Fabulous Flea market Finds

My husband and I made our monthly trek to the flea market this past weekend.  While he immediately gravitates towards the sports memorabilia, I try to find a little more one-of-a-kind things.  I don’t know how great our flea market is, but if you have a keen eye, you can weed through the junk to find some treasures.  Although you know what they say…one woman’s junk is another woman’s treasure.  But I think I found a few this time.  

This beutiful cermaic piece I call Luigi.  He’s going to make a great pin cushion project.  While I have a long list of projects in mind, when I get him all done I’ll post a finished picture and maybe even a little tutorial on how to do your own.  So go to your flea market and find a ceramic piece with a hole in it somewhere (A hole that’s supposed to be there, not an accidental one), and stay tuned for instructions on how to create a one-of-a-kind pin cushion.  Although I don’t anticipate it’s going to be that hard, so if you do it first, send me a picture link, I’d love to see it.

This beautiful swan is also going to be a larger pin cushion.  SO excited!

This amazing blue glass vase i call my flea market find of the week.  It’s gorgeous, and it was only $7.50, can you believe it?  I’m not sure exactly what I’ll use it for but for now…

It’s holding these beautiful fat quarters. 

Last but not least, I found this beautiful wooden box that just happened to be the perfect size to hold fat quarters!  I got two of them.  The only problem is that they seem to have been sitting in dirt for a very long time and are very hard to get clean.  One of them has a very odd smell.  But a great find just the same.  I’ll get them cleaned up somehow.  Hmmm…those fat quarters look familiar…