The last blog post I wrote was in July, oh, my - where has the time gone... I really am going to try to make an effort and write a little more often.
So, this post will be back to my original type of post - things I've bought at thrift stores over the last while. I don't buy that much anymore, so it has to be something cheap or something that really catches my eye.
A small Halloween treat bucket, 1980 is stamped on the bottom, bought at a thrift in New Brunswick.
I used to read Jack and Jill, I thought it was so great, a magazine with my name on it!! I bought this at a yard sale in Prince Edward Island.
I really can't leave a little Santa cup behind, especially when it's 99 cents.
I was in quite a few antique warehouses over the last week, I saw so many vintage Christmas ornaments just like this, the prices are crazy, I found this box at a thrift for $2. I am so lucky I have all these old decorations that I do, because I hardly ever see them like this anymore, for my kind of price!!!
These bowls reminded me so much of my Delphite Pyrex pieces, they were priced at 2 for $1.99 - a great price, I think. The only markings on them are 20 & 21 - that's it!! They're like a Fire King splash proof bowl - have you ever seen these?
I bought this enamel pot at an antique warehouse, I've always loved the enamel pots with the designs, I don't imagine I'll ever have one of those, so this will be good enough. It was probably the most reasonable priced thing in the shop!
When summer began, I told myself I would have 300 Vera scarves in my collection, it never happened, I used to see them nearly every time I went out, that never happens now!! So, after finding these two last week, I now have 300 Vera scarves. Yay!!
It's not very often you find anything so ridiculously priced at the thrift store, not on the cheap end of things anyway, I bought this unused Bath & Body Works 3 wick candle plus holder for $3 - we all know how much those candles cost - what a deal!!!!
This didn't take as long to write up as I imagined - I'm really going to try to post more often. Thanks for reading this post!!!
I now own 201 Vera scarves with these finds yesterday..
This is what two hundred Vera scarves look like..beautiful!!
I began this craze after reading about them on numerous blogs, I thought that it was something I should look for, well, that was November 2011 and this is what it has become. My good friend Carol jumped on the Vera bandwagon shortly after that and now we snap a pic as soon as a new scarf is purchased, we just have to see what the other has found!!
Here's the first one I found back in 2011...
There are just so many patterns out there, very rarely, do I ever find a duplicate - florals, geometrics, stripes, sheers, solids, leaves and trees, paisleys, the list goes on. And then there are long scarves, small and large squares, wing tips, tube scarves, tie scarves - made of silk, cotton, polyester, wool, oh, my , there are just so many....
I have found most of my scarves at the thrifts, very few have I purchased on line. I actually found one at a yard sale once!! Fellow bloggers have sent me scarves and of course, Carol and I have traded any duplicates. I found some Vera's that my Mom had and I also have one that belonged to my mother in law - those are special ones which I never expected to find! I look for them wherever I go - I've brought scarves home from Florida, from Michigan, from Maine, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island but the majority of them have come from right here in Ontario. I will continue to look for these beautiful pieces wherever I go!!
The very best day I ever had was finding twelve scarves at a thrift - it was really an exciting day for a Vera collector - here's that post if you'd like to relive that day with me!!
The one good thing about collecting scarves, they don't take up much space. I keep them in this basket and that is my book that I record each scarf in.
I love the thrill of the hunt for these scarves, I can tell a lot of them just by the look and feel of them now and when I see that Vera signature and sometimes the ladybug, it's coming home with me!!
Check out the link up at We Call it Junkin, always lots of interesting posts there. Today is the last day for Thrifty Things Friday, Linda and Diann have put a lot of work into this great little party - but things change... thanks to the both of you!!
