Plaque Find

Friday and Saturday THGGM and I went to so many thrift/antique shops that I cannot even remember where I picked this up.

But I LOVE it.

So much so that I've spent a good part of this morning trying to get a great picture of it.

I'll just have to settle for 'okay'.

The Perfect Trifecta

Look! I found another one of these cute Emilie Barnes books.

I had the one about manners and the tea party book for quite awhile, so you can imagine my excitement finding another!

And for ten cents. Wow. Ten cents.

Tommy Hilfiger Shirt

Found a very nice Tommy Hilfiger shirt for Jonge.

And, a cute little crib quilt for the babies.

It also came with a bumper, but I think I just may alter that into something else. Or, maybe next winter I will start a new trend in scarves!

Just for Fun

One of my favorite places to find small toys for the grand kids is the 50 cent baggie rack at my local thrift store. I have loaded up on plastic animals of all kinds, big and small dinosaurs, tiny dolls, and interesting characters over the years.

Last week I found a few more additions to the Winnie the Pooh collection.

Kado had them all set out on Monday and they just looked like they were having so much fun! Even inviting friends of a different persuasion to the party.

Rubber Type Printing Kit

Twice in my lifetime I have paid to have a rubber stamp made of my address.

Twice I have had to move shortly after.

So you can imagine my reluctance to buy another address stamp.

But look at this! Why, I can freely move from place to place and just swap out the address. How handy is this?

So I now have an address stamp. Although THGGM was quick to point out that we rarely send out anything that requires a stamped return address anymore, but WHATEVER.

I also made one that says "Judy made this!"

Although I'm not exactly sure why.

music Music MUSIC

I also spent this dime on myself. Call me a spend thrift if you will, but this one was worth the dime.

Surprisingly, I could just sit down and play it too.

Now, if I could just get THGGM to sing along.

"Oh, we ain't got a barrel of money..."

But I DID have a dime. One thin one.

My Collection Grows!

Saturday was beautiful, especially for the very last day of winter. So THGGM and I took a ride to one of our favorite antique malls, between Holland and Grand Haven.

All I found was another one of these little houses. Since I don't carry around a picture of the ones I already have, I was happy to come home and discover that it is one I don't have.

And at a new-to-us thrift store I found the small windmill tile. For a quarter. I found a bunch of other things, but the weather is murky today and not at all conducive to taking pictures indoors.