thrift store thursday {kind of} and real thoughts on summer

okay, so summers are crazy, right?
i lovelovelovelovelove summer time.
love the weather...the hotter, the better.
love the laid back days, the grilling out, eating dinner outside, swimming.....i could go on and on.

the hard part is. . .
i do not have a moment to myself.
i feel like someone needs me or is talking to me every moment of the day.
i feel conflicted because i love having my kids around and i love doing activities with them....seriously it is my joy in life.....but....
i also need some alone time.
i have realized over my years of mothering that i need some consistent alone time to keep my sanity.
and honestly, i'm not getting much of that lately.
on one hand, i feel as happy as i've ever been and i love my life.
truly... i told AJ the other day, i think i'll look back on this time {with my kids at home} as the happiest time of my life.
on the other hand, i really really really need 5 seconds to take a breath. :)

also, i love writing and i love blogging.
writing has always been so therapeutic for me and i am struggling to find time to sit down and blog.

so there you go. those are my honest thoughts right now.
my goal is to just be in the moment this summer.
enjoy each and every day and make the most of them.
i'm praying that what is most important for that day, rises to the surface and that i will let the other stuff go.

on that note...haven't been able to do much thrifting lately either.
my mom did bring me another load of vintage goodies this week for the booth.

i love this vintage teal candy dish.

fun vintage nut choppers.
love those red lids

a whole stack of vintage cookbooks.
they have such neat covers and i love reading through old cookbooks.

for whatever reason, my booth has super slow lately.
this past month was my slowest month yet...pretty discouraging.
from the time i started {november} through march, it had steadily increased and done better and better....then spring hit and it has slowed way down.
i still love having a booth....but it sure was more fun when stuff was steadily being sold! ;)

i did pop into the thrift store quickly today....with 5 kids {i had meliyah}....i was quickly looking for some water shoes for ruby...did not find them.

also, good news/bad news.
bad news, the store is stuffed to the gills full of stuff....seriously more full than i've seen it in a long time.
that is bad news because i don't get to shop there on thursday mornings! ;)
good news....for my kids....they found a cool marble run set for 99 cents.
sold.
:)

okay friends...have a great thursday....happy summer! :)


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instafriday {lots o' pictures}

pretty much my phone is my camera lately.

are you like this?

i really need to get better about bringing my big camera out more.

i've gotten so spoiled from using my phone cam all the time. 

soooo.....i've got lots of pics today. 

here's a snippet of our last few weeks via the instagram . . . 

a happy place to wash dishes.

my grandma's handwritten recipe card, fabric art from the sis-in-law, plant from my dear friend, mel, & chevron cutting board from my friend betsy. 

milk glass loaf pan for soaps doesn't hurt. ;)

pre-mother's day sushi date with my mama.

yes. it was SO good.

oh sawyer.

daily dressed as someone new.

he had to dress nice for the big boys' piano recital so he went with secret agent.

he fixed his own hair.

also informed me "secret agents don't wear dress shoes."

 

piano recital cuties.

they did awesome!!

and the whole fam. :)

last day of school!!!!!

fun field trip with my boys to silver dollar city.

we stayed the entire day and closed out the park in the pouring rain.

such a great day, packed full of fun with friends. :)

a long day last week = picnic & movie night in the living room.

she has pretty clothes.

and she is pretty. :)

the booth is chock full of goodies! 

if you're local {northwest arkansas} stop on by {all my treasures on huntsville in fayetteville}.

i'll be adding more to the booth this afternoon...yay for vintage & farmhouse finds! :)

i love this sweet little dress from india from our friend, chelsea.

oh ruby.

you are so very one year old.

can we please stop dumping things out in every room of the house? 

kthanks.

summer is starting off right.

fun morning with my four and other providence friends at the botanical gardens.

butterflies, chickens, bunnies & water. :)

oh and flowers.

so many pretty flowers.

i dream of a big beautiful garden full of flowers.

these are shrub roses.

they smelled divine and i need them.

 

i am mad about these boys.

they are seriously the best i could imagine.

oh this is me.

a little bit vintage and a little bit country....in a nutshell. ;)

the littles had their last day of mothers day out yesterday so i took the big boys to crystal bridges museum of american art. 

we saw the norman rockwell exhibit and it was awesome!

i love that my boys love to learn. 

yeah.

i'm pretty much in love with these chippy, metal, vintage tables my mom brought me.

one for me and one for the booth!

well hip hip hooray it's friday and this is a 3 day weekend! 

have a great memorial weekend, y'all. :)

p.s.  if you want to follow me along on instagram, i'm itsgoodtobequeen :)

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thrift store thursday

today was a great thrifting day. :)

okay first things first, i told you i'd show you the after of the lamp redo i did last week.

she's lovely.
remember her before?

and after . . .

oh man i dig that glossy gray spray paint.

doesn't that just make you happy?
i love it.

okay now for today...first i ran to ph thrift {obviously} and i walked out with this chandelier for . . . wait for it. . .  50 cents.
FIFTY CENTS. 50. half a dollar. 50.

