I hope you are having a great holiday weekend! We are preparing for a huge yard sale next Saturday. If you live near Norman and are wondering what we’ll have, I’ve put the first part of what we’ve gathered on my FB page. Kalamitykelli is my FB name. Go have a look! Above you will…
Flea Market
Yard, Garage, Tag, Rummage, or a White Elephant Sale
Mr. Picky-eater has decided it is time to have our annual yard sale. People know our address now and anticipate it every year, or so they tell us. We have become so successful, my daughter and I wrote an eBook about it – The Garage Sale Guide to Greatness –. We do things very differently…
Repurpose, Redesign, and a New Friend!
I’m so proud of our redesign today. But first, I want to introduce you to new friend of mine. Her name is Retro Wifey and she’s on Face Book here Pinterest here Twitter here And, she blogs here! This lovely retro-woman, who is a wife and mother of three living in Maryland, received an email…
Repurposing Junk
Living in a place like Oklahoma, you can imagine that we have lots of rusted farm implements and other farming equipment lying in fields and on the side of the road. Sometimes I feel the challenge to be imaginative enough to do something constructive with that junk as that is a retro-art. I can usually…
Repurposing and Basketball
As I write this my alma mater is in the last 2 minutes of the game to get into the final four. When you live in a college town that is not your undergraduate alma mater AND you live with people who ONLY went to the local university it can be tough to take all…
Repurposing and Redefining
As I have said in the past, my husband and I like to go to yard sales, flea markets, and estate sales. Recently we went to the local flea market and purchased these three things: We paid $5 each for the megaphones and $25 for the prayer bench. We brought them home and the next…
Buying Back My Childhood
Wire Bale Canning Jars Every week I try to score something special for my canning obsession and this week I did very well! When I was a kid, my nana had some of those wonderful wire-bale mason jars that are so popular now but I was too anxious to ‘get off the farm’ to appreciate…
How is your canning holding out?
How is your canning holding out this year? Mine is not doing too well. I canned case after case of jam, jelly, pickles, peppers, salsa, and spaghetti sauce and we are down to one small shelf that is 12 inches wide, 8 inches deep and about 14 inches high. My husband did not think he…