Hawkeye Picnic Basket
On Friday Pete took the day off of work because we were driving down to Champaign for the U of I game, so he was able to join Maddie and I on our weekly garage sale expedition. Every Friday we get up, head out the door and hit the yard sales, stopping for junk food and coffee as needed. Maddie loves it and always looks forward to Fridays.
This week was pretty good. I got this great, vintage Hawkeye picnic basket (made in Burlington, Iowa) for only $4. What a bargain! It still has it's hanging shelf inside and is big enough to hold a whole bunch of things.
As you can see, the cats had to get in on the photo shoot. First Spike walked in. . . then Mud had to see what all the excitement was about. They don't prefer hanging out with each other all that much though, so Mud made a swift exit.
Leaving the adorable, yet constantly befuddled Spiker to pose with the basket.
I also picked up a little "Weave Easy Hand Loom" for only 25 cents. It was complete with the original box and directions, so I'll have to try it out and report back.
That picture of the kitty and the basket is too cute!
Posted by: Christie | Monday, October 01, 2007 at 02:15 PM
Great basket, you have some great yard sales in your area. I never find stuff like that. I didn't know you had cats, very sweet kitties.
Posted by: Tracey | Thursday, October 04, 2007 at 07:04 AM
Great basket. I found an orange one recently and it has like a table in it so you can have things underneath and on top. Is that what you mean by hanging shelf bracket. I have been looking for one of these baskets for over two years and was so happy when I finally found one. I actually cleared out our other picnic baskets just to keep this one. The color of your is just lovely.
Posted by: Selena | Thursday, October 11, 2007 at 11:56 AM
I love the basket and kitty. Your cat looks just like my Pumpkin.
Posted by: Amber | Sunday, October 21, 2007 at 07:59 AM