Saving The Past... Again... Look What We Found!!

It's an age old story these days.... this place is about to see it's last days on this earth.... it is scheduled to be bull dozed in.... so my son called another junking emergency today. My husband and I made our way over to the place to see what could be salvaged....

This is the original house to the farmstead, there is another newer two story square house on this acreage also, it too will be getting torn down. The house in the background is a two room house, no bathroom or running water.....

The lone birdbath in the yard, which will be coming home with me......

Here I am peeking into the door of the old house....

Here is what I saw... lots of stuff everywhere....

some cool old table legs....

There was a little loft so I volunteered my husbands services to see what was up there, no varmints, just some old fruit crates....

This is the back of the house, it is in a little bit of disrepair but we did find some treasures there...

Next building, a cute shaped old chicken coop. You always find some great things in these....

Galvanized chicken nester, check out the tiny little wooden chicken feeder, wouldn't that be cute with some flowers growing in it....

Chicken waterer lids, gotta have those!

Nice old oval washtub, which I found in the little wash house shed.....

We decided to take a walk in the grove, looked like there were a few things scattered over the years throughout the trees, and we were right! Look at these nice old cream cans. They are shorter and fatter, cute size......

Windmill blades, always LOVE, LOVE those!!

Next was the the old grease house shed, I sent the husband in here first too. Found some things we wanted .....

And some we didn't.... we left this one alone.....

Probably sat on that shelf for 60 years, earlier we found a calender hanging in the old house, it was dated 1957......

We found Harry Baker's wood tote, made many moons ago, saved and will end up in someones house as a cool little wood tote......

The old wells were covered with these old cast iron lids, love those, but darn are they heavy!

A water pump..........by the well.....

This one brought tears to my eyes, this was the cupola off the old barn, he was a little bit damaged beyond saving......

Found this in the grove on the ground......

Next building..... the BIG old red chicken house!!

Peek! Another nice old galvanized chicken nester and.......

a calf bucket, love these, they have a hook so you can hang them on a fence, gotta get that.....

A Warner chicken nester.... in the same building~

Now this was a little harder to get to but when I spotted the super duper coolest crinkely wire, I had to have it.....

This is an old chicken cage but as you can see it has a BIG old tree laying on the top of it... not to worry......

When you have connections with a handy little skid loader to move that tree for you......

and wala, it's been removed from my project!!!! We did have to spend another hour disassembling it to get to the cool wire panels, but we got them!

A bunch of old oil cans, look at the great old graphics.......

Now here are few photos of our load, one of the loads......

Another view, check out those cool old wire screens and the seed sorting screens......

A double wash tub and several wagons, trikes and bikes, all good for something, wheels, metal seats, and more....

Here is the BIG load, all going to the scrap iron.

We went to the mini mart when we got loaded for something to eat, time had went by so fast that it was already 3 p.m., which also happens to be coffee time for the area men, as we were listening to them gossip one of the guys asked his friend, "Hey, Jerry is that your truck full of garbage.", he said no my truck is around the corner, that isn't my garbage." The hubby and I just looked at each other and started to laugh. What are they talking about, this is some of the greatest junk ever, oh well, better they don't know how good of junk it really is, more for me!~~~

Cammie(:

Flea Market Style Is At Master's Hand Candle Co. and Serendipity Candy Factory

I went out yesterday to start distributing the new Flea Market Style magazine to some of the shop owners awaiting the arrival.....

One of my stops was at Master's Hand Candle Co. and Serendipity Candy Factory. There is a real success story behind this....

Meet Nicole and Susie, they are a mother/daughter team that has built Master's Hand Candle Co. from the kitchen up, literally speaking, Susie was a stay at home mom who started making candles out of her kitchen, then the basement, until finally they grew out of their space and purchased the building they now reside in for the past 2 1/2 years.

They use to make 70 candles a day out of their home, now they make around 30,000 candles a year!! Most of the business they do is through schools and churches that sell the candles as a fund raiser, so if you are looking for a fund raiser, here it is folks.....

Susie and Nicole were quite happy to be getting some of the Flea Market Style magazines for their rapidly growing business......

They also carry some fun bling.......

Purses of all shapes, sizes, and colors......

Some great home decor........

And their new addition of Serendipity Candy Factory... look at the beautiful candies and we even got some samples..... delicious!!!

The bridge ladies were in the shop, now this is a serious group of bridge players, nothing distracts them from their game!!

They are located just south of Tekamah just off of Hwy 75, their hours are M-F 9 - 5:30, Sat 9 - 12, phone number is 402-374-2003. So if you are traveling through Tekamah, Nebraska make sure and stop to see Susie and Nicole, tell'em Cammie sent you. You will feel right at home with warm smiles, fabulous sweets, a killer cup of hot cocoa or cappuccino, and don't forget to pick up a copy of the great new Flea Market Style magazine chocked full of great decorating ideas!

Cammie(:

The Time Has Arrived!!!

Yesterday the UPS truck pulled up in front of the shop, I thought to myself I wonder what he could be bringing, I'm not expecting anything. So in he came with two packages in hand, and as he handed them to me I felt how heavy they were and a feeling of instant excitement came over me!~ It must be the magazine! I had one of those boxes open before he even for out of the door~

There is was the thing we have all been waiting for months t0 see, and it was sitting right in front of me~

I flipped through some of the pages just for a glance, I didn't want to see too much, I wanted to sit down and savor every page of the long awaited magazine.

Oh, something turq~

Something else I got yesterday, had to share these with you too, I bought this whole box of door knobs with these great silver door plates attached, all 39 of them. You should have seen them before, they had been in a fire and were filthy and black, even my husband said he wasn't sure of my purchase. I told him to trust me~

Look how pretty they are, they have these great doorplates and silver embossed medallions in the middle of each enamel door knob, they are fabulous. In all my junking I have never seen any doorknobs like these. These will be harder to part with than I thought~

Sooooooo, back to the magazine, I sat down last night with my magazine and went through it page by page, you will love the magazine!!! Ki has out done herself again, as we can always expect~ Kudos to you Ki and all the Flea Market Style team, job well done! I have extra copies so if anyone would like a copy just email me and we will work out the details.

Have a great week, and may things as special as these come to you soon~

Cammie(:

Excitement Is In The Air......Can You Feel It?

Here it is the big reveal of the cover of the new Flea Market Style magazine that is about to hit the stands! I'm gettting goose bumps from the anticipation of what lies behind this beautiful cover!

I have ordered spare copies of this issue for those of you who would like one of the new magazines. So, as we wait with visions of junk dancing in our heads, just sit back and imagine what lies ahead for every Flea Market Style fan!

Cammie(:

Iowa.......

Friday we took off in hopes of an adventure, big junk finds, and good weather to do it in. We came up with all three....

I have a special place in my heart for old movie theatres, they are becoming an extinct species...

Showtime 7:30, well we won't be catching that show, the junk is calling.....

Bingo!! I found a barrel of stuff, and lots of them......

Some furniture, matter a fact a whole warehouse full.....

Just a few wooden shoe lasts...... approximately 200 of them!!!!!

Several old mantels, this jewel was just $975, quarter sawn oak, massive, and beautiful......

Bingo again, thread spools from an old factory, the man says there is 12,000 of them, you think he is right? Threw some of those in the trailer.......

The husband checking out the old side shed....... and what does he find?

A pile of widow's peak, only 80 some of these......

Overall, the day was a success, we came home with piles of junk and a few extras, the weather held out, and we did have quite an adventure, 250 miles of junking joy, even found a few new places that I have to discover yet. But that will be later, stay posted!!

Cammie(: