What a perfect Garage Sailing Saturday! Good weather, lots of sales, good prices, it was just right.
I love the $1 robin’s egg blue frame. I might just put it on the wall and hang plates inside it. I found many 10 cent pieces of glassware, a old pin cushion (with a crown pin!) for 50 cents, a made in Japan pink fish from an aquarium -50 cents, another old floral tray- $1, a solid old chair to paint- $4, a box of Italian framed prints to fix up and add new paintings to- $5, 
a bagful of vintage seed packets- $2, 2 dozen old postcards for $1, a beaded purse- $1 
and a McCoy pink pot that I splurged on for $20.
I also broke one of my Garage Sailing rules. I usually don’t go to the 2nd day of a sale, but I did to this one, and hit the jackpot. Barkcloth, old table clothes and vintage trim! 
I will need some of this silver/grey trim for some Silver Bella projects (and the tiny pin crown too). But I got YARDS of it and will be selling it by the yard at my Etsy shop.
I found old lace too! This crocheted table cloth with fringe will be perfect for my dining room during the Christmas Home Tour. Can’t you just picture the table set up with all white and cream? I have some old white Wedgewood (big stack at an auction for $11), some Ironstone, and crystal. I know it is only June, but I have my Holiday Table all planned!!
Love this trim too. I will be selling it on Etsy, the butterflies are adorable, so I’ll have to keep some. Probably will make an art journal page for Sugarwings with it.
For all that fabric, trim, and a few very old books to cut up, I spent $17 at that sale!!!! I don’t even want to think about the barkcloth I missed by not going on the first day. Oh well, I am happy to just enjoy what I did find, never does you any good at all to be greedy about junk. It comes and goes, I am thrilled when I find goodies, but can’t fret about what I missed.
As if my day wasn’t good enough already, we went to a wedding in Kansas City and stayed over night at the Savoy, where the wedding was held.
This place is a pure faded elegance. It has a run down neglected feel in many parts of it, like this entryway.
And these long, dark hallways make you think that you will meet up with those twin ghostie girls from the Shining around the corner. but around the corner, is- nothing. Empty halls with walls ripped out and doors bolted shut. Very little of the hotel is operational and in use.
The rooms are cozy, and furnished with antiques.
I’d say the bathroom fixtures are original.
It is all decorated in a bare bones way. I think they do the best with the budget they have and let the old architecture speak for itself. There is a lot of charm there, but it is a bit neglected and has the feeling of an old bouquet left in a vase to droop.
There was some fantastic wallpaper in the spooky halls.
And the lobby was pretty much original too.
Since they only have part of the hotel in use, the front desk becomes the bar and the lobby is where the wedding cake was set up. 
The cake was delicious, a fudge marble swirl.
The entire front of the old building is stained glass, done by Frank Lloyd Wright himself.
Harry Truman and Harry Houdini used to be regulars here. And the place feels like you could walk up to either one of their ghosts at any time.
I actually had to buy a dress for the occasion. Didn’t care for that. But found this nice, stretchy black one at TJMaxx for $32. Not bad, it was comfy and I didn’t need a new bra or shoes, or have to wear panty hose! What more can you ask for in a dress? I did make a necklace to wear with it. 
What the Savoy saved on in renovations, they spent on FOOD AND SERVICE. Oh my god, it was better than being on a cruise ship. We were catered to every second. Great staff, some of them have been there for over 25 years. 
Our water glasses and coffee cups stayed filled to the brim and we had 2 waiters fluttering about.
Starched white linens, heavy silver, great food. And coffee made just for them from the Roasterie (best coffee in KC), called "Savoy Blend". They give you a bag of it in your room! Along with a plate full of fresh cookies, and a gift bag of sample sizes of toothpastes, and toiletries and candy bars. All complementary.
These are the breakfast choices. Notice my husband chose boring old Bacon and Eggs?? What was he thinking?? I got the Lobster Bisque and Coquille Saint Jacques. and it was wonderful.
Breakfast is included in the room price of only $99.
