~♥~SHOW 'N TELL FRIDAY ~♥~

BOY HAVE I GOT SOMETHIN' TO SHOW TODAY

Yep, I had me a good day at the Downtown Flea Market this week.
I wandered in and no sooner had I got inside the door till I spied
several items my litte "flea-market eyes" couldn't wait to get
in my hands.. Oh yeah, I get wild when I see somethin'
that I can put my Prim Stamp on.
First of all was this big, narrow shelf and I could
just see it all "primmed " up in black and sanded down
to let a little old white creepin' through.
Then I spied a big 15" cheese box in almost perfect condition.
And for $4.00 too.


AIN'T THIS THE FIND OF THE DAY ???

My little feet made a high-dive for it and there was
no need to be so hasty... only one other person besides the manager in the place.!!
But you know how greedy ya get when ya see somthin' ya want.... sooooo bad !!

I've started on my shelf, but I got a "ways" to go yet.
By the way, what does " base coating" consist of ???
Is it a long drawn out affair...cause I'm an impatient crafter
when I see "in my crafty mind" how I want it to look.




Then there's the big old heavy glass cookie jar that
I've already mostly filled with my button collecting.
I been collecting buttons since way back in the 80's in MIchigan.
I started just collecting the big mussel shell buttons,
but I soon branched out into the really old antique ones..
Ya'll remember me showin' then to ya some posts back.
Then to show them off properly, I started collecting thewe
round glass jars with the lid on the bottom so the jar
is actually upside down..
Filled with buttons, they are spectactular !!
My spellcheck says I've misspelled that word...
but heck, I ain't got time for being " politically correct"
with spellin'. got more important things to tend to.

Well, I've been off doing some important things
First off... I got this new Olympus Digital Camera yesterday
and altho I've had one before, I still needed to learn some of
the new features of this one..
Got a ways to go there, too.. let me tell ya'.

I'll have to wait a spell to show the shelf..
Started painting and didn't like how it was lookin'
so I quit and backed off to rethink that challenge.

Here's the big old antique button jar I told ya about.

Guess that's about all for today
but I've enjoyed braggin' bout my flea market find
and OH YEAH !! MY NEW CAMERA !!

Don't forget to go by Kellis and check out all
the neat things they are showin'

Til next time,
Maurine