A Broken Beauty

Someone had thrown this beauty to the curb and since I adore dogs and love vintage things, I just couldn't leave him there to be discarded! I am not the most crafty person but my attitiude is, where there is a will, there most defintely is a way! I have to find a way to repair this sweetie, or at least get him up on his feet :-)

I was searching the internet on how to repair a cement statue and came across this wonderful blog, Connecting The Pieces! Her article on this was fantastic! She makes it look so easy! If I cannot do this, maybe my husband can, who is much more artistic than me:-) Even if I could get him to where I could surround him with flowers. Wouldn't that be great??

Also, there is a business in High Point, NC that is on the corner of Hwy 311 and Eastchester that sells stunning cement statues of all kinds!  I am not sure of the name of it, but I wonder if they would be able to fix this for me? Don't you think it is worth it? Do you have any ideas for me?

Look at him, could you deny this face and character? 

Okay, I Am A Girly Girl!

I adore anything feminine. I aways have. Frilly, flirty, ruffled, pink, roses, silk, etc. etc. My poor husband. I knew I had a wonderful man when he let me paint the living room walls ice pink. Oh, was that color gorgeous! I never tired of it. When I am looking for vintage or antique treasures, you will see, my eye gravitates toward the more feminine items. Since we sell our finds to all sorts of collectors, I am really trying to find unique "mens" items, or things that have a masculine feel. Here are just a few of my latest finds. What fun finding them!

A very heavy manual date stamp by Bates



A croc embossed leather case with working clock




A heavy gadget that may be an early credit card processor



An old, heavy enameled steel, tape dispenser and weapon :-) 

A cute antique painted metal toy register bank