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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Rescuing a Ballerina

Yesterday Mom and I went out junking for the first time in a couple of months (hence my absence from blogging). We were both missing not only the junk hunting but also the time we get to spend together on Saturday mornings. We headed off to the  one estate sale advertised but when we got there it was a little bit of a disappointment to me. There were some nice pieces but the prices were high even at the 50% markdown and it just wasn't one of those sales with lots of stuff to dig through. I managed to find one little quirky bottle. It's an old Sanitol Tooth powder bottle. I think it dates to somewhere around 1900 to 1910.

We decided to hit up a few thrift shops after leaving the estate sale and I found a few more small treasures to include some vintage jumbo playing cards (which I can use for a project I saw on pinterest), some old dice, and an embroidered Scottie Dog picture.

As for as the Ballerina goes, I saw her on a Christmas tree in one of the Thrift shops and she looked like she needed rescuing. Her little head is very fragile and coming apart and I felt like no one would want her, but she is still a little cutie and I will place her in my sewing room with some of my other misfit toys and hopefully she will be happy there!

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!

More pic's on our Facebook Page.

One other thing, I posted about a website last week that has vintage Christmas catalogs going back to the 1930's that you can scroll through page by page. This is great for researching your vintage finds. I found another website this week that has a ton of vintage advertisements. This also is a great site to use for research. If you want to check it out, you can find it here.

Vintage Christmas Catalogs

Just a quick post to share something I happened upon yesterday. I found the most wonderful website that has vintage Christmas catalogs from 1933 through 1988. You can scroll through the whole catalog. It's a great way to research your vintage items. The catalogs have toys, Christmas items, clothing, shoes, dishes and more! Quite a few of the catalogs are from Sears. I can remember being so excited to look through the Sears Christmas catalog when I was a child. I spent quite a bit of the evening looking through some of these and actually found something I have in one of the catalogs from 1942. Anyway I thought I would share!

The website is http://www.wishbookweb.com/.

Bedroom Vintage Christmas Vignette

I am busy getting my home ready for not one but two family gatherings. I host a "Christmas Cookie Day" for my nieces and great nieces each year and we always have so much fun. This is also my year to host our family Christmas Eve Party. I am very excited but also very stressed out trying to get everything ready! I did want to take a few minutes out of this busy day to share a little more of my Christmas Decor with you. I added a few lovely vintage Christmas treasures in my bedroom and thought I would give you a peek.

 

Okay, my break is over, back to getting things ready for the Holiday gatherings! 

Hope you enjoyed this little vignette and that you are having a wonderful weekend!

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More Christmas Decorating

It's been a nice relaxing weekend. I so enjoy this time of the year when I can enjoy my Christmas decor. I love the way the Christmas lights give off a special glow in the evenings and how the house smells of lovely holiday candles and Christmas baking! I especially enjoy the decor in my Dining Room and shared my little vintage bar cart all dressed up in Vintage Christmas last week. This week I thought I would share a little more of my Dining Room.

I am really excited with the look of my buffet. I try to add a few new things each year. I actually recycled the acorn branch tree I made for Thanksgiving by adding a few old ornaments and giving it a little more of a Christmassy feel.

Here is the whole buffet, I left my vintage seed box where it was (I removed everything else that was on the buffet) and I like the way it elevates some of the decorations.

Hope you are having a wonderful weekend!

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