My friend opK and I headed out to the Inver Grove city-wide garage sales last Friday and I found a nice little pile of goodies. It always boggles the mind what some people will take the time to set out for a garage sale. Things like previously worn bras, or stained Tupperware. I also saw lots of the things that I sent to Goodwill as part of my Swedish Death Cleaning , like cut glass serving bowls and such. But luckily there were 66 sales to choose from in a semi-concentrated area, so we were able to quickly move on from the stained Tupperware sales as opK likes to call them and continue looking for gems amid the rubble.
I plan to add a stencil to it for Christmas. Is that weird? This one has already been painted and I think the patina on that existing paint job is pretty sweet. The price was right on this watering can … or is it technically an oil can? Either way, I plan to dress this one up and will likely hang onto it for the next Carriage House sale.
I found some fantastic vintage ornaments at one of the last sales we visited. I have replaced the broken ones with others from my stash, cleaned up the boxes and then nestled the ornaments in some Tim Holtz tissue paper. I plan to sell these at the shop this holiday season unless someone wants to snatch them up sooner.
It took the last of my cash to buy them, but I think they were worth it. I very rarely find these toppers anymore, even at antique stores. Which find would have been your favorite? Leave a comment and let me know. First up I purchased this pair of kid-sized wooden schoolhouse chairs from Amy.
Finally, I grabbed a few different cupboard doors to turn into signs including this one. I wanted to keep the crackle, but clean things up a bit.
