Collecting

So even though I still didn't have my camper yet, that didn't stop me from shopping to outfit it. I had a vision of going with blue and pink, I kinda got the blue from the original blue I saw in the pictures. Since I love estate sales and thrift stores, cause you never know what you will find that where I started. I found some shish kabob holders, some wire trays, some plastic storage, an aluminum ice bucket, some aluminum bowls, enamel bowl, grilling accessories, knives, camping cups. Then I also found some cool cups on EBay and Etsy - I am so loving the thermal Bopp Decker stuff. I got a pitcher, mugs, juice cups and cups. I got both pink and blue. I now decided to go with pink and gray color scheme. So I will resell the blue stuff. I also found some cool plates, bowls and dishes in the Melmac family - So I continue to search for Newport Westinghouse and Branchell Colorfylte. I also have a vision of making little curtains to put in the upper shelving from some material I saw at Hobby Lobby. This so pretty - girly pink satin that also has some tufted sections that kinda look like flowers. I saw this and wanted to build around it.
I was thinking of using my vintage pink bedspreads as cushion covers, but I may go with gray bottoms and a floral backrest and use the bedspread for pillows. I also got a small weber grill, a coleman lantern, an electric griddle (Since I don't have an oven) and I found some really cool pink and gray plastic canisters - SOOOOO CCUUUTTEEEEE

It started with an idea

So for the last two years I was thinking about purchasing a small vintage camper that I can pull easily behind my Jeep Grand Cherokee. I was thinking Airstream without researching and when I started looking - uh, those are not in my price range. I started searching online and came across Shastas, Scotty's, Field and Streams. I was looking on ebay and craig's list. I found a great website that got me even more addicted to Shasta's ( Then I cam across a 1960's Nomad Compact - which is really close to a Shasta Compact. I saw it on Sunday on Craig's list and had to call on it Monday morning. It was located in Kentucky, but from pictures it looked like it was in pretty good shape. He was asking 1,650.00 and I offered 1,500.00 - without seeing it in person - YIKES. I knew I would have to do some work. So on 4/18/11 I became the proud mama of this little gem.....







So the next step is to find out how to get her home. I could drive, one way is 6 1/2 hours. I spoke with the seller (Greg Wood) and he mentioned a company called uShip where you post a job to ship and people bid on it. The first bid had me meeting them in Elkhart, Indiana. We couldn't work out a meeting time, because I needed to borrow Pat or Mike;s truck to go get it. So I got another bid from Ty. We had agreed upon it arriving around 5/2 or 5/3. He had to go down to TN for some family business and got caught in some bad storms down south and had some other family issues, so it finally arrived on 5/13/11. When i got home from work I had some buyers remorse. There was more water damage than I knew about. It is small but really the perfect size for my first one. It rained all weekend so I couldn't do anything but clean a little. Lots to do - It will be so cute when I get done !!!