My Weekend Treasures

Or really, mostly Thursday and Friday's treasures since I never make it to an actual yard sale.
These are finds from clearance isles mainly.

I am joining Rhoda's weekly deals post for the first time. You can see all about her lovely taste in decor here. I stumbled upon her a few weeks ago, and have been watching her blog ever since. Great ideas can be found there!

Now, more about my treasures. (And sorry in advance for poor pictures. I was playing w/ my new lens, and obviously don't have the hang of it. I finally resorted to my other one...)
First up are these little lanterns I found at Big Lots for $6 each. They weren't on clearance but I've been looking for some for a while now and these were the cheapest I've seen. I love that store for some reason....crazy.

I found this platter at His House for $1. It's not real, of course but that is ok because I plan to paint the inside with chalk board paint and hang it in the kitchen. Hubby has already gotten wind that I will be writing love notes to do lists on it.
And another poor quality picture but hope you get the gist of it. Cute little red and gold frame found at TJMaxx for .............. .70!!

More TJ finds....

The letter 'A' wasn't on sale but I had to have it since I have an addiction to them and this one was in red.

The metal wall hanging was $3.

And there's the little frame again.

Here are my Target finds. I just LOVE when Target puts things on clearance and I go NUTS when I see those little red tags.

The long picture was $10.

And those little wall hangings were .......... $1.48 each! I got two different looking 'sets'.

The three on the bottom will go together (somewhere) since they are like pictures.

The beachy one (upper right) will likely go in Son's room and the other four will go together somewhere. Those four are scenes from old doors, which I just love, with a pop of worn red.

Love them!

Closer up on those little ones.

And here is my favorite find. Admittedly, it wasn't found this weekend, but had to include it since it was such a great find.

You won't believe it.

No, really, you won't.

It was free. Yes, I said FREE!

And it was found in Lake Murray

We are habitual 'trash-picker-uppers' when we are on the lake. One day, we came up on this and though it was drift wood--much to our surprise when we raised it out of the lake. I couldn't believe how good of a condition it was in! Of course my daughter promptly claimed it as 'MINE'.
That is fine--that was my first thought when finding it. I will probably paint it to go along w/ her new room decor (when we decide what that is).

Thanks for stopping in and feel free to leave a comment-I love hearing from everyone!

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A Giveaway from .....

.....this lady.

I LOVE giveaways and don't participate in nearly enough but this one caught my eye. Plus, I love her site. I have begun following several design/decorating blogs and have gotten alot of inspiration. Just wish I had time to do alot of projects around my house. *sigh*

Anyhoo--check out her giveaway here and sign up yourself. I would love to win--I LOVE LOVE LOVE that pillow!

It would look smashing here, in that red chair.

Enjoy!

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Show us where you live Friday-Room of choice

Kelly at Kelly's Korner is doing another session this Friday. I just love Friday's because of this and normally 'walk' away from these tours very inspired and normally spend my lunch hour rummaging through thrift stores instead of going to the gym. Terrible for the body, but good for the soul!
I don't have an additional room that we haven't covered or will cover so I am chosing to include a few pictures of my new tablescapes in my dining room and breakfast area. I got inspired by some folks and decided a change was in order so here we go.....
If you will recall, my dining room was the same, but the tablescape was different. You can see the old set up here.
I fell in love with white/creme colored plates recently and I stumbled upon some at TJ Maxx that were on clearance. Hubby thought I had lost my mind when I came in w/ all those plates. You can see a close up later. And I found the candelabra on clearance also at TJs ($7 and candles were on sale at Hobby Lobby for .25 each!)
Another view. I have another runner that is black and white but didn't change it out because I wasn't sure how it would look and didn't feel like moving the candelabra because I had just gottent he candles somewhat straight. I really don't like the gold now. But, both runners were $7 at TJ's too)

Here are the plates I got. The larger one is technically a charger (b/c they had an inbetween size plate but I only got one those and plan to hang a collection of white plates on the wall). The smaller one is so cute. It technically wasn't from the same lines, but if you know me, you know I like mis-matched things!

A close up of the glasses. I LOVE these glasses. They were my grandmothers and as I was searching for a pretty glass to set out on the table, I spotted these in my china cabit. Perfect! I love shopping but when it's at my own house it's even better!

And this is a shot of my breakfast area. You can see the old set up here.

I haven't found the right dishes yet, but hope to find some 'rustic' type dishes (and hope mis-matched and in different colors) to put on here. Odd placemats huh? I found these at Ross on clearance for $2.59 for two. The 'wicker' bowl came from Hobby Lobby and was 66 % off, priced at $7.99. Now, what should I put in here?? Right now, is some random fruit I got the other day, but I would like to keep something in here but not sure what.

