HOOTY HOO!!

Me & the meemaw, Haze, went junkin' earlier this week and I found these lil fellas - $1.75 for the pair.

I have been searching for some smaller "creatures" that I like - deer, owls, etc. that I could spray paint white to go with my winter mantel, so I was supa excited to find these shugpies.

I just sprayed about three coats, and let em dry outside for several hours, then they were dry enough to bring in.

Easy and cheap.

You know how I luh dat!

And I love how they look on the mantel!

What treasures have you found lately?
Happy thrifting, shugs!

wolfpack 6-pack

on saturday, i went junkin with the sis-in-law. i was really good, because even though i see all this crap and my head is overflowin with ideas of how gorgeous it would be stripped, and repainted and put in a huge entryway, i don't have a place to put any of it.

but - 

i did find these!

clearly, i love the stizzle, and so anything pack makes me excited.

and - random - hubs and i were born in 1983, and got married on the same day that the stizzle won this tournament. (no, we didn't plan the wedding around that, but i still enjoy that lil tidbit.)

red soda?

i see these types of things all the time - with the drink still in em. thirty year old soft drink.

mmmmmm.

as you can see below, the ingredients were limited.

whattup, cheraw? whooooop!

after reading those names, i thought, cozell. what a baller name. cozell mcqueen? even better. would be a great name for a dog. a bigger dog, like a lab. get him an nc stizzle dog jerzey with COZELL in huge letters.

 i say word.

and just look at that stache.

i <3 junkin.

whoop! whoop!

Need some vintage kitchen goodies?

Then you should holla at Becky, who has a gold mine of kitchen fabulosity in the Commercial Building at the Raleigh Fleamarket.

Look at these salt and pepper shakers ...

CorningWare and Pyrex heaven ...

Bright, colorful, vintage glasses, canisters, utensils and gadgets!

Rolling pins ...

Cookie cutters!

Makes me wanna put on an apron and some lipstick.

Leave a comment below if you'd like more information on how to find Ms. Becky.

PS - Dear PACK - I am SOOOOOOOOO PROUD OF Y'ALL! Way to believe and fight through. Makes my heart smile.

Beggars & Choosers

If vintage magic makes you feel like you have glitter in your veins, and you live anywhere near Pittsboro, NC, then you need to know about this:

Just take a look ...

Holy Monkey. If it hadn'ta been time for them to close up shop about 30 minutes after I arrived, then who knows what sort of damage could've been done. 

Anj, you were lucky this time.

*Give the store a call to check for hours before making the trip.

Love - for only $4

 I have decided - I don't have to explain myself.

My obsession doesn't hurt anyone.

I tell my husband all the time, he should be glad I'm not compulsively ordering overly-priced $h!t trendy "Omg, I'm lusting after this $700-fill-in-the-blank" online, inspired by someone's OOTD. Sorry, did that sound snarky?

Movin on ...

How precious is this? I saw it and loved it. 

Y'all know I love just about anything vintage -bonus if it's feminine but not pink.

and I love red with white and blue with white - this was a little bit of it all ...

I love the pearl buttons ...

and the ric rac ...

You may be thinkin, What in the world is she gonna do with that thang?

Well - don't worry your pretty little head - I have a response prepared - I have to be prepared because my dear sweet husband always wonders that very same thing (although he doesn't actually ask anymore because he knows I will light into him about my love affair for magical junk finds).

I will display it in my kitchen (yes - my very own real kitchen) - and, thanks to Boegerlicious, I think I will frame it. I have a thing for vintage fabrics but I don't actually want to use them for fear of messing them up and making them look less magical.

So yep - I am happy.

And for only $4!

What a Fabtabulous Weekend!

Well, friends, remember yesterday, I was sayin how I went to the Most Magical Place on Earth aka The Raleighwood Flea Market? Well, I went all by maself, and got some super tasty treasures. Before I unveil, I wanted to show you how I finally did some work on this baby from this post wayyyy back:

I am a sucker for "state" stuff, especially my home state (NC represent!) or a souvie from a state I visit, hence my TX schwag.

