwater from Orlando, spent the night, and then enjoyed a fabulous shower yesterday hosted by the DIL's Sister and Mom.  

I will share tons of shower pictures with you later this week. 

 It was a travel themed shower. The very creative Mother of the bride made these adorable travel themed invites

 Now, I know this was not your typical wedding shower gift like towels or sheets, but it was the perfect gift for my son and his fiance

It started with a rusty old tool box I sanded, painted, and then added water slide decal travel stickers to go with the shower travel theme.  You see, these "Kids" love antiques, junking, estate sales, and refinishing furniture. They sold their refinished wares at their first show 2 months ago....Yep, their hooked.....The apple doesn't fall far from the tree!  So, I knew they would love some supplies to feed their habit

The future DIL has talked about Annie Sloan paint, but it's a little pricey, and she has not been able to bring herself to purchase any....So..

I included some, along with the wax

I finished the inside of the tool box with sheet music and a saying by Dr Suess

And a note from Mom (Me)

I am so thrilled that these "Kids" love junking and DIY projects, not just because I love it (OK, that doesn't hurt) but, because I think when a couple has a shared interest it will bring such joy to their marriage and be the (Hot) glue that binds them

Since my DIL has been living with me (Her and my son live in DC, where she works for the Senate, but she is staying with me for four month while working on the Florida Senator's re-election campaign) we have had tons of fun going to estate sales and thrift stores.

I am so proud of her, not just because she's beautiful, smart, and accomplished.  It's because my heart grew 10 times larger the day we were in a shed at an estate sale, and she was digging through rat poop looking for a buried estate sale treasure.....Yep, couldn't be prouder if I'd of birthed her myself!

Stay tuned for more shower pictures later in the week.........

Happy Creating!

Carol