I'm looking forward to stopping at my favorite antique store this weekend when I go up north to my cabin. If you remember from my last trip, I was very excited with my find of a vintage case full of buttons.
My husband and I had picked up several other items as well and I am happy to say that I've been able to make use of one of the items. We don't always know what we are going to do with the items that we find, we just know that they look cool and should be incorporated into home decor in some way.
I found a use for the hose nozzles! It was pretty simply and I even got to use some beads. I made some fun photo holders:
This week I'm hoping to find a lot more items to work with. This particular store has a lot of odds and ends that I don't normally see in antique shops so I'm keeping my fingers crossed!
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Friday, April 15, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Vintage Case & Buttons - Great Find Of The Weekend
One of my husband and my favorite things to do is to browse antique stores for hidden treasures. Since our son did not go up to our cabin with us this past weekend, we were free as little birds to browse at our leisure.
Most of the stores we go into are priced pretty high so we always leave saying that we have to find estate sales to get what we are looking for.
Well, on our way home we hit a treasure of a shop. Of course we're not always after the real valuable items, we go for more of an eye on decor. We were able to pick up an old fishing rod box/case, some wall hooks, a broken paddle (like I said - not always valuable stuff!), an old window frame and some faucet nozzles. Other than the fishing rod box, these will all be refurbished into other decor items. We were quite excited.
But then, hidden under a table, was a great find for me and my craft room!
A vintage case perfect for storage..........but wait......
It was full of old buttons! I love to use buttons in my craft projects and the more unique they are the better. I felt like a kid in a candy shop. Not only did I have a cool storage box but I had contents that I could use.
I can't wait to surf through and get inspired for another project!
Most of the stores we go into are priced pretty high so we always leave saying that we have to find estate sales to get what we are looking for.
Well, on our way home we hit a treasure of a shop. Of course we're not always after the real valuable items, we go for more of an eye on decor. We were able to pick up an old fishing rod box/case, some wall hooks, a broken paddle (like I said - not always valuable stuff!), an old window frame and some faucet nozzles. Other than the fishing rod box, these will all be refurbished into other decor items. We were quite excited.
But then, hidden under a table, was a great find for me and my craft room!
A vintage case perfect for storage..........but wait......
It was full of old buttons! I love to use buttons in my craft projects and the more unique they are the better. I felt like a kid in a candy shop. Not only did I have a cool storage box but I had contents that I could use.
I can't wait to surf through and get inspired for another project!
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