Thrifting...

I'm enjoying the general air of summer fun with all of the tourists and busy shops in town. I needed some things for my room, so I visited the thrift shop and one garage sale.

I didn't have a good place to work on my art and found myself trying to do it on my bed, which didn't work well at all. Especially with my neck pain, which is still hanging around, though it's getting better. I don't want to spend long periods of time sitting in an awkward position. I thought a little desk was needed. I found this cute little desk at the thrift shop and loved the fact that it had lots of little drawers to hold art supplies! I love desks in this age bracket! The drawers are pulled out because I'd just wiped them out with a damp cloth. They all work fine. The lady at the thrift store managed to wedge the desk into my trunk with half of it sticking out. Ha ha. We made it home!

At the garage sale I found the little vintage (WW II?) office chair. The vinyl is in bad shape, but it's a battleship of a chair otherwise. They made them heavy duty back in the day! I'll just throw a quilt over the seat. (My usual fix!)

Also at the garage sale, I found a pair of snowshoes! Did I mention I wanted to get some last winter? These were a fraction of the cost and I think they'll work. I also found a few old books I couldn't pass up.
MK, have you read this one? You mentioned loving D.E. Stevenson. Hope it's a good one!

The only reason I grabbed this one is because I remember my 2nd or 3rd grade teacher reading this to us when I was in school in Texas. It's about an abused dog who is rescued, if I remember correctly.

I find books about India fascinating.

I also found this cute gameboard at the garage sale. It's Parcheesi on one side and Backgammon on the other. Just need to find some playing pieces! It's a cute bit of art in its own right.

After the desk was moved in I started on the task of finding places for all of this stuff, which used to live in the corner where the desk is now.

The bed has now been cleared off with one full tote left, which I stashed in the laundry room. It contains canvases and some other things I won't use often. I have one large empty tote which will go to the barn. The guitar found a corner to lean against behind my rocker. And this is all I have left to go through.

I'm hoping to clear off the front 2/3 of the desk for crafting space. A lot of what you see is paper scraps used for collage. I'm going to go through it all and see what I really want to keep. I also have art supplies stashed in the living room cabinets. Mostly acrylic paints, which I don't use often. Anyway, I feel like I'm making a good place to sit and make ATCs! I may turn the desk and back it up to that window. It kind of blocks some light, so I haven't quite decided. It's fun to have a real space for art!

GM, you mentioned that you don't see many of the colorful birds I showed in the last post. Neither do we, usually! We've really been surprised at how many colorful birds have shown up this year! You also mentioned that your son trains for triathlons. Did I mention that my son is training to do some half marathons this summer? He's not a swimmer, so triathlons were out of the question, lol. I hope your son does well!

Everyone have a glorious day! I need to go sort through my art papers and see what I can get rid of! :)
God bless and shalom!