Junking Old School

Mom and I attended an estate sale this weekend at a big old house down in the Hill Area of town. I heard that no one has lived in this house for years (it was very neglected and in need of some TLC). Yep, a big old house full of vintage goodness just sitting there for years! Can you imagine, this is the stuff dreams are made of (well my dreams anyway!). Obviously a teacher at one time resided in this house because I found some great vintage school items. As I sifted through several boxes on a table, my heart went pitter patter when I opened this one:

 I know two little red headed girls that are going to love these! 

 I also bought the following items, I think some of these would be adorable framed and hung up in a child's room:

 I would have been happy with just the school stuff but when I went out to the garage I spotted Vintage Christmas and some Vintage Easter (one of the bunnies kind of reminds me of Yoda):

 Okay so I would have been happy with the school stuff and vintage holiday stuff but there was jewelry!

So that should have done it right? Oh but then I saw this vintage Queen of Heats Tea Set:

So I finally pulled myself away and called it a day, but when my phone rang this morning and I saw Mom's number pop up I knew she wanted to go back today and so we did. The house was pretty much picked clean but I did manage to find a few more fabulous things.

 

What a great sale and a bonus was that my favorite two Estate Sale ladies (Brenda and Elaine) were running this sale. Wish every sale was this wonderful!

Hoping everyone is having a great weekend and finding great vintage treasures!

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Back to Normal

Wow, I haven't written a post since January! Not because I didn't want to but because work takes over my life this time of year. We had an exciting finish to our little golf Tournament here and I was thrilled to see Adam Scott of Australia don the Green Jacket. I am also just as thrilled that it is behind me and my life can return to normal (at least for the next 6 months).

After working long, long days for months I actually got to take a day off on Friday and of course I went junking. There was an estate sale just down the road but I didn't have much luck there, picked up a box of vintage costume patterns, some fabric and a shepherds hook.

On Saturday I met Mom at a Church Sale and had much better luck. You just can't beat the prices at these sales (I don't think I even spent $20). I found some old paper mache Easter eggs. They are marked "made in Western Germany" and "made in German Democratic Republic" which I would like to say makes them valuable but unfortunately that is not the case. If you ever come across one of these eggs and it is marked "German" that would be the valuable one. I still love these old candy containers and one of them has some pretty paper lace on the inside. I also found tons of linens that I didn't need but bought them anyway! I had a couple of bags full when I got home. Also picked up some old cook books, an adorable little vintage ice pick, FB Rogers sliver plate napkin rings, a nice brand new pair of garden gloves, some vintage cocktail napkins to add to my collection and some old sewing books and patterns.

On another note, we celebrated the Red Headed Girls Birthday on Saturday at Steed Dairy Farm and I thought I would share a couple of pictures of the cowgirls.

 

It's been a wonderful weekend, I hope yours has been as well!

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Creepy Cool!

Mom and I have done a little junking over the past couple of weeks. Last Saturday we went to a sale downtown in an old building that was packed with junk. A "Helen and Her Daughter" Facebook friend had been to the sale on Friday and advised us to bring a flashlight and it's a good thing she did because there was no power in the building and it was very very dark in there. We had fun "picking" through the building and found some great stuff. Here are a few things I found down town:

Vintage Industrial Lighting 

(in perfect condition)

Upholstery Fabric

Isn't this mail bucket adorable!

I snagged 4 old sewing machine drawers!

Once we left that sale we went over to the Flea Market where I found some great vintage sewing items:

I bought about 12 Vintage Children's Patterns

I have never seen a zipper packaged like this, have you?

I also picked up some more Vintage German Paper Lace

Yesterday we went to an estate sale in the Hill area of town. While there wasn't a ton of stuff I was excited to find an original piece of art which I will be keeping! I also picked up a small Ironstone pitcher.

Johnson Bros. Ironstone Pitcher

Creepy Cool Original Artwork

(I love her)

More pic's of my finds from the past couple of weeks on our Facebook page.

Hope you are having a fabulous weekend!

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