letting off steam

bell and i need to let off steam, from time to time. she's working (too damn hard) on her business, besides her creative needs, and i'm looking for any excuse not to literally bite the dust in that 'renov'business of mine. so today was the day. we took hubby's white skippy out and rode from town to town, guided by trustworthy nicole, our local gps lady. as if we don't know the way, but nicole prompts us not to lose precious time. [we've been known to end up in the middle of cornfields, 'destination attained', but we have driven ourselves more than mental when not relying on nicole's technical  know how.]

yarn, glorious soft yarn

i'm not breaking news when i'm saying that thrifting is a business that either goes wrong, or right. today, we were riding high. the day turned over magnificent finds. i love it that bell aches for plastic madonnas, the ones you will find on every street corner in lourdes. for bell's  going to do great things with the veiled ladies in her shop (to open may 2011). bell is a conceptional lady after all. i am happy enough already, what am i saying, i am over the (full) moon i got myself one  perfect reason to take out the camera and offer you, under a rainy skylight and from the front row,

a good handful of books and a few dvds

a vintage gobelin patterns magazine

gobelins galore of which one shown here

a graphic pepper & salt shaker set

toy building blocks i gave a first soak, so as to peel off filthy paper

an eric carle toy blocks box

a magnificent praha souvenir vase

a flowered fibreglass serving tray

monochrome glass work

magnetic letters & numbers in a peapod platter on an old atlas (map of the world) to be cut up

TINY memories

a couple of soup mugs

and a ceramic corn syrup canister which the sales lady lovingly insisted on calling a 'pineapple something'. or is it?

yeah? via sophie's flea market finds and apron thrift girl on mondays. i'm heading your ways!