I've been shopping!

Hello! I know. I've been the absent blogger, but here I am and wait til you see my most current purchases. I love this big fan casing. It has square bolts, and I'm told that indicates it is probably from the 1930's. Good old stuff. Gotta love that it's still around, making people like me giddy!

This oversized paper cutter puts butterflies in my tummy. It's humongous! A guillotine, almost!

And then, there is this monstrosity.


Uh huh. Lots of drawers. 22 is what I am counting. Sweet!

My dad (and his truck) had to meet up with me at one sale and let me load the drawered piece and the paper cutter in his truck, as my truck was full from all the sales I had hit in the area earlier. See?

Crazy! This non-snow weather has the estate sales going today. Yee haw!
I hope to have most items cleaned up, priced and at Primitiques by about mid-morning tomorrow. Well, not the stuff in Dad's truck. It will take a few days for me to grab that.

Ah! Free Stuff Saturday. Primitiques opens at 8:30 tomorrow morning and the first 6 customers who come in and want one, will get a free, 3 way cheese grater. What does one do with such a thing, besides grate cheese? Groupings, people. Your freeby will kick off your new collection!

Anything in mass is fun, isn't it? This is an old picture, so don't come in looking for cowbells and oil cans. I just wanted to show you how fun the graters are in groupings. Here's your map. Come see us!

Happy Weekend!
~Mindy

ps. Does anyone reading this live in New Buffalo, Michigan?

Always Be Prepared

Are you ready for some shopping? Do you know what the Boy Scouts of America's moms do while the guys are learning to tie knots? The moms drop the fellas off and they go shopping. The maternal figures are the ones who coined the phrase "Always Be Prepared".

LaurieAnna's Serendipity Market is this Saturday, February 20 in Canton. Let's discuss preparation, shall we?

1. Start mapping out your stops along the way and back. Will you stop just north of Terrell at Primitiques en route? Go ahead and plan on a visit to Athens for a visit at Winnie & Tulula's? You know you want to.

2. Bring your truck and trailer. Roadtrip! You really should make a buying trip out of the day. It's wise. You want to be on the ball, don't you?

(LauriaAnna's baseballs)

3. Money. Uh huh. You'll need that. Bring it.

4. Measurements. You know there's a space that needs filling in your home. You better plan ahead and know how it sizes up.

5. Set the alarm clock, have your tank filled and your trailer hooked up. You do not want to waste time driving while the stores are open. Primitiques Saturday hours are 8:30-3:00. Serendipity: 9:00-5. Winnie & Tulula's -10:00-5:00.

(clock, etc, at Winnie & Tulula's)

6. Let me help you. Here is a map with driving directions from one store to the next to the next. Just copy this and have your navigator (side kick, buying buddy) yell out directions between giggles, spilled coffee and u-turns.

I can tell you for sure. It's a pain to not be prepared. Or is that pane?

(Windows to be found at Primitiques - SOLD!)

Here's to good preparation and some great shopping this Saturday!

Happy Tuesday!

~Mindy

Happy day after Valentine's Day!

A day with the man I love, topped off with a great meal at Truluck's, made for a wonderful Valentine's Day. See my smile?

Ok. The blue topaz earrings were something to smile about, too!

Happy Monday!
~Mindy

Day 2 of Chillin' in Poetry

It's like other people's vacation pictures...you just have to suffer through them. Or not! But, won't you indulge me by looking at my pictures? What a difference a day of constant snowfall makes. Records have been broken in Texas!

Yesterday, as you may recall (check out the amount of snow on the fence):

And this morning:

Snow! Yesterday's chair and cot:

This morning's chair and cot (notice the trees bowing with the weight of the snow):

Yesterday's sitting area in the backyard:

Now check out the pile of snow on the chairs this morning:

This has been fun! Heck, this is so much fun, wanna see a sneak preview of things going to Antiques Week at Zapp Hall in a few weeks?


And now, because you have humored me today, I will share some Redneck Snowmen I had the priviledge of "meeting" last night.


I love him, don't you?

Happy Weekend!
~Mindy

Chillin' in Poetry

Snowing in Texas? Sure 'nuf! Well, in my little corner of Poetry, Texas it is!

I had fun capturing a few photos in my backyard this morning.


Check out this picture...how many birds?

Three!

Happy Thursday!
~Mindy

Howdy!

David and I got to play a little this weekend at Primitiques. Wanna see?

Check out this stack o' mirrors. All are frameless, some are backed with wire hangers. There are quite a few, and this holder/display thing is perfect for pics and mirrors, huh?!

I fell in love with this green locker. We had fun "dressing" it up.

David took that picture up there. Isn't he good?

The free item at Primitiques this week is this late 1800's Hungarian Flax Cutter.

Gone!

I used it as a quilt holder. It's cool. It's primitive. It's yours for the taking. Free. I'll have it to the store by 10am Tuesday (tomorrow morning). Strike that. It will be in the store at opening at 8:30am. Come and get it! No holds. No dibs. I'll let you know when it's gone.

