Tuesday Tale- Thelma's Label Maker

Here comes another fantastical story about the bright blue label maker I found at the thrift store Saturday. I have decided to do a little Tall Tale every Tuesday about my thrift store favorites. It is so much fun to think of where these items came from and who owned them in a previous life.

Today is Thelma's vibrant blue label maker.
This is not any ordinary label maker. This label maker belonged to The Thelma Louise Pearl. Thelma was an avid collector who lived in the town of Warrandyte. Her little cottage perched atop an unsightly hill, right next to the town dump. Too most this would seem quite dirty and depressing, but Thelma had sort of a different mind set.

Each morning Thelma would wake up, fix some poached eggs, feed her eleven cats, and routinely walk over to the dumpster site before anyone arrived for work.

Did I mention Thelma was a collector? She had a soft spot for anything red. It was the craziest thing, old red shoes, thrown out red bins, red light posts, she even commandeered a bent red stop sign once.

And this is where the labeling began. Use your imagination. A woman who owns eleven cats, a label maker, and a house full of red junk. Oh how delightful. Thanks Thelma, and your wonderful habits.

I found a couple label makers online for super cheap!

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I'll share with you what I intend to label.
No boring bookshelves or plastic boxes, food cans or trinket shelves.
I will label oodles of pictures, people, fruit and bed stands.
Maybe even I will label a few paint brushes, or notebooks, picture frames or Baby Ben clocks.





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I bought tape today, and I can't wait to get started.
What would you label if you came across Thelma's label maker?
I am oh so curious.

AppleSeed Accessories Update

I am super excited for these updates. For two reasons I guess. These items were part of my personal collection. I tend to attach myself easily to any vintage shoes that fit, or brightly colored trinkets! The problem is I never actually wear/use them, I just like having them in my closet or sitting on my shelf.

My friends always say I have TOO much stuff... so I am selling it all! Well, not all of it, just letting go of some very pretty items. I hope each and every one of them finds a new happy home.
If you see an item you like just visit
my shop at The AppleSeed and snatch it up!

Oh goodness... at this very moment I am watching the
show Hoarders.. is it a sign?

I thought I would share some pretty hilarious pics of my boyfriend Gavin, he was helping me try out my new modeling set up. Such a goof ball.


(also notice his shirt) a pretty sweet find from the thrift this week!

Have a Happy Monday!

Merlin and Griffin The garden gnomes

Look what I found thrifting this weekend. It is so funny, because I have been hoping and wishing I would come across a cute little garden gnome. And look! I found two. It has long been known to be good luck to place the Gnome in garden and home. These two gnomes are sitting inside for the moment, in our potted plants, only because I am too scared our neighbors will take them if we put them outside. I live in a college town, so I'm a little weary of placing prized objects on the front lawn. Kinda silly I guess, but I would be SO upset if they disappeared.

Gavin and I named them Merlin, and Griffin.

Merlin is a happy little fellow who came from an imaginary smurf like town named Squinnland. Merlin enjoys watching monarch butterflies, and sneezes when the sun is too bright.

Griffin is quite the opposite, he is the quit one. He seems pretty content to just shut his eyes and snooze off when no one is watching.. as you can see I caught him right in the act.

These little guys remind me of a GREAT French movie I saw recently, Amelie. Amelie (check out the trailer) is quite an unusual girl with a pretty funny past. This is such a unique film and I highly recommend you watch it.



Somehow a garden gnome in this film makes some kind of sense. In the movie Amelie's father refuses to leave the shrine-topped with a lawn gnome- he has built to his departed wife. In order to get her father to see the world, Amelie kidnaps the lawn gnome and gives it to her friend who is a flight attendant. Amelie's friend proceeds to send pictures and postcards back to Amelie's father detailing the gnome's adventures. Eventually Amelie's father works up the courage to leave his home.



Here are a few fellas I found on ETSY

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Does anyone else have a garden gnome? What are their names, and stories?

Chickens!

