Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Thrift Report!

I am in Atlanta at a trade show for my job. They assigned us random roommates and I had been worrying all day yesterday about it, since I am the most awkward person alive. Thankfully my roommate turned out to be the awesome buyer from Chattanooga that i had been chatting with earlier. Yesterday we spent 6 hours in the ballroom talking to holiday vendors, today it is our normal everyday vendors. It is crazy how tired this makes me, I think mostly because I'm always so nervous! So while I wait for the events of the day to start, I thought I would post about something that doesn't make me nervous.

I keep having to work on the weekends so I haven't been able to do much estate sale shopping. Terrible! But we have been thrifting a little bit. We've been bringing home lots of books lately. I'm excited to read One Woman's Arctic. It is by the author of The Incredible Journey, which I love.


Cute copy of Ivanhoe
My favorite that I have found recently is The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes. The images are so beautiful, and are familiar to me, so I must have seen it when I was a kid. I love the image of her hoping up the mountain.
The picture of the bunny with all the little babies made me squeal! Could an illustration be any cuter?
I found a cool box of game sheets from the 1960's. Too bad the box was too messed up to bring home. I love the games though! They are double sided and really cute.
All that was left of this game was the top of the box, but I had to bring it home because I am crazy. It was too cute to leave behind! Plus, it was from the Goodwill outlet, so it was only 10 cents.
And of course I had to bring home a little weirdness. How scary is that witch!
This guy is a Billy Bob toy from the now defunct Showbiz Pizza. We had just watched a great documentary about Showbiz so I couldn't resist him! I loved that place when I was a kid.
A nice little hand drawn squirrel. I'm going to frame him for my craft room.
I have been wanting one of these trays for a while, I'm so happy I found one that works!
I need to have a party so I have a reason to use it.
And I know I kind of showed it before, but here is a better shot of my sweet Lisa Frank binder. I can't help but love it! It now holds all my negatives and prints from my Holga! 

15 comments:

  1. What a bunch of wonderful finds! That little squirrel sketch is so sweet & I would've brought that Peter Pan game lid home as well. It would look great on a wall.

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  2. I agree! I hope you frame the game board...love the colors!!

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  3. I had those games when I was little! I had no idea they were so old. I kept them even after the box was long gone and plan on putting them in a frame some day. So cool!

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  4. the country bunny looks so cute... those little baby bunny pictures are making me squee!!

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    1. seriously might be the cutest picture i've ever seen! i'm obsessed with it!

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  5. Um, that Billy Bob Bear is AMAZING. Color me super jealous!

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  6. I love those doublesided games, how cool are the graphic on them? You should copy and frame the bunny babies picture, it really did crack me up when I saw the sheer NUMBER of bunnies. Hope your trade show activites go well and you get to sneak in some Hotlanta thrift shopping in there (is it wrong that I daydream about vacations where I could just find the worst parts of town to look for thrift stores? I don't think so)!

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    1. i might copy the games so i can show the other side too if i frame them. they are all cute!

      sadly i didn't get to do anything thrifting. i had to ride down with six people in a van and didn't have a car. total bummer. i'm planning a Louisville thrift trip soon though!

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  7. That lisa frank folder is soo awesome.

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  8. A Showbiz documentary?!? Tell me more. I miss the Billy Bob days. The giant mouse freaks me out. I'm so glad my kids are past the Chuck E Cheese stage! I love the squirrel picture and the hot plate thing7? Whoa! I saw one recently but it looked like poo. Yours is so nice. :)

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    1. it is called The Rock-afire explosion! It is on Netflix instant if you have that! It is mostly about the anamatronic band and the crazy fans who are still obsessed with it.

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  9. My faves - the Peter Pan game box and the warming tray,I've seen those numerous times but always priced too high.

    My kids had Puppies are Like That, I still have it packed away. There is also Kittens are Like That.

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  10. I had that bear from Showbiz when I was a kid! He's missing his clothes and hat :( You buying it( how could one not?) is more than enough reason for me to follow your blog..... excuse me while I go and read more about you through old posts ;)

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