Saturday, November 26, 2011

Back to estate sales

I haven't been to a great estate sale in so long! I got spoiled over the summer with houses just stuffed full of awesome vintage! Last weekend Travis and I went to a sale at a house up a long long driveway, with gorgeous views. Sadly, even on the first day of the sale the house was pretty empty. But they did have this...


a table full of beautiful vintage photos! i keep expanding the parameters about what i "collect". So now it is pictures with dogs, vacation photos, christmas, cute outfits, sassy guys, or anything weird. i just got one of a lady holding a baby out of a window. so hilarious! i kind of wish i had gone back on the last day and scooped up some more of these photos. i don't know if it was a collection, or just ALL of their family photos were great.


table of linens. i've had to cool it on embroidered doilies. what am i going to do with them?

estate sales are so glamourous. haha.

there were a bunch of pictures of that fat little terrier. i wish i knew his story!

Christmas and a dog! (dixie) if my door wasn't so cute already (it is bright red with a sweet little window), I would wrap it up like that! Travis picked the picture of the ladies showing off their fur coats. The back says 'Margaret and I got mink stoles for Xmas so we thought we'd do a little modeling"


My first pug! this one is from the 70s and isn't something I would have normally gotten, but it was a pug so I had too! The back says "sassy hess (5 years old) isabel baby hess (11 years old)" so cute.


the rest of my stuff. from a few different sales. fabric, hand made shelf, my first fridgie!

mushroom soup bowls! 25 cents for two.

some super sharp sewing scissors. 25 cents!

ANOTHER cookie press. Now i have three! But this one had the box and recipe book! and was only a buck. Now that I think of it, I have four if you count a modern one.


I love the doggy plate. Obviously.

and a handful of pretty spoons to use in my lunch box. I like the ones with the letters best.

Have you ever had an estate sale dry spell? I can't wait for it to be over! It took me all day, and 5 sales to get that little haul!

12 comments:

  1. My three month estate sale dry spell ended this morning & I was so relieved! It was a 35 minute drive, but well worth it & I found so many goodies ... my estate sale basket was overflowing. I too have a small collection of mismatched fancy vintage silverware, it is tucked in my picnic basket for picnics & camping & river days.

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  2. I love reading what people wrote on the backs of photos. I need to go to one of these, they look like a hoot!

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  3. No estate sales here They are done for the season. My hubby does go to auctions but never comes home with stuff I like. I love your old photos. I wish I could find some more. Its kind of sad if you think about how now everything is digital so old phots will be a thing of the past (or at least all mine photos are on the computer) Love the fridgie. I just started collecting those. I only got 2

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  4. Congrats on your first fridgie! that is such a wonderful feeling to finally find one! yay!

    Smiles,
    The Joyful Thrifter

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  5. S-weet stuff! I love the photos and the spoon with the cursive "L" on it. We went to one last weekend - first in a long time. Got a bunch of 50's cleaning products to display and an amazing aqua Swingline stapler still in the box. Lucky day.

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  6. wow, great finds! i've never been to an estate sale... will have to check it out! :)

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  7. looks like the drought has broken! Heaps of fun things but I especially love those mushrooms - too cute!

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  8. Just found your blog & I love it, and I am from the Nashville area too! I haven't visited an estate sale in so long, I need to put that on my to do list. Great finds!

    Adrienne
    http://lolarocksclothing.blogspot.com/

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  9. Those soup bowls are making me crave cream of mushroom soup!

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  10. Congrats on the refrigerator dish! I was so psyched when I found my first one. I think I was shaking, LOL.

    I collect vintage pictures of dogs too, but only pit bulls. Don't have any yet though, but I want some, so can I still say I collect it? IDK.

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  11. Old photos are so fun. I have boxes of them from my grandparents who were photo fiends.

    The little scissors are so nice and a great price! I love the corner shelf; I am always drawn to little shelves like these but am starting to run out of "spots" for them.

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