saturday afternoon

my husband loves to fix up old bikes.

i love antiques.

some days, we drive and dream together about working for ourselves.

he wants to operate a motorcycle business out of our garage,

and i even think it might be fun to own a little antique shop someday 

when the kids are a bit more independent.

we love watching american pickers,

and want to do that, too...

just on a smaller scale right now.

saturday afternoon, jason was checking craigslist

and came across an ad for a really, really cheap old bike.

they had already had a lot of calls,

but promised to save it for jason.

he knows the game,

and offered more than the asking price...

he also knows the bike,

and knew we wouldn't come out with less than what he was paying.

my dad let us take his truck,

and he also watched the three oldest so that i could ride along.

he's a pretty nice guy.

 

"road trips" make you do funny things,

especially when you're really tired.

i had my camera with me since i was taking pics for my bff's extended fam at 5,

and wasn't sure if i would be back in time to drive myself...

so i decided to practice taking pictures like the teenagers do--

you know, with duck lips...

or with your tongue hanging out...

 

i could barely keep my composure.

i was cracking myself up.

jason was laughing at first,

and then begging me to stop.

 

he finally had enough,

and tickled me really bad,

right when i was taking a picture.

good thing i had my camera strap wrapped around my hand,

because i dropped my camera!

 

i finally settled down,

 

 and took pictures of the beautiful country scenery...

i really do love kansas. 

we don't have mountains, but there's just something about a broad expanse of land,

or seeing crops and farmers out, tending to their livelihood.

i wish we were farmers.

as much as i enjoy some lovely scenery,

i was still tired, and that means i was still really goofy...

it's a good thing that my husband was on the same wave length.

 

we started making up corny country songs...

 

well, he did.

i would just sing ones i know...

 

until we got to haven.

"we're comin' up on haven and it, really is a haven..."

that was a good one, huh?!

ha!

 it made jason laugh. =)

we were finally there, and jason got out to go get the bike...

 

me?

 

i just took more pictures...

and i found a cute lil thing in the back--

oops! he caught me!

with his prize loaded up, we headed home.

 

check out that old title!

i love that jason is such a people person.

there were probably a dozen people on the property cleaning up.

it had been their dad's house, and he was a "collector".

he hadn't thrown anything away in 50+ years.

they had been there working for a year.

 

at first they didn't like us there,

but by the time we left, my husband had won them over 

and they invited us back to come "pick".

to say we are excited is an understatement.

there are allll kinds of old treasures out there.

i can't wait!

garage sale finds!

monday morning, we took a walk. 

we turned the corner, and what do you know,

a garage sale!

a wooden high chair caught my eye.

our plastic one takes up too much room...

which is why we never pulled it out of the garage for jax.

she wanted $25, but told me she was getting rid of stuff for cheap on wednesday.

so that's when i went back.

it was still there, and i paid $10.

 the "shop chair" jason was interested in was still there, too--

but he's still unsure about it, so if he doesn't hurry up and use it, i will.

it's begging to be redone.

in fact, i already have it done in my mind.

consider yourself warned, jason. ;)

since i was there and all, i figured i might as well look around,

and i found more to catch my eye:

i'll use the 70s picture in my girls' room.

they're stoked.

(so am i).

the smaller frames will most definitely be spray painted.

and finally, i found this huge painting, and knew it belonged in my living room.

i didn't want to ask how much she wanted...but i did anyway.

$5.

you're killin' me, smalls!

a turquoise spray painted frame and some light antique glazing later,

it was a perfect fit.

<3

antiquing

my mom and i have talked forever about going to the antique stores together. we finally had the chance to go on tuesday afternoon.

it was huge--

as in, we only got through half of it.

we saw sooo much.

it's like going through a museum, the flea market and the best garage/estate sale ever

all at once.

here are some of the things we saw:

1. i used to play the flute & i dig old instruments.

2. coffee grinders

3.buttons, buttons and lots more buttons!

4. owl bank

5. a vanity/bench set i loved.

6. beautiful old tables

7. high chair/rocker/stroller in one. beautiful and expensive!

8. 1920s phone

9. old tins (my mom collects them)

10. old violin

11. i married an arab

it was random and made me laugh...

but yeah...i married a german.

12. loverly yellow pitcher

13. button flowers

14. skee ball, retro style

15. vintage ornaments. loved them..but didn't want to pay $3/ea.

16. leather bound book of...well, snap shots!

17. this squirrel's crazy eyes made me giggle.

18. my mom had these dolls when she was little. 

she literally gasped when she saw them.

it was neat to relive that with her.

19. i love these old cat clocks, and i've never seen it in yellow--

i'm just not into the rhinestones!

20. bitty little piano 

after seeing this old laundry "machine", i may never complain about doing laundry again.

(yes i will).

and finally, after all of that, all i walked away with was this set of keys:

they go with my other little skeleton keys from the flea market (bottom corner)!

i looove skeleton keys...

now to figure out what to do with them!

friday {vintage} favorites

{garage sale find}

{my mom picked this old camera up for me

at an antique store to go with my other one

i puffy <3 it}

{my other old camera ~

also a garage sale find}

{my grandma's owl}

{yummy vintage *garage sale* fabric = skirt for me soon!}

happy friday!