Todd and I went hiking at Bull Run Marina yesterday! It was ALOT hilly-er than I was expecting! But it was good exercise which is something I need more of this year! :x
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| Slightly creepy lake! |
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| Todd wearing my Christmas present! |
Today I went over to the Dulles Expo Center where they were having the big DC Flea. Awesome place to walk around and see a lot of old stuff! While it's a little pricey to get in ($8), there were still some treasures to be found! Unfortunately most of the prices were driven up because each person has to pay a booth cost, but that's how it goes at most antique/craft/art shows!
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| Tiny salt shaker for a dollar |
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| Metal printer's block ($1.50) and a Buddha ($6) |
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| Postcards! 3 linen! 2 were 50 cents the other 2 were $1. $3 in all! |
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| Old valentine $1 |
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| Wood block ($2) and key ($1) |
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| Shaker with a purpose! |
As you can tell, I am NOT a big spender! I'd rather buy a handful of small things that I know I have space for and can afford! And it's not what you buy when you go antiquing, it's what you learn and having fun just looking! I found out that my USA Postal bank that I posted about is probably not that old! Which is fine because I didn't spend much on it. I found one that was old and green and looked much different! It was $50!
Where do you all find items to add to your collections?
oh man i want to go antique shipping again. I am loving that old metal printer's block, that is such a cool find! And the heart key is super cute. One of my favorite antique things to collect is old skeleton keys. I have a few old postcards that i found that were super cool- one of them has that really awesome castle in Germany on it. We need to come down and sift through the antique places in DC some time! :)
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we need to go! there aren't so many in dc with good prices though. So virgina/southernish virginia it is!
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