Sparks and White Cloud

For the Faery Book Swappers-

Since the 1st is a holiday weekend, its ok to wait till Tuesday to mail your packages. And please note that it will take me a couple of weeks to make that many books and get them mailed back to you!

During all the puppy and other chaoses around here, I've managed to still squeeze in some junkin time.  Beth, the other Karla and I set out for Sparks and White Cloud on Thursday. Its my favorite place to shop!

It was blasted hot, like its been most of this season, but that didn't stop us.  Well, kinda, just not all the way. It did cut our day short. There was a period when we were all feeling a bit woozy and sick from the heat and decided we needed to sit in the air conditioned car with a cold drink and think about whether we'd lost the will to go on or not.

We'd spent maybe 3 hours in Sparks, and figured we could handle a quick trip to White Cloud too.  They aren't completely set up on Thursday, so there wouldn't be much there.

We were pretty tired, hot, and sick of crowds. There were tons of people there, lines to walk through some booths. I'd never seen it so densely packed with shoppers. It made me kind of sad to see our flea market hidey hole found out by hordes of others!

I'm glad we pulled up our big girl panties and braved the second stop, I found this 1800s ledger book, with over 200 pages of receipts in it!  I paid much more than I usually do for supplies, but I was travelling with two accountants who pointed out how it was only pennies per page, and that didn't sound so bad after all.  It was cheaper than most scrapbook paper.

It was my lucky hat day too.  I must have bought 8 or 9, all creams, whites and pinks.  All for $5 and under too.

And lace! Lovely, lovely lace!!  A friend was selling old, old lace for $1 a package and I bought $40 worth. that is a LOT of lace, but wow, what a deal.  I'll be using a lot of it to finish off the Faery Book Swap and will save some for Kim's Snow White gala in April.  I'll be needing a lot for those kits.

This is for An Enchanted Affaire too.  I found this 1940s lace dress for only $3, and it holds volumes of delicate lace for my kits!!

It came with a red satin lining, which is  a separate dress. That will be going to the little girls for their dress up closet, after I cut it off short enough for them to wear without tripping over.

Sparks never disappoints in the sparkly department either.  I was there the second day and still found all these gems on dollar tables.  There were also old books for 50 cents, photo albums with great mats, and a few other goodies. We weren't there long, but we were there long enough to score big.

During my Indiana trip, I hit a few jackpots too.  More hats! More jewels also. 

And a gorgeous 1950s wedding gown to cut up for the Snow White kits. It cost a bit more than the $3 red dress, but the $30 I spent for it was well worth it.  There is a lot of great, old lace to use.  And don't both of them look perfect with the red flocked wallpaper I've got for the project too?

Usually I shop all along I70 when I take an Indy trip, but I needed to get back to the little ones. And how nice it was to be home and be with them!  Cute, huh? I"m so glad I left the tails this time and didn't have them docked. Look at the blur where this teensy girl is giving her nice long tail a wag.

Comments

[Linda P.]

I love seeing all the sparkly, lacey, papery goodies you found, including "A Dew Drop" music in honor of your littlest fairy!

Speaking of faeries . . . I do hope mine have made a safe landing at your cottage by now!

Oh, and that red dress and the red flocked wallpaper are gorgeous!

This bitty baby girl is so precious, and I'm glad you left the tails, too. You are going to really love seeing those little tails give you joyful greetings. : )

[Laurie]

Oh, THANK YOU for showing us the goodies -- I am literally feeling faint over here looking at all that beautiful lace and bling! And the red!! And the puppy!!

[Kathy]

Wow, fabulous purchases! Love, love all that lace!

[DogsMom]

For some reason our thrifty places are sorely lacking in sparkly goodness. I hit a small supply at a local church sale, so I feel better, but am still envious of all your cool loot.

[Karla Nathan]

Im. Of a red person, but I do love that dress! And what a deal for yards of lace.

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[Sharon Penney-Morrison]

love everything!!!!!!

[carrie]

i have an adored dorky and always wondered what his little natural tail would have looked like. :)

[Karla Nathan]

They are already learning to wag them! I love those little tails!

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[tina]

Love that old ledger - it´s a great find. And all the lace too ofcourse. awesome finds Karla. Sounds like a great day

[tabitha]

how wonderful all those goodies you scored are...sorry i missed the fairy swap...missing being able to go to sparks....hugs..ps your puppies are just cute as a button

[Lisa]

Wow Karla! Those are awesome finds!
Those sweet little puppies - I'd be kissing on their darling little faces constantly. :)

[jeanine mayden]

hello karla, thank you for the pics of the puppies. are you keeping them all? do you have homes for them?

[Karla Nathan]

Oh my, no, not keeping them all! We would be like 101 Dalmatians! My sister in law who lives with us has two yorkies, its a houseful already. Im trying to decide if I want one or two, the fathers owner gets one, my husband is giving one to a friend, and my son wants one. I have lots of inquiries for the rest. But no firm offers yet because I tell everyone they have to wait til the pups are bigger to see the personalities and sizes.

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[Karla Nathan]

Yep, thats what we do!

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