New Favorite Find

I would say this is my favorite find but I have so many and I know I'll find something else that will become a favorite.  But I absolutely love paintings and beautiful frames.  Even better when it's a steal a of a deal!!  So one of (well, two) of my latest finds was two reproduction paintings from the artist Martin Fromhold.  One is "Flowers in the Summer" and the other is "Summer Bouquet".  I have searched and searched and can find absolutely no information at all on this Martin Fromhold.  The only thing I've come up with is a description with a link on Google that reads, "There was a passport application for Martin Fromhold, of Campbell Co, Kentucky, requesting a passport to travel to Baden, filed 6 August, 1858."   That would have been from about the same time period so I'm assuming it's the same Martin Fromhold.  I would love to find out more about him though.  


The best thing about this find...I paid $5 for each painting!!  The poster prints unframed are going for about $60.00 a piece on eBay and elsewhere on the internet.  I haven't found the perfect place for them in my house yet but I'm thinking I want them to go in my office.

Franciscan Greenhouse Poppy

Beautiful, bright and cheery 26 piece dinnerware set. Makes a gorgeous display set!

June Dig

We went on a dig last month and brought home a few good finds. 

I think the most entertaining part of the day was when I found this...

When I first glanced at it, I thought it was a folded piece of old paper.  So I picked it up and started to "unfold" it so I could see exactly what kind of paper I had found.  It wasn't exactly paper.  It was a tube of "BURN-A-LAY" and unfortunately for me, it was still full of "BURN-A-LAY" and the side was ripped open.  I got a handful.  I guess it wouldn't have been a bad thing if I would have had a burn on my hand! I did a little research and BURN-A-LAY was made by Curity which was a Kendall Company.  The Kendall Manufacturing Co. was incorporated in 1903.  They supplied much of the medical supplies during both WWI and WWII.  They mainly made dressings and bandages but also had other healthcare/first aid items such as this burn relief cream...that I got to try out first hand!  They are more commonly known today for Curad and Curity adhesives and bandages.  Obviously I will not be keeping this find but it was an interesting one.



Brought home a couple more washtubs to make flower planters out of.

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And finally, a couple of old buckets.  Not sure yet what I'm doing with them...but I'll find some way to repurpose them. I'm thinking maybe flower planters for these too since the bottoms are pretty much rusted out.  (And of course they are filled with more glass bottles, no wasted space!)



















Happy Finding!!