A full brain

I am on brain overload today. Too many irons in the fire. Too many things to be done. And yet, with my huge list of "to do" items, here I sit on the computer. But blogging is officially on my list of things to do today, so I guess I am okay.

I am getting excited about Saturday. A whole day to browse through antique and craft booths. I have several things I am wanting to look for. 

Obviously, Pyrex is on the list. But these are a few of the pieces I would love to find. Not necessarily these particular items, but at least something in these patterns. 

The Pyrex wheat. I especially want some mixing bowls in this pattern. Especially the small or medium size. 

The Colonial Mist pattern. Anything in this pattern would be great. 

Something in the Flamingo Pink. Or any pattern in a bowl of this style.

Something in the Pink Gooseberry. I have a little Cinderella bowl in this pattern where white is the bowl and pink is the design. Now I want a piece where that is reversed.

I would love to find a fridgie. Any pattern, any size, with or without a lid. I just want a fridgie. 

Something with the butterprint pattern would be nice to find. I would also love to find a butter dish in any pattern. 

But the one thing I would love to find above all others is not even Pyrex. It is my Hamilton Beach White Mixing Bowl that I keep looking for.

If I don't find the white mixing bowl on Saturday at a good price, I am going to bite the bullet and go back to Heartland Antiques and buy the one they have. It is a little more than I want to pay, but baking time is coming up and I want this bowl for my Thanksgiving and Christmas baking. 

Other items I would like to look for is the little Federal Glass Pitcher.

And these Hazel Atlas Mugs.

That is my wish list for this weekend. 

Tuesday's Treasures

I had a few things to show you from the weekend. I have been looking for some little assorted cats to scatter throughout the house in different settings of my decor. So far, I haven't found any. But I was at a yard sale Saturday and she had a whole bag of cat figurines for just $1.00 total. So I bought them. 

A few were a little rough looking and I may not sue them.

I need to wash and clean them, but this little guy is going beside one of my ceramic pumpkins in the living room. 

I'm going to put this couple on a little shelf in the kids room. I think the girls would get a kick out of it. 

This set of 3 little kittens with a fish was really cute. Not sure where they will end up. 

This was a little vintage platter I picked up for .25 cents. I'm not sure if I will keep it. What looked like dirt must be some kind of embedded grease because it won't come clean and the old sticker on it won't come off. It is vintage from a company called Warwick and the date on it is 1935. So it is old. I'll see if I can get something that will clean it. 

But the thing that thrilled me the most was that my daughter-in-law gave me this carrier case for a baking dish. 

And check it out....IT'S PYREX! I have a non-Pyrex baking dish that fits it perfectly.

Now, I'm going to be on the lookout for a Pyrex baking dish to go with the carrier so I can take something in it to the next church pot luck dinner. They have them in solid colors. 

And some in patterns. I love the snowflake pattern because I have an oval casserole dish in this. 

And they have them in the clear with lids. 

All in all I got some great treasures to add to my collections. 

Some bewitching humor.....

I love Halloween. The fun memories of childhood. The costumes. The candy. The walks around town saying trick or treat to friends and neighbors. Me and my sister were usually gypsy's or housewives every year. We wore Mom's dresses and Mason jar lids for earrings. But I always wanted to be a witch. I don't know why but Halloween Witches bring out the giggles in me. Here are some cute and funny things I found on the internet with witches. 

This is a cute necklace. 

(Artsy Diva Designs)

But this one was my favorite. 

(Gifts Galore)

A cute sign. 

(Shabby Sign Shop)

This is precious. 

(AE Designs)

A cute little button. 

(Freshly Brewed Designs)

Here are some funny cartoons that caught my fancy. 

But my favorite of all and the one that makes me laugh everytime I look at it. 

That just cracks me up. Think I might have to watch Hocus-Pocus tonight.

My almighty God

I shared this video a few weeks ago. But I feel the need to share it again this morning.

I depend on my God to pull me through every storm that comes my way. But I also depend on Him when He supplies me with the limitless blessings that He brings my way. 

He is definitely my joy, my peace, my comfort and I will never tire of  His love, His grace or His mercy.

A yard sale and some smiles...

I ran out yesterday morning to go to what was labeled as an estate sale in my paper. My mind immediately went to vintage mode. Talk about disappointing. The "estate" sale was in a local subdivision and they had about 4 tables of stuff for sale. Out of everything for sale, there was one or two old plates that they had priced at $7.00. And they weren't even pretty or unique. But there was another sale in the same subdivision that was not advertised. So I popped in there and found these goodies. 

This little pot. I need to get some cleaner to see if I can restore it to a better condition, but I like it no matter how it turns out. 

She also had a set of Christmas mugs which I bought for my upcoming Christmas Wish List party. There were three of them in the original box that she bought them in. One was missing but I bought the set of three in the box for $1.00. Once I got them home and got to looking at the box, it turns out they are by a famous artist, Betty Whiteaker, and were a limited edition in 1999 for JC Penny and United Way. I found one of them for sale on E-bay for $14.99 for one cup. I love when I find something that ends up having some value. 

