Flea Market Adventure & I only have EYES for you

Thank you all for your kind words about my project! I must admit I'm still pretty tickled about it; I keep going into the closet just to look at it again. :)

Today Maren and I went on an adventure to the local flea market. I've read with envy about all the neat goodies Sarah finds at her local flea and I've been meaning to go for months now. The weather forecast for the day was good so off we went! The Mile High Flea Market is open on Wednesdays and Saturdays, all year-round. I'm sure their big day is obviously Saturday so I was surprised to find as many cars in the parking lot as there were. I'd say more than 50% of the permanent booths were closed but those are the ones most likely to be selling ugly hoochie mama clothes and cheap crap from China, so that didn't bother me. The open air spaces are where anyone can pay a couple bucks and unload their yardsale leftovers, and those were where I looked for treasure.

Honestly, there wasn't much. Lots of junk that I can't believe someone would actually take the energy to pack into their car and schlep to the flea market. There were a few booths with folks selling vintage or antiques but they were few and far between; I'm sure there are more vendors on Saturdays. It bothered me that in most booths, most items were unpriced--I'm a timid haggler so I hate asking for prices. I did manage to find one treasure:

Another beat-up old window to add to the pile growing in my garage. This one was only $8.00, which I consider to be an excellent price, especially since the architectural salvage place in town has their windows priced starting at about $20. One side is chippy old white paint and the other has been painted a really unattractive shade of mauve. Normally I'm okay with pink but this particular shade is just horrible! I'll be using it with the white side out, although at present I'm not sure what exactly I'll be using it for. See, there I go again with the unfinished projects! I think they might actually be breeding out in the garage.

And now, for a little Halloween decor. This is inspired by a similar photo I just saw in a magazine, BH& G maybe? I can't remember.

The silver tray is thrifted, the sticky eyeballs are party favors from Target and the hotel silver fork is from my collection. As I was unwrapping all the eyeballs and placing them in a pile on the plate I have to admit to finding myself completely grossed out. Perfect! Effect successfully achieved! LOL