Considering the fact that my husband needed to be picked up earlier than I had planned and I spent most of the day lost, and dealing with a poor sense of direction-  I found some good things in Wichita on my partial junking day.  One giant mall, Paramount, could have taken up much more time, if I had any!  Here is my loot from the day, not a big pile, but one full of possibilities.  The map of Paris under all of the goodies isn’t old, but still cool and will be wonderful to tear apart and use in collages.  The old ceiling tin panel is badly painted, but I will redo it and add roses, of course!

I have already positioned some of my finds, I love the Italian roses and have a collection of them throughout my home.  Here, I have set the newest addition to my obsession with pottery roses near the entryway to my studio.

Three of my acquisitions went in my studio office area.  I hung the HEAVY wrought iron roses on the solid, old door I use as a divider.  On the French door it is hinged to, I hung the open frame with the delicate porcelain flowers on it and the tiny rosebud shelf.  Normally, i am a do-it-yourselfer, and don’t buy other people’s projects, if they are something I can do- but I really fell for this cute and simple frame.  But, I did learn a lesson, other people aren’t always as conscientious as I am with their work.  The roses on this frame fell off already!! I could tell they were put on with hot glue, not a good plan.  When you are gluing items, you should always use the proper glue. Hot glue is easy, but rarely the best choice.  I have repaired it with "Crafter’s Pick -The Ultimate" one of my favorite glues.

The cut glass compote with the golden roses stem, promptly went into my new bathroom cabinets and was filled with soaps.  The only thing left to use is the robin’s egg blue drawers with spool knobs.  I have plans for it later on when I add some springtime touches to my living room.

I am desperately in need of some springtime cheer.  Now that all the piles of snow and ice are melting outside, the construction mess has become an even more hideous sight.  I could ignore it a bit easier, when it was under a blanket of white!  Here is a photo of some of what we are dealing with right now.  Between the city redoing the road, and the county redoing the bridge, both right in front of our house, the area was already bad.  Now, TMobile is putting in a cell tower also!  Well, at least they are all being done at once, and that will mean they will be done and over with at the same time.  And luckily, it is not garden season, so there are some plusses to having 3 construction crews invading my yard at once!  There is always the joy of planning some new landscaping projects too…