I picked up this little Christmas cloth. I am not sure if it is a scarf or a bread cloth, but I will find a use for it. I decorate a little 4 foot tree for my office every Christmas, I may cut a slit in this and use it as a tree skirt. The size is perfect. 

This little candy dish was so cute that I just couldn't pass it up. (Yes, sister dear, it is going in your box because I know how much you love snowmen.)

One really good thing came from my stop at that sale. She told me to come back the next day because the whole community was having a yard sale that day and there were going to be tons of participants in it. So I guess you know where I am heading out to this morning. And the good part is it is only about 2 - 3 miles from my house. 

But the highlight of my day came when it was time to take my grandson Colby birthday shopping. He just turned 2 on Monday. We had a blast. He had a new haircut and he looks even more adorable if that is possible. 

I took him to the car aisle and I would show him tons of different things and he kept going back to the "race race" boxes of Hot Wheels cars. I would show him a bunch of other stuff like race tracks and remote controls and he would shake his head no and clutch his race cars and say "race".  The child is a future NASCAR driver I do believe.  

If he doesn't race, he will be a ball player. If he doesn't have a couple of cars in his hand then he usually has a ball glove on it. He is so adorable because he would rather watch baseball or racing than cartoons. As a matter of fact, when I picked him up, he was watching a ballgame on one of the sports channels. But the funniest part of the day was when we stopped at Burger King to share an ice cream cone (we had been to McDonald's earlier for nuggets and fries.) Burger King had the TV on and Colby could see it from where he was sitting so he pointed to it and said "Baseball". As we had our ice cream, his little eyes were glued to the screen. Then, his little eyes rounded, his little mouth opened and    I heard "Uh-oh. Foul ball." The child definitely has star quality in some field of sports. He can usually be seen in his ball cap. I had to bribe him to get it off for the pictures in the buggy. But as soon as I took those, the hat went back on. 

Lady Face Vases

This past summer I saw a few planters at yard sales that were the vintage ladies heads flower vases. I started to get them but didn't. I don't know why when I see something I like, I don't just go ahead and get it. Now I am seeing these lovely ladies everywhere and wish now I had gotten the ones I saw. Here are some of my favorites from Ebay. They ranged in price from .99 cents to $3900.00.

I love the bow around her neck. 

Love the pearls.

Here is one with flowers in it. Gorgeous. 

Classic 50's with red lips and red nails. 

Very elegant. 

Adorable with the little poodle. 

Love the lavender hat. 

Simply gorgeous. 

It looks like she has pigtails with pink bows. 

But this one was my absolute favorite because for some reason it reminded me of I Love Lucy.

I may have to see if there are any yard sales going on today. I'm taking the day off to go do some running with hubby. Then I'm going to pick up my grandson Colby to take him birthday shopping and out to eat. Have a great weekend. 

Things that made me go WOW

I have a love/hate relationship with Craig's List. I love it because you can find some super cool bargains. I hate it because the closest city on my Craig's List is Knoxville area and that is a huge area. Everything I seem to find on yard sales with good "stuff" is too far away to go to.  But it is fun to window shop. Here are some things that caught my eye today. 

Some crocks.

This set of Home Interior pictures. I always wanted a set of these for my twins room when they were little, but never found them.  

What an awesome find. The entire set of the wheat dishes. Perfect for a fall table. 

And a matching wheat crock and wheat glasses. I finally found me one of the wheat glasses that I wanted so bad. Drank my Pepsi from it every day for about a month or two then cracked it in the dishwasher. I was so upset. So I'm looking for another one. 

I don't have a clue what this is and it is in rough shape, but wow would it be something fun to fix up and restore and to find something unique to use it for. 

An estate sale in a town too far for me to drive to, but look at the potential for good finds. I would grab up that little chair with the brocade fabric back and the little side table with the white knobs.  

This was advertised along with a note that said she had 'a storage building full of antique and vintage items.' I need to check this out. I see a lot of stoneware, milk glass and what looks like white mixing bowls. 

Bet there are some awesome recipes in here. 

I blogged about the gray Grecian leaf pattern of Pyrex restaurant dishes a few weeks ago. I had never seen them before and now everywhere I look, they have them in a multitude of colors. These turquoise ones are pretty.

I had never heard of the orange butterprint pattern until recently. They say it is rare. I see the blue a lot, but not the orange. A full set...of a rare pattern...I bet it is expensive.

This one just makes me sick. It is over 2 hours away and is an estate yard sale today. This was just one of the many tables they posted pictures of. They had tables of milk glass, depression glass, vintage Christmas and this table. If you look half way back, you will see Pyrex fridgies....tons and tons of Pyrex fridgies. I would go nuts to get to be there today. 

And here is a little laugh for the day. 

Have a great day.