Hartville Flea Market - Here I come

I already set up at Hartville twice this year (that is crazy for me). I had my Mom to help and we kicked butt. I sold out completely on both days. So it is Friday night and my car is jammed packed with more goodies to sell. My husband and I went to an amazing auction two weeks again and bought so much stuff we had to leave some behind. My house is bursting and my front porch has been filled with priced items ready to go. So I will come back in a few days (hopefully with some pictures) and tell the tale.

Let Them Eat CAKE!!

My daughter had a winter carnvial at school. I decided to donate a homemade cake for the cake walk. I remember the cake walk at my elementary school carnival and it was always fun. I stole the idea off of pinterest for a rainbow layered cake. I used two boxes of cake white cake mix and two containers of icing. I divided up the cake mix into eight bowls and dyes each layer. I was going to do the ROY G BIV but ended up with an extra layer. So I did red, pink, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.

I should have listened to the advice on the recipe and placed the cake in the freezer before icing but was running late. Then this happened...

I ended up using rainbow sprinkles on the top and M&M's on the sides. I even through in the cute melamine plate I found at Marc's. Here is the end result.

My Color Wheel

I am getting ready for Spring and Summer weather. I pulled out my hoard of vintage capris, skinny jeans, shorts, peddle pushers, etc. These all came from the same estate and only one person. There are 109 pairs in total. Insane, right! It will take me some time to sell these as I will probably sell a few pairs at a time. Almost all the colors of the rainbow.


Perfect timing, too. The Gap has an ad right now for more colored skinny pants. How many of mine look like those? Too many!!

Wednesday Thrift Store Finds 1/16/13

Wednesday's(for those who don't know) is 50% off four of the five colored tags at all Salvation Army's. It is usually really picked over. But I found not one, not two but THREE bakelite bracelets. I have wanted to start collecting bakelite for a while but couldn't afford it. The price of bakelite has been going down over the last few years. But I am super cheap and really want to find a deal. Well ,I got the red carved bakelite bracelet for $.99 and the two yellow bakelite bracelets for $.99 for the two.

I also found a silver metal chocker necklace with a pair of cherries on them. It isn't marked and I can't find anything about it. I paired $3.99 for it.

Starting 2013

Well, I'm only three days into 2013 and don't like it. I am sick. I never get sick. Last night I took night time medicine to try and get some sleep. Over 12 hours later, my skin is still crawling. No more medicine for me!!!
Getting back to where I want to be this year. I am working on some new items for Oliveyouvintage on Etsy. Here is a sneak peak -