Sometimes you just can't let go...

This picture has two items, ok, actually five that I purchased for the booth but had to keep at home. Sometimes it happens, I just can't let go of something so cute! Or, like the bird mirrors below I priced them so high that they don't sell, they are currently $60 each which I think is a steal because they truly are the original thing - you should feel how heavy they are! They are gorgeous and if someone loves them enough they will be happy to get them for $60 each! Probably not a good retail strategy but sometimes I get attached. The bird mirrors were found at a garage sale, one of the best garage sales I've ever been to! If they don't sell in another month in the booth they're coming home to live on my wall!

Back to the picture at hand - the green shelf was bought at auction, I both love and hate auctions. You can get a great deal if no one knows what something is or if it's hidden in a box. But if the auctioneer decides to draw attention to a piece, the value all of a sudden starts skyrocketing - a good auctioneer obviously does this...much to my dismay. I had my eye on this piece as soon as I saw it (it was not the cute distressed Paris Green it is today) but still, I loved the curves of it. So, it turns out this used to be an old radio - you know, the really old ones...well, someone took the radio mechanism out of it and made it into a shelf. It now is a very unique

one of a kind piece that now everyone at auction must get their hands on! Well, I still got it but for more than I wanted to spend but as you can see I love it! The champagne bucket and silver bowls are also auction finds, what a fun way to organize your keys and receipts, I love the way it looks. Another item I couldn't part with is one I buy wholesale - the wood beach sign of the mom and her baby in the ocean. The colors looked so good next to the new green shelf that I kept it. I can always put it in the booth if I need filler and order another one for myself. Another great thing about that booth - if I get tired of something at home I put it in the booth to sell!