Hope you enjoyed my mini makeovers!

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My new 'do'.....

I know everyone that cks this blog will have seen a picture by now but had to share my new hair do w/ the blogging world!
This is a picture taken a few weeks ago, outside. You can see how dark my hair is and the highlights I got last year are pretty much gone. And it has grown so much that I keep/kept tucking that front part behind my ear.
And this is after my new do on Tuesday. I really wanted something different and I think I got it. This is a self portrait inside so the colors look out of whack but you get the jist. I went shorter, did major highlights and got a few bangs. LOVE it and LOVE the bangs (I was nervous about this part the most).

What do you think?
Surprisingly enough hubby likes it.
And most people say it makes me look younger....as if I needed to look any younger! (you'd be surprised to know how old I really am- if you don't already that is)




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This is the first time I have joined on Rhoda's Thrift Finds. I typically don't go to yard sales, although would like to and have held one before so do I qualify? Hope so.
And I don't go to yard sales because we are normally sleeping in. I take advantage of that sleep when our babies let us.


But, I did manage to go by Hobby Lobby at lunchtime and scored alot of clearance items. I just love power shopping at lunchtime or when I get to grab a solitude hour or so without said kids.
So, this isn't all I got (some were already in a 'tried space') but here we go:
*The little framed glass letters were on sale and $2.50 each. The 'G' is for daughters room and the 'A' is for me/us when I remodel a bathroom or kitchen.
*It's hard to see, but I got a red and gold tassle (it's large) for $5. Location yet to be determined
*The little black scroll looking square things are about 4x4 and have a mirrored back. I got them for $2 each and am thinking of hanging them at an angle and not squared (that's how they are wired)
*There is a burlap canvas wall hanging there. Has a black scroll design on it and I got it for $6. A little high but I know the perfect spot for it when I redo a room.
*Next, the little 'basket' that the A is in was $2 and looks kind of like rough bamboo and I plan to paint it a fun color that will go w/ daughter's room when we redo it (soon).
*My next piece is one of my favorite. It's the glass and 'black metal' little urn looking thing behind the 'A'. I am thinking of putting it in my bathroom w/ cotton balls or Qtips in it (or the new bathroom we're building). Score for $7.
*And for this picture, lastly, and you can't see them well....two little plates in the back. They are black and white and I got them for $2.50 each, on sale. One is square and one is round. I LOVE these.
Sorry didn't get a closer pic of things! Ignore the stack of junk in the background...I am already packing for the beach in a few weeks!
This is one of my favorite things I found today so it gets it's own picture. It was $10 and the most I paid for anything but I just fell in love for it! I rearranged some things in my kitchen and put it out immediately. I put hid some leftover Easter candy in here...shhhhhh...
Oh, and you can see my kitchen here. It's terrible but for now, it's ours. We do want to remodel it one day soon I hope.

I can only imagine the finds I would score if I DID go to yard sales!

Thanks for stopping in-feel free to give me your feedback!

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Show us where you live Friday...Bathrooms....aka trainwrecks here

So, for the most part I am not excited about showing you my bathrooms, BUT I have shown you every other room disaster of my home so here we go....

Thanks to Kelly's Korner for doing this every week. What, o what, will I do when it's over!?!?!
Anyway, off we go.........
I'm started with my worst bathroom. And, I will preface this by saying that all bathrooms are wallpapered and I dislike hate that. This bathroom is upstairs and is in between the babies' room and my step son's room. The babies have not used it yet as step son has claimed it mainly for him. But, once he is moved to our rennovation, I plan to clean really well and redo it.
The wallpaper is thin striped tan and off white


This is from inside out. Lovely fixtures huh? (you'll see this common element throughout...ugh)

Ok, now back downstairs where things are a tad less hidious. Just a tad.

Looking into the guest bathroom from the foyer. Again, wallpaper. Again, hidious fixtures. All gold tones. Can we say DATED!?!?

This is the same bathroom but from the opposite view. Very small but that's ok.



Ok, here is where you will say 'Ewwwww'. This is our Master Bath. While it had some good features, it has it's share of bad.
For starters, the G-G-Gold ...everything! I hate this shower but for now it will do. This view is looking into the bathroom from our bedroom. Love the roomy-ness? Us too! It's THE plus!

