HOWDY-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y-Y FROM TEXAS!!!!!!!! YOU KNOW YOUR IN THE RIGHT PLACE WHEN YOU HAVE A love for crafting, love for gardening, love for second hand shopping, respect for the environment, FIRE INSIDE you that, dad-burn-it,you just hate to see anything go to waste!!!!!!!! WELCOME TO GARDEN JUNKERS

Lynn. ... Glad you decided to get out and shop 'on your own'..All those wonderful buys would have passed you by if your decided not to.. Your gourd is really a beautiful piece and works perfectly in your home and where you've placed it. Those napkin rings are really lovely and I'm looking forward to seeing those in one of your tablesettings. I agree, that Floral Pitcher was meant for you..it's lovely. Also... I LOVE your Red Transferware Cups...and their pattern. Look out for Karen I'm sure she's 'lusting' after them! lol Looking forward to your 'Napkin Ring Creations'.. hurry up and get them done Girl...we want to see. Hoping all is okay with Ronin. jane

I do this on a small scale. I love working on all sorts of projects, from furniture to funky clothing/purses, etc. But my apartment is too stuffed as it is. Every year there is a neighborhood wide yard sale on a Saturday in May, and I haul a ton of stuff out to get rid of it. My prices are stupid low -- because I really want to get rid of stuff. I get the fun of finding things, doing something with them -- then I don't have to live with them! I just wish, wish, wish I had some storage/work space. It keeps me from working on larger pieces of furniture. And this neighborhood is sooooo obliging about throwing out near perfect pieces.... One question I have, for those who've done this often; how do you handle taxes? An attorney friend told me that you don't have to declare income from yard/garage sales because the assumption is that you are selling at a fairly significant loss, but when you pay little or nothing for the raw elements, and sell at a reasonable profit -- do you declare the income? Best of luck with your sale, Margo -- and I hope you have many more in the future!

Chelone, your mom did good by you. Mine knew nothing of antiques and wouldn't have knowingly bought one if she did. She grew up on a farm in Georgia during the 1920's and they cut the posts off their old 4-poster beds to help them look modern. But she did haunt the local auction almost every Saturday, and it was not only a livestock auction, but also a huge flea market. You know, the kind of flea market that a flea market used to be.......Big tables rented to sellers by the day, where you could buy toys, clothes, shoes, furniture, antiques, and car parts. Nothing brand new, just other people's stuff. We dressed from the Auction, furnished our house from the Auction, and bought our fresh produce from the Auction. The Auction still functions around here, but now it's full of the cheap junk from China and Mexico that you see everywhere. Not too many of the old time dealers around these days. But while I was even then, at 7 or 8, looking longingly at antique beds and dressers and chairs, while my Momma was buying toys and shoes and dishes, she did teach me a lot about bargaining, negotiating, and carrying small bills at all times. She kept her mind open to possibilities and she knew that if a deal was good, the time to offer cash was Right Now. She always said that if she left a row of tables and wandered down another row, by the time she got back to something she was thinking about, it would be gone. She moved back to Georgia many years ago and she's still a force to be reckoned with, but her memories of all those times is growing very dim with age. And Oceanna, I must have been typing my 5000 word post, because I missed your lovely red mohair sofa. Beautiful. And I was thinking about you the other day, wondering if you had found the right fabric yet for your vintage chaise lounge? Did you buy something yet? I'm going to vote for a textured chenille, maybe something along the lines of the fabric I made my drapes out of in the "Show me your drapes" thread... Red