As Is... Isn't all bad...

On my recent Thrift Shop shopping trip to Austin with Candy, Sandy and Terry... I found this small set of ceramic canisters with brass lids... for sale "As Is"...

As is... $1.99... $.99... $.69... grand total for all three... $3.67..

As is...

no knobs on the lids...!

Hobby Lobby to the rescue... 3 knobs $2.50 each...

-50% off... they were on sale... total for the knobs...

$3.75...

had to slightly enlarge the holes with a screwdriver...

time to complete the project...

less than 10-minutes...

Total thrifty cost... $7.42...

Enjoying these beautiful canisters in my kitchen

down here in French Lique...

Priceless!

I absolutely love this thrifty treasure...

As Is... Isn't all bad... not bad at all...

I'm joining

Thrifty Thursday

Thrift'n on a Thrusday

and

Show and Tell Friday

Vintage Inspiration Friday

drop by and check out who else is joining in...

So Dixie... Whatcha Gonna Do With That?... and she said...

Candy, Terry, and I parted ways about 2:30 Thursday afternoon after a fun time thrifting (I spent $3 plus tax)... Candy and Terry live near San Marcos, Texas. I live in French Lique (about 15 miles east of San Antonio, Texas)... So on my way home, I have to drive right through Seguin, Texas... Home of the Curious Boys.. Of course, I had to stop and do a little last minute junktique shopping...

I love shopping the Curious Boys booth.  It is full of vintage architectural salvage.. like this beautiful chunk of cement...

and these rustic corbels... which came really-really close to coming home with me...

and wonderful pieces like this beautiful ornate oval frame...

This piece of salvage awaits the arrival of Miss Theresa from Garden Vintage Antiques... The boys posted about it this weekend and Theresa put her stamp of approval (SOLD) on it... She'll pick it up today.. now I can't wait to see what Theresa is going to do with this.. Hey Theresa... there's another piece there... it may want to go home with you too!

The Curious Boys march to a different drummer... okay... well it's the same drummer as the rest of us Junkaholics march to...  

Now what could I do with her???

and these great silver buckets were callin' my name... "hey, Dixie, over here... look up!"

they were callin' but I wasn't answering them today...

But I did hear the call of this set of two ornate frames... and I think they'll look great painted perfect white...  

and then... there was this...

The Heart Arch... 

Yes, this beautiful, rusty, chippy-white-painted piece of iron... 

called me right over.. 

and, I answered...

Good thing those back seats fold down in my mid-size Mercury Milan!

While it did go from stem to stern...

I managed to get it into the car and then home...

All my Ricky said, as he helped extract it from the car...

"Whatcha gonna do with that?"

I haven't decided yet... but I'll let you know...

as soon as I figure it out...

down here in French Lique...

Linking to sweet Cindy at My Romantic Home for

Show and Tell Friday...

Drop by and see who else is showing and telling about their treasures...

Small Town Vintage Shopping.... Fabulous Finds....

I spent the day working in Seguin Texas on Wednesday... and since I had 8 appointments scheduled, I knew I wouldn't have time to run by Glory B's Cottage in Geronimo for a little last minute shopping....and a visit with sweet Beverly...

 but on my way back from lunch, I drove past the Antique Mall in Seguin where the Curious Boys have a huge booth... so I thought... "why not stop... I've got 10-minutes to spare"... and I'm so glad I did... look at what I found!

Frames.. yes I love empty frames... and this pretty metal one was in a small booth that Beverly maintains in the Antique Mall...

and I had just the place to put it... in my guest room framing one of my sweet snow people...

and then there were these beauties... a set of 3 large Mercury Glass Candle Sticks with Hurricane glasses... all 3 in perfect condition...

so I played with candle sizes, and decided on the short fat ones... but I didn't have 3 of either color... so tomorrow, on my Friday before Christmas day off... I'll be candle shopping... for the short fat candles...
all 3 one color... red, or green, or maybe even white?

and the best part of all... the price $$$$$!

Candle Sticks with Hurricanes... $19.99 for the set!  Better than that... 20% off sale made them $16.00.... S-C-O-R-E!

and the pretty little metal frame... $4.50... which I thought was an amazing price for the pretty swirled frame painted chippy white...

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

down here in French Lique!

linking to:

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday

Vintage Thingies Thursday

Show and Tell Friday

Solo Thrifty Shopping Spree...

While working in Seguin, Texas this week, I visited one of my favorite little antique malls... Beverly from Glory B's Cottage has a booth there... so do the "Curious Boys"... I wasn't looking for anything in particular... which leaves me open to find little treasures

here and there...

Two small oval frames... already painted a nice shade of white... just like I like!

