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Topic: what are you hoping to find this year?

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Started 2 years ago by AnnOfGreenoak
Latest reply from Betsyofsisterstreasures

AnnOfGreenoak
Member

when you are out buying what would be fun to find? for your projects or your booth?
i have a big list...but cant get out likei need to...
ann
www.magpiecottage.blogspot.com

Posted 2 years ago #
primstop
Member

I'm with you Ann... my list is long time and money are short! BIG SIGH!!! I have on my list to visit you this summer... hopefully we can pull it off!
Laurie :)

Posted 2 years ago #
DPumm
Member

I have a long list too. I have had a lot of health troubles and have not been to a auction or open air flea market for about a year and a half so I am more then ready to go shoping this spring. I will be looking for things to turn into birdhouses or decorate birdhouses, old granite pans for planters, chairs, spindles, old bottles, glass beads, cutter quilts and chennile bed spreads and always stuff to paint on. Oh and new ideas of stuff to make so I can add more to my list :^). Diana

Posted 2 years ago #
Prior
Member

Every year my sister and I look for things to "junktify" the Christmas Tea, we decorate for...we look and plan all year,lol. We are looking for vintage toys, anything rusty (we can add bling, too, or make into a cloche) For the house, we're looking for pretty soft linens and cool ways to display things and outdoor garden stuff! Good luck hunting this spring Diana, hope you stay healthy!
Lezlee

Posted 2 years ago #
LuAnn
Member

I don't have anything in mind yet. I just love to go look and see what strikes my fancy but garden items/art are always on my list. Getting nicer here so GS should start soon--hurray!

LuAnn

Posted 2 years ago #
jillruth
Member

Items a.k.a. junk for my tank garden and something for the path...lots of old brick would really, really be awesome! I'm going to pick up some free doors and a couple of bedframes someone is gifting on freecycle on Sun. They should work great in the garden.

Posted 2 years ago #
Meadowview Farm
Member

I am in search of "vintage garden" and "vintage farm"...have my big spring Barn Sale on May 14 & 15 --- getting ready to begin staging our 100 year old hayloft. The fun begins!!!
Kari
www.meadowviewfarmwi.blogspot.com

Posted 2 years ago #
junxtaposition
Member

i'm looking for oh so many things...i have a new (old) house to decorate....and gardens to design ...whoo hoo...i cant wait to hit the fleas !!!

right now i'm looking for an old kitchen sink and having no luck...i may have to buy new...argh !!! perish the thought !

Posted 2 years ago #
copperhead
Member

Right now I'm feeling like I've got it all... except a camera that talks to my computer...

I've been working on getting rid of stuff - I've been following everyone's info on ETSY and hoping to maybe sell some of my cool vintage stuff from there. DIL claims she will help with that but I'm not holding my breath...

I'll answer the question "What are you hoping to find?" in a few weeks. We have somewhere around a week left for someone to redeem the house we won in the tax sale last year (March 26, 2010) then we can APPLY for the deed. Then when we get the deed we can 'possess' that house. It could be a diamond in the rough or it could be a real disaster. We have only been inside it for a couple minutes. Did I mention it was dirt cheap? It comes with about a half acre+- It is right next door to the ugly little cottage (which we own) & it has almost an acre of yard - all fenced - some good fence some not so. Our garden is behind the ugly little cottage. We will be fixing up the tax house for us to live in. I would love to fix up the ugly little cottage for sewing studio/classes - but it is a low priority for a while. Maybe do something like the Sweat Shop Cafe in Paris - junktique/flea market style. I've been putting a LOT of thought into that for some time. We are reserving any resources for the other house though and both are very low budget. There are some original old metal kitchen cabinets in the tax house. BIL has offered to paint them with his car painting equipment - we don't know if the drawers will work or how much damage there is. Any idea how to get them working? The cabinets are rather dingy white right now - aqua - pink - white??? The houses are from the 1950s. I'm sure that tax house will be FULL of surprises.

I would love to blog what we do with those houses. I'm looking to buy an inexpensive camera. Any suggestions.

