Annual October Girls Road Trip & Found Treasures

October brings on my favorite season, Autumn, and

one of my favorite road trips. 

Julie and I have enjoyed this trip since 2011.

Mostly staying at Big Cedar Lodge

  

Enjoying the beauty of The Ozarks and of course shopping!

Boomshakalaka!

Boomland is one of our favorite home decor stores and offers amazing selections for seasonal decor.

It's a must for us to visit when were in the area!

Another of our favorite haunt is the Spring Creek Tea Room in Ozark, MO.

Not only can you get a nice lunch and home-made desserts, but it's attached to an antique store!

Here are some of my treasures from this trip

 Beautiful Celluloid dress trim

Mini canvas print

Deer plate (inspiration for a Christmas vignette)

Isn't this fox figurine the cutest fox ever?  

Vintage Red Glass Art Decor and Cut Steel buckle

1950s aluminum starburst molds 

Deer platter

(more inspiration for a Christmas vignette) 

Vintage tatting trim

1958 Turkey platter

Vintage Milk Glass vase and vintage porcelain/Bone China lids

 Vintage lace & trims

Like any vacation, we anticipated our trip, enjoyed every second sharing it together

and sad when it was over.

Awe, but another road trip is in our plans...Junk Jubilee here we come!

My August 2016 Found Treasures

My August found treasures are from shopping adventures at a local antique store,
nearby thrift stores and garage sales

 Who could pass this creamer up at .50 cents? Not Me!

Great candle holder to repurpose into a base for nature art!

 Faux mini eggs for nature art & Easter

(again who can pass these up at .50 cents?)

Celluloid Bubble Top 'Pear' buttons, set of 4 for $1.00...score!

Mini animal tins

Mini shape tins

This has been my year for finding awesome bargains on vintage seam binding by the roll!

Gorgeous vintage hat with the sweetest pastel pink flowers.

Pretty vintage lace & trims

Pretty sheer fabric, flocked and embroidered.   

Sweet mini glass dome with gifted vintage child's tin tea saucer.

Belle photobombing...lovely vintage chair.

Have you been treasure hunting lately?

Autumn Road Trips

Along with the cool, crisp temperatures comes Autumn road trips!

Julie & I recently hit one of our favs, the 

Highway 36 Treasure Hunt

It runs about 400 miles from the border of Missouri , across Kansas to the Colorado border.  We've done sections of the flea market run over the years, but have yet to complete its entirety.   

Sometimes we've treasure hunted in group caravans, but mostly it's just Julie & me doing a Girls Road Trip!  

I no longer hunt for resale, so my purchases are usually for my personal collections or smaller pieces for creating artwork.

Here's our recent 36 Treasure Hunt road trip

 Some sales were up driveways directly on Highway 36

While other sales were a bit off the beaten path in farm country.  

 

We saw several rural homes that had awesome backyard entertaining areas; however, today they were filled with treasures.

 And some sales were back in the cornfields

Most small towns along Highway 36 offered city-wide sales like this city building full of treasures.

While prices have increased over the years, good deals

can still be found.
My treasure hunt prices ranged .10 - $5.00 each. 

Here are my treasures for the day

 Awesome Lucite & Bakelite butterfly pin!

 Fun, vintage Sarah Coventry owl mesh bracelet

I'm hoping this is a Mandarin Hat button!!

I need to do more research as I have never seen one that is only brass filigree with no gemstone.  

These pieces should make great frames for some artsy project.

This sky indicated it was time to cut our hunt short and head home

By the time Julie dropped me off and she headed home, she drove home during a tornado.  

Yikes, what we'll do for a good treasure hunt!