Thrifty Things Friday Party #14!

Hi everyone!

So, did you have a good thrifty week? It was a very busy week for me around here at Casa Chaos. Nothing new there. One of these days I am going to say, “oh, it was a slow boring week”. And I can’t wait for that week! LOL

Yesterday I showed you the fun little out of the way thrift place that I have been stopping at every couple of weeks. And I gave you a sneak peek of what I bought there.

This entire silver set is from WM Rogers.

Before:

(setting up to clean the silver pieces)

After:

Oooh la la ! Even not completely detailed cleaned, it is a gorgeous set!

Geez! I tried and tried to figure out how to NOT get myself in the reflection of the silver and after 21 pictures, I gave up! Any tips any of you have, please feel free to share! Oh, and I should have cropped out the pile of debris in the upper right hand corner. LOL I just harvested some chives and sat there and picked out the weeds and bad chives and hadn’t cleaned up my mess yet. Welcome to my world!

I also picked up these two other little beauties.

I love covered dishes!

Beautiful pink roses and other flower details.

It has a lot of crazing but I actually like that. It is an American Limoges piece. 

Originally an ashtray but,I see this pretty piece being used as a teabag holder or butter pat dish.

Royal Copenhagen  from Denmark.  A lovely piece.

I can’t give you an individual price for each of these items because I pull all the things I am interested in purchasing together and then we negotiate an agreeable price. So, what was my price for all my treasures today? Are you ready?

$10.00!

Now do you see why I love doing business with this store! Since this store specializes in trading cards and coins, they often get other “lots’ of merchandise in and want to sell it as quickly as possible. The owner is very generous and a really nice guy to work with.

 

Grab this button ladies!

Lynn at Happier than  Pig in Mud made these yummy fridge bread and butter pickles. I love a good pickle and a recipe this quick and easy is right up my alley!

Jeanne at Selep Imaging shared her wonderful collection of 4th of July dishes arranged in her hutch! Just beautiful.

Pat at The Best Moments showed us some fun thrift finds. She really found some great things!

Thank you ladies for sharing with us!

I just thought I would remind you of all the kinds of fun posts that can be included in Thrifty Things Friday party.

• Thrifty finds
• Thrifty recipes
• Thrifty tips
• Thrifty redos
• Thrifty Couponing
• Thrifty vacations/trips/adventures

Just about anything that we can save some of our hard earned money!

Another reminder:

This Saturday is the 2nd Thrifty Tablescape monthly party! Show off all those wonderful thrift finds and set a beautiful table to show them off!

**Please remember to link back to this post if your are joining this week’s Thrifty Things Friday party! And link your actual post not your blog. I don’t feature anyone who does not have a link back to this party **

Everyone have a Happy and Safe 4th of July Weekend !!

Now show me some Thrifty love!

 

I will be joining:

Home Sweet Home

Show and Tell Friday

Feathered Nest Friday

Vintage Inspired Friday

Discovering those Odd Little Out of the Way Thrift Stores

Hi everyone! I am so glad you dropped by!

I thought I would show you a small little gem of a store I recently discovered that has some great thrift finds. I actually talked about this place a while back and shared with you some awesome silver pieces I bought. Here is that post and here are a couple of pictures from that post.

The other day I met my dad for lunch at a little diner that is right next to this store. So, I had to do some window shopping that of course turned into buying!

This store is located in Trenton, Michigan and the phone number is 734-675-4216 (just in case you see something in the windows you may want. I am sure he ships!). I just want to give this place a little acknowledgment. It is just a small little place and I really try to support these home town type businesses~! He also sells on Ebay. Seller ID is geno1959.

Okay, let’s do a little window shopping shall we?

This gentleman always seems to have a lot of silver items. And of course, that just makes me happy!

And is is always willing to negotiate! Love that!   

See that teapot? It is going to be coming home with me one of these days! LOL

So, did I purchase anything? What do you think? LOL here is a little sneak preview…..

I will share everything with you tomorrow for Thrifty Things Friday party!

Have a wonderful day!

And don’t forget, this Saturday is the 2nd monthly Thrifty Tablescape party! I hope you join us and how off how to set a beautiful table with thrifty finds!

I am joining these fun blog parties! Thank you ladies for hosting!

Vintage Thingie Thursday

Treasure Hunt Thursday

Farmer Market Fresh Table and Recipe!

Hi everyone!

Well, this past weekend was very busy for us. Last year when we decided to take our little our herb business DTL Herbs, to the streets, so to speak, we had no idea how well received we would be. I have grown and used fresh herbs for about 20 years or so. I thought herbs were also just very pretty to have in the yard. When Troy and I got married, we really planted a lot more herbs because we both like to experiment with them in cooking. But, when the princess entered our life, everything took a large turn. We wanted her to understand and become part of something that involved our whole little family from the beginning. She is the “L” in DTL Herbs.

Last year we started the Farmer Markets with fresh cut herbs, dried herbs and plants. By the end of the season we also had dip mixes, dry rubs, salt scrubs, jellies and seasoning packets. This past year, we have worked really hard making, trying out and testing even more products. This season we started out the markets with double the products that we had last year. We also have about 8 times the herb gardens we have planted this year. And now we are constantly in the process of making even more products.

There is a lot of behind the scenes things that need to be done for our business that people don’t realize. One of the biggest things that we need to do is to check out different farmer market venues for our business. This year instead of selling at 2-3 markets, we are selling at 6 markets. That is 6 out of 7 days being spent at the market. However, sometimes you have to take a day off to check out other markets and that is what we did this past weekend.

