artsy stuff

i love quirky... and artsy and handmade things!!! particularly if they come along your way when you least expect them! garage-sales are fun events to pick some of these quirky artsy stuff... but so are charity shops... particularly in the UK. alas, they aren't such a common thing here in the US, so i'll have to content with the more popular garage sales...

this weekend the apartment estate held a garage sale and quite a lot of residents participated... i really ought to have had done so too, but the thought of it kinda sparked only the night before... i didn't think there was much i wanted to get rid of, just yet... but i contemplated on baking brownies/cakes to sell... but then i gave up the idea... really quite terrible, really... sigh.

in any case, i participated in a different way... i found this vintage-looking and handmade white-washed mirror with black hooks (which are idiosyncratically different!) ... i didn't really bargain... kinda just asked how low the person will go with his price... and brought it home @ US$5! it's actually pieced together using the wooden planks of an old door and it's going to go up next to the main door of my apartment entrance... and while i am at it, i should also get my mummy's beautiful pictures framed and put up on the walls too!