Another thrift shop day

Still no actual

WORK

on the camper.

It is going to have to wait until the

first of November.

But for now,

I found these

great treasures

on a stop

at the

local mall.

St. Vincent de Paul

in

Kittanning, Pa

yesterday.

Loving that harvest color scheme!

A Freebie and Some Lights

Today,
I had to go to my Mom's Quilt Guild

and

demonstrate

how to make penny rugs.

On the way home,

I wandered.

I found a really cool antique shop

in

Butler, Pa.

Butler Antiques.

It was a little tricky to get to,

I managed to go down a one way street

the wrong way,

making a lot of people

really unhappy.

Finally found an illegal parking space,

risked getting towed. 

I found this picnic cooler. 

When I asked the price....

the nice man

GAVE IT TO ME! 

What a nice gesture! 

To my surprise,

it still had the instructions for use

and a cute little catalog

inside it!

JWS got a plug on his travels today....

and we have lights!

Aren't these cool and retro? 

How do you like that feather sticking out.

I mean,

after all this was a hunting camp....

It will be removed soon! 

What I am doing in the meantime....

No, this is not mine.  Click here to go to the link!

.http://amysvintagetrailers.blogspot.com/ 

and this site

http://littlevintagetrailer.com/

Unfortunately, I am spending way too much time

drooling over everyone else's projects!

I love the colors in the pic above

but now I have to decide...

paint the interior

or leave it wood grain?



The Thrill of the Hunt

Yesterday,

we attended

Clarion's

Autumn Leaf Festival.

As a side trip

we headed to this.

Fulmer House

This little plaster decoration

screamed out

1960's to me.

I can see it on the camper wall now.

After I scrub, of course!

And then

as I was sitting here with coffee this morning,

I looked up and saw this.

I think that plaid cooler

may have to be moved to the

growing camper stash also!

And now

what I am really looking for is

a

set of these.

Gold or Green

preferably.

Still hunting!

Trying Again

Ok, long silence...

a small amount of mourning.

A trip to the scrapyard,

the last camper did not make it.

As much as I had high hopes,

JWS

finally convinced me that it was not salvageable.

It has hung in the air between us for the past few months.

I still wanted a camper.

Not a new one,

not a big one.

Something old,

vintage,

character.

Something I could decorate.

Another project.

Then Tuesday,

JWS comes home from the fair meeting,

telling me that he might have a surprise for me.

I needled,

whined

and

annoyingly begged

until he caved and told me.

There was another camper in the works.

If we didn't take it,

it also was going to be scrapped.

How bad could it be?

So we went and looked...

and decided to try again!

This one is not newer, but in really good shape inside and out.

As close as I can figure

1967.

So off to my favorite thrift store again

and

the picture at the top is the haul for today.

Melamac.

A vintage tablecloth

and we are up and running again.

It will be a great winter project.

For now,

it is in the garage.

I have to get

my craft open house i

behind me

and

a

trip to Florida

and then

I will be covering cushions

and painting

and

making curtains

and

of course,

scrubbing and cleaning.

I can't wait!

Jackpot!

Well, the picture was rotated until it got here! 

After searching and searching on the internet for info about this camper,

last night,

there it was!

Everything all together for all the appliances,

even the toilet!

After much deliberation,

I decided to paint all the paneling.

See the nice creamy color on the top?

Hopefully,

soon

everything will be that color.

The bottom is primer,

what a job this is!

I think that I will like the decorating

much better

than the painting.

Also trying some peel and stick tiles at the doorway to see

how that works.

Going for the 70's look,

don't these just make you think

that?

I think that the orange does it for me!

Well, it has sat,

and sat

and sat.

Is it road worthy?

Is it worth fixing?

What to do?

Over a month

of

sitting.

And we have decided...

Let's try it.

Let's get it going

and

see

what we can do with it.

So,

the old girl is going to

be used again.

Not me, mind you.

the camper!

Thrift store shopping,

I found these curtains.

Let me tell you,

I was a bit nervous

about my $12

investment.

Would they fall apart in the washer?

But they washed up great

and

this week,

I start scrubbing and painting.

I got paint at Lowes yesterday

and a couple of tiles to try on the floor.

And this...

My favorite thrift shop,

Barbara is always ready to show me her latest find.

Saturday, was oilcloths.

This one called my name!

and

She gave it to me!

Saturday was my birthday,

she didn't know that,

but what a great present! 

I am not sure where I am going to use it.

My girls think it is tacky,

but Gracelyn?

She think that Momma has great taste!

She loves the colors!

She can't wait to camp!