Copy Cat Challenge

Copy Cat...ummm....can I do it...do I have time...ummmmm????
After all I'm just returning from a fabulous vacay!  I have sooooo much laundry!  (That's it!  Made up my mind...Laundry will just wait!!)
But really, if I keep it simple...make it cute...I think I can...I think I can...okay I'll give it a shot!!

http://www.bhg.com/halloween/outdoor-decorations/spooky-home-decorations/

Using strips of paper these pretty pumpkins can be put together in minutes! (And laundry will get finished...the hubby will still have clean shorts, ummm, clothes to wear!)

First, cut one-inch strips of paper.  Form the strips into the circle shape as shown and secure both top and bottom with brads. Hot glue a wine cork for the stem. Finally add a green felt leaf and curled black pipe cleaners.

Sounds good...I can do this...

Recently, I was surfing blogland and found the sweetest decorations for Halloween that didn't use the traditional colors of orange and black. (Sorry, I can't remember the blog's name...I know cardinal sin #1...my bad!) It looked so great!

Any whooooo...I loved the new use of the colors! So classy, so simple, so stylist...

I wanted to make this challenge stylist and sleek! Maybe black and white or brown and blues...

Okay, now to get busy...ummmm...no classy paper stiff enough to form the circles...no brads...no green felt...no black pipe cleaners...ummmm...what to do, what to do?? Don't want to go to the store!  

Ummmm...LIGHT BULB!!  Blink, Blink!!
I'll use the gift bags that I'm recycling!

Digging some more in the gift stash...these bows will work!

I have wine corks!

No brads?  Glue and thumb tacks will work...or maybe paper clips...

Here's my take on the magazine copy cat challenge...

These festive colors definitely look great on the porch!

I'm happy with the outcome! And hubby is happy that the laundry is finished!! haha!!

Linking with Debbie for this magazine copy cat challenge.  Go visit and have some fun!
http://debbie-debbiedoos.blogspot.com/2011/10/magazine-copy-cat-challenge-ready-set.html

Have a Blessed Day!! And see ya down the junkin' road!!

Jan

Joining in the party over at...

Nifty-Westmoreland Glass

What can I say? I'm truly my aunt's niece and the apple did not fall too far from the tree!!
She loved glass! American made glass! I grew up knowing names such as depression glass, Fostoria, Cambridge, Candlewick, Fenton, Milk glass, Westmoreland, to name just a few!

On a recent road trip my friend and me stopped at an antique mall just to look...with no must-haves on the list!  As we were oohing and ahhhing over different items...

(Now I must admit I have an obsession a mild fondness for pink glass! I stayed at this showcase a loooooong time!! Just sayin'... )

Then "what to my 'wandering' eyes should appear..."  around the corner... could it be...walkin' closer... holdin' my breath...

MILK GLASS!!  A lovely punch bowl with stand and punch cups! This where you should see my 'happy' dance!!

Hoping beyond hope that it is Westmoreland milk glass I ventured closer.

Westmoreland was founded by two brothers in Pennsylvania in 1889. In its heyday the company was in the mix of American glass manufacturing creating many styles and colors.  Later one brother sold out to the other and milk glass became the bread and butter of sales. Paneled grape was one of the most popular. Unfortunately by 1984 the company was sold and closed for good to become a storage unit. STORAGE PLACE, seriously, really...
Now I must get on my soapbox for a moment...it hurts me to see so much of our American artistry, creativeness, and ingenuity gone just gone...   
okay back to my story...

It was marked by the seller Westmoreland...14 pieces..missing a ladle...ahhh pretty!!

Unfortunately the punch set did not go home with me...  :(     But it helped to renew my interest and search for great American made glass!!

Have a Blessed Day!! And see ya down the junkin' road!!

Jan


Go say hello to Linda at Coastal Charm and check out her birthday giveaway. Tell her I sent you over for a visit!





Partying with:

Dirt Cheap Thrifty Shopping

Let me tell you a story, a true story of where the junkin's road has taken my friend and me this time...

As all of you know I love to travel!  
("That's an understatement!", says my friend. "Just mention GO and you are ready to start the car!")
Anyway, I travel, period! And when I find new places (especially if I find some GOOD junk)  then I get excited and want to share my "finds!"
Soooo, as my friend and me were leaving one of the thrifts in good old T'town (that's Tuscaloosa, AL) I spied this...

That's right a brand new store, located on Skyland Blvd., with lots of good parking!

The stores, Dirt Cheap, came from an idea to empty the shelves of parent store, Treasure Hunt, in their warehouse location, Lumberton, MS.  Needless to say it was a huge success and 25 years later Treasure Hunt/Dirt Cheap is still going strong!  The company is the largest buyer of insurance claims in the United States. They have also added other distressed situations, such as...manufacturer and retailer buybacks, closeouts, bankruptcies, overstocks, liquidations, customer returns and out of season goods.  Now granted some of these items are damaged goods.  However, all good junkers know the thrill is in the hunt!  If you are willing to dig then treasures can be found for CHEAP!!

My friend introduced me to Dirt Cheap when the hubby and I were visiting in Louisiana (remember I love to travel!!)  Everyone in the group came home with wonderful treasures from that trip!!
Then, I found Dirt Cheap in Cottondale (outside of Tuscaloosa) and bought many things.  But today was the first time to visit this new store!

You never know what merchandise is available! And in all stores like this if you see it, want it, then you better buy it because it probably won't be there the next time you go!
I just couldn't resist this cupcake tower...

Cute, RED, perfect shape, and CHEAP, $2.00. Hey, what can I say?!!

Most of you will remember the terrible outbreak of tornadoes that literally tore through Alabama, April 27, 2011. The Tuscaloosa area was hit hard.  So that being said, I don't know if this store is especially catering to the rebuilding phase or if this store plans to carry huge supplies of building materials. And there were lots and lots of building supplies...

For all those tools...notice windows, flooring, rugs

See sign...70 percent off.. (priced marked)

Boxes and boxes of tiles...

$1.79 per square foot...

So much available to rebuild homes that were destroyed...


Overstocks of books...80 percent off

End of season...

Closeouts...leather footstool

The store carries linens, clothing, toys, schools supplies and the list goes on and on...

My friend and me are already planning the next trip to T'town and making extra time to spend in Dirt Cheap! What about you? Have you found some great, cheap places to shop?

Have a Blessed Day!! And see ya down the junkin' road!!

Jan

Partying with DebbieDoos...









 Nifty Thrifty at Coastal Charm

And I want to thank Debbie for blabbing about me and southern junkin' in my post,  On the Road to Bon Secour