September Thrift, Polish, Share

Welcome Fall - and - Cooler Temperatures

(yes there is a project at the end of the thrifted finds) 

A few finds in late September - Westmorland handed sugar, small globe in a brass base, Belleek Ireland vase with shells with pink trim, footed white comport and a vintage oval silver deposit dish.

A few cobs of Indian Corn in the orange box with a Welcome Turkey for Thanksgiving decorations.

Just enough orange to remind us that Halloween is October's big theme in many posts - vintage school primer on an amber comport, two Russian stacking dolls and a candle lantern.

Some humour in the carved sailors and Don Harron writing "Jogfree Canada" as Charlie Farquharson,  plus brass bells.

Two well used lanterns, the centre one is a signal lantern. The outhouse  "Drop in Again" has the bench seat and a roll of tp (actually a short dowel) glued onto the bench.

Next up: Pumpkin Project

Picked up a fish shape that has Cedar Wine Holder Made on Vancouver Island stamped on the back (.25¢ in Thrift Store). After looking at it for awhile I could see a pumpkin.

I sketched a shape and pulled some chalk type paint from my cabinet, started with green.

I had a bit of orange left, some shades of green, a yellow, red and a black. I used two narrow paint brushes.

Added some dimension to the 'ground' (greens), the stem (red/black) and the rounded pumpkin (orange/yellow/red) with a green leaf. Used a piece of copper wire for the vines.

Back view of 'fish shape' cedar piece.

Hung the 'pumpkin' on a nail.

Here is the before/after.

It was a bit of fun to paint a pumpkin on a fish shape.

I may try that again.

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