The Mystery Thrift Off

Hiya! I'm back.

Long winter, busy life, blah blah blah. I didn't even write about my last two foster dogs. You know something's up when I don't do that...and I will soon, but first I want to tell you about this contest I was recently involved in.

Lindsey over at BetterAfter put together a Thrift-Off. She gathered some things from Goodwill and sent them out to 12 readers and the task was to redesign the items. I was fortunate enough to be in the line up and I had a lot of fun with it.

I was very excited and curious when I received the package...

This is what I found inside -- 2 olive boats (I was told by an IG viewer that they are Crate and Barrel, no less):

Here are some in-process photos:

Today she revealed the first four creations. Check them out here. Lindsey goes into more detail of the hows and whys of her idea to do this. Then check back throughout the week as she reveals four more final pieces each day, then has voting on Thursday.

It's been a few weeks since this started and I was excited from the get-go. The anticipation is killing me. ;)

Vintage Eye Candy

Aren't these gorgeous?

Suzy from Georgia Peachez, you can thank her....



She hoards vintage ornaments and glues her fingers together just to get these babies out in time for the holiday. They sell quickly, so go shop now! You'll find some other fun creations for gift giving, too.

Amazing!

Yesterday I was reading The Pioneer Woman's blog, it's fun to read, she's got a great sense of humor, laughs at herself, she has a plethora of things you can check out and read about...she's a photographer, has a cookbook....how she fits everything into a day and take care of her family, too? beyond me.

That's not what I wanted to tell you, though. She's having a 3 camera give-away. 3 cameras! just because she wants to. BUT GET THIS -- she has 64 pages of 400 comments per page! You do the math....In other words, she has a SHIT LOAD of readers that want to win this camera!

Holy Crap (yes, so do I -- remember? I'm looking for a new one?) OK, let's say, some commenters linked over just because they heard about the give-away....what? maybe 20%? or probably less, I've noticed she does have a lot of followers...hey, just her romantic love story of how she got hooked up with her husband is enough to keep you reading. It's like a freakin' romance novel you'd pick up for summer reading and read it in two days because you keep wanting to know more! LOL .... and I don't read romance novels, I'm more of a non, fiction, research and facts kind of girl, and I got hooked!

Good thing for random number pickers, cuz that would be daaaays worth of writing out names!

The drawing is today, I believe...if you need a camera, too, hop on over there. What's funny is when I posted my comment, I went back in the comments section to find it because I wasn't sure it posted (I have that problem now and again) You know how you're usually the last on the list so it's right there? well, apparently about 1,000 other people were commenting within that 5 minute time frame and I had to go back 2 pages to find my comment! She ask that it be one post per blogger, but geez, how would she know? Of course, I couldn't cheat and I almost posted again because I couldn't find the original but I felt guilty about the possibility of commenting two times, so I spent 7 minutes looking for my comment. Like I have nothing better to do in my life...oh, how we get caught up with silly silly things.

Late for a tag sale

I've have just spent too much time checking out some new blogs. Here are a couple new favorites:

http://dottieangel.blogspot.com/

I'm very drawn to her style and energy and if you check out her flickr page you'll see a vintage Ford truck (love) and an Airstream Camper (love love love) -- found her via Pink Picket Fence

http://anelephantwithapen.wordpress.com/

I like the quirky sense of humor and simple illustrations.

Now, off to the tag sale and resisting traveling about 20 minutes to a Mid Century Estate Sale!