61st & Greenway NW Corner

Here is our final sale info for this week.  The address is:

15402 N. 61st Avenue

Glendale, AZ 85306

It is on the Northwest corner of 61st Avenue and Greenway.  Could not be any easier to find.

Sale will be open Thursday through Saturday  5/30 to 6/1

7:30 a.m. until 12:30 pm.

This house has some very nice items, so you must stop by and check it out.

Let's start with an adorable rooster pitcher....

how cute is he.....

Can I get a Mohawk

Here is the information for the second sale in Peoria.

10530 W. Mohawk Lane

Peoria, Arizona

Here are the directions:

!07th Avenue North of Beardsley to East on Burnett Road and then the first right onto 106th Lane.  106th Lane curves left into Mohawk Lane.  House is on the left hand side.  Signs will be at 107th Avenue and Beardsley.

We are open Wednesday 5/29 through Friday 6/01

7:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.

Let's just jump right in shall we....

Cul De Sac Sale in Sun City

We have three sales this week one in Sun City, one in Peoria and then one in Glendale.

So we are all over the west valley this week, so you need to come and say.

Each of the sales will have a lot of photos, so I am going to write about each sale under a different post, so please make sure you check out the other posts as well.

This is sale is on the curve of a cul de sac on 105th Avenue in Sun City.

Trash Talk Number Two

So we are back with our second installment of Trash Talk.  In case you missed the first this is where we take an item that is often left at an estate sale because they are no longer current, or there are too many of these available and we think we don't need it and transform it into something else, or give it a new use.  This is an entertainment center changed into a child's play kitchen.  Not an original idea, there are a lot of examples out there online to give you inspiration if your entertainment center looks different then ours.

Vintage & Collectibles In Sun CIty

We have a big sale this week in Sun City, it is a small house and it is packed.  So please come with time to look around and patience because it is going to be a tight fit.  There is a ton of stuff and this is going to be a long post but here goes.

5 Minute Lemon Bars

So wanted to broaden the blog so it is something you can come to every day and either learn about our sales for the week, so maybe learn a recipe or a new craft.  If you have any ideas, we would love to hear them.  If you would like to contribute a recipe, idea or craft just e-mail us.

Here is our first recipe.....for 5 Minute Lemon Bars!

So this is a super quick lemon bar.  It seriously takes 5 minutes to mix and a mere 15-18 minutes to bake.

Here is the ingredients:

 lemon cake mix (any brand)

2 eggs

1/2 cup vegetable oil

powdered sugar to dust (optional)

You mix everything in a bowl.  It is thick so you might want to mix with your hands as it will go much faster.  It looks like this:

Then you just press it into a greased 9x13 pan. 

Bake at 350 degrees for 15- 18 minutes, until it looks like this.  

Lightly golden brown on the edges.

Then cut into bars and dust with powdered sugar.  Finally eat and enjoy!

5 Minute Lemon Bars Recipe

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Mix together

lemon cake mix (any brand)

2 eggs

1/2 cup vegetable oil

Press into a greased 9x13 inch pan.

Bake at 350 for 15-18 minutes

So give it a try and let us know how it turns out.

ENJOY!

We will have sale information for the week up tomorrow so check back again tomorrow.

It Is A Vacation Week Here At Sun City Estate Sales

May 16, 17 and 18th...no sales.

We are taking the week off here at Sun City Estate Sales.

We will be back next week with a big sale so check back here next week to see the pictures and item descriptions.

We hope you are all having a great week and we will see you all soon.

Corral Time....

New week...new sale...

we have one sale this week at:

14512 W. Corral Drive

Sun City West

signs will be at El Mirage and Beardsley

You can also go from RH Johnson and 151st.  Just take 151st East all the way around until it turns into N. Tom Ryan Drive and then go right on Black Gold Lane and you will see the red Sun City Estate Sale signs from there.

We will be open Thursday 5/9/13

Friday 5/10/13

and Saturday 5/11/13

7:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. each day.

Trash Talk Number One

Okay so our sales are over...now what....well first thank you to all who came out whether you purchased an item or not.  We hope you found the item you have been searching for, and if not there is always next week. So Thank You all for coming out.

Now you may wonder what happens after a sale to all the leftover items.  Well they are either donated or thrown out depending on the family's wishes.

I am calling these segments trash talk because they are items that are left after every sale and even charities have a hard time getting rid of them.  These are items that are random and we all have them already and if we don't have them we feel we don't need them.  We want to change that....we are going to take items that are left and show you how to use them in a new and different way.  Then when you see the items at a sale you will need them to complete these projects.  Thus less items in our already over crowded landfills.  Some will be big projects and others just some small ideas.  We are going to start small.

From this last sale at Port Royale we had some dishes miss matched, used candles, some buttons, and a half container of salt (sorry didn't photograph salt or buttons but you know what they look like).  So lets view them before....

just a dinner plate, but could be a fancy plate, saucer, a platter or even a scratched plate.

