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!!
It's funny how reading another person's blog can set you off looking in an area of the thrift store that you don't usually look, this happened to me after reading Diane's post about her playing card collection, if you care to look at her amazing cards, you can right here. She has the neatest cards, I didn't even know cards like that existed!! So, now I'm looking at cards - oh, no....
For you that follow me on Instagram, you've already seen these sweet Old Maid cards, but now it's time for a blog post, so here they are..
Click on so you can have a close look - they're nursery rhyme Old Maid - they are so cute!!! I don't really know what I'm going to do with them, someone suggested framing, that might be cute if I had a small child, some could be going to the SMASH book, I really haven't decided.
That's the package, the top right card is the reverse of the above cards. The other card was a single instruction card for another pack, which wasn't there..
More cute cards that were only 25 cents.
Another 25 cent pack - I know these aren't old but they've got cute illustrations - they will definitely be SMASHed.
These Japan Air Lines cards took my eye too - another 25 cent purchase!
We already have this game but I've been looking for another one so I can use the cards for SMASHing!
I have another one of these little Scotch Brand Christmas tapes, they are the sweetest tucked in the Christmas displays. I am just reading the fine print - cellulose tape - made in Canada by Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company of Canada Limited. I guess we could call this old style washi, what do you think???
I think I'm on a lucky streak for vintage magazines, I brought this Good Housekeeping magazine to the counter, both front and back covers are missing, I told the clerk that, oh, she said, you can just have that!!! Fine by me!! Considering there is one left there and it is priced at $20, this was definitely a steal! It's the oldest copy I have so far, April 1934. There are some great old ads in this one too, those posts are so much fun to do, I will be doing one soon. In the meantime, here's a couple of ads from 1934.
Coca Cola - served in leading hospitals!!! It is pure and wholesome - didn't you know??
Finally, a Pyrex ad - I wanted to show this one as well so you could see the date down in the corner. You could send away for a 12 month menu calendar, for free - I have never seen any of those, I don't imagine there are many of those around anymore. As if we didn't know this - "Sparkling Pyrex Ware makes foods look and taste more delicious" It's so true!!!
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