oh summer i never wanted you to end :(
the "-ber" months are officially here and have discreetly announced itself by way of sudden rainshowers and unwelcome low temperatures. im slowly weaning myself away from my favorite season, desperately clutching at the edges and reluctant to let go. but, as Aunt Hattie used to say (in the book by Michael Gates Gill, "How Starbucks Changed My Life"), "you can't rush the seasons. you got to let go, and let God". and so i will let go but in my heart, there will always be sunshine and palm trees.
to kickstart fall, one of my favorite flea has opened its doors and today i am sharing with you my gorgeous finds :)
truth is, i have spied this lovely vase/planter before but on closer inspection someone painted over it badly and the paint itself was chipped in some places. but for a pound, i reckoned i'd do some DIY on it and bob's my uncle(besides, i love things with character). when i got home though, i placed the bird's nest fern i won at the fair in it and it looked right at home!
this is an embossed detail of a cherub on the front (see chipped paint on the handle?)
i cant find anything much about this company online except that they usually do china in the early 70's so not really valuable but they sure make my little plant look like a million bucks!
this is a very heavy belt made of silver and some of the big oblong plates are encusted with turquoise
i found no marks on the maker but possibly this is either Middle Eastern or Native American
the mister had always wanted a Monopoly game and this portable travel set that i bought hastily for a pound would have been perfect except that i realized too late the little houses and dice were missing :( luckily, he remembered he had 3 blocks of dice from an old keychain somewhere and the houses we subsituted with little wooden beads that i got from an ethnic necklace i dismantled months ago for an arts project :) he was a happy camper :)
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