Flea Market

What a great day for a flea market!  Checked the weather forecast and it said the storms weren't moving through until later in the day, so off we went!

The hubby wanted to look for some tools to replace missing pieces so he was happy to take me!  And he was able to find what he wanted, so it was a good day for both of us!

Here is what was found today.  The hubby bought this, yep, a toolbox and it's for me!  Now my hammer, screwdrivers and wrenches have a home other than my kitchen junk drawer!  And it's the industrial colors I love, he did good!

Another toothpick holder.  It has a really nice pattern on it:

This is a beautiful Heisey sugar bowl, it just sparkles!

A paint by number magazine rack:

Four paint by numbers, not the best of shape but cheap enough.  And I love the message on the backs.  I've seen worse conditions, too.

A year later, Pete did these:

Here is another industrial box, this one is for slides.

Came with the boxes, 8 of them have slides in them, must go through and look at them all, the other four boxes are empty.  Makes a great display.

And I did a bundle!!  The slide box above and these two wall hangings.  I've seen these and they are made by the same manufacturer as my wall shadow box.  They are the perfect size for hanging on each side of your shelf.  Remember, I had two small gravel art pictures on each side of it and these are so much better! 

We also came home with a shoo fly pie and 2 whoopie pies!

After all that, these came in the mail:

Karen

Mid-century Wall Shelf

The hubby and I went antique shopping yesterday and I saw this shelf on the wall.  About half joking, I showed it to the hubby and said how much I loved it!  Well, image my surprise when he didn't poo poo it!  He was looking at it and I realized it would light up.  We tried it but it wouldn't light but the clerk swore it had to be the light bulbs because it worked when the seller brought it in.  The price tag?  It was marked $150.00 but then marked on clearance for $50.00.  Since the lights weren't working, maybe the seller would mark it down further?  The clerk gets on the phone and low and behold, she said if we take it today, she would let it go for $35.00.  SOLD!    It is manufactured by Illinois Moulding Company.   

We replaced the bulbs and sure enough, it lights like a charm!  Now, let's get it hung on the wall. 

  

Next step is what should I put on it?  I thought about my book art, my vintage air freshener collection, my sea shell animals and then settled on these:

My vintage eyeglass holder collection!  I think it would be sweet with colored bottles, too.

One last final touch!

Just wouldn't be complete without my new gravel art!

Illinois Moulding Co. would mass produce accessories for walls.  They did a boatload of plaques and if I ever come across plaques that match the panels along the sides of this, they'd be mine in a heartbeat!  But from what I can gather, these shelves were made with different panels or with a wire panel.  Could get small planters for each side and with the mirror like mine along the edge.  Check out this one with additional items to it:

And another one:

 And one more:

I'll be keeping my eye out for that one!