{"id":51953,"date":"2011-07-17T00:37:07","date_gmt":"2011-07-17T04:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/51953\/mans-treasure-cheryls-pals-collabbff-107-combo\/"},"modified":"2011-07-17T00:37:07","modified_gmt":"2011-07-17T04:37:07","slug":"mans-treasure-cheryls-pals-collabbff-107-combo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/51953\/mans-treasure-cheryls-pals-collabbff-107-combo\/","title":{"rendered":"ANOTHER MAN&#8217;S TREASURE &#8212; A &#8220;Cheryl&#8217;s Pals Collab\/BFF #107&#8221; Combo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font size=\"4\"><em>I&#8217;ve always loved to go to yard sales and such, especially when my children were really young.  We would find the best deals.  These days, I still love looking, but am very content to just look and not bring anything home . . . . so I certainly couldn&#8217;t resist trying this week&#8217;s CPC Collab which was most definitely a theme I related to.<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Coincidentally, &#8220;Treasures&#8221; is also the theme of this week&#8217;s BFF #107:<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font size=\"4\"><em> <\/em><\/font><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i148.photobucket.com\/albums\/s4\/barbkaus\/Waimea%20Valley%20Botanical%20Gardens\/Beginning%20May%2010\/Beginning%201-1-11\/Treasure_chest_color.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<font size=\"4\"><em> <\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>ANOTHER MAN&#8217;S TREASURE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BY BARBARA K<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A CHERYL&#8217;S PALS COLLAB<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Crafty things made out of old scraps,<br \/>\npaper bags, beads and soda pop caps,<br \/>\nvintage treasures with stories to tell,<br \/>\nthings I never dreamed they could sell;<br \/>\ndusting them off and taking a look,<br \/>\nfound in places obscure and unexpected,<br \/>\ntheir value lost on most, I&#8217;d say,<br \/>\nat least not apparent right away;<br \/>\nfor what&#8217;s trash to you<br \/>\nmay be a treasure to me<br \/>\nand sometimes worth more<br \/>\nthan you thought it might be.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">So I find that it&#8217;s often completely<br \/>\nworth my while to check them out,<br \/>\nthese treasures forgotten over time,<br \/>\nset on the curb about to be thrown out;<br \/>\nfor converting trash to treasure<br \/>\noften brings so much pleasure,<br \/>\na chest full of many delights<br \/>\nand wonderful finds,<br \/>\nwhen I can look beyond<br \/>\nthe dust and the grime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">(c) barbara kausteklis 7-16-11<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font size=\"4\"><em><\/em><\/font><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i148.photobucket.com\/albums\/s4\/barbkaus\/Waimea%20Valley%20Botanical%20Gardens\/Beginning%20May%2010\/Beginning%201-1-11\/CPCCollabBannerBarbara2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<font size=\"4\"><em><br \/>\nThanks to Fellow Treasure Seekers:<br \/>\nLady &#8220;Cheryl&#8221; Death, Sheila A, Michelle K,<br \/>\nMary Margaret, and Me, Barbara.<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>CPC &#8220;Saturday Share&#8221;:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">http:\/\/www.friendburst.com\/blog\/51711\/cheryls-pals-saturday-share-one-7\/<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>The lines I used in addition to my own:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">TRASH TO TREASURE BRINGS PLEASURE  &#8211; REQUIRED<br \/>\n(Lady &#8220;Cheryl&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">trash to me but treasures to you (Sheila A)<br \/>\nThe crafty things made out of old scraps (Michelle K)<br \/>\nturning worthless trash into gold (sheila a)<br \/>\na wooden chest full of many delights to find (Mary Margaret)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>LINK TO ALL THE LINES:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">http:\/\/www.friendburst.com\/blog\/51275\/cheryls-pals-lost-lines-3\/<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">****************<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>BFF #107<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font size=\"4\"><em><\/em><\/font><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i148.photobucket.com\/albums\/s4\/barbkaus\/Waimea%20Valley%20Botanical%20Gardens\/Beginning%20May%2010\/Beginning%201-1-11\/BFF107TreasureChest.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<font size=\"4\"><em><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"4\"><em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/bff4fun\/blog\/543561392<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">******************<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">This was such a lot of fun.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Thanks always for your visits and comments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">~barb~<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font size=\"4\"><em><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve always loved to go to yard sales and such, especially when my children were really young. We would find the best deals. These days, I still love looking, but am very content to just look and not bring anything home . . . . so I certainly couldn&#8217;t resist trying this week&#8217;s CPC Collab [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,19,29],"tags":[63,3906,2316,159,4,3905],"class_list":["post-51953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","category-lifestyles","category-poems","tag-barbara-k","tag-bff-blogging-for-fun","tag-collab","tag-cpc","tag-poetry","tag-saturday-share"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51953\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}