Trash & Treasure Monday

My friend Victoria at Confessions of a New/Old Home Owner has started hosting Trash & Treasure Monday and I thought I would join in on the fun! I stop in at the local Goodwill at least once every two weeks (or more if I can get away with it!) but this week I decided to hit a few antique stores. I was looking for a bookshelf for my son's room and I found everything but the bookshelf! Here are just a few of my treasures.

Matt and I got a much needed day to ourselves and decided to drive to North Carolina to a Antique Mall I had seen on Craigslist. They have wonderful things but I'm a savvy shopper and I not only want a treasure, I want a bargain! This store was reasonable but I know if I'm keep looking I can find what I want at a great price.

Matt found these pictures for the kitchen.


I finally found a small table that would fit between my swing and the wall (for my morning coffee). It matches the sun I have hanging on the wall!


I got this lovely birdcage from Victoria's Etsy shop and wanted something to put in it. I had a nest but it wasn't exactly right so I got this little figurine in NC. Matt said it wasn't right either!


Here's a close up, Momma bird feeding her chick.


I picked out this cute little pair of kittens at a road side yard sale.

NAPCO Goodwill find.

White wicker shelf for the bathroom.

A school desk for Marty's room, the best price of the week $24! It's in perfect condition, I almost tripped over Marty trying to buy it.

I had a nice week and got almost 2 full days of "kid free" time. This doesn't happen often so when the opportunity presents itself - I'm all over it! Marty only has 3 more days of school. I'm looking forward to being able to wake up without an alarm clock but really I always dread summer break! We'll get through, we always do, but it's hard to fill up 3 months with fun filled activities.

Happy Memorial Day from The Eykamp Haus!

Kathy

Cottage Charm Giveaway

I said I would announce the winner of my Cottage Charm Giveaway at Midnight tonight. I have to tell you I'm too sleepy to stay up until then, so I'm going to announce the winner now. I would like to thank all of you who entered, I'm very happy to have some new friends. Now on to my winner.......

Congratulation to Vintage Gran!!!

I would also like to thank the ladies at Paperwhyte who graciously donated such wonderful items. If you are ever in Portsmouth please look them up, it is a truly wonderful store!

I've had a big day (antiquing in North Carolina) so I'm going upstairs to get some much needed rest.

Have a great Memorial Day Weekend!!!!

Kathy

It's good to have friends....

I should have known to ask one of my best friends about the glass piece I was questioning on my last post. I have know Peg for 15 years, she has been in the antique business for more than that (but I won't post how long because I love her!). She's one of those people who know just about everything regarding antiques. I emailed her a picture of my find and asked her what it is, here is what she told me:

You have a good eye- you have a master salt- used at the table to fill individual salts. It would have had a small silver spoon with it. Remind me when you come out- I'll give you one. I date it around 1900.

Yea, I love a good find. Even if I don't know what it is at the time!

Kathy

p.s. School is almost out.... time to start meditating

A Conundrum!

I picked this up today, I think it's a Salt Cellar but I'm not sure. I would be grateful if you could help me, any suggestions?

Mother's Day and the end of school.....

I am a little behind on posting but I have been really busy (in fact I should be cleaning the bathtub right now!). Sunday was Mother's Day and we decided to go to the Gosport Art Festival in Portsmouth. It's an annual event and one I really enjoy. The weather was perfect so we ended up staying there for the majority of the day.

I was surprised Sunday morning by my two kids yelling "Happy Mother's Day!" and waking me out of a dead sleep. I got breakfast in bed, I'm not sure who invented this tradition but let me tell you; I would prefer to brush my teeth before I eat soggy cereal and cold coffee. It was a sweet notion and Marty didn't cut off a finger slicing my strawberries so I made a big deal out of it and now we all have a sweet memory of the day.

The kids really liked this exhibit

I love this picture


Stained Glass


Our local hang out, Baron's Pub


Marty explaining to Louisa how you blow glass. The guy was really nice, Marty would not let him say a word!


One of my Mother's Day gifts purchased at the Art Show


Next week is the last week of Preschool and I'm really looking forward to the break. It's been very hard this year dropping Louisa off at 9 and picking her back up at noon. Although it will make me sad for her to go to Kindergarten next year I am looking forward to having more time. Hopefully I will be able to get back to some of the projects around here!

The bathtub is calling,
Kathy

My very first Giveaway!

I'm so very, very excited (I can hardly contain it!). My two favorite blogs (Confessions Of A New/Old Home Owner and Fairfield House) introduced me to The Twice Remembered Cottage 4th annual Giveaway! Since I am fairly new to Blogland this is all uncharted territory but I will try to give you all the rules (let me know if I forget anything).

First I guess you want to know what I'm giving away. Well, let me say I have some wonderful friends that own Paperwhyte; a stationery store in Historic Downtown Portsmouth, VA (my hometown!). So I'm going to give away some of the wonderful items they carry in their store. They are as follows:

• 2 packages of Beverage Napkins from Hot! Plate
• Stationery from Caspari
• Book plates from Zoomerang
• Bridge Tallies from Caspari
• A beautiful tea towel from Anali (I was tempted to keep this myself!)
• A Writing Kit from thomaspaul
• The Thanksgiving Ceremony by Edward Bleier

Now on with the rules.....

• I will ship in the Continental US and Canada only
• You must leave a comment for me (include an email address or your blog information)
• You will get a bonus entry if you Follow my Blog (please leave a separate comment!)
• The contest runs from May 1st to May 29th 2010
• A winner will be randomly selected and posted at midnight on the 29th
  

If you would like to enter in all of the give aways please click on the button at the top right or paste this address into your browser.

http://twiceremembered.blogspot.com/2010/05/4th-annual-cottage-charm-giveaway-event.html

Good Luck (did I say I was excited???)

Kathy