Good Deals from Goodeals

Another weekend means another trip to my new favorite resale shop, Goodeals.
About a week and a half ago they cleaned out the 3 story Victorian house of a hoarder
who collected mostly paper items (including books) dating back as far as 1825.

Here are the little goodies I picked up this week:

Four antique books, $2.00 each

(They would have been $1.00 each if I had waited until Sunday, 

but I was afraid they would be picked over.)

This little antique tray for $3.00

This mirrored tray for $7.00.

This butterfly print for $1.00

These three old ads for $1.00 each.

Two from "The Illustrated London News" dating back to March and April of 1825,

and one from "The Ladies Home Journal" dated April 1927.

I've already put most of these finds to use in our house. 

Check back this week to find out what I did with my new treasures.

It's Sunday Afternoon and Everyone Around Me is Napping

Sorry I've been slacking this past week.

Things have been super busy at work and at home.

But I have tons to share with you this upcoming week.

In the meantime, here are some photos of our family filled week/weekend.

DIY I Tried: Yarn Wrapped Bottles

Ok, I actually didn't try this one, my friend Ellen did. 

So it's more like "DIY She Tried," but you get the idea.

Over at one of my favorite new DIY blogs, MoreDesignPlease, Ellen found this great idea for yarn bottle centerpieces. We got together this past weekend for a little "DIY date". She worked on these while I worked on a project for a guest post I'l be doing over at Neat & Tangled in a few weeks.  

While MDP didn't offer a tutorial, the steps were pretty self-explanatory and simple enough to figure out. 

All you need is some yarn, empty bottles (Ellen used beer, wine and an empty clear bottle I found around the house) and a glue gun.

The only prep work that needed to be done was soaking the bottles overnight to make the labels easy to peel off. Don't worry about picking every piece of label off, you just need enough off so the yarn is flat and no label peeks through.

Ellen glued the end of the yarn starting at the bottom of the bottle and began wrapping, stopping every few wraps to add a dab of glue.

Depending how thick your yarn is, you may need to do two layers. 

The wine bottle took one because the yarn was a pretty thick texture.

The rest of the bottles took two. 

At the end just cut the yarn and seal with a dab of hot glue.

Here's how they looked in the end. 

Great, right? I can't wait to see where she puts them.

These can be used as a vase, or filled with sand and sealed with a cork as a bookend, or just as a pretty decorative accent.

Any DIY's you've tried lately?

Happy Halloween!

A day late, but Happy Halloween all!

50 Rules

I just read this on my lunchbreak.

Every dad of a little girl should read this.

Such perfection.

50 Rules for Dads of Daughters