This is one of my favorite Estate Sale finds. Vintage white original cover chair and ottoman..Price tag $45. Love it.
Today I also found two super vintage dresses.Price ..$7. each. Very Anthro looking. This is a great time of the year to hit the thrift shop..a lot of people doing pre-spring clean out.
On your way to the thrift store bring a bag of unused items.
Happy Happy,
Shay
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Take time to be friendly ~ It is the road to happiness
Take time to dream ~It is hitching your wagon to a star
Take time to love and to be loved~It is a privilege of the Gods
Take time to look around ~It is too short a day to be selfish
Take time to laugh ~ It is the music of the soul.
Old English
Last fall I went on a Junket to Battle Ground, WA. to the Barn House Fall Sale.This little ole worn out chicken feeder was just sittin' there waiting for someone to come along and rescue it from certain fate of landfill.I saw potential in the form of a plate rack..when I returned home I promptly placed it under my trolley and was delighted to discover it was the perfect fit.It holds my ironstone,china and silver platters.It is so perfect and useful.
I've been busy the past 5 weeks taking an online class with Holly Becker of Decor8 blog, and Leslie Shewring from A Creative Mint blog.I have learned so much and I'm super excited to use what I have learned.Both ladies have shared their knowledge and experience which has been fantastic.The students are from all over the world,I have had a great time meeting them..During the past week I've shot some pictures around my tree house,I used my iphone for most of them. Apple sells camera apps for the iphone, the one I use is Tilt Shift.Do you use an iphone for taking photo's ? If so which apps do you use ? I would love to know.
Make it a great Monday,
Shay
All photo's s.johnson designer junk finder
Vintage yo-yo quilt re-made into pillows.Old wool blankets were formed and then we applied the yoyo's.Custom down filled inserts.I set this photo up in our 1966 vintage Airstream.
Needlepoint panel constructed into a custom pillow.
I will be selling these on Etsy eventually.Prices are approximately $65.
Email me if you are interested.
Shay
"'I am a Thing-Finder, and when you're a Thing-Finder, you don't have a minute to spare.Quote by Pippi Longstocking
All photo's S.Johnson ~Designer Junk Finder
This is a collage, mixed media piece I made from a trip I took to Thailand in 2000.
I added a old letter written in 1959 that was found at an estate sale.The newer ephemera was collected while I was there.I love this form of inspirational,and temporary art.I plan on doing a series of these to make photo cards.
1.Old coffee bin. Great for dog supplies,we have four dogs so this is stuffed.
2.Vintage dresser.Yes,in the family room.I basically use it to store all my stationary and paper products,odds and ends away from sight.
3.I collect old metal cash,tool and fishing boxes, to store keys, pens,receipts and any other miscellany objects of distraction. Usually found at Estate Sales for a dollar or two. Tool boxes are great for craft supplies.
Happy Friday.
Shay
Hello sunshine.We call our home "The Tree House". This is the spot where we get beautiful filtered sun in the afternoon.The patchwork burlap covered bench was purchased from Greatfinz (ETSY).It's the perfect perch to sit and enjoy the glorious view.
It's a beautiful sunny day.I sat in the sun and read my new book, Etc. by Sibella Court."Creating beautiful interiors with the things you love." After, Leslie from A Creative Mint blog recommend this book to me I ran to Anthropologie and bought it.
Uber chic Sibella is an interior stylist,living in Australia,after a stint in New York.Her collecting,beach-combing,"slapdash" styling is in line with my own unusual sense of visual display.I love the unexpected,the lost and found,the humble mixed with something precious.
Etc. is a treasure chest filled with imagination.
The texture of the pages,thick and crafty.Random glassine pages,printed with handstand type. Etc. is a must have for the collector,the wanderlust,adventure seekers,finder,keepers and curator of unusual and beautiful objects. Published by Murdoch Books.
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This inspiration board is an assignment in my "Blogging Your Way" online course.
To make from bits and scrape a collage to reflect the true me. My design aesthetic and how I want my blog to look and feel.
How does this look,feel?
Do you like vintage,tattered,torn,worthless,priceless junk??? Un told stories?
Found objects like rocks,feathers,bark. and rusty crusty parts are always my free gift from nature.I have naturaly dropped antlers,found feathers,pretty rocks mixed in with my displays,it adds an element of humilty.
Is there something you would add??? Love to hear feedback.
Shay
Long forgotten stories, people, objects and their long journey home to me. Hand worn,tattered leather books,spines sown with thread,repaired with love.The iconic symbol of Mary,reminder of eternal love. A lost feather, natures perfect creation.
A collection of keys, the mystery of which we will never know.Cherished letters,hand written in beautiful script, a long lost art form.All gathered to tell the story of simple,sacred objects,still here,still,loved.
Blogging Your Way Week Three
Shay
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