Thrift store find

So far my plans for this are to reshape the face and paint it to look like me, in my favorite shirt and jeans with a blue hat.
I'll add rows of bushes and flowers to the tree area and we're debating on changing it from sawing wood to wither digging in the garden, planting flowers or picking vegetables.
No matter what we decide it's bound to be and interesting project and something fun to add to the other art in the garden.

Thrift Store Find

This is so silly but I'm really enjoying it. I paid 1.50 for this Feitx Humpty Dumpty teapot which had a missing lid and was full of fake flowers.

The flowers went into a shady planter where I hadn't been able to get anything but hosta to grow. It's nice to see a little  color among that.

Next I did a little internet research and saw it going from five to fifteen dollars so when I get tired of it I can always make a nice little profit on it. In the meantime I love the fact that I can keep my paintbrushes in the top and some pencils handy in the spout.

Rainy Wednesday

I spent the morning designing products with yesterday's watercolor and then made a bit of lunch before heading over to the thrift store to drop off a couple of bags of things I don't need around here. Of course I went into the store as well to see if I could find anything I needed and was pleased to find a full length dress in classic navy with tiny white dots. It was new with the tags still on it, the original price was 29.99 and I got it for 4.00.

Well, that was the excitement in my day. I'm off to the front garden to pick a few more flowers to do some watercolors with.

Thrift Store Find: Retro Tinsel Tree

 I consider it $5.00 well spent and just added a few special ornaments. The bells came from a dumpster back in the 1970's and were the first decorations my husband and I had. Isn't it amazing that they've survived this long?  Hey, come to think of it-isn't it amazing that we all have? The star is one that my Mom embroidered for us back in 1991.

The tiny metal tea cups survived a number of childhoods and were a sweet and funny gift from my brother.

It's kind of fun to sort through things this time of year and really enjoy them. Don't you think so?