New Ideas. Painted and Distress Mason Jars

 I have been busy working on some new items for my new ETSY SHOP!  I love the look of the painted and distress mason jars.  They are perfect for every occasion.  I have been trying out tons of colors.   Unfortunately, most stores that sell the paint I use do not sell CORAL!  I am all about the color coral right now.  It is slowly becoming my favorite color.  Anyway...I was researching online trying to find coral paint.  I only found a few websites that sell it and they were double sometimes even triple the price of the other colors that I can buy in the store locally.  I finally found a website that had a coral color and it could even be shipped and picked up at a local hardware store!  Moral to the story...CORAL JARS COMING SOON!  These jars are a taste of some of the colors I will be offering. 

I have also been testing out some new scents and colors for my Ball Mason Jar CANDLES.  I have gained a new appreciation for handmade ETSY sellers over the past few months!  Its not joke, it takes a lot of time to hand make and craft items!  I have been perfecting these candles for months now, and I still have many scents and colors to test!  Maybe I am just too much of a perfectionist...

NEW SCENTS COMING SOON TO BALL JAR CANDLES:

EUCALYPTUS AND THYME
VANILLA BEAN
CRANBERRY SALSA
BLISSFUL BLUEBERRY
PUMPKIN PIE SPICE
LILAC

I have tons more scents to test...just not enough time in the day.  I also have exciting news...I am starting up an antique booth at THE DOWNTOWN MARKET in Asheville, NC!!  I will be setting it up on Sunnday...pictures coming soon!! 

Vintage Pyrex Wooden Blocks

 This week I finished painting there cute wooden black to go with my Pyrex collection! Love how the turned out!  Also, notice my new hot pick candle in the back.

Vintage Ball Jar Candles

It has been a clod winter here in SC, so I have not been to the flea markets very much!  I have how ever been using my down time to work on a new project.  I have created these vintage ball jar candles.  I have spent weeks perfecting them and I just opened my new ETSY SHOP!  I hope people love them as much as I do!  More styles and colors to come soon!

Vintage Camper-Flea Market

Saw this cute vintage trailer at the flea market last week!

My Dream Car...

I always say I am going to drop out of life, buy a vintage VW van and become a professional protester...  Well...I will at the very least have the van one day.

It will be teal, of course! 

And when I am driving it, I will pretend I am these people in the vintage advertisement.  :-)


On the same, but oh so different note.  I found this cute Lego Van on Pinterest.

 
Too bad it's 162 bucks on Amazon!  $162 for LEGOS?!  That is why I wish I lived in the time of the advertisement above! 

Vintage Rubbermaid Turquoise Laundry Basket

 I found this awesome Rubbermaid turquoise laundry basket this morning at an estate sale for 2 bucks! 

 

 It's so tiny!

 

I was so thrilled to spot it.  It was filled with a ton of jar rings that they were trying to sell in the basket.  I went over to the guy and asked if I could buy just the laundry basket.  I swear sometimes at estate sales these folks think I'm crazy.   We settled on 2 bucks and I went on my way thrilled!  I can totally understand how most people do not understand or share my enthusiasm on finding these things, and I am most definitely okay with that!  I think I will be using it in my turquoise/red kitchen for dirty kitchen towels!  :-) 

Turquoise Metal Wheat Dish- Pyrex

Let me just say...When I saw this dish at a yard sale today...I was more than excited.  Then I asked the price and could hardly contain myself.  TWO DOLLARS!  I recently saw one selling for around $70 on Ebay.   I love a good deal! :-) Sorry for the bad cell phone picture, I will post more later!  Now time to make room on the shelf!