Favorite Psalms and Garden Flowers

 

Those who look to Him are radiant, their faces are never covered with shame.

Psalm 34:5

 

The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him, and He delivers them.

Psalm 34:7

 

The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles.  The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.  A righteous man may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all

Psalm 34: 17-19

Seek Peace and pursue it.

Psalm 34:14b

 

He who dwells in the shadow of the almighty, dwells in the presence of the Most High.

Psalm 91:1 

My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from Him.  He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress, I will never be shaken.

Psalm 62: 1,2

Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!  Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; and give me life in your ways.

Psalm 119:36-37

It's June!

It's June and the yard sales are plentiful...and thrifts have a few things too for us thrifty vintage lovers!

 

Found this cute canister for only $5 at a little antique store.

 

A little Vera always brightens my day.  Found at a senior center shop for $2

 

I went to my first church rummage sale of the season.  I LOVE church sales.  So much vintage for so little cash!  I got this Daisy Citrus Pyrex casserole for $2.  I already have this (it's my favorite Pyrex pattern) so I sold this one.

 

Darling old grinder $1

 

A book to sell $1

 

Gonna sell these 1950's figurines from Japan at Christmas time ($1)

 

This was my favorite find of the sale.  Unused and in the original gift box.  Ekk!  $1

 

Found this cute woodsie tray for $3 at a small thrift

 

I literally went RUNNING to grab this at Goodwill for $5.99. (Apparently the more realistic pricers were on duty...some Pyrex has been $12 or more)  I have never seen Friendship Pyrex in the thrifts.  I love this pattern and only have one other piece with it.

 

Oh my.  I got some other coffee cans at a yard sale last month, and then found these at the little thrift near my daughter's school $3.50 each.  I'm really liking the vintage graphics.

 

I stumbled on the calendar plate at Goodwill for $2.  It's from 1911 and has the name of a local grocery on it.

 

 

I need to do a little more research, I'm intrigued.  Apparently lots of shops gave these away to customers.  I can't believe it survived for over 100 years.  I respect that!

 

The cans are all on top of the fridge.

 

A little display in the kitchen with my new Pyrex Friendship

 

And some white in the window sill with some garden flowers.

 

Enjoy the beauty of this season and the bounty of vintage treasures!

 

Time for Outdoor Eating!

Our family loves to eat outside in the summer.  I've thrifted some inexpensive, (and of course), vintage items to make eating outside colorful, easy and more fun!  Here are some ideas and finds you can use/look for too!

 

I found this vintage Tupperware condiment holder at a thrift last year.  I love it!  I fill it with mayo, mustard and ketchup and keep it in the fridge so it's ready to go.

 

 

I made room on a convenient pantry shelf for all the "supplies"



 

Gotta have a 1970's Tupperware pitcher!  I see these all the time for a few bucks at the thrifts.



 

I found this caddy, along with a matching tray at the Target end of season clearance a few years back.  It's very convenient for silverware, napkins, and I put the salt and pepper in there too.

 

I'll bet they get these again at Michael's.  I got them in the dollar section on clearance for .25 each.  They are tin or something and are great!

 





 

I've collected these over the year at yard sales and thrifts.  I have a huge set of the same colored ones that I found all over the place.

 

I just found this "semi-vintage" ice bucket at Value Village for $4. 





 



 

Ahhh....my favorite!  I got this 1960's carafe and cups for outside tea (gotta have my tea) at a yard sale for $2

 

 

I put away most of the glass cups to make room for the plastic.  Vintage Tupperware stackables are from a yard sale, The other cups (Green and patterned) are from Target and were cheap!



 

I love a good fire in the fire pit.  Gotta have S'mores for that!  I found this cute basket at a yard sale for $1.  I use it for all the S'more stuff.  The Hershey tin (.69 at Goodwill) holds the chocolate bars of course, and the vintage Thermos sandwich container holds the marshmallows.  I keep it all ready to go. 

 

These tins are always at the thrifts, so they are easy to find and cheap!

 

I keep this tote with several fleece blankets close at hand.  I use the cheap ones that you don't mind getting ember burns on.  It makes it easy to grab blankets, and you can stuff alot in a tote.  You can find these blankets cheap at Ross or the thrifts.

 

Happy Summer Eating!

 

 

Memorial Day Weekend Yard Sales....Yipee!

Oh my, just when I thought there were no yard sales to be found.  I ventured out into the farm areas around where I lived and found two fantastic sales!  Then I went through town and found something amazing at "Carol and Nancy's Sale".  I need to do a blog article on those two, they are fabulous.  Time to start selling...I'm out of $$ to make yard saling and thrifting "free" and that IS my goal.




At the first sale I found this adorable cake carrier.  It was dull and dirty, but with alittle Bon Ami, it's shiny and beautiful.  The acorns make it perfect for Autumn.  I LOVE the wood acorn handle on top!  $4

 

The next sale was waaaaaay out.  I almost turned back but I'm so glad I didn't.  I got out of the car and this adorable 4 year old boy comes up and asks, "Do you want any of this stuff, lady?"  He ended up being quite the salesman.  His grandma was a dear lady, selling some of her mother's things.  These two coffee cans were in the bunch...my first.  LOVE THEM!

Coca Cola mini-tray

I lived up to my nickname (Thermos Girl) among those vintage thrifter enthusiasts today.  I started to hyperventilate when I saw this really old Thermos...so unique!

Then, I about passed out at this sight.  At first I thought someone stuck a cork in it....then I saw the faint "Thermos" on the cork.  It's a very early Thermos bottle!  It's also perfect to complete my Patriotic display that I just finished today!

 

The dear lady was so excited that I was excited.  She took me into the house to show me her collection of extremely old glass bottles.  She was so sweet.  On the way out the door I offered $8 for the whole lot, and she said yes!  They little boy in good salesman form said, "Can I have that, Grandma?"

 

 

 

On the way home I saw the signs in town for Carol and Nancy's reoccurring sale.  These dear older ladies used to own an antique shop and now liquidate their garages on a regular bases for a great deal!  I couldn't pass up this 1940's French Arcoroc brand refrigerator dish for $6.  So cool!

 

Enjoy your holiday!

A Little of This and A Little of That

Did a little thrifting this week.  I found a couple of treasures to make it worth my while!  Yard sales?  Not so much.  My hubby is on vacation and we looked high and low today.  Only a couple of duds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I found these two 1964, and 1965 Betty Crocker books at Goodwill.  I love the photography of vintage things and the illustrations!

Found this Pyrex Pink Gooseberry fridgie at a small thrift that has been jacking up the prices on vintage.  Surprisingly,it was prices low and then on sale.  I paid only $2.40

Another vintage red, white and blue item for my July 4th display!  Can't wait.

I've been wanting this "Holiday" thermos (my favorite kind) since Erica at www.pyrexthriftersisters.blogspot.com
posted hers.  I found it!  It was at a different small, local thrift.  It was priced a bit high at $4.50 but it's hard to pass up a Holiday Thermos!



My first blooms popped out this week.  I put them in my collection of milk glass bud vases along with fresh mint.  There's just something about different textured milk glass vases all lined up.  I love it!

Enjoy the holiday weekend!
Stacey