I actually have a post of some treasures I've found in the last week!! The posts and the purchases are few and far between - a house can only hold so much stuff, can't it? I'm being selective!!
Anyone that has been following my blog for a while, knows that I am always on the lookout for Vera scarves - my collection numbers 288 right now, I hope I can reach 300 by the end of the summer. Last Friday I saw an unexpected yard sale, lo and behold, I found a Vera there - for 25 cents or was it 50 cents, whatever, it was a steal. I was away last weekend and found the rest of these at a Salvation Army - always on the lookout!!
I've been looking for a nice jug for a while, spotted this one at Value Village the other day!
I wanted it to replace a Pyrex carafe that I had on this shelf, now I need to find another one to replace the green coffee pot! It sure is hard to take a good picture when you're standing on a chair!!!
I hardly ever see these magazines at the thrift stores, they're so great to cut up for SMASHing, I bought every one - and got one for free!!
It's raining here today, I didn't go to any yard sales but there was an estate sale advertised, which we never have here, of course, I had to check it out!!! I came out with a bag of goodies for $5.
It's worn, but we're of Scottish heritage and it'll be great in the game room!
I bought this little alarm clock because I received one for Christmas, in the 70's, as well, mine is beige and has one leg broken off, I knew I was going to get it for cheap, so I took it! It still works! And, I love the little note on the bottom, looks like that might have been a Toronto jeweller!
This is a real vintage Cootie game! My kids had a Cootie game but it sure wasn't like this one, look at those little game pieces!
A mixed bag of game pieces to go in a jar!
There was a box of playing cards, I took them all, some of the illustrations are so cute!! I can use them for SMASHing, or my newest thing - pocket letters, but that's a post for another day!!!
It was fun to poke around and actually find a few things, hope the fun continues!!
I made the rounds yesterday at the thrifts, I think I spent a whopping $4.50 - you know those are going to be small finds..
These were unopened, but not anymore - a pack of 8 Hallmark Halloween party invitations that sold for 60 cents, I paid 50 cents.
These older Old Maid cards were in a bag at Value Village, I just wanted those cards, my kids used to have them in the plastic case, that's the only reason I wanted them, they're not even the same set they had, but.....
One lone Vera came home with me, it's not a beautiful pattern, that's for sure, another one added to the collection.
I bought this book at a little shop on our way home, in Maine. I was so happy with this find - I see them on Ebay for not very much and I didn't pay much but I know that around this area that anything Dionne would go much higher. I did a blog post in June on the Dionne Quints after I visited their childhood home which is only 2 1/2 hours from where I live - here is that post and also a page that I SMASHed on that day. I won't go into all that again as I did touch on their life in the previous post. They were just the cutest!
I forgot to share this from the 70 Mile Yard Sale - somehow my Hands Down game is gone, my kids used to play with it when we went home, well, now we have another one for the future, I left it there. I loved that game!!
I brought a couple of watches back with me - I know nothing about them, but the one in the box is very unique, it was used but the box is like new and it has the price tag hanging on it. I guess they belonged to someone in my family bu tI don't know who! I'm going to use them for decoration.
This came from my mother-in-law's house, someone had a prize winning dog but we're not positive who that was, they did well at that dog show back in 1949.
This old photo album is full of greeting cards from the 70's - it's so neat, I have a hankie holder in the same kind of suede material. Some of the etchings are original, others were written on it.
