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Monday, January 23, 2012

treasure hunters

this past saturday my little friend kelley and i traveled across the back roads of america (okay yea i stole that line from american pickers) (and i call her my little friend kelley because that is the name a nice old man gave her at an antique show we did this fall).

anyway

we traveled across the back roads of michigan to find goodies for the store. we were very successful. it was a gorgeous day, the roads were clear, the sun was out and we met many interesting fun people.

we met up at panera bread to get muffins and coffee ( a must on a long scouting day) and headed south. we were in the car about 2 hours and got lots of ideas out (watch out for our valentine open house!)

we had one rule. we can only keep one thing for ourselves. well that rule lasted like 3 seconds. i collected pairs of silhouettes for my bedroom. the men go on my husbands side of the bed and the ladies go on mine. i have quite the little collage going on. i also found a vintage trophy cup that i plan on using for a vase as well as an old hotel sign that says "sleeping rooms" that will go upstairs by the bedrooms. i'll post pictures on my personal blog this afternoon.

kelley did pretty good on the rule she found an awesome velvet green pillow with dogs embroidered on it.

don't worry we "found" <- ha get it? treasures for you

over 25 new vintage dresses
3 vintage coats
a few choice pieces of vintage jewelry

a new wooden workbench
a 96 inch long harvest table
industrial metal fans
new interesting thermoses
a metal coffee table with a wood top
vintage hardware

here are some pictures of our hunt! remember if you are ever looking for something let us know! we are always out scouting!





this little dog was making deals all day!




scored TONS of awesome apothecary bottles 


i should have bought this...


this kitty kept climbing into our boxes. lucy would not like another cat...


told you we found a ton!


ready for cleaning and finishing



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