Anyhooz, me and the bro decided to sand this beast down because I don't like shiny natural wood color = gross. I want it to be REDDDD and then a little distressed lookin. 

Bro gettin the pegs out.

Yes - I did do some work. With sand paper. Because bro thought it would be funny to watch me sand for 45 mins. before showin me the ELECTRIC sander. Thanks. xo

Sanding remnants:

After an hour of sandin WITH the electric sander. Sheww!!

REDDDD.

More on that in another post.

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Yesterday's flea market magiiiiiic: 


I love drawers. (Hehe.) Anything with compartments, sections that hold trinkets.

THIS gizmo was a RETRO hair dryer. Bought this for ma meemaw, Hazel, who used to be a beautician herself, yes indeedy - and she loves junkin as much as I do. I think that's where I get it from because NOBODY else in my family gives a flip about a flea market.

Here is Hazel Sue now ...

Totally obsessed with blue Ball jars too - but still fighting the urge to buy some because I know they will hopefully not be too hard to find at any given time.

I may or may not have purchased that rocking horse because I have a weird addiction to vintage toys. Nope, no kids. Nope, none on the way. Just love the toys. Thanks for asking.

I'm a sucker for quilts no matter how many I have - but I didn't buy this one.
Herrrre, piggy, piggy!!

How fun would these be in a lake or beach house? Or, in any old house ... I think your house should feel like a haven - where you're surrounded by things and people that make you smile and feel snuggly inside.

Chicken crate, anyone? Would be fun hangin on a wall, filled with purdy stuff. My meemaw used to have one of these hangin on her wall, too. Her house looks like a museum. I should do a blog post about that one day ...

I was so drawn to this. It's a 1951 highway map of NC (no highway 40!) ... I thought the hubs might like it too (as much as he could like any of my "junk" that I bring home). I couldn't resist it.

I pretended to be taking a pic of the chandeliers, but really I just wanted to capture a glimpse of the magical shug pie vendors at the Raleigh Flea Market.

Super cool for a kid's room or for a collector.

I also might've accidentally purchased this awesome old spinning top and this 1949 Playskool Parking Garage. Whoops. Don't tell Anj.

Also bought this precious vintage apron. Had a couple stains, but I plan to cut it up and use it for fabric for other creations.

 These next few are pics from the inside of the flea market ... I don't really love the inside, it's mostly new stuff, but I do ADORE this booth.

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My Sunday started off magically, because my sweet Mama made me (and everyone else, I guess ;) ) some of these:

Then, off I went to Hope Community Church - the most magical, non-stuffy, everybody's welcome, preacher ain't fake church on earth. If you live in Wake Co. and you're lookin for a church. Get on this Hope train!

How fabulous is a church that plays Nickelback songs (If Today Was Your Last Day) and performs on a stage look like somethin from Austin City Limits?

What a fab stage prop! "Unpacking Hope"

And, I get to wear my red boots and it is TOTALLY OKAY!

Check out the Welcome Message from Pastor Mike :)


After my I-feel-awesome-I'm-so-glad-I-went-to-church experience, I hit up this deliciousness from Wendy's:

1/2 lb. cheeseburger and fries not healthy, you say? Well, at least the beef is comin wit da freshness. ;)

and no, I didn't "cheat" on my no-gluten diet! I took the buns off!

Umm, Yummy!

Oh, I almost forgot, my girl Lauren from TX sent me this pic in a text this mornin ... from her September issue of Southern Living ...

Tried to find a better pic online, but failed. Anyhoo, clearly girlfriend on the left knows that red boots - precisely like my TX purchase/aka my church-goin shoes -  are where it's at. Please believe I WILL be sportin my new loves to the NC Stizzle games!

Now ... I HAVE to clean up the tornado that came through here.

Until next time,

B