Second Time Treasures Has a New Blog Come Visit Me

Hello, and Welcome to all who are visiting, and have landed on my Second Time Treasures Page for LilacsNDreams. Glad to have you stopping by, and greatful for you to see this announcement as well too. I have MOVED! That's right...due to some circumstances, and a very long story....I have started a new blog on Monday, May7th. Didn't want to take a chance, and couldn't sit around waiting to see if things would be in my favor to reinstate this blog, or not. So, I jumped in, and went with it. 

Really simple to get to the new place by clicking on LilacsNDreams it will take you over, or you can also click on LilacsNDreams2.blogspot.com  OR  thriftstorejunkies2.blogspot.com  to come on over, and see everything there. There have been some minor changes, but most things are pretty much the same as before. Trying to make it feel like home coming into it.  Oh, yeah....if you click on one of the tabs at the top you will also land over on the new blog too.....hope I did it all right:) Not very computer literate, and doing the best I can to get through all of it:)

I apologize for any inconvenience this may have been to anyone, and am really sorry about this. Believe me, it is not something that was in my plans to do either. But, it is done, and I am moving ahead, and hope to see you all there as well too. 

Hey, thanks for stopping by, and visiting with me everyone. Have a wonderful day!!:)

 

Welcome to Second Time Treasures Blog and Ebay too

Hello everyone, and Welcome to Second Time Treasures! So sorry to have nothing to show...yet. I have projects around me that need to be finished. Just having a hard time with finding the time to complete some things when I am dealing with this house, priming rooms to be painted, contractors, and a landlord that might not like me soon. Sorry to say, but some days I am by myself doing it all....no pitty please. Just an explanation as to why things do take me a bit longer sometimes:)

Weather is getting beautiful out!! Horrid wind past couple of days, but I guess that is better than having snow too, right?:) Sorry to say I have not had much time with the wonderful weather changes to get out, and do some thrifting. But, have worked with customers on a sale here and there with different venues I sell with. That is always fun:) And...I did open another account with Ebay naming that one Second Time Treasures as well. LilacsNDreams will be my main account since I have had that since 2004, I have other venues I sell at with that same name, but thought maybe another account would help me a bit with working on some things with my inventory too. 

I am still trying to work on getting things ready to move to another state. I have gone through boxes, and donated, added some things for sale, and in the community either given some things away, or selling a few of our bigger things too. I have been going through boxes again...slowly....for the second time, changing my mind, and donating more things too. Heck, when I get to where we're going it will be a new area, new thrift stores, new flea markets, and more fun in getting things back into my collections. Some things I can replace, and have fun with it too...right?:)

Sorry, not really much news to add to this page of my blog, but sure do appreciate you visiting with Second Time Treasures today! Thanks for stopping by everyone, and see you again soon!:) Take care.....

 

Happy Valentines Sweetheart Day from Second Time Treasures

Happy Valentines Sweetheart Day From Second Time Treasures! Here's to wishing all of you the best for the day, this evening, and it is all you want it to be. Have fun, enjoy, and please be safe everyone with all you do. Thanks for stopping by, and again......
                                                         HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!

 

Welcome to Second Time Treasures Blog Site

Welcome to Second Time Treasures Blog Site page everyone. Glad to have to you visiting with me! Yesterday I kind of got out of my slump of those darn old winter blues you can get. Don't take me wrong, we have had some really gorgeous weather, but some of it has to do with contractors that come and go here too. My house is so disorderly right now, and if I have anything to work on, due to limited spacing from boxes and containers all over, I have to use the kitchen counter tops a little bit to work. Ugh! But, so far been working ok for me.

