Another Saturday, another yard sale day I weeded them out around town and went to only a few, I didn't get anything big but I like what I did bring home!
It was a repeat sale at one of the homes, relatives were cleaning out an older lady's home - I picked up a few little things there last week, they had some different things out yesterday - including tubs of Wilton cake pans, what a haul that would be for someone interested in that kind of thing. The owner of these pans apparently made beautiful cakes, gave decorating lessons, she had tons of decorations - so much stuff!!
This St. Patrick's stuff was bagged together - all made in Japan or Hong Kong, I took the bag that held these goodies..
I didn't need that bag but I did need this....
My first non Christmas knee hugger - he's just too cute!!
I bought a Halloween bag too -
If I had not been following Magpie Ethel written by Laurie, the collector of so many neat things, I probably wouldn't have even given these things a second glance - I had to buy them.
These were still sealed in a old package. These made me remember a birthday cake my Mom made for me that had ballerinas on it, I thought I had a picture but I can't seem to find it.
I couldn't leave these behind - if they're the Beatles, I didn't put Ringo behind the drums!
I really had no business buying the beads and earrings set, I already have two that Mom had, but I did and the little owl pin, just because I liked it!!
The lady looked in my bag, she said $3 for everything, then asked if it was too much - I don't think so!!! Not for sweet treasures like that!!
I moved on to another sale where I bought these two fridgies which have seen better days, I might use them for flowers - $1 for the two.
The next sale had quite a bit of stuff - I have never seen so many old jars in one place, well, except in an antique shop and selling for high prices, I got the jars and the books for $1. Crown jars - made in Canada - a nice find!!
That would be more vintage Christmas books for those future grandchildren, they're going to have such a Christmas library!!! I picked up the nursery rhyme book to use for SMASHing.
For some reason, I just have to buy these older cards when I see them lately - the graphics are so cute and don't you love all their names?
So, that's it!! I'm happy with my purchases!!
I am so jealous of all the vintage Halloween that you fellow bloggers find, I have no trouble finding Christmas but Halloween, now that's a different story. I have a pumpkin blow mold that I shared a while back, when I went to Carla's the other day, I found this pumpkin treat carrier at Value Village, the string for carrying it is still attached, it was made by Play Toy Industries in Canada - it kind of looks like the black might be marker, I'm not really sure, there were two there and both had the same black marking, it's cute though, I just bought the one.
I've had this Lefton beauty for a few years, I bought her on Ebay, she's so cute..
I do have a couple of Halloween postcards.
This old card was postmarked 1909 from Galt, Ontario - it was sent to an address in Lambton Mills, Ontario. The message has nothing whatsoever to do with Halloween.
I have quite a few old cards that were done by Ellen Clapsaddle, but this is my only Halloween one and it's not in the best of shape but I'm just glad to have a Clapsaddle Halloween as they're not cheap! This card was postmarked in 1910, written to Ruth, from Regina and Gertrude.
So, I'm thinking I must have something else that is at least a little bit vintage Halloween, I hauled out my container of old thrifted magazines, I have lots of winter and summer issues but not much fall. It also seemed that the older fall magazines didn't really advertise much for Halloween either.
These fun old ads are from Woman's Day, October 1974..
Somebody used the big 7 cent coupon for the SweeTarts and Pixy Stix - I loved those Pixy Stix!
These ads are a bit newer - from Woman's Day, October 26, 1982 -
Rice Krispie treats never go out of style, do they?
And, that's it for me - no more vintage Halloween here...