Amazing. I’ve paid more than that to stay at a Holiday Inn Express.
If you are ever in Kansas City, you have to stay here, it is quite an experience, a one of a kind hotel.
And of course, if you are in KC, you have to promise to call me too. I’d meet you there for a cup of that coffee in the morning!
Oh wow! You hit the mother lode. I love all of that bark cloth. Beautiful pictures. If I ever go near KC I will definitely have to stay at that hotel…and I’ll buy you a cup of coffee too!
Oh, my! You had a very busy weekend. Where do you get all the energy?
Karla, I don’t know if I’ve told you, but I really appreciate the work you put into making an entry into your blog each day. Your blog really adds sunshine to my day.
I especially love the old lace and that tablecloth. The dress is perfect! That hotel is so very special.
~elaine~
What a wonderful weekend! Oh my – that frame and barkcloth?!!?! So amazing – lucky girl!
Hi Karla:
WOW!!! I love the fish, the bark cloth, the vintage silver trim, and the old chair and the gold pin!!!. I want to move to Kansas City. When I reincarnate I want to be your road dog!!!
Thank you for sharing your wonders with us.
carole
That hotel is so scary/cool, what fun to stay there!
And I will never, ever, ever get over the deals you girls in that neck of the woods get on some of the coolest stuff ever! That stuff just doesn’t even exist here in AZ at any price!
I fret over what I may have missed at garage sales all the time. The worst is when I’m heading for something fantastic and someone scoops it up right before me! The next best thing to shopping garages sales is looking at someone else’s finds. I love that you tell the prices, too, because that’s the really fun part.
Karla, what an interesting place to stay!! Beautiful and at the same time spooky looking!! I think I wouldn’t even mind seeing a ghost as long as I could have that yummy food!!
All those goodies you found too!! There is something just not right about you finding all the stuff with roses painted on them when you could do your own and I can’t. Do I sound a tad jealous here??
Hope
Love the sale finds, the little four legged helper is cute too. I really like the hotel. I love those kind of buildings and the history behind them. Somehow a feel of elegance still comes through the neglect. Thanks for bringing us along. By the way, the dress is cute.
Oh the lace… and the barkcloth!! oh what a find!
you look so pretty in your new dress and I love your necklace you made. Those red transferware plates are fabulous!!!! Sounds like you had a nice time.
Heather
It has taken me quite a while to read back through your blog and catch up on everything I have been missing. If you could only hear me – oooing and ahhhing with every new picture! That hotel sounds wonderful, what an inspired choice to hold a wedding there! I would love to spend a night or two there!!!
I’m feeling guilty for not going yard saling this weekend LOL!
I love that blue frame too…and that crown! The bellas will be jealous…(a little rhyme 🙂
That hotel! Wow you described it well too…and the meal…wow again! I love their dishes!
What great garage sale finds. I especially like the bark cloth.
You, Karla, look stunning!
Jody
Wow, Karla great finds, I love bark cloth. I am dieing over your breakfast. How fun !!!!! xoxoxo Clarice
Wonderful pictures, great finds, and another lovely read that makes my day
Oh my goodness!! So much beauty under ONE roof!
You know that tray? I used to have one. I wonder what ever happened to it.
But back to the hotel, I love their dishware! And the FLW Glass… o’mgosh!!!!
Karla, you are so pretty! And your posts are such fun to read. I feel like I was right there with you. And you KNOW I’m into “full wedding mode” right now til November when my daughter gets married. Love that cake!
Stephanie
Angelic Accents
Karla! What a great deal you got on all that fab stuff! So Jealous!
I did not know you were so close to KC! My BF lives there, she just moved their about a year ago and works at the Harley Plant there. I loved it there when I visited with her earlier this year. We are planning a trip later this year or early next, I would love to meet you and see your stuff! We might even stay at that hotel!
Have you been to Urban Arts and Crafts, http://www.urbanartsandcrafts.com/? Very trendy craft store just outside KC. If you go, see Courtney, http://addartmovement.blogspot.com/. She’s very cool.
Happy 4th!