My mom got chickens today!We have been waiting for these guys for months. My mom lives right outside the city limits of Birmingham, so I think its legal? Any who, we have been waiting on these guys for a while. The last batch of chickens (as seen below) we bought at about 9 weeks old. It only took them about two months until they started laying. Unfortunately mom didn't have any chicken wire over their little fenced in area, so either the owls, or foxes would come in a steal one every night. It was really sad, and kind of funny at the same time. Exactly one chicken would go missing every night until they were all gone.

My mom practically treated the chickens like her daughters, waking up at 6 in the morning to check on them, and playing with them during the day. She tried once to even give the excuse that she couldn't visit me at school because she had to watch her chickens. Crazy mom and her chickens.

So this is round two of the chickens. I will head into town next weekend so I can post pics of them. I even get to name 4 of them haha. I think I will just repeat my names from last time.

Catchatori
Houdini
Tandoori
and
Shaniqua
(so bad....hehe)

I am so excited for fresh eggs!!



look how ridiculously happy my mom is with her chickens!

Do you know anyone close to you who owns chickens? There really is nothing better than walking up in the morning, walking outside, and picking two fresh eggs for breakfast. It's like Christmas Eve every night.

Funky Furniture

The last thing I really need to buy before I move back to Birmingham is more furniture. But I just love searching online to see what other people have in their homes. I mean, I am going to need it very soon right? Why not buy it if I find it cheap. I love the idea of having mismatched furniture. Whether you have one large dining table and many different chairs, or just a living room filled with your favorite pieces. It adds so much character.

Here are a few pretty pieces I found online for purchase! (some of them are not so cheap...) but still OK to dream!

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(this chair I found at a thrift store! isn't it great. The seat even pulls out to show a secret compartment. what a beauty)


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Oh I almost forgot. I have a giveaway going on over at
Annie Banana's blog.
Its super simple to win! only 5 people have commented so far.
Check it out. You could win all of these:
4 daisy napkin rings
2 antique flower brooches



I hope everyone is having a wonderful Wednesday. I'm feeling a little better from my sickness so I might go out for a run today! What are your Wednesday plans?

New Glasses and Cuckoo Clocks

Check out these AMAZING glasses I found at the thrift store on Saturday. Well, my boyfriend Gavin really found them, but somehow I seem to have them in my possession. If only I did NOT have 20/20 vision. I know this sounds bad, but I really am jealous of those who get to wear glass. what an adorable accessory!

I like to think up stories of where my thrift finds come from. These particular glasses came from an old man named Freddy. Freddy lived in Selma, Alabama. Freddy had a pretty wife named Sue, and two wonderful children named Petuna and Angie. Freddy was a blueberry farmer by day, and a cuckoo clock creator by night. He needed these very specific glasses to see the tiny nobs and buttons on the clocks. They served him well for 45 years, and now they happen to be in my possession.




Here were some of the Cuckoo Clocks Freddy fixed!


but this on ETSY!


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Do you ever make up stories, or think of who owned your vintage beauties before they were vintage?

New Buttons and cute birdie pics.

Happy June!
Here are a few pics of some photos I took for my new blog advertisement. It was a little tricky trying to decide what to put in these pictures. Since I have oodles of very beautiful photos of my vintage clothing, but I am in NONE of them, and I thought it would be a little weird if I put someone else in the advertisement button. SO I put together a little photo shoot of trinkets that I thought would describe my shop and blog.

This clock was my grandfathers, and I keep it right next to my bed. I have several other little Baby Ben clocks that were similar that I have sold. But this one is super special. The little blue birdie was a thrift store find! He sits in my window seal right next to all of me succulents. And all of the WONDERFUL vintage fabric I snatched up from an estate sale. I am still thinking of what to do with it all. I also have hundreds of square quilting patterns, and I have NO idea what to do with them?? Any ideas (besides making a quilt haha)

I am super excited to buy an advertising spot on Bluebird Vintage, as well as Freckled Nest. I have been thinking about doing this for my ETSY shop for a while now. I hope it looks pretty on both pages. I only just started blogging, and my ETSY shop has recently been doing pretty well. So, I hope that these little scattered buttons will bring some fun! Ill let you know how it went by the end of the month. Here are a few examples of the photos I was thinking to use.











Which one do you like best?

Feel free to stick my button on your blog! I would greatly appreciate it! And let me know if you have a button I can put on my blog.