okay not a great picture but it's the same as this:

it's the same kind of fixture that i redid for a chandelier two houses ago and one for ruby's room. 

i actually got it for my friend, erin.
i already took the shades off and we will turn the arms facing up, spray paint it, and add chandy light bulbs.
50 cents is definitely a chandelier record.

next i drove to my hometown to hang out & go thrifting with my sweet friend, jenny.
jenny and i have very similar tastes so it is really fun to go thrifting with her.

okay not the best pic of us {it was cold & drizzly out}, but it's documented. :)

we went to a fun store called the chicken coop.
i had to snap a pic of these sweet scrappy garland.

so cute!
reminds me of the the fabric scrap garland that i made for ruby's first birthday party.
i think i will make something similar for our living room.

jenny spotted this awesome, chippy, metal rack for me!
5.99, yes. please.

i already hung it up in our kitchen. . . by myself.
so it will probably fall down in a week, but i was so antsy to get it up.

i have no idea what i will put on it, but i love it. :)

i also found this solid, wood trunk for the boys dress up clothes.

like . . . it's super nice.
guess how much i paid for it?
$35. yep.  i am the thrifting queen. :)
the lady at the front actually stopped us as we were hauling it out because she thought it was marked for $125.
she made us wait while she called to vendor!
i knew it was a steal, but thankfully $35 was the actual price so hooray for me!

avery and i hauled it up the stairs tonight so all those dress up clothes could finally find a home.
you know other than the beautiful rubbermade tub that they been hanging out in.

right outside the chicken coop was a big yard sale.
mostly it was too cold {hello what happened to spring?} but i did nab this cool old thermos for the booth.

okay, next up we hit vintage accents.
it's my favorite place to hit up...they have amazing vintage finds for really great prices.

look at this cool piece that would be an amazing coffee table......

i wanted to buy about 20 things but i walked away with two long pieces of barn wood.

they're about 5 feet long . . . see i'll prove it with a selfie....in the cold rain....that's how much i love you guys....or how weird i am to be hugging barn wood in the rain......

i plan to use them for shelving in the dining room.
can't wait!

it was such a fun morning, i can't wait to do it again.
jenny and i are dreaming of a much longer thrifting excursion in the future...two hours just isn't enough. :)


happy thrifting, y'all!!
p.s. what have y'all found lately?


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thrift store thursday and some laundry room cuteness :)

hey guys... so if you're new here....every thursday i try to share my favorite thrift store finds for the week. 

if y'all have fun finds to share...link up in the comments so we can all see. :)

okay so my finds this week. . . 

i had been looking for a big bulletin board for the laundry room.

i decided i was ready for a clean look for our fridge {after years of having it covered in photos...which i still love....just wanting to enjoy my first ever stainless steel fridge :)}.

so i wanted a big board to put all the photos of our family & friends on.

i found some beautiful ones at home goods that i thought i might go back for but you know, i am so. cheap.

last week i found this really big old bulletin board that looked perfect. 

i think it's probably about 2 feet by 4 feet. 

i think it may have been in an office or church or something. 

it has that berber carpet looking stuff stapled on that reminds me of an old church building. 

anyhow, it was only $1.75 so i snatched that baby up. 

i dug through my fabric stash and found a linen curtain that would be big enough.

while the kids drove their scooters and bikes around me, i stapled it on.

staplegunning is so fun, isn't it?! 

better, but still a little booooring. 

yesterday was a rainy, stay inside, kinda day so while the boys watched a movie i dug through my fabric stash again and found some fabric to hot glue on.

i just tore it in strips and glued it around the edge because i knew the pictures would cover the middle. 

i also whipped up some little rossettes from an old t-shirt that i had stashed. 

{i may or may not have a fabric/material hoarding problem. }

i added the pics and now i smile every time i walk by this sweet little room. 

it's so cheery and it definitely makes all the laundering a happier chore. 

i also added a white board to the back wall for chores & tasks and reminders. 

so handy. 

i like to have a little container of some sort handy to throw in treasures that i find in pockets. ;)

i've washed many a race car, rock & lego. 

i put all our extra magnets & photo magnets on the side of the dryer so that ruby has something to drag out and make a big mess out of while i sort laundry.  :)

so that's our little laundry room that makes this mama so happy. :)

okay a couple more thrifty finds today....

this awesome big ol' metal bin.
anytime i find a metal bin, i grab it up.
they are so handy and i love the industrial vibe.
this one is 2 feet wide so really roomy....not sure if it's going to the booth or staying here.....

some great vintage dishes:
 a milk glass loaf pan and pretty floral plates.
i hadn't seen a milk glass loaf pan so i definitely needed that and the plates are for a wall art idea i have in mind for the kitchen or dining room. :)

yay for thrifting! have y'all found anything fun lately??
{if there's enough interest in sharing thrifted finds, i'll try to start a linky. :) let me know if you'd be interested}.

also** the flea market where my booth is at {All My Treasures} is having a two day sale this weekend...everything in the whole store is 10% off on saturday and sunday. so if you've been thinking of dropping by, this weekend is the time!! :)


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