My trip to Goodwill....

Hi Everyone!  This past weekend my mom and I went to the "city" and our first stop was Goodwill.  It had been about a year since I'd been to Goodwill (I don't get to the "city" very often and we don't have one here).  They had about 10 frames that I would have loved to have gotten but they were charging $24.99 for the ones I wanted and that's way out of my budget!  I also found an Ironstone chamber pot....but it's a chamber pot....I just couldn't imagine having it in my home.  But I did get some great items.

 This basket is really well made and has some pastel colored stripes running through it.  I think the whole thing needs a coat of dark stain.  Does anyone know what this type of basket is called?

 I got this great sleigh.  I saw this sitting on a display above the clothes racks and immediately knew I had to get it.  I can just see this all done up for Christmas in my Studio.

 I just the love the details on it.

 I did get a few frames despite the high prices.  I loved the detail of the wood on this square frame....

 ....And this really long frame....

...and this frame...I even liked the picture in it...but I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it.  So that was my trip to Goodwill.  I think I got some great items.  What have you gotten from Goodwill lately?  Thanks for stopping by.

More recent finds...

Hi Everyone.  I thought I'd show you a couple of things I picked up this past weekend.  The junk store in a town not far from where I live reopened this past weekend and this is what I picked up...

 ...I spent $6.25 for all of it....

 ...I got these three wooden frames for $0.75 each....

...I got this larger frame for $2.00...

....and I got this stool for $2.00.  One of the legs needs to be reattached, but it's nothing I can't fix.  And I like the turned legs.  So it was a great little shopping trip.  Thanks for stopping by.

A visit from the free stuff fairy...

Hi Everyone!  I just couldn't wait to show you....what the free stuff fairy (otherwise known as my aunt Barb) brought me today.  I ran home on my lunch half hour to meet my aunt and uncle and help them unload the van.  And I quickly took a couple of pictures so I could share them with you!

 Look at all those headboards and foot boards.  

Can't you just see all the benches I'm going to make?  I can.

 Look at this beauty.  It's old and it has the little casters on it.  Oh how I wish I had the matching foot board.

Look at that cream one in the background.  It's lovely too.

There were 16 pieces in this stack of headboards and foot boards.

Three headboard/foot board matching combos.

Two matching twin headboards.

Five headboards.

And one lone foot board.

And they will all be put to good use.

I also got a box of old books.  A box with wooden frames and an old Christmas tree.  A cooler with vintage jars and German bottles (my uncle is German).  And a box with a variety of nick-knacks.

My free stuff fairy is wonderful.  I wish you all had a free stuff fairy too.  

But don't even think about asking for mine.  

I can share lots of things with you but I just can't share my aunt too.  

Thanks Aunt Barb for all the wonderful goodies you delivered to the farm today!

I can't wait to get home tonight and photograph these wonderful headboards and foot boards.  And then get them stored away with the rest of my stash until I am able to work on them.  Thanks for stopping by!