Out of Summer Hibernation

Well it sure has been awhile, hasn't it?!  It's amazing how time flies...my last post was in mid-April!  The daily arrival of the school bus has changed things around here quite a bit, and now that I've got a pretty good schedule going again, I'm trying to work blogging back into my routine. 

I've been working on some new things, and I have a new page started up!  It's called Material Girl, and its for my little sewing biz.  I'm teaching classes at my local Hobby Lobby and making and selling some great items...you can see them on my new page (when I get them up), and I'll probably be posting them here also. 
 
Look, it's me!  

I'm also hoping to get into another store and teach there, as I can do quite a different variety of projects outside of Hobby Lobby's 'use our stuff' requirements.  Don't get me wrong, both formats are fine.  I have a zillion sewing projects that use the items that HL sells, but I've also got a bunch of green/reuse/recycle sewing projects that would require things they don't carry, I am really excited about trying them out, too.  I will definitely be posting those here and on my Adventures In Greenness Facebook page.


This past weekend our family got to go 'up north' with our BFFs...that's Best Families Forever, fyi...and hit an auction and quite a few estate/rummage sales.  I picked up a whole big box of milk glass items for $20 (almost 30 pieces!), a McCoy cookie jar, an awesome flame red/orange Fire King tilted ball pitcher, a flower frog, a very old pair of glasses, and a print of good old honest Abe. My friend acquired a projector screen...one of those metal ones that the teacher had to bring out and set up when we were in grade school...it has the stand right on it...you'd know it if you saw it...for A DOLLAR.  My friend's mom got another McCoy piece, a cute mule-pulling-a-cart mini-planter, a covered silver dish with spoon notch, and a couple other great items.  The garage at this house was so packed full of goodies, and there was another whole box full of pressed glass items that I know was feeling neglected, among so many other boxes that were just begging to be explored. 

As we were leaving we saw that there was also A BARN!!! that we didn't even realize was part of the sale (I know, right?!) so we tried to go back to the estate sale the next day, but unfortunately it was over.  You know the nightmare where you're running and running and your legs are dead weights and whatever you're running towards is getting further and further away?  That's how I've been dreaming of that barn. 

And speaking of junk, check out this beauty I curb-shopped from down the street...

This kind of stuff makes me happy.









Next post:  The Dissection of a Box of Milk Glass.  Have an awesome day!!