The rest of Saturday I spent working on these:
Did you find any good junk this weekend?
Monday, April 11, 2011
Good junk and cupcakes
As I last posted, I was headed out the door to an estate sale for the first time in months and months. Both sales I visited were on their final days so things were really picked over, but what remained was 50% off so I managed to find a few things. On Friday morning, I stopped at a garage sale up the street and found a few items as well, so although I didn't hit the mother lode this weekend, I found enough to satisfy my jones for junk:
The folding yardstick & clip earrings were from the first estate sale. The two empty vintage frames, cute framed motto and antique flocked Christmas postcard were from the garage sale, which is a reminder to me that I should always just get out of the car and have a look, even at sales in young suburban neighborhoods like mine! From the street, this one looked like your standard baby clothes, toys & misc. household junk sale, but it turned out that one of the ladies holding the sale loved vintage and shabby stuff and was off-loading a few things. Score!
The chippy piece of wood trim was also from the garage sale. Don't know what I'll do with it yet, but I'm hoping to channel Jane from Mamie Jane's and make it into something fabulous! I picked up the tart tins and cookie cutters at the first estate sale; I'm already stocking up so I can make more of these this Christmas. The vintage ornies were from the second estate sale and aren't anything amazing but they were cheap and make good wreath fodder. The cute red, yellow and blue letters were also from the second estate sale--they're made of flexible plastic and they snap together so you can make little phrases. They're just darling, but I laid them all out and there's only one R, so that may limit my spelling choices.
The rest of Saturday I spent working on these:
I made 12 dozen cupcakes for a wedding on Saturday night. Thankfully I had helpers to do the baking for me, but I made all the frosting and did all of the decorating. The bride's main colors were yellow, orange, and chocolate brown, so I chose to make chocolate orange cupcakes with chocolate orange buttercream, and lemon cupcakes with citrus cream cheese frosting.
They really did look pretty cute. My forearms are still sore from squeezing my big piping bag full of frosting!
Did you find any good junk this weekend?
The rest of Saturday I spent working on these:
Did you find any good junk this weekend?
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They look amazing! What a great job and I love the color combos. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm hunting up those cookie cutters, too, so we can make yoru darling ornaments at my family holiday crafting party in November. :)
Mmm. Two of my favorite flavors! And they look gorgeous! I have a similar project coming up in a couple of weeks... Here's hoping the communication is better. Too many leftover cupcakes to eat is just such a sad sad waste.
ReplyDeleteAny way I try to look at it, I just can't see a negative in too many cupcakes. They are GORGEOUS. And I only wish I was there to personally help alleviate your time and money investment. I'm generous like that.
ReplyDeleteYour cupcakes are very pretty and displayed beautifully! I can see why your arms would be sore!
ReplyDeleteYou scored some great stuff at the sales. I love old frames like the one you found.
Thanks for the nice compliment in your post today, I am flattered!!
Jane
The cupcakes look amazing! You should be proud. Those frames are lovely too - your blog was a delight for the eyes today.
ReplyDeleteJunk is always fun to look for ....even if the stuff has been picked over!
ReplyDeleteThe cupcakes look great and now I must have one. :0)
oh i so can't wait until the sales begin here! there have been a couple but mostly they are "all the time sales" with leftovers from previous ones...i have my list begun for this years sales...so LET THE SEASON BEGIN!!! the cuppie cakes are sooo wonderful! it is so sad that the count was off by THAT MUCH! that's alotta extra work that could have been channeled other ways!
ReplyDeletejust know that you did a FANTASTIC job!
BIG HUGZ til next time!
I've been itching to thrift, I should stop & do it, lol. I'll never find vintage ornaments though!! The cupcakes look awesome.
ReplyDeleteAnd guess what? You won a bottle of Purex Complete Crystals from my giveaway!! Send me your address & I will get the coupon in the mail!