Here, I am standing in the bathroom, near the shower you saw above. Now, get this....the sink faucets are gold tones, and the light fixtures are silver...AND retro. NICE! (NOT). Can we say DATED!?! I did replace the cabinet hardware a few years ago b/c they were all gold and it drove me nuts..although I don't know why b/c as I type this, I realize my kitchen is gold too!!! Ugh.
That door opens to our walk in closet that I will spare you of. (my side is neat! :))
And this is Hubby's side of the sinks
This is my side. OOPS....I see I need to replace a light bulb. Making a mental note to do that! :)
What is that you said? Where do all these doors go?
Well, the one in the middle is the closet as I said before. The next one (from left to right) goes into our toilet 'room', and the last one is our linen closet IN the bathroom...LOVE this and LOVE all our room in here.

This is the tub area. I purposely didn't do a close up or brightly taken pics. It needs some TLC and the faucet is really bad here. This is where we bathe our kiddos so there is also toys and bath colors crayons spread around the area.
BUT, we love our tub or we did before kids.


Ok--that is it until next week! Any suggestions you have for me as to what to do WHEN we DO get to upgrade, let me know. Our plan is to redo or upgrade all of these...in time.
Thanks for looking and please leave a comment if you visit...thanks!


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A random post and small update on our Summer so far...

I, again, have been bad about posting. I really need to post more in order to record my kids' activities!

That said, the kids have continued to learn and grow.

Corbett has really been crawling all around. I know he was doing that the last time I updated, but he is a REAL mover!!!

He is also eating alot more baby food, which is a good thing. (sorry no pic of that...we're too busy trying to get him to eat to think about cameras.)

He is trying to form words now and I swear he said 'thank you' (or a form of it) the other day. He can wave bye-bye.

He loves to crawl/follow his sister and I can't wait until he is walking Lord help me and they start to play together. She tries to pick him up, take care of him, feed him, gets his paci. It's totally cute.

Isn't this a cute picture of my little man?

Gracie is just an explosion of words and sentences!

She comes up w/ the oddest things to say and do.

And she seems to be getting more of a Mama's Girl YAY! and at night, she wants me to 'sit!' right beside her on the couch while she watches Dora.

If you say 'ouch' or act like you don't feel well (which we rarely do, but I think it's a 'thing' with her) she will look at you all serious and say 'what happened? Got owie? Kiss it make better' and will kiss whatever is hurt, or your face.

She still doesn't like to wear hair bows and I am beside myself. I SO looked forward to dressing up a little girly girl and I think I've got a tom boy. I wonder where she got that from!? I mean, she does like dresses, but hates HATES her hair brushed.

This was from Sunday...she liked the outfit but ended up taking the bow out of her hair. This was the only picture I could get of it in...and yes, she's sitting on a cooler. Ahhhh MOTY award here.

She's replace the ever so cute 'tee-ta' (thank you) with 'thanks' (that's right, no Thank You-just 'thanks'), but hey at least she says it.

And I recently taught her to say her prayers at bedtime(yeah, we're late on this one). She is so cute doing it too. She'll fold her little hands and try to repeat after me, but she only says the last word of every sentence. :)

And she adores going on the boat! She'll even pick that over Dey Dey's house (my moms house).

We've spent almost every Saturday on the lake and that will probably continue until we head to the beach in July. We can't wait! Should be much more interesting w/ two mobile babies this year! Oh, and Gracie did finally get in her pool the other weekend...now, asks to put on her 'babing suit' and go 'swimmin'.

And here is a picture of my Hyndragea (favorite flower) and just so happens mine is doing well this year (every year really). The bush much bigger of course, but wanted to show you a glimpse.I got another one for Mother's day but it's still adapting to being planted but looks like it will do good also.


That's all for now..until Friday when we show our next rooms for Kelly's Korner.

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Show us where you live Friday-Home Office

It's time for Kelly's Show us Where You Live Friday, Home Office.

I'd like to first thank Kelly's Korner for doing this as I have gotten alot of great ideas and inspiration for my own home. Thanks Kelly!!

Off we go!

This will be short and sweet since I don't have an official home office. That is because they didn't build one in this house our many kids and few bedrooms.

But, here is where I do my blogging, EBaying, emailing, and very random photo editing.

*Notice Max nd Ruby is on the TV...it's a normal 'wind-down-the-day' thing.

Thanks for coming and sorry I didn't have more to show you. Maybe next week!?

