Slim Pickins'

We went on a little road trip on Saturday, I was hoping to find more than I did - like a different Christmas blow mold but I did come home with a Halloween one  which I paid a whopping $1 for - it's a TPI blowmold from 1989.

My husband got ahead of me at Value Village, he makes his circle of the store way faster than me, he comes back and asks if I saw that Santa jug - no, I didn't even get to that section yet - so, he went back - what a great find - I have a few cups but no pitcher.  I had this posted on Instagram, I knew once I posted it on there someone would know what it was, two other people shared their pitchers which were the same - apparently it's a Josef!!

I don't really think people have been donating very much at the thrifts in the line of vintage Christmas, maybe it's too early yet - I was at three shops yesterday, I bought nothing.  I did buy a box of old ornaments last week, for fellow Canadians, the Eaton's tag is still on them, didn't they have the best Christmas displays and merchandise?  

I've been on the lookout for Ideals books, they  have the greatest pictures in them for SMASHing, especially the Christmas ones.  I was happy to find "The Most Beautiful Tree in the World" but I should have checked it more carefully, two pages are missing, so that'll be going by way of the SMASH book.  I always like to read a Christmas book at this time of the year, so this Awesome book will be the one!!

Here's a SMASH page where I used the Ideals book, it's the poem and picture on the right.  The picture on the left I took last week, after the big snowstorm!!

It's time to link up with  Thriftasaurus, Thrifter Share and Vintage Bliss Tuesdays.  My apologies to anyone that follows my blog and Instagram, I know some of this is a repeat, oh well.... 

Simple Style Orange SMASH BOOK Completed!!

I've finished my fifth SMASH book - it'll be two years in January since I started this crazy hobby, I love it just as much now as I did then.   I shared another one of my completed books this way, I prefer this to the flip thru - I haven't edited any of the pictures, so what you see is what you get - no cropping , color editing or describing the pages - there are three parts to this post, so just go to the bottom and click on the next part!   Just click on any picture for a closer look!!   Hope you like it and thanks for taking the time to visit!

On to  Part 2

Part 2 of the Completed SMASHBOOK!

Here's the next series of completed pages in the Simple Style Orange SMASHBOOK!

On the the final pages -Part 3

Part 3 - Simple Style SMASHBOOK Completed

Here are the final pages in the Simple Style Orange SMASHBOOK..

And, that's it!!  

I was posting all my SMASH pages on Instagram, I'm not doing that any longer, but I do post them on my blog Facebook page, which is right here, so if you're interested in my pages , "Like" me!!

Little Finds

I sure don't seem to find much anymore that I want to buy at the thrifts but I still go, I'm always on the lookout for scarves, but two of my regular spots have put the silky scarves away in lieu of wintery scarves, people wear scarves all year round so I don't see the reasoning behind that - they never have that many and they don't take up that much space.  Here's what I did bring home.

I've never seen a blowmold like this one - it's about 9 inches across, great for a shelf!  I like it!!

I hadn't been to the flea market since the beginning of the summer, not much there I was interested in, but they had a few tables of Christmas - I have to buy old wrapping paper, I just have to..

Anytime I see these, I buy them too, one still has the original Kmart sticker on it, we haven't had Kmart here in Canada for quite a while now.

Another thing I can't seem to pass up now - old children's playing cards..

I picked up this old Simplicity clown pattern - SMASHed it!!

I was showing my sister in law my scarves that I had picked up when I was home, she goes to Value Village every week, that's another section for her to check out and she did,  this was in my mailbox this week!

She texted me from the 70 mile yard sale - did I want this catalogue, sure, I did - 25 cents for this 1940 Simpsons Spring and Summer edition - the front and back covers are missing but that's fine, I'll have to share some of the great fashions another day.

So, nothing big but things that I like and things that didn't cost much!

Linking today with We Call it Junkin and Vintage Bliss Tuesdays - better late than never!!