~Olde Glory, Pillow Tucks, & Thrift Shop Finds~

Well…I wasn’t planning on going out today, but my sister called me and it changed my plans for the day.  I wondered why she was calling me so early today…I picked up the phone and had no sooner said “hello”, when I heard her say “Our bathtub just fell through the floor!”

To make a long story short…my sister and her husband are renting a small older bungalow while they are house hunter for a home to purchase. It turns out that there has been a water leak around the bathtub that no one knew about and it finally rotted out the floor underneath it. Luckily my sister was able to get out as soon as it started to fall…she said tub had gone down about an inch as she was jumping out of it, but it went down about 16 inches total. Needless to say, she needed to come use own bathroom. Her hubby stayed at home to wait for the landlord to come to see what needed to be done to get this mess fixed. So after she got cleaned up here, we decided to go to JoAnn Fabrics, the GW, and out to lunch…and let the guys deal with their bathroom mess.

 I picked up this fabric at JoAnn Fabrics. There are 4 flags in the panel…not sure yet what I’m going to make with them, but I just loved the look of this fabric. Maybe I’ll make some pillows for me and some for gifts.

I usually go to the GW on Friday afternoons or evenings as I found that those times are really good…because they are stocking the shelves full getting ready for the weekend. Well, guess what… Monday late morning is another good time to go because they are restocking the shelves from the weekend. I just love what I found there today!!

 I got this shelf box for $1.99…not sure yet if I going to paint & distress it or just rubbed some gel strain on it to bring the wood out a bit.

 And my favorite find today for $1.89…an old copper bed warmer. Not sure if this is going to hang by the fireplace or in the bedroom.

For my 1 year blogiversary and my 100th post…I gave away 2 sets of pillow tucks. One of the winners was Cheryl from Ohio, who does not have a blog…and I had ask her if she would send me a picture that I could share here on my blog so that we could see where she put them…

 …and I just love how she displayed them!! I also love how her old sewing drawer is painted!! Not to mention…that I love everything we get a little peak of in this picture!!  I guess by now that Cheryl knows I love it all!!  Thank you, my new found friend, for sharing this with all of us.

Until next time….    blessings, Cindy

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