I have a black cloche stand I hope to soon have finished. I need to add a little bit of white ribbon/lace to cover up a few bubbles that resulted from the mod podge sealer spray I used. I guess it was thicker than I thought, and it came back to haunt me a little bit. So sad as the piece was looking really good with the music paper I also added to it. Well, sometimes these things happen, and we have to be able to adjust with it, and fix it. Along with this I have 3 saucer plates that I have glued to glass candle holders. I am now in the process of adding some lace around the rims of the saucers....a yummy blue lace I found that matches with the blue rim the saucers have, and looks fab with the pinkish flowers in the center too. I also need to add a final coat of mod podge sealer to a white based glass cloche I am finishing up on too. I hope to have pictures soon to show you what projects have been done so far. 

I am anxious to get things done, and get them listed in my stores too. I hope others will like the work I have been doing so far. Well, working on keeping this a bit shorter today. Actually, long enough break, and time to get back to work. Thanks so much for stopping, and visiting with Second Time Treasures today. Always happy to have to drop on by. Make sure to visit all my other pages with the tabs I have at the top too. Just click, and go....like it like that!:)

Take care everyone, Happy Hump Day, and see you again soon. Till the next time.....Toodles.....

Vintage Fine Bone China Crown Staffordshire Candle Holders

Vintage Fine Bone China Crown Staffordshire Candle Holders in really good condition have been listed with my store at Artfire. Very clean, shiny, great white coloring, bottoms are marked, pink, purple, yellow, and look almost like new yet. See the pictures, and details of this item listed with my store. Wonderful set to adorn your home, or given as a gift too. 

Hope everyone is having a great weekend, and are you all ready for Super Bowl Sunday? LOL. I almost forgot about it as I have been staying busy with some things here myself. Hope everyone enjoys their weekend, and have a super sunday too! Be safe all. 

Thanks for visiting Second Time Treasures, and see you again soon. Till the next time.....

 

Red 2 Tier Snack Candy Nut Condiment Dish

Red 2 Tier Snack Candy Nut Condiment Dish.

Hello, Welcome to Second Time Treasures! Always glad to have you stop by. Above you will see 2 pictures to an item that I have put together. All 3 pieces were bought brand new from the store. I wanted to try something a little bit different. I used 2 small square shaped dishes with a nice ribbed design that goes all around them. The insides are completely white. Then, what to do, what to do to connect these pieces, and to make sure it was small enough to leave room on the bottom for serving purposes. I found this little mini glass vase, and figured let's flip it over. Put the smaller opening on the bottom, and the bottom of it underneath the top dish. I also turned the top dish slightly so that it was not a straight up, and down square with them. 

This item has been added to my store at Artfire . Stop on by there to see all the pictures to this, and the details too. Keep in mind with some of my items if you don't see them with my Artfire Store, make sure to also check my store at Etsy too. Sometimes items are listed with both places, and sometimes between one or the other too. 

Thanks so much for visiting with me. Ya'll take care, and we will see you again soon. Make sure you say Hi to me so that I can come visit with you too!:)

 

Picnik Announces Closing Petitions to Stop Google

Picnik Announces Closing in April, and Petitions to Stop Google are being done.

Hello, and Welcome to Second Time Treasures! Always a pleasure to have you visit. Make sure you say Hi before leaving so that I can too visit with you. 

If some of you use Picnik Photo Editing you maybe have seen the announcement already. They are scheduled to close on April 19, 2012. Sad to hear, sad to read, and so very sad to think of this. I generally used Picnik to edit photos for my blog, and blog pages, for editing my photos to size and any adjustments for my listings with my stores, and now what will I do? They are announcing you can go to Google Plus to do your editing which like many I assume they are referring tot Picasa there. Sorry, I cannot get the tools and ease there as I get with Picnik. Many other programs are great, but they also take time to learn, time to understand, and at many times are confusing. With Picnik there is no sign in, it is free with the tools allowed which is not bad for free, and then they have the premium membership which allows more tools. I know of different photographers who also use this program, and have so enjoyed it as well. I love Google Plus, but feel like this is being forced a little bit with Google taking over Picnik, and then announcing to use Google Plus. Hmm....