Posted 2 years ago #
AnnOfGreenoak
Member

thats wonderful copper.... find that camera!
i blog with horrible camera skills.... just do it... at a yardsale or at walmart...
ann
www.magpiecottage.blogspot.com

Posted 2 years ago #
Marge
Member

Wow, Copper, what an adventure!! I hope you will share it with us as you go.

Posted 2 years ago #
lovecrafting
Member

Hoping to find some barn wood to build furniture. Seems it sells for outrageous prices here which makes no sense since there are old falling down barns everywhere. Any kind of architectural salvage as that is my passion.

Posted 2 years ago #
AnnOfGreenoak
Member

my list would be a big estate sale on a farm with tons of buckets, wood boxes, nice old tubs and pails and maybe a dismantled porch and lots of suprises.......and everything from the attic drug out into the light...maybe they had an eccentric pack rat in the family long ago who piled up all ther goodies in a shed on the place.....
.. i really l need lots of neat cheap stuff and some real good stuff too..
or a good picker who could get out and buy easier than i can seem to.....
ann
www.greenoakantiques.com

Posted 2 years ago #
copperhead
Member

That is everybody's wish Ann. LOL

Posted 2 years ago #
gigi
Member

i'd love to get my hands on an old card catalog cabinet used in a library or an old singer display case with the little drawers used in a store.
hey....i gotta dream BIG!!! :)

2 yrs ago, i actually had the chance to bid on the singer showcase...but it was going for more than cheap-o me wanted to part with!! plus, it was in need of repair, big time!!

Posted 2 years ago #
copperhead
Member

I have a 19 inch wide, 31 inch tall, 6 inch deep hand made drawer unit.
The 40 smaller drawers are 2 3/4inch X 4 3/4 inside. There are two bigger drawers across the bottom. This is made of plywood. It is painted blue. The old wooden spools for knobs are painted white. It is pretty heavy. Is there a way to get pictures off a cell phone on to the computer?

Posted 2 years ago #
dianeinthevalley
Member

Would love to find a couple of wood filing cabinets.

Posted 2 years ago #
DPumm
Member

I agree with Ann! I went to a sale like that several years ago, it was a old farm house that had been in the same family for over 100 years. There was so much stuff they pulled out of the barns and sheds and had in piles everywhere. The auctioneer said look in the piles and lay out anything you want to bid on. I pretty much wanted it all :^). It was sad that no one from the family was keeping the house but great that they were selling the stuff. Our truck was so full that day my husband keep telling me if you buy anything else I'm going to have to leave you here. Diana

Posted 2 years ago #
Maggie
Member

Copper, Yes you can send your photos to your comp. Select the image that you want to send & email it to yourself. It's a little easier if you put your email in your contact list. Sorry, I'm not good at explaining things

Posted 2 years ago #
momlvcntrt
Member

since we all have the same type of stuff in mind we we be able to have a 'sale of the revolution' and post some of our things here so we can all get first chance or maybe mix and trade type of thin..........just wondering.i cant wait to have a yard sale going to see if i can have one at my daughters since the move not allowed to have one here at the apt.i have made a few jewerly things and want to post this evening. i want some honest feedback...........i promise i wont cry............lol

Posted 2 years ago #
Betsyofsisterstreasures
Member

Ann, in keeping with your question of what would be cool fun stuff to find for Projects/booths, I like so many of the things already mentioned. I am on a quest for cool old primitive country pieces like pie safes and cupboards, etc. (with reasonable prices being the operative words that are keeping me mainly dreaming instead of purchasing!)
I purchase any rusty, cool garden pieces when I find good deals on which can range from plant stands to garden furniture to funky things to go in a garden. I'd like to find some components to build some fun potting tables. I've seen yours on your store website and I've experienced drooling adoration for what you guys create! Love your work!
Finally, I'm always on the lookout for cool vintage jewelry especially enamel pins from the 50's to 70's. They are hot right now and go for some pretty amazing prices on Ebay now. Here in Texas we also sell "vintage" (i.e. old and worn) cowboy boots so I grab any size I find that's in decent condition and sell them quickly!

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