My Name is Kelly, and I'm a Thrift Store-Aholic...

Lately every time I pass a thrift store, I get this surge of adrenaline and feel the urge to stop and start prowling through all of their dusty treasures... It could be my new milk glass addiction, or my obessession with the lines of old furniture, or just my want and need to save money.  Whatever it is, I cannot pass a thrift store without going in!!!! Yesterday  I was on the way to pick up my son from my mothers, he had stayed overnight to help her with the mowing of her yard, weeding her flower garden, etc.  (he's such a good boy, 14 years old and loooves his Grandma).  Anywho I digress, I was on the way to my mom's house to pick up my son Devin and passed one of the many thrift stores on the way to her house and well the mission was to find an antique doily to go into my wall collage of doilies (I'll post about that later this week) but instead I found this

How could I pass this beauty up? and for $2 too.... can you say SOLD!

I didn't find any doilies so decided to take my milk glass vase/urn/goblet thingie and stop at the Goodwill that was also on the way.  They close at 6:00 PM on Sundays and it was now 5:20 PM so I had to walk the aisles fast!  No doilies to be had but I did find a wonderful glass trifle bowl for $2.99

I'd been eyeing one at Target for $12 but this one was better quality (super heavy) and $9 cheaper, Woohoo!!!!  I also came upon another little milk glass vase, this one just a little bud vase for $.39!!! Gotta be kidding me right?

I was super excited since I recently declared that I was going to start collecting milk glass and now here I have two new pieces for $2.39! Yay.  Well I guess thrifting is a pretty healthy habit, it's making my house lovely and I'm not spending large sums of money doing it.  Now if I could just find that vintage doily to complete my wall of framed doilies!  Thanks for reading:)

New Etsy Treasures!

I looove me some etsy and recently discovered that I had a serious love for milk glass and decided to start a collection.  I purchased this pedestal bowl from etsy seller Second Treasures last week and received it in the mail today and it's just what our refinished dining table needed! 

Here is a closer photo, please ignore my ugly grapes that are starting to turn brown..

I hope to start scouring the local thrift stores and antique malls to find more to fill up the china cabinet that I don't actually own yet!  I also purchased these beautiful crochet doilies from the same etsy seller

I plan on framing them and doing a wall collage something like this

(photo from http://www.craftynest.com/)

I will post photo's of that once I get it all together.  Thanks and if anyone out there that happens to read this particular post knows of some great places to get milk glass or has some great photo's on your own blog please let me know! I'd love to check it out, it's my newest obession:)  Thanks for reading.

Love,

Kelly

Liberty of London Love

I have been in an out of Target half a dozen times since they launched this line but didn't really take the time to look at the dinnerware until last night and oh boy was I surprised! very pleasantly!  I don't love melamine dishes but these were some really beatiful pieces and they would be great for summertime dinners when we actually do eat outside. 

I looove this floral ceramic canister, but then I love anything with a floral pattern!

These teapots are beautiful, even though I don't drink hot tea I though about purchasing them...crazy I know but seriously aren't they beautiful?

I couldn't stop looking at these online and seriously they look even better in person

This one I just love, probably because of all the different shades of purple and pink in the pattern.  I did purchase this one for my morning coffee because it makes me smile, and now I must go back and get the other 3 I saw on the shelf since they seem to be selling out everywhere in this pattern.  It is currently out of stock on Target's website.

I want to do another post about the Liberty of London for Target line after seeing the beautiful bedding they have in the line.  I seriously don't know where to start with that 1 but stay tuned for more... thanks so much for reading!

New Beginnings & Found My Furniture Style!

I just looked back at some of my older blog posts and though yuck! I hate some of the decor I had last year but oh well, we live and we learn:)  My husband Jerry and I found out the other day that we were approved for a home loan so we are on a mission to purchase our first home!  Yesterday we put an offer in on a wonderful townhouse  (that needs a little tlc) in an area we love and would be great for the kids but there were also 3 other offers so we are leaving it up to the man upstairs.   If we get it wonderful, if not we just keep looking... Over the course of the last few months I have finally come to discover what my decorating style is.  It's amazing what reading other peoples blogs and googling incessantly will help you to accomplish.  I have become attached to reading certain blogs and I look forward to checking them each day to see what these ladies are up to, Suzanne at Sunshine and Wine is beautiful, sincere and has amazing style!  Cassie from Primitive and Proper turns old furniture into beautiful pieces you WANT in your home, Meli from Meli Faif Life always has amazing stories, words of wisdom, photo's, etc. on her blog, blogger Six divided by Two with her wonderful photo's of her custom cakes and her wonderfully funny stories about being a twin, etc.  There are too many to name that I enjoy but those are just a few that I sincerely look forward to.  I used to think I was French Provinicial/Hollywood Regency but come to find out there is an actual term for the style I love so much! it's called Modern Traditional and Modern Eclectic and it's so me!  A lot of traditional mixed with a little bit of modern and you get swoon worthy decor.  I have been collecting photo's of rooms that I love over the past few months and there is definatley a pattern there.  Anyway today I accidentaly found a new site/blog that had some amazing photo's of more Modern Traditional rooms.  Check her out! http://maureenlynne.wordpress.com/.  She has an incredible eye for beautiful photo's of rooms and decor so I just wanted to put it out there.  Here is  a little eye candy for you, some of these are from Maureen's site and some are ones I've collected over the last several months.  As always thanks so much for reading:)

And my favorite of all, probably because I just love a camel back sofa and I love turqoise!

Spring at My House!

I absolutley, positively looove spring!  My son and I both have terrible spring allergies but with a little bit of claritin or alavert I can function ok.  There is something about looking at all of the spring flowers at a littel garden shop or my local Lowes that just makes me feel giddy!  I just love flowers and the smell of the air in Spring.  I've been in the middle of trying to rearrange things in my humble little house and when I do I'll post photo's but for now i'll give you a little sample of what I've beein doing lately. 

My colorful Easter wreath I made from faux chocolate eggs from A.C. Moore and hot pink geraniums, cost me about $20 to make

Better Homes & Gardens for WalMart plates I just purchaed, I love a scalloped edge:) ($3.46 each)

White ceramic Easter Bunny from Pier 1 ($8)

Little faux antique birdcage from Michaels on sale for ($5) along with 2 little ceramic birds that were about $1 each, also at Michaels

Little bunny candy dish from CVS ($4.99)

I have a serious love of magnolia trees and purchase photo's, etc of them whenever I spot them, the white magnolia photo on top is from Michaels, the pink magnolia tree on the bottom from Etsy seller BroadArrows ($20) http://www.etsy.com/shop/Broadarrows, she has some amazing work , check her out.  Frames and mats purchased from Michaels ($9.99 for frames, $4.99 mats)

I am on the lookout for 2 more magnolia photo's to frame on the opposite side of the window so if anyone sees/knows of a place/site please let me know. As always thanks so much for looking and enjoy spring wherever you are!