Below I will be showing a copy of the email I received. Please, read it to better understand, and would also appreciate you continuing on to sign the petition to try to stop this procedure too. I do thank you all for visiting with Second Time Treasures, and for understanding of this too. I wish you all a super fun, exciting, and safe weekend. Take care, and see you again soon. 

	Official Announcement: Picnik is closing Since joining Google in 2010, we have been creating editing magic in Google products while continuing to keep Picnik awesome. But now we get to focus on even awesomer things. Picnik will be closing on April 19, 2012. Your photos liberated Amazing photos are created in Picnik, so we have launched a new feature, Picnik Takeout, that easily downloads your photos to your desktop in convenient zip files. You may also elect to copy your photos to Google+ where you can store and share your creations. You may request your photos at any time and use this handy tool as many times as you like until our closing date of April 19, 2012. Learn more. Premium Refunds To our primo Picnik Premium members, we'll begin processing a full refund of your current membership fee within a week of this announcement. By "in full" we mean the whole darn thing. Yep, this means even if you are on your very last day of an annual membership, we will refund you the entire $24.95. Just because we want to say thanks. Now the Good News - Free Premium for ALL! To express our gratitude for your support over the past 5 years, Picnik Premium is free for everyone! Use Picnik in all of its premium glory, for free, from now until our actual closing day. Touch-up, Textures, Advanced, and more are all free for you to use! We have been incredibly proud of building a product that is used and beloved by so many of you. We continue to be amazed and humbled by the photos you create and we are immensely grateful for all of your support, creativity, and passion. We are excited by the photo-editing fun we have already brought to Google products, like Google+, where you can find many of your favorite Picnik effects in Creative Kit. We encourage you to visit Google+ and give it a whirl. Please visit the Help Hub for more information on our wind down, and check the Picnik blog for updated information on our April closure. It's been awesome, Team Picnik

Second Time Treasures for Vintage Repurposed Upcycled Altered

Second Time Treasures for Vintage Repurposed Upcycled Altered. Happy to see you visiting with me. 


You know, I really have been in the mood to work on some pieces around here. Gluing, wish I could paint, cutting, paper, material, etc. I had some plans, and now everything has been on hold. I can't even scrapbook like I intended to this winter. House is still in a shambles with the contractors, and the plumbers coming and going. I have my craft supplies in boxes and containers, some of the materials I was thinking of using, lace is bundled up, and so on. What a bummer! I think I am going to have withdrawals from it all. The mess around here, boxes piled to make room for the workers, and not being able to do anything I had planned to work on. 

I do have a piece right now that I am gluing. Smaller piece. Made some room on the kitchen counter top. Cleaned it, layed some paper towels down for the pieces to be on, and so on. I got a couple of red exterior, white intererior, square shaped little snack dishes brand new. Then, I found a small glass mini vase that I am using in the middle of gluing the 2 pieces together. Valentines Day is coming, and I think it is going to be an adorable little snack piece to offer for some candies to be served, great for holding some jewelry pieces, and would be cute with a candle in the top dish too. When I get this done I will show you a picture of it with a link to where I have it listed for sale too. 


Don't you just LOVE the picture above here?! Gorgeous glass candle holders with some adorable prisms hanging, mosaic table top, and a beautiful mosaic plate too. No, was not done by me, but I did find this out in Blogland. Unfortunately, notes have been misplaced for the name that belongs to this, and I apologize for that as they deserve the credit for having some really beautiful pieces.

Better go check on my pieces glued, and drying. Hopefully I will have this done tomorrow night. I like to give everything extensive time to settle, and set with glue. One piece at a time, taking my time, making sure things settle and hold, and it makes me feel better knowing it was not all rushed. Wish me luck everyone. Thanks so much for visiting with Second Time Treasures page. Make sure to drop on by other pages with my tabs above here. Give a visit, make sure to say Hi so I can drop on by, and visit with you too!:) Have a great weekend everyone!:)