Since I have joined the iPhone gang I have been able to iMessage my brother (check out his clothing and accessories company blog here) in America. I feel like we have a whole new lease of life as our usual contact is limited to Skype. He and his Primary School teacher wife share my love of second hand bargains and often have a browse on a Sunday afternoon in their warehouse sized local charity shop.

However, this weekend they found a Flea Market! Was I jealous? YES!

He messaged me from the Columbus Flea Market and sent me some fab photos (he knows how I love a bit of wood grain in the background) of their thrifty finds.

I knew I just had to share them for the Magpie Monday link I join in with! I'll save my sparkly second hand specials for next week. Can you guess what I found?!

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Flea Market finds:

Potato Basket - $2, Pencil Stool - $10, Local NJ Winery Red Wine - $11, Xacto Tool Set - $6, Felt Hearts - FREE

Didn't they do well?! Sad as it sounds the next time we have a holiday to visit them, I have a yard sale and Flea Market on my sight seeing list!

I saw this idea on Pinterest and knew it would make the perfect keepsake first birthday card for my cousin's little boy who is one on Monday. Right on theme with the birthday party!

Take a blank piece of paper, green, blue, red and yellow paint. (Mix the blue and red to make the purple)

Paint the palm of a hand with green and the four fingers blue for the legs.

Turn you paper upside down and place your print on the page. 3 prints make a great body!

Big boy did the first two sections and small boy did the last body. It was impossible to get him to keep his hand open so I painted three of my fingers as the legs for his body!

Paint a palm red for the face and two fingers (with a finger space in the middle) purple for the antennae.

Dada did two big yellow finger prints for the eyes and big boy two purple pupil thumbprints! Small boys thumbprint made a great nose.

I decided it was so sweet, I ink stamped his name along the bottom and framed it in an A4 frame with a luggage tag hanging from the top with a message from us!

A truly handmade card from the whole family.