Happy Monday! ~Mindy

Shopping Addiction Friday

Hi. My name is Mindy and I like to shop. (distant voices, "Hi Mindy!")

I know you love that horse! And what, on earth, is that rusty thing with wheels? Metal stool is SOLD.

These goodies will make their way to Primitiques tomorrow morning. The way I see it...if someone comes and buys, then that will fund more shopping, next Shopping Addiction Friday. See the plan?

Check out this metal multi-drawer cabinet.

I have two. And they are scrumptious. They'll be in the store in Terrell (Poetry) tomorrow, too.

How much fun would this old concrete vent be planted with succulents? sold

Feel free to feed my habit and come out for a visit tomorrow. I'll be there working for a little bit. Here is the map if you need a refresher.

And now, as with all such meetings, I am headed to the cookies and punch table.

Thank you for your support and Happy Weekend!
~Mindy

Trough Play

I was so sure that this old trough would look great on my harvest table. I stacked it on top of the marble on the cotton sack. Look.

No need to get excited about filling it with anything. It's wrong. So, then I did this.

Huh uh. Not good at all. This trough was not meant to be on this table in this room.
Let's try this from a different angle. I upended it and tried this.

Not bad. But, then I tried this.

This is my favorite.

Did you see what lulu redstar suggested? She said to "flip it over, put holes in the rounded part and hang it up as a super cool hanging fixture!" Wow! Wouldn't that look amazing hanging over the harvest table? Now...who do I know that does lighting? hmmm

What would you do with it?

Happy Thursday!
~Mindy

ps. Thanks for your input yesterday. I really needed some affirmation and ideas. Y'all rock!

Opinions

When asked, I love to give my opinion. Do you? Seriously. I thrive on it. I sit quietly and wait on the edge of my seat for folks to ask my opinion. So, if you are like me, this will be your kind of post.

I am looking at my blog page. It is so dang messy on the left side.

Does anyone actually look at the flickr pictures flashing around for Primitiques and W&T's over there? Somewhere, I have listed a link that you can click on to see my flickr pictures. And David's, too. So, I wonder. Am I being redundant, or are you happy to see those pictures flashing over there?

I just revised the "other blogs"section. It now shows the blogger and time of recent post. I removed the titles, cuz they are cluttery. I'm not asking for your opinion on this one. HA! Just pointing out what I'm doing, trying to clean up.

What else? Ok. Have at it. I know you want to. What do you use? Have you ever even looked over there, on the left side? Look now. Are you impressed or bothered by so much? What do you find helpful? The maps, I know are being used, so they will stay.

Now, I do know, for sure, without a doubt, that my readers like pictures. So, here's one.

I plan to use this somewhere in my house tomorrow. Stay tuned for that.

For my facebook friends, if you'd like to view my full blog, go to http://www.rockinm.blogspot.com/ and check it out. You know you like giving your opinion!

I look forward to your feedback.

Happy Wednesday!
~Mindy

Playing House

I love playing house! Remember my corner?

Wanna see what is happening now?

I'm pretty good with it. Need to fluff up the bamboo. Maybe throw something on top of the plaster shelf on the grate...just some small touches, ya know?

Then, I moved on to my dining room. These columns were purchased for another project, but in the meantime, I thought I'd play around with them.

Remember the table y'all got goofy over last week? Check this out:

Kinda neat looking, but not practical for the space. I'll tear it all down when I tackle the column project. But, in the meantime, it was fun playing house this morning!

Happy Tuesday!
~Mindy

Whew!

What a weekend! David and I went to Winnie & Tulula's Saturday to decorate the front window...


...and to do a reset on my space. Who loves the conveyer belt? Raise your hand.

This is my very own harvest table. I'll miss it, but it has been replaced with a bigger table in my home.

Click here to view the pictures David took.

After leaving Athens, we were headed home when my truck decided to tucker out. We managed to get off the highway and into a safe parking lot. Whew! AAA pulled through with a wrecker and we got home with Big Red in tow.

David discovered new, untapped talents Sunday morning when he installed a new alternator and replaced a belt, just for grins.


What good spirits he had!

Sunday afternoon, I got some new stock in at Primitiques. Check out this 20 drawer, primitive cabinet. Way cool!

I got this great re-worked sewing cabinet table in. Super clean.

It sold first thing this morning. Yee haw!

Also this morning, I posted my Freebie Monday post on facebook and was working on the blog post when I was contacted by the store. The box of goodies was already gone! It was a box of old, broken and chipped plates, bowls and cups. Congrats to that facebook customer! She was thrilled!

I may do this free thing randomly, haven't decided. Maybe consistency is better? You local folks can weigh in on this if you'd like. Free Fridays? Sumpin' Sumpin' Saturdays? Freebie Mondays? I know some of you aren't close, so Saturday might be a more fair situation. hmm

By the way, I understand that someone was coming in to pick up the free chair from last week. She had some plans for it, from what I hear. Hope she made it. It's headed for the burn pile if she didn't!

Soooo, there you have it. My "Whew Weekend!"

Happy Monday! ~Mindy