R

In honor of my Hubby, recently named 'AC' on here and other places

So, you probably know my hubby's real name but recently he acquired the nickname 'AC'. It stands for Angelic C(first letter of his name). Some really close friends have reaffirmed to me that it is, in fact, angelic so I thought I would post about his 'awesome-ness', or just a few examples. :)

I just wanted to post to give kudos to AC and tell you what all he does for me/us:

• changes all diapers (for the most part) for both babies.


• changes clothes (morning and night) for both babies.

(are you dying yet?....just wait....)

• 'bath time' for both babies, every time. (I can count on one hand the baths I have done)


• Cooks meals, and most of the time cleans (It's usually my job to clean the dishes but he normally does it, in the end).


• Vaccuming. yes, he cleans. I do the bathrooms and laundry, but he vaccums and mops the floors. Oh, and he also does the cat box.


• Yard work. I never do yard work-scared of snakes (as we have them).

(I know, I know---the listing is going on and on)

• Puts the kids to bed at night.


• puts gas in my car (although he's relaxed on this one and I don't complain, afterall he's AC)


• lets me have internet time (email, Fbook, and blog) and he takes care of the household duties. For example, he is currently washing dishes didn't I say this was MY duty above~?!?!? while I blog b/c I said I needed to 'get something out'.


• and lastly........he gets a MOW (Medal Of Wifey) because if when I have a RantNRave, he calmly 'weathers' it and then asks, " what can I do to help you?".

Yes, he's a Saint, and yes, I love him DEARLY! And, NO!, you can't have him!

He's my AC...........for as long as he'll have me

Show us where you live Friday-Kids's Room/Nursery

Once again, it's time to show off the house. (Have I mentioned I love Fridays!?)

Kelly's Korner does these segments and I just love them!

I really get inspiration and although would love to change alot about my house, I think my DH (Dear Husband) would just croak! Can anyone relate?

I digress.

Off we go.....

And be warned...no fancy photography here and no clever shots. Just raw footage because, well...that is what it is. Raw messy

First, I will explain my set up. I have two rooms upstairs and three kids. Well, most of the time. My step son (SS) has a room and the TWO babies share a room (the smallest). For now. Remember DH is working on adding a bathroom in our FROG so SS can move up there. So, when you see their room you will see a really cramped situation mass chaos.

Here, you're looking into the babies' room from the hallway. Notice the pack 'n Play set up to the left. That's where my son sleeps, he's the youngest and I won't show a close up b/c he was IN it asleep when I took the pics! :)

Here, you can see the crib and two dressers, all painted black. The lampshades, which you can't see well, are a black and white gingham. The dressers both came from His House (thrift store) and we redid them and painted them. The crib was my crib. My mom saved 30-something ahem years for me to use. Believe it or not, it was in great shape so we redid it and painted that too. I hope to save it for my daughter as well. Ignore the Dora toy box with clothes piled on top! Ahhhhhhh

Here is the close up of the crib. Notice the two babies and 'Gabba Gabba' that are well placed together, sitting up. My daughter likes to play in her crib in the mornings while mommy and daddy get to sleep in

Here is the changing table with alot of junk on it. I have never used it as a changing table. But, here it is. I got it for $20 and did the same as the other furniture. Redid it and painted it black. This was actually the first nursery piece I got and painted....It got me thinking. Notice the picture in the back. Same as you saw in this post when we did kitchens, but it is my daughter.

This is the close up of her's.

Next, I take you to SS's room. Notice the railing that looks out over the den. This drives my mom nuts and is the reason she wanted us to move before Daughter was born. *sigh*

This is from the doorway.

This is to the left right inside. His room is actually the largest and my plan is to put Daughter up here. The small doors is a storage area. The piece the TV is on was my DH's grandmothers. Coffee table and sofa, His House.

View of the messy sofa and the bed. He used to have a skateboard hanging over the bed but just took it down this weekend because he said it kept falling off and hitting him in the head. And yes, for some strange reason I let him tape (horror!) posters in here. That won't be happening in the new room though (I knew we were going to redo this one).

And here is the view opposite the door. See how big it is. I do give him kudos because he keeps it pretty clean. :)

Now, I'm thinking of painting it spring green (will find an exact color on my Sherwin Williams color wheel) and I already have a chandelier to go in here. I'm excited, can ya tell!?

Whew, I'm glad we're done w/ that segment. I really don't like the rooms up there now. Too cramped. I can't fit the babies' clothes in the closet and drawers so they're just everyone and it's driving me bonkers. BONKERS, I say! I actually took a picture of the inside of their closet (they share one!) but decided not to show it for sheer embarassment!

My other rooms:

Kitchen

Den

Spare Room

Dining Room

Until next week...........