i may be almost 30, but im just now discovering the beauty of yard sales... sad.
my girlfriend sarah smith is to be credited for introducing me to it (insert kudos here) and we've spent a couple crisp saturday mornings on the prowl for "the big sale." i, of course, have wedding on the brain so ive been looking for such items.
and, believe it or not, i've actually found several items to use for the wedding!
i don't want to divulge TOO many of the wedding details here, but we are doing a dessert bar. an opulent dessert bar needs opulent desserts, and opulent desserts need opulent containers to hold them! like every other dessert bar out there, apothecary jars are the business of the day. but i also wanted to mix in some other types of containers (clear glass and "shabby-chic" white porcelain) and the yard sale-ing allowed me to do just that.
several of these sales had "$1.00 and under" tables... at one in particular i found a great little candy dish. by the design of it, it obviously sat on a little old ladies coffee table and held pastel-colored almonds.
at least, that's what i'm imagining.
so now it will have a new life!
i've outiftted several of the dessert bar vessels from similar yard sales. being quite the bargainista by nature, i was thrilled. the remaining containers mom and i found at the tj maxx home goods store... be jealous if you don't have one of those - it's incredible!
