...TMS BURNOUT! Any takers??

massive sale.
if you have EVER seen ANYTHING in our svelteSTUFFj ETSY store (or on this blog) that you just 'need' to have in your posession - make an offer, pay shipping and it will most likely arrive within a few days on your doorstep!

Too Much Stuff Burnout is the verdict on my recent lack of enthusiasm for saling.  Time to clear-out!  If ANYTHING at all has caught your eye just leave me a comment (or convo us) ~ IT'S GOTTA GO!! ~

...deeeep breath...

People have started to mow their lawns!

Now, if it would just warm up enough so that I could open some windows and let some of that fresh air indoors and rid the house (and my soul) of these Winter cob-webs!!

 Saling has still been slow, or maybe 'stuff karma' is just off-kilter ~ whatever!  What it all amounts to is that

 I.just.haven't.been.into.it!

 

I have started exploring a new outlet for some of my energies...

Something that has been sitting on my Bucket List for quite awhile...

JEWELRY: WIRE WRAPPING

in particular - 'Sea Glass Wire Wrapping'.

 

I found a good on-line tutorial, and FINALLY sat down with it the other night.  Very few supplies were needed - all things that I already had in my 'stash', that have been picked up from sales.  It took a few starts, but after a short time (the very first evening!) I had this:

 

I am hooked!!  I need lots of practice, but it is so much fun. I want to try different patterns! different types of wire - brass! copper!  Oh, the possibilities are endless with the overflowing supply I have of my beloved seaglass!

  

(Confession: I then went to Michael's, with 55% off coupon in hand, and bought wire. THAT store goes against almost every grain of my being... but I did it.)

Next night: Copper wire on rootbeer seaglass w/ swirl practice.

 

VERA 2012 #12

 I did make it to a few sales this morning, but all that I could muster the excitement for was one VERA tea towel. That is still a good morning in my book!

Now, I'm going to go dream up some more wire wraps...
SWEET DREAMS!

...first signs of Spring ~ FINALLY!

This is what I have been waiting for, and dreaming of...

a 60deg + day!,

a 'REAL' garage sale!

(okay, so it was a privately run ESTATE SALE, but we won't split hairs)

Arrived rather late, because it was a couple of towns over, so we combined it with a couple of other errands.  All the better because they were still unearthing things and there wasn't any competition!!  Grabbed a LARGE box FULL of wood thread spools (170+) for a song (and had a bid on ebay within 2hrs of listing ~ YIPPEE!). 
Went to the basement to poke around - none of the owners had even been down there - and found a few spools of solder (to hopefully inspire me!!).

 In the kitchen I dug out a set of MY vintage 'go to' measuring spoons, which I ALWAYS pick up whenever I see them cheap (to upgrade my current 'dishwasher battered' sets).  However, I made the mistake of checking to see what they are currently selling for...  I guess I'll just keep using my tarnished ones for a bit if I can get THOSE $$ !

 

A lovingly hand-beaded pincushion that they practically paid me to take when they saw me appreciating the beadwork!

 

 I was !THRILLED! with this bag of Fake foodies. I am always finding the veggies and fruit, but this one had CHEESE and a croissant! *I have been looking for sites to buy fake cakes / pastries from to display on my 'PEDESTALS', but haven't found anything to my liking in my price range.  So the search has continued...  I thought the cheese/croissant would be good fill-ins for a bit.  J informed me 'They are The.Most.Disgusting.Things.EVER.'  ...I guess the search continues. 

My FAVORITE purchase...  this itty-bitty (she's about the size of your thumb), forlorn, MERMAID! Complete with broken&repaired tail fin & chipped nose - she just stole my heart! 
 Why I have such a passion for vintage Mermaids lately? I.DON'T KNOW. 
Thank Goodness they are hard to find!
The lady holding the sale picked it up... laughed, and gave it to me for FREE - I guess that was nice of her, but rather rude to the mermaid!!

THEN home for a FULL AFTERNOON of Yardwork!  Oh when, but Spring does yardwork ever seem so good?! 8-)

...gonna be a brite, sunshiny day?

SO many heavy hearts.

May we all keep searching our souls, and find a bit of strength...

VERA 2013 #9 (...another 'bag tossed my way' - YEH!)



...a few more rays of SUNSHINE,
 to KEEP-ON, KEEPIN'-ON!

VERA 2013 #10

VERA 2013 #11

Sending positive thoughts out to everyone in BlogLand as we each try to endure, the best way we know how!