I just noticed that I haven't written a post in a couple of weeks, but to be honest, I felt like I didn't really have much to write about!! But, today I do!! Last Wednesday I tagged along with my husband who had business in London - no, that's not London, England, unfortunately it's the other London, in Ontario. He had meetings so that left me on my own to scout out the thrifts and antique malls - it was great! On Friday, we headed to Buffalo, NY for the weekend - lots of shopping and sightseeing too, we went back to Niagara Falls, NY on Saturday evening to see the American Falls, which we had never visisted - what a view!!!!
Sunday morning we were up early - I had found this flea market online - now I know what all you American gals talk about when you mention a flea market - I had never been to anything like this before. It was called Antique World & Flea Market in Clarence, NY - New York's largest indoor/outdoor market - people are set up at storage units, some booths are right in the unit, some are outside, we want to go back again in the summer when it's operating in full force. There were bargains to be had and things that I had never seen before, I'm happy to say I found some things that I've been wanting for a while!!!
No trip would be complete without finding a few Vera scarves - I found nine!!!
I have never found a teen magazine, they are always ladies magazines, now I have a 1968 TEEN magazine, it was cheaper than all the rest that were there because it said a coupon was missing, it's funny, they typed out the missing words on a piece of paper, it's attached to the page. I can't imagine a cover like this now on a teen magazine!!
If you don't like vintage Christmas, there is no need to go on any further because that's what I brought home...
I bought this in Canada and then saw it later at the NY flea, it wasn't priced but I just bet it was less than what I paid. It's so kitschy cute!!! I had it lit this morning, it's even prettier than I thought, love bubble lights!!
I first learned about Gurley candles from the blogs, I wanted just one so bad, I had to resort to buying a couple on Ebay. Then, this summer, I found two at a yard sale, unheard of for around here!!! Well, I have plenty now.
The candles were wrapped in paper, they're in perfect condition.
How cute are they?
I was in the land of Gurley candles and didn't even realize it, I was buying two from a lady at the flea market, she said those are more, they're the ones made in Buffalo, you know, well, yes, they are!!! They were first made in Buffalo in 1938 under the Tavern name, that is what this box is so they're old, in 1949, the name was changed to Gurley Novelty. I saw a lot of them at the market - no Halloween though, Easter, Thanksgiving - I should have bought more!!!
The choir boy is about 7 1/2 inches tall. The reindeer actually says Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer on the bottom.
Another pack of Christmas hangers...just think, only 7 cents at Kmart!
I was so happy to get a real Shiny Brite box, I have never seen one out there in the wild before and bonus, it's full of pretty shiny brites. In case you're wondering, no, I did not pay 50 cents for it!!
We're on our way back home on Sunday afternoon, my husband spots a flea market, he said do you want to stop, before I could get the words out of my mouth, he had taken the exit. It was freezing, we were walking around quickly, it wasn't bad actually, then he says, look at this - oh, my, I walked fast to the table. It was a whole table of vintage Christmas, I could have had the whole table but I didn't want it, here's what I did want and got them all for $20, plus the spun head snowman.
I can't imagine how they sat there the whole day. What a happy family of knee huggers, they sure made me happy!! They look like they were never used, the material is clean, the Japan sticker is still on the back of many of them. The big guys in the back row are about 8 inches tall. I had bought one of the small ones earlier in the week, he is in rough shape compared to the rest, but I love them all. It was definitely my favorite purchase!!
I love to get away on these excursions, it's so much fun to find treasures like this!!!
Linking up with Joann at Vintage Bliss Tuesdays and Sir Thrift a Lot at Thriftasaurus - two great Canadian link ups!!
Another weekend gone, another Saturday of many yard sales, the post where everyone puts their ad was full, I picked three, I just can't be bothered to go around to all those sales, it's just not worth it for me, I think I picked the right ones because I purchased at all three.
The first one was advertised as an estate sale, still not an estate sale like so many of you are used to but for me, it was fine, nothing was priced, just give whatever, they just wanted to get rid of the stuff, great!!
I finally found some Gurley candles - finally!! I know the angel is missing an eye - I'll fix her up!! I was so happy to find these, I thought of Vintage Sister Erica right away, I knew she would be so happy that I finally came upon some of these candles!!! And, she was, because I posted them on Instagram
This lady must have loved Christmas candles, there was a table full - I bought this little box of miniatures - all never used and only one missing, made in Japan.
I already have one of these Santa's and the little girl, but these are in much better shape.
I bought these for display - but you know, the French Fry cutter is a whole lot sturdier than the one we have! Aren't the graphics great?
My first Pyrex pixie dish and also the first piece in this Blue Laurel pattern
I saw one, I saw two, then the third - I grabbed them all - little Federal bowls that match my mixing bowls I found last year at a yard sale.
I brought something home for the game room too..
At the next sale, I bought this lone Christmas mug, it was an older lady and her son, the son says 25 cents, oh, no, the lady says, that's Christmas, it's more, $1 - I laughed , I asked if there was a set, she said there were two, but I guess only made it - it's beat up but that doesn't matter in the least to me.
I would have stayed longer at this last sale but the bugs were so bad and everything that I was interested in was in boxes under the tables, but Ifound something before the bugs carried me away.. I don't really know why I bought this, but I did - I paid $1 for everything I took home.
This is the neatest old book, copyright 1952, I'm going to read this - good for a laugh - women back in the 50's had so much work to do - care of underwear - wash underwear after each wearing, mend your underwear when the first split appears, when underwear fades, dip it in a dye of the original color! Did you know the color white is bad after forty? Oh, this is going to be fun!!
In the afternoon, I moved on to the thrifts, only luck at one - I paid $1 for all this stuff... my thrifting trip was worthwhile, I found a Vera!!
I was carrying around this thermos , a guy who I believe to be a dealer, stopped me and said the thermos had a crack in the lid, I said it didn't matter, I was buying it for display!!
These aren't old and they were unopened, I thought they were just regular playing cards, I thought the diner was cute, I opened them this morning, they're all different - love them! Perfect for SMASHing!!
I paid less than $10 for everything I bought on Saturday! I like it!!
Yesterday we went to get flowers, the flea market that had the large fruit pail that I posted a few weeks ago was on the way, I've been thinking about it ever since so many people told me that I should get it, it was priced at $25. The more I thought about it the more I knew I had to have it. It was still there yesterday, I offered $15, nothing doing, which I figured, but I got it for $20 - not bad for this huge old pail!
And to finish off the day, I bought these swizzle sticks for $2.
I know I was lucky on Saturday, that doesn't happen very often around here!!