We had heard that this market was a really successful one. However, last year they already had an herb vendor so we didn’t join them.  This year they called us to let us know that they didn’t have an herb person. The biggest problem with this market is that they are an hour away from our home. The market is on Saturday morning from 8-1:00 (which means we need to be there at 7:00 to set up). As most of you can guess, Saturday markets are the best market of the week. Well, our Friday market is the only evening market we have so, that means we would not have anytime between the two busiest markets of the week to make more product if we have to.

So, before we committed, we really had to be sure this is a market good for us. We invited my parents to join us Saturday morning to go and check it out.

It was a beautiful Saturday morning! And we instantly fell in love with this market! The location and setup was great. The energy level was high and fun.

They have a wonderful selection of different vendors. And everyone was happy and enjoying themselves.

Each week they have a different type of entertainment. This Saturday was  a local “Clogging and Tap” dancing group. They had fun music going and involved the audience. The princess loved it so much that she got up front and watched them doing their dances and started mimicking them. Everyone seemed to enjoy the newest member of the dance club. We were approached later by the dance instructor. She asked if the princess was in a dance class and if not, they would love to have her join them. LOL

We even bought some new to us herbs. We got a Hot & Spicy Oregano and a Lime Mint.

Look at the gorgeous lettuce! My dad bought a huge bundle of each and we split them. They are just beautiful and large bundles. This is one of the best parts of being involved in Farmer Markets. We get all of our produce fresh everyday!

As soon as I got the beautiful lettuce home and cleaned, I made one of my favorites…BLT Finger Salad!

Simple and fresh, here is the super easy recipe:

BLT Finger Salad

Large Leaf Lettuce

Bacon cooked (I like it cooked nice and crispy)

Diced Fresh Tomatoes

The Dressing:

Our fresh baby dill in our garden here at home.

1 cup of mayo (I confess, one of the only name brands I am loyal to: Hellman’s mayo!)

1/2 Lemon

1/2 tsp fresh dill

1/2 cup of fresh grated Parmesan cheese

Salt and Pepper to taste

Squeeze fresh lemon juice into the cup of mayo. Then add the rest of the ingredients and mix. It’s best to put in fridge for a couple hours to mix all the flavors.

Spread mayo mix on leaf lettuce. Sprinkle with crumbled bacon and chopped tomatoes. That’s it!

So good and fresh tasting! Just fold and eat. A little messy but, not too bad. :)

 

Let’s go out to the patio and enjoy our lunch!

Today we are just having a simple lunch so it calls for just a simple table.

Let’s break this simple lunch table down.

I am sorry this post ended up being so huge! I just start writing and I keep wanting to chat with you  and show you different things! People have asked me numerous times over my years of blogging how do I come up with posts and things to write about. To be honest, I rarely run out of things to talk about or show.  If I had the time, I could sit and blog for hours every day. Not too mention, I keep saying I am going to not post as much and not join so many parties. We all can see how well that is working for me! Now, aren’t you glad you don’t know me in person?! LOL

**Sorry about the typos in the pictures but, I refuse to go back and redo them! :)         

 Don’t forget, this Saturday is the 2nd Thrifty Tablescape party!

I will have the post up Friday early evening!

I’m joining:

Outdoor Wednesday

 Rednesday

Sizzle into Summer
Open House Party

Tablescape Thursday

Foodie Friday

Tickled Pink

Weekend Cooking

A Little Yellow Tea Cup and Little Yellow Flowers

Hi everyone!

Wow, I have been so busy lately that I have not had a tea party in two weeks! Well, I just had to stop things for a moment and enjoy the day.

I picked up this little teacup at a thrift store a few weeks ago. It is just so sweet!

I don’t normally buy these mini teacups but, I just couldn’t resist this one!

I had to share this sweet little flower growing on the shaded side of our home. Troy picked it up at one of the plant swaps earlier this Spring. We had no idea what it would look like. That is one of the fun things we enjoy about swapping plants. It is called Lemon Drop  and is in the Primrose family.

I know, not a pretty location for this sweet little beauty but, it is thriving.

Such a pretty yellow flower! I really am thrilled to have it as an addition to our yard!

I just picked up this fun bright teapot at a yard sale.  I thought it well worth the price of $1.75.

I have my little teacup sitting on a clearance yellow flower canapé plate from the Christmas Tree shops.

This beautiful cross stitch vintage linen came from a wonderful blogger I met. It is so delicate. The fabric is very fragile.

The pretty yellow embroidered napkins are probably my favorite napkins! They of course were thrifted quite awhile ago.

I used the little lonely napkin ring that was in the big bag of napkin rings I thrifted a couple of weeks ago. I wish I had a set of these.  

    I know a lot of you are like me when it comes to finding fun decor books at a great bargain price. We just HAVE to have them! I found these two Martha Stewart books at a local thrift store for $1.99 each.

They are so fun to just have some quiet time and look through. Always filled with fun ideas! 

 

I enjoyed having you stop by for a visit today. I hope you had fun!

Don't forget, this Saturday (July 2nd) is our 2nd "Thrifty Tablescape" Party! Grab all those beautiful thrift finds and let's see your thrifty tablescape!

I am joining:

Tea for Two

Tea Time Tuesday

Tea Time Tuesday with Lady Katherine

Teacup Tuesday

Table Top Tuesday

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday

Return to Loveliness

Fertilizer Friday