Free Paint Sample

I got my free Valspar sample today

I was impressed on how nice the pkging is

Valspar

They give away 1000 samples 

every day starting at 10 EST

It came with the paint sample

and a small pan

and rollers

It also includes a $5 off cpn

complimentary palette

I'm not sure when it started

but my understanding is it will last 100 days

Even if you don't have a project 

in mind 

you might want to get a sample

for future use

even if its just for frames

I will be using mine

as the accent color on

the outside of my house

Christmas Craft Shopping

I went searching for embellishments

and craft items to do Christmas projects

Michaels has quite a bit in their dollar bins

I found these stamps and ink pads

These stickers

Out of the pkg

The following weren't in the dollar bin

Tags

I really liked these

I thought abt putting them on 

Christmas ornaments

 but they don't bend easily

There are a lot 

of different designs

The one thing I didn't find

was Christmas ribbon

there was only a few spools

Always b/4 they had an whole

side of an isle

but I couldn't find one

at Michaels

and Joann's had even less

Have you been happy 

with what is out there 

or does it seem like 

the marketing its odd??

Thrifty Thurs

Fallin for Leaves

I decided just to drop into our towns

Goodwill today

very rarely do they have anything

but I was trying to stay cool 

and it was next door to the grocery store

to my surprise I found the following

I flipped them over

and saw this

flipped it back

and saw this

Yup I took both of them!

They are bigger than they look

would be perfect for 

putting Thanksgiving rolls in

There also was this small leaf

for $2.99

Thrifty Thurs

Tippin' It

On Saturday we went to 

Tipp City for their

Antiques and Artisans Day

There were 60 vendors

up and down Main St

The old hotel has been converted 

into shops

what were hotel rooms

are now individual "shops:

The Staircase that leads to the 

two upper floors

Outside the rooms

there are shop signs

One "shop"

There were a few really nice

cafe/restaurant to chose from

We chose 

Harrison's

I got the 

Harvest Salad

"A colorful harvest of rows of 

red beets, grilled yellow squash

crisp green beans, seasoned sweet corn

salted sunflower seeds and feta cheese

lime and corn tortilla

 encrusted chicken chunks"

My hsb got

All in one

"Like being at a football game

smoked sausage with onion and peppers

on a grilled pretzel bun

I will highlight

some of the shops

(and show you what I bought)

 in my next post

.

Second Time Around

A couple of weeks ago

I got a few items at an antique store

to complete the top of the cabinet

The cranes match a piece of art work

in the room

I originally thought 

that they were carved out of a hard plastic

similar to bakelite

however a fellow blogger Karina

post a comment that lead me to research them

the and I believe

 they might be carved out 

of some kind of horn

Thanks to Karina at Thas Nifty

if anyone else has any info

I'd appreciate it

I also found a ceramic bell jar

I think it works it well

linking up with

2nd time around