Happy Anniversary…

We recently celebrated Mom & Dad’s 50th Anniversary and Terry & Sue’s 25th Anniversary at our house.  We had at least 95 people in the backyard!   

I set up a vignette that included Mom & Sue’s wedding dresses, there wedding cake toppers and wedding photos.  The cards above the table are vintage that I’ve been collecting.

Mom & I decided to have the main food catered, but i made the desserts.  Each cake was labeled as to who’s favorite it was.

   

Our family portrait… Donnie, me, Bryan and Spike.

Sue’s original wedding party:

me, Karen, Sandi, Sue and her Dad.

25 years later, me, Sue, Karen & Sandi.  We look even better! Terry’s original wedding party  Brent, Joey, Marty & Terry.25 years later (except for Bry, he was only 6 months old at the time), Bryan, Terry, Joey and Marty. A little less hair and a few more pounds eh?

Finally, a group shot of our whole family!

Sue’s Family.  Sadly, her Dad Wayne passed away a few weeks after this, but he made it his goal to be at their party.   These guys were the ‘valet team’ and also stood in for the ‘security’… Bry, Chris, Shawn with Spike & I.

this is amazing...

Fluid Sculpture from Charlie Bucket on Vimeo.

Yard Sales From May...

for goodness sakes...
I'm trying to get caught up... slowly...

Isn't he cute, another addition to my 'bee' collection and the cookie mold with the bee hive was a find...

I didn't get this plate at a yard sale, Mom picked it up for me at the Village.

Now, I knew this clock didn't work when I bought it, but what a great 'statement piece' for the shelves in the kitchen.

I've been wanting a real dial phone like this from Pottery Barn, but this one for a dollar will do for now, it's a 'direct line to the Queen'!

This little flicker candlelite is perfect right here.

This piece is one of a set of four depicting the seasons. They're probably from the '70's but the silhouette shape is so cool. I put it in the kitchen with the intention of changing it up every few months.

I couldn't grab this fast enough, a cupcake holder/stand thingy. And it has 3 other interchangeable toppers, a pumpkin, a gift and a star. $5 bucks!

I almost passed these lamps up, but BFF Cindy talked me into them, a pair of silver candlestick lamps that fit perfectly on the hutch in the dining room. Brand new, $40/pr.

This tiny little orchid came home with me too.

Think I got these the week before, 8 placemats, 4 yellow, 4 green. Can never have too many placemats...well, maybe you can, I have 2 drawers full!

That's it for now, see ya.

God, this is Soooo Me!

Ok, I'm really going to try...

To blog more regularly, really, really try hard...no really.

Friends and family *itch and complain cause 'there's nothin' new on your blog', yeah... well do ya know how much time it takes? And I am buzy.... some times....

like last week I was buzy one day...

Anyways, onto new and exciting things, YARD SALES!

I've had the best luck this year, I'm tellin' ya...

Now these pic are from sales in May! (told you, I've been buzy...)
This bunch of pins (11 of them) were .25 cents each! And I love anything that glitters. A little canister in my favorite colours for the sunroom.

This one sale we went to, the lady had a whole table of salt and pepper shakers and a collection of glass shoes. I love shoes...

Picked up this little pitcher and the one below.

This little box is great for stashing my chocolate beside my bed and no one is the wiser!

Love this tea canister, someone had written 'farm animals' on top and inside were 'barrel of monkeys' monkeys! The colour of this tin is perfect for the new cottage room.

Some more milk glass to add to my other milk glass.

And some more...

This basket was already shabbied up and white, keeping my baby quilts and extra pillows in it for the sunroom.

I've always wanted a 'chocolate pot' and found one at a really dirty yardsale. It's beautiful, it was just a bit dirty is all...

And finally, this vase is perfect for flowers, it fans them out so nicely. That's it for that week, now how many more till I'm caught up???

Oh God...

YARD SALEING...

Say it like Oprah, I know you want to...

I've been such a slacker on posting for quite awhile and I'm starting to actually feel guilty about it??? I've got sooo much yard sale stuff to show.

I always take a pic after dumping all my stuff from the car into the sunroom so that I can go back later and remember what I got.

Then I go and take pics of how I used all my new stuff...

Love this vase, it has raised roses all round the top. 2 bucks!

Thought this little decanter was cute for my newly painted family/beach room. Fits in nicely, I'd say.
This is so pretty, just sitting there...

I have a bunch of vintage baby things on a shelf in the guest bedroom, the little mousey music box goes perfectly.

And of course, I could not pass up a tiny gold tea cup and saucer, says 'love the giver'...i'm not giving it away!

This vase was just cool, actually it's a candle stick, but the shelf is not high enough so I stuck flowers in the top and it works!

So this was from the seasons first yardsale back in April!!! I've got alot more to show over the next few days/weeks hopefully!...

Welcome to the UNFINISHED NATIONALS...

Yep, that's what they're called. This past weekend, the kid debuted his truck at the UNFINISHED NATIONALS and won a trophy for it too!

If it has rust, primer, bondo, in some cases, mould, it should be entered in the UNFINISHED NATIONALS... Check these babies out...

Up first is Bryan's truck that he's been working on almost all winter. He towed it to the show, but he drove it in and that's what counts, right!

The night before as he was scrambling to get it ready.

Grampa got him this cool hood ornament at Billetproof.

There are no seats in this, he sits on a little jumpseat kinda thing. He spent all his money on this shifter knob...

This is my Dad's car. I don't think Mom would ride in it if it wasn't painted,

or didn't have seats,

or air conditioning,

or heat,

or room for the dogs...

This one belongs to Erkel, a friend of Bryan's.

Yes, he drove this, mould and all. He's also a friend of the kid.

These next few are just random shots...

Like I said, rust is in...

I'm thinking of putting these on my next car...Get's the point across, right?

And they had the cutest little dog there...

oh wait, that's my Spike in his brothers truck.

Devie's shirt says it all...