great finds, the one thing I won't paint and a giveaway

I set out Sunday afternoon to hit an antique mall I hadn't been to in a while.  I really need to start building up a stash for the Lucketts Antique Market in May.  Well, the antique mall I wanted to mill around in was closed.  Like, forever.  So, hmmm...I have a couple hours to myself.  Where can I go?  I pulled out my handy iPhone and looked up some antique stores in the area.  The first one I went to was a bust.  Mostly.  I did find this awesome camera...


It was super cheap, but it was about the only thing in the place that was.  So, I headed to the next place on my phone.  It didn't look promising.  It's a tiny, little...almost a shed.  At first glance, I thought it was going to be stuff with reproduction primitives, based on the name and the outside.  I started walking around and this caught my eye...


I know it will sound crazy, but I've been looking for a wire dish rack for about ten years.  I always look at them, but they are almost always priced around $40, which is just too high in my opinion.  This one was a good deal, so I snapped it up and kept meandering around.  This shop was awesome.   The proprietress has a wonderful eye and fair pricing.  Then, I spotted these...


This shop had a lot of great ironstone at good prices.  Score!


And it got even better.  I found some apothecary bottles...


...a landscape black & white group portrait, a farm table and this beautiful bird's eye maple dresser. 


Lest you think I paint everything, one thing I won't paint is gorgeous bird's eye maple.  Isn't this piece gorgeous?  I wish I could justify keeping it.  (Someone mentioned really wanting this in an anonymous comment and it will be for sale at Lucketts.)


I'm keeping this place a secret for now, so the locals don't raid it.  Can you blame me? 

Now for the giveaway!  I bought one of these a few weeks ago from Christine at Wild Rose.  I loved it so much I went to the source and bought a few more for some girls on the blog who wanted them and a couple for my space at Lucketts.  I also bought one to giveaway!


If you would like to win an antique metal caddy (I think it's English) with clay pots, just leave a comment. 


The giveaway closes Friday, April 15 at midnight EST. 

By the way, I haven't forgotten about all of your waxing questions.  I have been up to my eyeballs in summer HGTV tutorials and I need to get those finished before I can sit down and write a lengthy technical post.  Want a preview of one of my projects?