Bloggin Fiend!

I have been a blogging fiend this week! Mostly due to the lack of work I have left to do at my job. Tomorrow is my last day, I am actually relieved. I have been so bored this week, but it has allowed for lots of blogging and visiting of other blogs. You never realize how many wonderful and inspiring blogs are out there until you have absolutely nothing to do! I can honestly say that I have spent the majority of my 32 hours this week in BLOG LAND, and it has been absolutely perfecto! SHHH I am trying to get out of my last day,and hopefully set up some interviews for tomorrow!! Why sit here on a beautiful Friday when I can take a LOOONG weekend!! We'll see what happens.

In the meantime, this is a cute little table setting that I created. Not to long ago I moved my large dining room table into my scrap room so I would have more space and I moved this little round table to the dining room. It seats 4 people, but since there are only honey and myself I set two places (although we rarely sit at the table to eat dinner). This yellow charger is from my days as a Pier 1 Assistant Manger. I got to see the merch as it came in the back door and also create the wonderful displays that assault you when you walk in the front door. I was the lucky girl that got to do ALL the markdowns! So when I saw something I couldn't live without I would stash it in the store room until it went on sale or markdown and then I used my 30% manager discount on top of the discounted price to purchase amazing items for dirt cheap! Oh how I miss that job and it's advantages!

Rambling on, so anyhow the yellow ceramic chargers came from Pier 1. Then when on an excursion to Orlando to visit my aunt and adopted junque aunt, I came across these cute little cups and saucers and knew they matched perfectly!! Ah what you can find in someone else's junque piles!! I brought them home washed them up and set the table.

In case you didn't know, green is my favorite , so when I saw this painted tray at my favorite antique shop, i just couldn't pass it up! It was the first thing to catch my eye when I walked in the front door. I didn't pick it up because it was a little too pricey for me. So after walking around and picking up a few other treasure I couldn't live without I went to check out and there was this tray, staring at me again. Well silly me didn't notice the BIG YELLOW sign before but it was on the 50% OFF shelf!! WOO HOO, I scooped it right up along with these two milk glass vases, also 50% OFF! I am telling you it was my lucky day!


When My Aunt gave back my first ever childhood dresser, I knew immediately that it had to be used as a sideboard in my dining room, but I wasn't sure what to do with all that decorating space. "Just pick a theme" my aunt said, and that's where all the milk glass comes into play. I just love the way the green and white mix together! And with picking up the two vases and tray on sale, I found some of the others at thrift stores for dirt cheap and of course one was contributed by my dear Aunt!

Hope you all have a WONDERFUL weekend!

I pledge to be productive this weekend, and venture out of the house, and my pjs, at least once!

HAYHAY

Grateful

Just when I was feeling down, this lovely little gift came my way. A big thank you to Ms Liz at Bound 4 Kentucky for recognizing me with this great blog award. It is really she who should be recognized. I've only known her for a short time, but she has become my adopted Junque Auntie. She always has great advice for me, and I love the daily Lizisms that will make your sides hurt from laughing. My favorite happens to be "She is a dump truck and the world is her landfill," spoken of those who continue to take all the good things people and life have to offer and never giving back anything but trash. So Thank You Ms Liz for this lovely award, I am honored. If you are not familiar with Ms Liz, stop by her blog and read some of her daily musings. Be sure you are not holding a drink and do not have anything in your mouth, because she is sure to make you laugh! We wouldn't want you choking, spitting all over the computer, or alas having that drink squirting out of your nose! Enjoy ya'll! PS-her most recent post is not so funny, but very dear to my heart-

I am passing this along to my Favorite Auntie, Vintage Girl at Heart. She is the most wonderful woman in my life! She recently posted about her grand mama, my great grand mama Ruth, and what an inspiration she was for my Aunt. I feel that same way about her, she is an inspiration to me and and I am always finding little ways to be just like her! She is always thinking of me on her junque adventures and sending me little goodies through the mail. Not to mention she has given me some wonderful vintage heirlooms, that belonged to my great grand mama! What a lucky girl I am to have such an inspiring and wonderful woman to look up to!!

NaeNae, I just want to say thank you for always being there for me and treating me like one of your children. I am very lucky to have you in my life and I appreciate all the things that you do for me! I love you!!

Hope the rest of you have a FABULOUS DAY!!

HAYHAY

junque junque junque

Hello all! You'll be glad to hear that I am in much better spirits today! After a weekend of staying in my house, moping, laid up on the couch in my pajamas for 2 WHOLE DAYS, I am feeling much much better!

I have been wanting to share some pics of my "kitchen shelf", so here they are! There is 1-1/2 or 2 foot space between my kitchen cabinets and the ceiling. My Auntie, Vintage Girl At Heart, has the REAL ceiling inserts in her newer home, lined with all sorts of neat things, so when I moved into my place I used her home as inspiration. I decided to do a vintage kitchen theme on my "shelves", to which my fabulous Auntie generously contributed most of the items. Here are some pics below.

