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Thrift Store Vintage Haul 2019 – Hobnail Milk glass

June 7, 2019

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It’s always a good vintage haul when you come home with Hobnail Milk Glass!

Sometimes even your least favorite thrift stores can produce a treasure or two! Or more!

On this vintage haul I take Fluffy the Wonder Van out and score some amazing Hobnail Milk Glass. And I don’t just go looking for vintage items. I found some craft supplies as well.

If you’re a craft-er and you are not checking your local thrift store for supplies you’re paying too much! I find new and almost new supplies all the time. It’s a great way to save on crafts especially if you have kids like mine that can’t stop creating.

Pink tags were 90% off and try as I might I only found two things.

There were also a couple fun decorating with vintage and vintage wedding books I picked up to have for reference items! It’s always good to have a well stocked reference shelf!

See everything I found in this Thrift Haul Video!

If you want to see all the thrift hauls on my YouTube Channel click just click this link!

If you want to be a vintage seller check out all my posts on selling on Etsy!

Amazing Vintage Haul From the 100 Mile Garage Sale

May 31, 2019

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The 100 mile garage sale takes place every year in Minnesota down by Redwing. It goes from Hastings to Winona and travels back and forth across the border of Minnesota and Wisconsin. Wait until you see the vintage haul on this video!

I love the 100 Mile garage sale! As a vintage seller it’s the fastest way to load up on inventory. All-City sales and sales like the 100 mile garage sale maximize the amount of inventory and minimize your time. Instead of long hours of driving and finding no sales this is a guaranteed mother-load!

Time is money after all. I do have to pay for a hotel when I go on this sale but the vintage haul that I come out with is worth it. I more than recoup my costs once everything is listed one Etsy or priced and put into my brick and mortar shop. It’s a sale I try not to miss.

See some of the vintage pieces I took home by watching the video below!

If you want to see all the vintage hauls on my YouTube Channel click just click this link!

If you want to be a vintage seller check out all my posts on selling on Etsy!

Outdoor Solar Lamp – DIY Upcycled Table Lamps

May 28, 2019

Outdoor solar lamps are great for making your outdoor space feel more like and indoor space. They are also great to bring inside if you ever have a power outage. Something we have quite bit of in the country.

A few years back I bought a really cool outdoor solar lamp that I loved! It was an upcycled dream. It was too expensive for me to buy more, so I decided to DIY a few.

Here’s what you need:

Glassware
Solar garden stakes
Clear Gorilla Glue
A Saw to Cut Through Plastic
Small Mirrors (Optional)
Sea Glass or Glass Beads (Optional)

Find Some Glassware!

upcycle heavy glass globe — A heavy cut glass light globe

To create an outdoor solar lamp like the one I bought you need a lot of clear glass bowls and plates from the thrift store or Dollar Tree. You will want to locate a few that will make a stable base for your project. I repurposed two cut glass lamp globs that were heavy enough and wide enough at the bottoms to make them stable in the wind.

Upcycle Glass dishes — Stack-able Glass Dishes

You will also want to find a few pieces that can nest into or on top of these pieces. Anything you can stack up will work great. these will be glued into place but the steadier they can stack the better.

Cut Your Solar Lights.

Cut the solar lights — Cut the solar light so it sits on the glass.

Remove the stem from the solar light and cut the bottom of the plastic “globe” so that it will rest on top of you stacked glass. Doing this ensures that the light will travel through the glass and shine outward. You don’t want it trapped in the plastic. If you have an area that allow you to mount the top of the solar light (that part with the solar panel, batteries and LED light bulb) directly to the glass then do that.

Glue It Down

Once you’re happy with your tower of glass (Or you new lamp) then glue all the pieces in place. I use clear Gorilla Glue. Once that’s dry you’re ready to charge the lamps and enjoy the glow!

Optional Steps

This is completely optional. Place a small mirror on what will be the inside of your lamp to reflect and double the light you get from a solar lamp.

Add glass beads or sea glass to the bottom of one of the bowls to add a colorful glow.

If you’re looking for an inexpensive way to light up your patio and have a nice alternative to candles during a power outage then this is the project for you! If you want to see the video tutorial of how I made mine click the video below!

Try this project and let me know how it goes. I would love to hear from you! Bookmark this page and comment below to let me know how this turns out. If you’re looking for more DIY inspiration don’t forget to check out my YouTube Channel!

100 Mile Garage Sale Mid Century Vintage Haul

May 24, 2019

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The 100 mile garage sale takes place every year in Minnesota down by Red Wing. It goes from Hastings to Winona and travels back and forth across the border of Minnesota and Wisconsin. Wait until you see the Mid Century vintage haul on this video!

See some of the vintage piece I took home by watching the video below!

If you want to see all the thrift hauls on my YouTube Channel click just click this link!

If you want to be a vintage seller check out all my posts on selling on Etsy!

Wax Distressing for the Perfect Shabby Chic Look

May 21, 2019

What the heck is wax distressing? Is that when the candles get anxiety?

I love this technique! If you’ve ever seen a piece of furniture that you KNOW is freshly painted but somehow the person who flipped this piece of furniture managed to create an authentic Shabby Chic look, you could be looking at wax distressing. A fantastic paint distressing technique that works with any paint. Yes, even spray paint, which you probably know is convenient to use but extremely difficult to distress.

This will be one of the easiest techniques you’ll ever learn. All you need is a candle. I would recommend a white candle.

Just head to the thrift store and raid their supply of candles. I always find tons on unscented white taper candles that might have scratches or dents so people don’t want them anymore. Grab them for awesome prices (usually 50 cents) and keep them in your furniture flipping toolbox. They’re fantastic to have on hand to wax slides, latches, and of course wax distress! 2 or 3 candles will last quite awhile. In a pinch hop over to DollarTree and pick up their emergency candles. You have to order 4 but they’re good to keep in your vehicle emergency survival kit anyway.

Where to Distress?

Now you have to decide where on the piece of furniture you would see normal/natural distressing over time. This is where people sometimes go wrong. They distress everywhere on a piece of furniture but that is way too much.

The image below shows where you would distress for a dresser and a chair. You can see the arrows are pointing to areas that would be touched or bumped frequently. Focus on edges but not every edge. As you can see in the image on the right the knob and drawer have distressing but not all the way around. A little goes a long way.

Take your tapper candle and scrub wax on the edges where you want your piece to be distressed. Make sure the wax is heavier in some areas and lighter in others for a more authentic feel.

Once you’ve completed all the places you want to see a distressed it’s time to paint! Use spray paint, chalk paint, latex paint, any of them will work. Put as many coats on as you need an allow your paint to dry.

Once your paint is dry you can flake the wax away using a putty knife or a soft brush. That’s it!

Below is a video that shows how I used this process using spray paint over the top. The results are so beautiful! I couldn’t be happier with how it turned out.

If Shabby Chic isn’t your style you can always try the paint wash technique the Turquoise Iris pioneered! Check out my attempt to master this technique HERE.

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