Flea Market Finds

Yayy for Flea Markets!!!!

Today my boyfriend and I ventured to a local monthly flea market here in South Florida (ok, I kind of dragged him there, but he liked it more than he wants to admit!) As far as flea markets go this was a pretty good one with an eclectic mix of old and new with everything from...

Jewelry...

to Books...

to Glassware...

to Collectibles...

to an entire booth dedicated to Salt and Pepper Shakers :)

(And yes those captions were ombre, thanks for noticing!!)

So, with so much to choose from its safe to say that deciding what to take home was a challenge, but I like a good challenge!! After about an hour and a half of winding up and down the rows, and after losing my bf about 5 times (it was so crowded!!) I walked out with a few cool trinkets that only set me back $6! (and that was without any haggling!) Check out my finds:

1.

I love old bottles! This is a really cool old glue bottle that is marked on top with the manufacturer, "KWIK STIK" and two patent dates: DEC.21.15 and JUL.15.19! Aka this bottle is from 1919!
Cost: $1

2.

This is a vintage advertisement for Cream Separators!! I love that I have no idea what I cream separator is, but according to the man who sold it to me as far as old advertisements go, cream separator ads are the "cream of the crop" (no pun intended of course!)
Cost: $1

3. 

I don't have too much info on this one besides the obvious, that it's an old (probably hand-colored) litho of a women at a writing desk. It was just so pretty I couldn't pass it up!
Cost: $1

4.  

This is probably my favorite find of the day! It's a cast iron, hand-painted toy soldier. I have another old iron toy soldier I got at a previous flea market, so it looks like I am starting a collection!
Cost: $2

5. 

Last but not least, is this cute novelty ring! It's not old or valuable but cute, so why not :)
Cost: $1

The last thing I got at this flea market was an advertisement for another flea market next weekend! I think I might be going that one solo, my bf might be flea marketed out for awhile! :) 

So until next time!!

Thanks for stopping by, 

-Liz :)

Here's a Magnet, There's a Magnet, Everywhere's a Magnet!!

Hey!!

This post is all about, you guessed it, magnets!! This is such a simple idea, that you will never buy decorative magnets again!!

All you need is magnet backs like these adhesive magnet circles from Aleene's:

These are great for easily making magnets, they are super adhesive and don't need any extra glue to hold tight. They also come in stripes and rectangular sheets for custom shapes!

And any trinkets or odds and ends you find at thrift stores, antique stores, on sale at big box stores, or just lying around your own house! 

So just peel and stick your magnets to the back of your object and voila!

Check out what I used:

I used large wine corks from old wine barrels, old liquer bottle caps (from an antique store), and the metal western themed magnets were once button covers that I found at a thrift store :)

This adorable elephant magnet is one of about 12 old cracker jack prizes that I got for about $2 off of etsy! 

So start digging through those junk drawers and find some tiny treasures worthy of magnet status to personalize your fridge!

-Liz :)

Camground Antiquing!!

Hey!

The road trip continues as we make our way back east from South Dakota up through Minnesota. Still about 150 miles from our stop over point tonight outside of Minneapolis! So with nothing but time and open road ahead of me I thought now is as good a time as any to blog!

Last night we stayed in the quaint (tiny!) town of Salem, SD at the only campground in town called Camp America (a great place to stay if you find yourself passing through Salem, SD, and im not just saying that because its the only one!). This morning my mom and I ventured over to the camp office in search of bottled water and snacks and to our surprise we walked right into an antique shop! It turns out the two women who own the campground are also antiquers and their campground office doubles as their shop! Quite a good shop at that, while small it is jam packed with a wide assortment of items from industrial to vintage pictures and art glass! And great prices! Here are some of the things I picked up:

First is an old children's coloring book with gorgeous lithographs of young girls with small animals like bunnies and ducklings!

Next is a set of vintage colored dominoes

The next picture shows a vintage wind up alarm clock by the lux clock company (I have been looking for one of these!) And a round tin tray with a white flower design 

The last picture is of an old fold out yardstick (possible pic frame?), a domed glass reflector (still thinking of uses for this) and two old Kodak tin film canisters (I'm thinking salt and pepper shakers!) 

-Liz :)