Sunday, May 31, 2009

Bargains and a couple of layouts!

Good evening! This weekend for us was about 10 degrees cooler than last week. Last week our pool got up to 80 degrees and still felt a bit chilly, today it's only 70!! BRrrrrrrrrrr
i hope your weekend has been everything you wanted it to be!! ;)
i see that you are back to see more bargains! YAY!! :) Then we'll get right to it!
i found this crystal, 2piece egg for just TWO dollars!
two dollar crystal 2pc egg
this anklet/bracelet was only a dollar! not sure if you can see it around my big ankel or not!
dollar anklet
These FUN things, we think may be for snow but have NOT a CLUE! lol we bought them for the pool for just a buck each!
dollar each
i also found some raw apache tears but i am NOT sure yet what those brown square rocks are! YAYY! i get to do research!! hehe :)
raw apache tears
This little lot is the first of a FIVE dollar lot! :) they are a cute necklace, an owl pendant (without a chain) and another COOL rock with a pewter animal glued to it. i think the rock is pyrite or fool's gold! ;)
1st of five dollar lot
and the other thing that was in this FIVE dollar lot is this AWESOME glass duck! it's filled with tiny rock pieces and has NO way to get them out, no kind of plug or anything! i think this is just too CUTE! But then, i AM a rock NUT! hehe :D
2nd of five dollar lot
This little Halloween bear (wearing his ghost costume) was on a table marked free! :)
free
to finish out the day, we stopped at this one vendor that we have been buying from every week that he and his wife are there. this week, we bought a few of these AWESOME magnifier stands for just 50 cents a piece!!
each magnifier stand fifty cents
And before we left his area, i saw this teapot and was almost afraid to ask what he wanted for it. Turns out, they were only asking THREE dollars!!! LOL WOOHOO!!
3.00 copper/ceramic teapot
And JUST before we walked away, he hands me this little musical girl and says, "this is a gift from us to you, for being so nice!" i was FLOORED! :)
gift
i haven't heard the tune she plays all the way thru but she sure makes some PRETTY notes! heehee
yea, she doesn't work too well but i still LOVE It! she looks like she might be from the 50's but i really am not sure! not that it matters at all! :)
That's all for now, since DH hasn't yet uploaded the pictures from the camera! hehe
So i will leave you with two layouts i recently did! :)
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Credits
template by Gloria Val Verde
Manuela Zimmermann from following add-ons:
Boys World
Timber Garden
Celebrate Spring
Listen To Your Heart
wordart by Melanie’s Digital Creations
And
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Credits
Layered Template (TT#32) Designed by Gloria Val Verde
Papers & elements used from Get Fresh & Friendship Collection-Tania & Sabrina by Bel Vidotti
fonts are CoventryGarden, Fabian & Heavy Heap
i really LOVE when i get to play with the AWESOME kits and designs that we get from those WONDERFUL designers!!
Thank you so much for sharing this time! i look forward to it each day! HUGS! Have a SUPER evening! :)

5 comments:

Unknown said...

All of your finds are great. I love your layouts, they are beautiful. You have the best swapmeets near you.

Karen

Olde Dame Penniwig said...

Of course I am crazy over the layout featuring the kitty! Anything with a cat and I am glued to it!!! And the other template is lovely! That flower is the PERFECT touch up on the left. It looks like that beautiful French ribbon.

You sure got some bargains. The little musical girl looks like one of those German figurines. I can't figure out how the rocks got into the glass duck, it must have been made and then sealed with more glass!

GOODY you can bring your new teapot to our virtual teaparty!!!

Census said...

More terrific bargains and beautiful layouts...what more could we ask for!! Great job on both.

Bargain Decorating with Laurie said...

Oh that little musical girl for free! How nice. She is precious. the rock filled duck is so unique, and I love that tea kettle on the stand! Your layouts rock! Now that should be the best compliment for a rock collector. I've had a busy couple of weeks and haven't done as much blog visiting as I'd like. I've got to start visting from the bottom of my blog list, since so many times I just make it to about the middle of my list. laurie

Being Mrs Miles said...

Hi Shirley,

Holey smokes, you got some amazing items. The little musical doll looks VERY intriguing indeed!

I love the layout of your cat - they turn from sweet little kittens into snobby old cats just too fast, right? Its sometimes hard to believe that sweet little thing grows into a big 'ol lapcat!
haha!

I'll be back to visit!

Love, Barb