treasure hunting

yesterday i stopped in at one of my favorite places, the Habitat Restore. (they are usually located in cities that have Habitat for Humanity chapters, and they sell construction and building supplies.) it's fun because you never know what you're gonna find, and the money they make helps more people get affordable housing, so everybody's happy.

they had the most amazing built-in antique bookcases, in many pieces. it would be fabulous for somebody who had an old house AND the space, and since i only have one of those, i left them there. it didn't look like it had ever been painted, and was made out of gorgeous old pine boards.

so what did i find? they were having a one-cent sale! stuff inside the tent was all only one cent. so i found about a nickel's worth of treasures, my favorite so far being the little towel drying rack. my kitchen dates from about the 1950's or so, and it is the perfect vintage-y addition. here's a couple pics:




just totally perfect.

i also made a mini album for my etsy shop. i was inspired by the bird print that Shelly and i found last weekend at sister's garden. it's the one of the bird on the front. i used 4' x 6" file dividers for the "bones" and filled in with lots of pages that i created pretty edges on. here's a peek:






won't it be just perfect for a lil journal to carry around?

thanks for visiting!