Walnut 2009 ~ The Sights ~ He Saw

Several years ago my brother and his wife came to visit me ~ as it was a flea market weekend, I had that on our list of things to do even though I wasn't sure they would like it as much as I do. Initially, my brother only went along to make sure his wife didn't spend too much, his wife went out of curiosity, and I went because I just couldn't NOT go!

After an hour or two, my sister inlaw and I had finished and were showing each other our exciting finds of the day ~ my brother (who wasn't that interested in going at all) was still poking around. I found it interesting that based on what each of us was interested in, it was like we had been to different shows ~ my sister inlaw found some good bargains on some newer items (those are the booths I just walk by) while my brother ended up finding a collection of signed baseballs he was interested in. I, of course was digging for old stuff ~ things I know my brother and his wife think I am crazy to be buying! At any rate, we all had a good time ~ everyone sees things differently ~ which leads me to today's postings ~ while we were at Walnut, I had D point out things he was drawn to ~ I did the same. While we oftentimes like the same things, there are many times when we are worlds apart, but still manage to find things we like at the same show! So, below are some of D's favorites from Walnut this year:

{handmade wooden medicine cabinet with metal details}

{old fashioned portable shaving station}

{camping outfit ~ D loves to camp!}

{crocks, crocks and more crocks}

{handmade wooden tractor}

{great graphics and shape of this gambling machine}

{The Sno-ler ~ stroller for the snow}

{crude wooden bin}

{Bacon boy ~ D loves bacon!}

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Nasty buffet

Customs

Rubber banded

Bathroom filled with spoons

Nailed

Nacho hat

Game Boy shoe

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Now that I carry a camera with me when I shop, I THINK I am spending less ~ but I haven't actually done the math, so I'll bet I am just doing some extra impressive rationalization! For those of you who like to window shop and for me as a photo album of stuff I like or find interesting, here are some more sights from Walnut 2009 ~ again, something for everyone!

{pretty transferware}

{embossed old tin}

{old tins everywhere!}

{handsome man}

{boys' hobby book}

{scary almost life size naked display figures}

{band of brothers}

{cast iron shoes ~ wondered what these were used for?}

{enough yardsticks for a lifetime ~ or two}

{wonderful painted wooden window frame}

{ice cream sign with Elsie the cow!}

{what better spokesman for nut products than a squirrel?}

{ancient box of alphabet blocks}

Then there are the cabinets and drawers ~ I guess it is a good thing I had no way to transport any of these since I have absolutely no room in my house or budget! Some day ~ I dream of rooms filled with organized and labeled drawers filled with all of my collections and miscellaneous stuff!

{lovely brass card holder detail}

{any of these would be great for a studio!}

{cigar box shelves}

The last, a one of a kind shelving unit with cigar box drawers ~ this was useable from both sides! So it could be used as shown or one could change out the boxes so that all of the cigar labels showed - or all of the hardware showed ~ just ingenious! I have some cigar boxes I am going to try something like this with ~ uh oh, another project!

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