I'd actually had my eye on this painted-perfect-white letter holder for a couple of months... and this time... it was on sale... so it is now mine!

A wonderful, shabby white wall basket... and it's metal!  I've got just the place and just the silk flowers to fill it with... wait until you see!

My cost for this solo-thrifty shopping spree.... $26... Now that's what I call inexpensive fun down here in French Lique...

I'm linking in to....
White Wednesday

Thrifty Thursday
Show & Tell Friday

What Chair is This?!

This morning I'm linking to Miss Mustard Seed's Furniture Feature Friday...and Cindy's Show & Tell Friday... drop by and see who else is joining in the fun!

My furniture, is outdoor furniture... I purchased this pair for $30 each at Twice Blessed Thrift Shoppe in San Marcos, Texas about a year ago... Twice Blessed is a thrift shoppe run by the Methodist Church in San Marcos and all proceeds go to charity... and they ALWAYS have really great stuff!

These girls were in my booth for about six months with a selling price of $100 for the pair... they never sold... so when I closed my booth in December, I brought them home and sat them out in the yard under a big oak tree until...

until our family cookout on Memorial Day in May... We needed more seating on the back porch where everyone seemed to end up that day...

So my nephew hauled the girls from the yard to the porch, where they have remained for the past month... The previous owner had painted them white.. but as the paint began to peel I realized their original color must have been a dark kelly green...

I adore the scrolls and twists of metal... Other than falling in love with the chairs, I really didn't know anything about them when I purchased them... and put zero effort into finding out anything about them... which is unusual for me... but...

I just knew I liked them and that was all that mattered... Isn't that armrest just gorgeous!

I've purchased some pretty aqua toile to make chair pads... this wire seat isn't overly comfortable...

this is the chair base under the seat... crusted with white paint... so I've already decided to take the white paint off... and then...

My Country Living magazine arrived just in time... and
I did the happy dance...

Right there at the top of page 47 in the "What Is It" and "What's It's Worth" section...

My chair...
circa 1970's Peacock Chair...

What it's worth... $375 for the pair... I paid $60 for the pair... SCORE!!!

(more happy dance now... )

Now my dilemma... should I take them back to the original green or..

should I paint them...

White

Cottage White

Apple Green

Ballet Pink

Hot Pink
or
Aqua

Tell me what you think... I'd love to know...

Just enjoying the summer and living thrifty down here in French Lique...

Inspiration straight from Cindy's Romantic Home!

A few years ago, I was reading Cindy's blog post about her $20 garage sale chandelier find! I remember thinking... that Cindy is one lucky gal... I'd never find anything like that in south Texas... That was in 2007. Now flash forward to 2009... wandering through one of my favorite junk shops in Geronimo, Texas... I found it.... now I have to admit... I didn't find it for $20... but I did find it... for $100. Already wired, this beauty had it's original Made In Spain metal tags on it.

So I carted it home, and got it in the front door... where it sat on a side table in my living room until February, 2011, when I finally got around to redecorating the guest bedroom... and now my beautiful chandelier proudly hangs there ... I just love it!

Notice the "wax" effect on the candle-liers? That was inspiration from Cindy too... on her "Drip, Drip, Drip" post... which was inspired by a post from "Miss Mustard Seed".

And... that's what I love about blogging... wonderful ideas from so many creative people... thanks Cindy... you are truly an inspiration to many.... and many more than you may know...

My perfect crystal chandelier... greeting guests when they retire... and making me smile...

Down here in French Lique...
I'm joining Cindy for Show & Tell Friday... so jump over and see who else is playing!

Show and Tell Friday... Ravishing Ruffles...

This evening when I got home from work... my sweet mailman had delivered my Country Living Magazine... March 2010...

this is what they were talking about... Ravishing Ruffles... according to Country Living, Ruffles are all the rage this spring... but what really caught my eye was....

these pretty ruffled plates... and why... other than they're lovely...enchanting...divine... No... none of those reasons... though they are all good reasons to be sure...

Earlier in the day I'd been on a business trip to San Marcos, Texas... San Marcos, where one of my favorite thrift stores resides... Candy and Terry introduced me to Twice Blessed last year... and today while searching for that perfect thrifty find, I came across this... Ravishing Ruffles... (ahead of the trends, for once anyway! LOL)

Actually... two bowls...

Lovely...

6 Dessert Plates... and 8 Dinner Plates...

Enchanting...

and a Platter... Divine...

Beautiful Mikasa Romance Petite Blooms... It sings "Cottage" to me...

Fine China at the Thrift Store...

Twice Blessed...


Ravishing Ruffles... It's all the rage this Spring... down here in French Lique...

I'm joining Cindy for Show and Tell Friday at My Romantic Home... why not drop by and see who's playing along today!