First Bleach, Then Dye, Dye, Dye

First bleach three hundred and forty tiny bottle brush trees and then dye, dye, dye.

 



The most time-consuming part of this project is waiting for them dry, dry, dry.

The lighter trees on the screens is how they look after bleaching.

For deep jewel tones, use Distress Ink Spray.

Super messy - worth the trouble.

The rest of the trees were dyed with Rit Dye in a hot water bath with salt added.

 Rose Pink.

Apple Green with a bit of Gold for a vintage look.

 Aqua Blue.

Petal Pink.


About half of the trees have sold, but there are more in Booth W-10, Riverfront Antique Mall, North Augusta, South Carolina.



For more information on bleaching bottle brush trees see these posts:

Bleaching Bottle Brush Trees 
Bottle Brush Trees On Corks 
Bottle Brush Tree Joy 
Bottle Brush Trees On Molds 
Bottle Brush Trees On Blocks 



And PLEASE do not bleach vintage trees!



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Friday Finds

Friday Finds me missing in action.

I am suffering from a tooth abscess and have to wait to see my dentist - I have had a root canal so there is little pain.

 

This yawning baby was a birthday present from my sister-in-law.

What a cutie.

He's a chalkware night light.

For my birthday month of December, Linda of A La Carte came down to see me, shop and eat cake.

Here we are starting off the journey from Riverfront Antique Mall.

The Community Thrift Store in North Augusta was having a 50% off sale.

They were bursting at the seams with goodies.

There's Linda combing through the china and glassware.

Next we went to Marketplace Antiques on Broad Street in Augusta.

Whatever you collect can be found here.

This is the upstairs.

For lunch we had Curious George sandwiches for nutrition at Boll Weevil Cafe.


We saved half our sandwiches for supper.





So we could overindulge in coffee toffee cake with raspberry drizzle.

Yes, it is that HUGE!

The two of us could not finish.

I took a chunk home for later. 

We finished the afternoon back at Riverfront after a disappointing trip to a Goodwill where we found nothing!

Linda promises to shop the entire antique mall in one day.

Linda, many have promised but few have accomplished this task!

Yes, she bought bottle brush trees!

So what did I buy?

At Community Thrift I found this vanity mirror frame.

The yo yo doll will be dismembered for the yo yo's.

The bottle brush tree can be straightened and bleached and dyed.

The book and the sheep are quite happy they will not be tortured at all.

I found the stable.

Linda found the figurines - half of them chalkware and half plastic - all old.

Thanks, Linda, for letting me have them.


 

We did not  even find ONE orphan Baby Jesus.

At Marketplace Antiques I found this French catalog from early 1900's selling antique reproductions.

Small pieces, fabrics and draperies are listed with the dimensions and price.

I plan to save the catalog and scan the pages into the computer for projects.

And finally porcelain door knobs.

These will be in my Etsy shop in the new year.





 
Linda and I had a wonderful time and have made plans for more junkin' adventures.

If you live within traveling distance of Augusta, Georgia, come on and visit me for the day. 


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Friday Finds

We start this week with a find from the top of our old fridge which has made its way to the great landfill in the sky.


When we moved into this house in 1990, there was a tiny gold refrigerator in the kitchen.

We had a newer fridge in beige we wanted to keep.

Chucks with the help of a moving company hauled out the old gold and brought in the new - only to discover it was too tall for the cabinets.

Chucks dug out his trusty jigsaw and cut the cabinet off the wall leaving a gaping hole.

No, I was not around - I was at work.

Luckily I had this large crate which fit exactly into the hole.

New anniversary fridge was delivered the other day.

It is taller than the old.

Did not have to cut the cabinets, but the crate was no longer needed.

So it went off to Booth C-23. 

I buy a lot from Brett who usually pulls stuff out of the storage facility he owns, but I haven't seen him around lately.

Coming home from the antique mall I found he had rented a place out on the main highway for a month to draw new customers.

He started me a box of old junk when he saw me drive up. 

Books.

Two green ironstone plates.

A tiny yellow tugboat.

Two vintage Thermos bottles.

The red one is marked Ace Hardware.

Not vintage, but he knew I would want them.

Ice skates.

Sold ten minutes after hanging them in the booth.

Why?

Door decor! 

Chucks and I once had a collection of match boxes.

Love this brass one for long matches.

Selling.

A church bird cage.

A tiny feather-like tree.

The tree will fit into the cage.

Leave natural or paint them both white?

Another dealer was using this trio of patina-plus pitchers.

Yes, I bought them.

Will use for awhile and then off to the booth or Etsy.




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Quickies

Are you ready?

Ready for red?

And green? 

And white?

And naturals?




All the colors of Christmas?

This little fellow is ready to show you how quick a quickie can be.

Take two decrepit kindergarten chairs.

Add Rust-Oleum in red.

Take one green lift top bench.

Add leftover Rust-Oleum red paint.

A perfect trio. 

To put under your tree-o! 

More Christmas popping up soon.




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Friday Finds

Friday finds me - whaaaaat?

SIXTY-THREE!!!!!

Yes, today is my birthday.

Yes, send good wishes.

Yes, give a gift to someone who needs it.

Chucks took me to an estate sale yesterday for a present.

The couple in their nineties moved into a new home and left treasure after treasure behind.

FIVE sheds!

Bike wheel.

Two buckets.

A solid copper box with lid.

Rand-McNally Family Atlas.

Really rough shape.

This campaign poster was glued on the inside cover of the atlas.

You can read about the Wofford professor HERE.

It is interesting to us because Dr. Clinkscales retired to a house on the Wofford campus renamed the Kilgo-Clinkscales House.

Chucks and his father were named after Rev. Kilgo.

And Chucks' father attended Wofford.

I think the atlas may be a keeper because of the campaign poster glued to the inside of the cover.

Copyright 1912.

It's older than I am!

Also older are the stacks of books I bought.

1880's to 1950's.

Mostly children's books.

Look at the tiny Webster's Dictionary on top.

Definitely a keeper.

A small group of presentation New Testaments.

Calling cards from ministers.

I do remember when the preacher came to call.

In one of the workshops - two work aprons.

One Coca-Cola.

"Be really Refreshed" is the 1959 slogan.

One Aiken Lumber. (Notice the telephone numbers.)

A wooden hanger.

A Band-Aid tin.

There were walls of family photos - most professionally framed.

Each photo has the name and the date on a label on the back.

I could not leave the children behind.

The adults I left to fend for themselves.

However I might slip back over Saturday afternoon to see if any others need rescuing.

A bike basket filled with Gerber baby food jars with the blue and silver tops and Duke's Mayonnaise.

In the South it is the ONLY mayo fit to be eaten.

Okay, so I am another year older and probably a bit meaner.

But I am still out junkin'.

That's all that matters.

Plus most of the stuff I buy is older than I am.



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