junk

I consider myself a junker- meaning I love finding used treasures.  I think it comes from my parents- my Dad is able to see the potential in everything and they had 8 children so they had to make things work as they could. Dad is the garage sale pro and finds so many amazing things and many of my siblings love it just as much as I do.

I'm glad that Jake sees the potential in so many things also. Honestly, our house has furniture because we believe in the power of paint!  Our couches and my mirrored coffee table (which I got for $50) are the only pieces of furniture we have purchased new. Everything else we have found at yard sales. 

$1 for this sewing table which has now been painted to a bright emerald green. Will be used as an entry table.

It also made me happy when Jake woke up on Saturday morning and reminded me that it was typically a good garage sale weekend and we went. The best part is that we were able to find my friend Whitney at our first stop and spent the rest of the time following each other to sales.  

                                   

Here are some kitchen stools we found at a sale that we recovered that afternoon. My kitchen table and chairs are not my favorite, but at least these stools help us add more so we can invite more friends over and fit around the table together. 

  
                                   

Amazing chairs for the lawn- 6 for $15 found Saturday

 We have already got some great use out of our outdoor chairs since Jake built a little firepit for the back yard. If you ever want to roast s'mores this summer, please come join us!!                                                                                           
Do you want to know the best part?  We are taking a short trip to Colorado soon to find even more junk- at garage sales. And the bonus is that I get to go with my parents, who are pros. And Paris Street Market- which is amazing. And I'll get to be there for my nephew's baptism and see 2 brothers and 1 sister and their families.  Yes, we planned a vacation around junk and we love it.

what's outside the window

52 photos project week 8: what's outside the window 

LDS San Diego Temple

driving by this summer

in the garden part 2

week 19: in the garden part deux:

obviously not my garden, but a cotton plant from our Mississippi trip. 

along the fence

week 26: along the fence

I don't have any cute little ones of my own so I get to take pictures of nieces and nephews. :)

a memory

52 photos project week 6: a memory

recently I was able to see all of my family and I think I will now always have a 

great memory of me and my siblings gathered around a table chatting.

and these funny faces that make me smile

52 photos project: autumn color

week 26: autumn color

I'm super behind on these, but posting as they come. Surprisingly, this is not a leaves picture as I imagined it would be, but still an autumn color.

52 photos project week 28 Trick or Treat

This really has nothing to do with Halloween, but it said I could interpret this week however I wanted and it is a big treat.

We're preparing for my unemployment that comes in December but have really received some wonderful blessings through prayer and faith. We are trying to get our house finally at a point where we can unpack. So this week we ordered carpet for the basement and also my new couch. Here's a bad cell phone pick from the store, but I am so excited.  I don't love the pillows that come with it, but I can sew some new covers, so it isn't a big deal.

When we bought our house I kind of forgot that life is different with a living room and a family rooms o the couches we have wouldn't really work for both rooms. I have been dreaming about this one ever since the summer and working hard to sell jewelry and save money for it.  We got it on sale with a 20% off coupon so it worked out great. Now we are just waiting for it to come in.

This will go in our living room and the current couches we have will go down to the basement.  I actually wouldn't mind if the couch didn't come in for a while so we could have carpet in the basement done and a spot cleared out for it. Anyway, my vision for the house is slowly coming together, I just hope it turns out as well as I have it pictured in my head.

52 photos project: a summertime treat

week 12: a summer time treat

52 photos project : the blue hour

week 10: the blue hour

52 photos project

I am way behind but figured I would post some past weeks when I can. here is week 11: in the garden

not my garden of course, but it's pretty.

I found it on the ground

week 3: I found it on the ground

52 Photos Project -week 2

Week 2: color

Isn't it amazing how much color and joy children can add to your life? I was able to see 6 of them this weekend that always brighten my soul.

This little one was so cute with all his funny faces to the camera. 

52 Photos Project -week 1

I decided to start this project this week.  Here is my picture for week 1- the prompt is nourish.