The candles very unattractive, but it just needs to be washed and gathered with others.

So here is our first transformation....

better already and if the plate were small it would look great but it does need something...

here we added the salt...better already.  You could even color the sale with a little food coloring....

often at sales.  Or we had some rocks from another project we added....

how cute is that....we sell the rocks at sales or even the glass marbles would be great.

now for the buttons...

it does need more buttons, but this what was left at this sale...so save up buttons and add more as you get them....you could use mixed colors or all one color.  A plate and three candles at a store new would easily cost $25.00 conservatively, but this could be yours for less than $2.00 if bought on half price day or just add it to the bag on $5.00 fill a bag and you would get a whole more for your five bucks.  We just washed the candles and plate and added decorative pieces and it looks like you bought it all new.  No one would know the candles were pre burnt by someone else once you light them.

Here it is...

Now that is a great center piece.  Just think outside the box...at Christmas you could add those mini ball ornaments, at Easter some jelly beans, M&M's anytime (but green for St Patrick's, red for Valentine's day...)    you could add beans on an old kitchen plate, sand in a beach theme bathroom, beads for a bedroom, dirt in an old saucer for outside on the patio.  The ideas are endless.  Maybe you only want one candle, cool just get a smaller plate.  Want to make a big Thanksgiving center piece...get a platter, add gourds and leaves and it will look like you got it at florist.  So next time you see a dirty pre burnt candle and a plate at a sale, remember the possibilities.

Until next time....

Heading Into Port.....Port Royale in Surprise

So our second sale for the week of May 2 through the 4th is at:

13127 W Port Royale
Surprise, AZ 85379

Dysart North of Thunderbird...then West on Country Gables....then just follow the red Sun City Estate Sale signs.

We are open 7:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.

Thursday through Saturday

Now onto the items....

Let's start in the kitchen with the kitchen table...and 4 chairs....and one bench

there is a hutch...

a lot of small appliances including...

3 crock pots, a toaster, a toaster oven, a mixer, and iron, a can opener, waffle iron, immersion blender, and a regular blender.  There is also a food saver.

trust me all that on just this one table...

other kitchen stuff includes pots and pans, plastic ware, silverware, dishes, and so much more....even some food...

a set of snowman dishes....

Christmas is just around the corner...a far corner but a corner

Ok kitchen done....living room here we come...

a leather couch, love seat and chair all sold separate....

there are two coffee tables, one is wicker, and several other pieces in the living room all pictured here, well almost all....

a wicker chair to go with the wicker coffee table

a 4 shelf rack

coffee table number 1

white rocker

end table

white wicker chair

ottoman

2nd coffee table

and this five drawer chest...

There is also a bakers rack sitting in the hall shall have a look...oh yes we shall..

you can see a washer and dryer in the back ground, but they are not for sale...sad I know, but there is always another sale.

There are no beds either but some linens, including for a queen and king size bed...

queen size bed in a bag..

pillows

There are a couple of jewelry boxes and a small amount of jewelry....

 this will all look much better when you come to see, but wanted to you to have a glimpse...

nice and the sides open too.

Clothes, shoes, purses, hats, and more....

shoes size 7

clothes are sizes medium and large and I saw a size 10.

scarves anyone..

even a shoe holder for all the shoes you will want to get...

flippers...yes I said flippers 2 pairs and something else for diving....it is the things between the flippers....they are called flippers right?  Well you know what I mean in any case.

There is some tools...like a sander, a drill, screwdrivers, axe, hammer, and all the usual tools people have....

wheel barrel

clamps

need to do some yard work?  Here you go.

gardening tools even.

There is a corner desk with a nice office chair...The picture of the desk sucks I know but you will see it when you go...

the sun was so bright, ugh.

More office items, a shredder, supplies, and more.

even a Lenox lamp all wrapped up and ready to go and live with you...Music....stereo below...

There is a futon in the office as well with a tray to sling over the arm to do some work while you relax.

There is some art work and pictures of Native Americans and a couple of other pieces.

a poster frame even

Then there is a sombrero and a statue and fire pit...

there is a Yorkshire Terrier statue...how cute...

awwww...

Then a three speed bike...

a bar table and four stools...

there are lots of books and four book shelves....even some art books....

and there is a really nice chess set made of marble in a box... 

then there is all the rest....

 there are 3 dog crates and some games...

sleeping bags & 2 spare chair

music.

 the wicker one has some aprons
 bathroom supplies

tv and wicker table...with some weights to work out with..

nativity set

this guy.....

two topiary pots

mirror mirror on the wall...

lamp and table in one

large screen tv, but not flat as you see

                                                                   LOVE this lamp...

tiki torches...party

clean up...

for what car????????

okay so what time is it...

time to get to the sale.   See you there, Thursday morning.