In this corner is a vintage teal ice grinder, old grease can and a more shabby than vintage cake stand, but not to be fooled, that is my great grand mama's very vintage gravy boat on top!

Also from my great grand mama's collection a cut glass brandy snifter, the vintage tole painted tray and milk glass cake stand all contributed by my dear Auntie!

This side of the kitchen has a fabulous tole painted cake taker, cookie canister, a not so vintage yellow Tupperware canister(but I love it anyway) and an old cheese grater. That silver platter in the back is a pie plate that you would put on top of you pies when baking to keep them from cooking over. There is a hole in the middle so that the pie will still bake through and even brown a little on top.

I have a few interviews this week, so wish me luck!!

Here's hoping you all have a great week!

HayHay

Challenges

Well, it has been one of those weeks... I've been laid off. I work for a trucking company as the admin/catch all/payroll girl, and we just got news yesterday that our office will be closing down and 100 employees will be out of jobs. Lucky me I get to stay for an extra week to "help with termination paperwork and tie up any loose ends." They're going to let me come to work everyday for the next six days knowing that at 5pm on the 6th day I won't have a job. That is a real jump starter when you wake up in the morning. It is rough to be let go/FIRED without having done anything to deserve it. I know that this is a bad time for a lot of people and that this is not the only company closing/cutting back, but let me tell you it is the pits! Not to mention now I have to go through the searching/applying/testing/interviewing for a new job. SUCKO!

I can't decide if this is a blessing in disguise, since I have been miserable at my job for the last year, Or if it is a terrible event that I must endure and conquer. Is it a good thing that they are letting me know so I can look for a new job while I still have a paycheck coming in? Should I be angry and upset at being let go? Or grateful for the new opportunities? This is a very discouraging and confusing time for me.

I am thankful to be a strong, independent girl or else I might fall to pieces. Luckily I have a great man, who has already called everyone he knows to put out the feelers and call us if they hear/know of any openings around town. He is so sweet, and he has been trying so hard to keep my spirits up saying "you can mope as much as you want, but don't let this get you too far down." He is very encouraging, comforting, and understanding. At least I do not have to go through this alone. He makes it hard for me to mope, pout and be upset.

Well ya'll I just needed a little vent session! Thanks for listening and wish me luck on this new chapter in my life.

If you've got it, flaunt it...

This came along with my Gardening Magic book. The inside reads "If you dont got it, find someone with it, push them to the ground, take it, and run." HAHAHA I love it! This card and book did their job of brightening up my day. I hope you all chuckled a little with me!


Upon opening my package and cackling over this card, I promptly called my cousin to thank her. She said "I knew it was you, isn't it funny?" to which I replied "Sooo funny, but I already have it so I won't have to push anyone down!" SHE LAUGHED HYTERICALLY AT ME!! And after she caught her breath she said, "Ah somehow I knew you'd say that!"


HELLOOO of course I said that! I am a Southern Diva afterall!! Here's your sign..

So ladies, I know you're all got it! FLAUNT IT!

Gardening MAGIC!!

My wonderful cousin Mo, sent me this AMAZING book: Joey Green's Gardening Magic! She thought of me since I am budding gardener and also because the cover looks so retro! I love it! This is just the kind of gardening inspiration I needed! It gives you tons of gardening tips and tricks using household items. From ridding your garden of pests, deodorizing trash cans and keeping the raccoons out of your garbage. It has tricks for keeping you clothes clean and your pruning sheers sharp, how to make your cut flowers last longer, general maintenance on your lawn mower, and keeping the mosquitoes away!

It also has a several sections for tips on growing specific plants, flowers, fruits and veggies! I am telling you if you have any gardening questions this book has the answer! I am in love, I have only thumbed through it a couple of times but I always learn something new! I can't wait to sit down with it this weekend after an exhausiting day of junkin' and actually read it!

Happy Thursday to all! Don't forget to tune in tomorrow for HERE'S YOUR SIGN FRIDAY!! It is sure to be a hoot this week.

Bloomin Tuesday..

A little birdie told me that I should participate in "Bloomin Tuesday" hosted by Ms Green Thumb Jean. Well, my poor Gerber Daisy, Kalanchoe and Hibiscus have been eaten alive by these huge black and yellow grasshoppers that took over my lawn! So off to HD we went to get something to rid ourselves of these little suckers.

The guy swore up and down that the Seven Dust Concentrate, the one you hook up to the water hose, "will kill every living thing in your yard." Well, HE WAS WRONG!! It got rid of most of the little boogers, but not before they ate up everything in the ground! There are still a few lurking around, and they multiply like rabbits; so I am going to have to treat my yard AGAIN this weekend.

Therefore I can only show you what's blooming on my porch!

I bought two new Hibiscus at HD last weekend too. The tag just said multi colored, so I was really surprised when this one bloomed in light pink

and this one is a reddish orange. This was the color of my other two before honey killed one and the grasshoppers ate the other.

Lastly, this geranium was an Easter present from my mother in law. She has really rubbed off on me, I am starting to inherit her green thumb!