Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Estate Sale Finds!

Here is my haul from the two sales we went to this weekend! The sales were pretty good. Most of this is from the first house that had all the toys and kids clothes. Hopefully this post isn't too long!

Honeycomb santa, a knit wit kit (I'll got more into that tomorrow. it needs it's own post!) A cute record set with circus animals...
My whole house will probably be dog themed one day. I just love dog stuff! I love that colorful dog with the weird teeth.  The one of the top left is from 1910! Check out what it says...
"Hello Emma. When are you ready to come home. Let us know and we will come after you. We are going to Aunt Marys for dinner tomorrow. Look under the stamp" I love that they sent someone a postcard to see when they wanted to come home! All that could totally be in a text message today. I guess she would have to know she wants to come home in a few days, then send a postcard back.
 I couldn't resist this little bottle opener! This house had a great bar in the basement with all kinds of cute bar wear.
 I got this little autograph animal with blinky eyes! I need to think of something cool to do with vintage stuffed animals. I have a few and I want to display them. I guess I could set up my guest room and put them on the bed. 
I picked up these health magazines just because I liked the covers. The one with the horse on the cover pulled me in with the blurb "Ringworm Rampage!" Ahhh!
I learned a lot about ringworm. You can get it from the barber! Or at school!




I got some great children's books, and a Christmas tin. i love the side of the Pippi boook with her name in the stocking shape! (that dog isn't from this sale, I just needed something to hold up the books)
Cute tins like that one are so great for storing your Christmas goodies! Here are some of my recent vintage Christmas finds. And Scampi's foot. She would NOT leave me alone!
From this weekend, a deer with broken antlers, some cardboard bells, little plastic nativity (I can't resist them!) and a Christmas brooch with little pine cones.
A dangly ball decoration, and some glitter trims.
"five seconds to packaging glamour!"
I bought these little booties hoping they would fit Phyllis. Not even close! I was so bummed! She just kicked them right off. The were for a toy poodle originally.
Travis actually got something at the sale. The razor in the back he has had for a long time, he actually uses it to shave. The one in the front is a travel one! It comes apart and fits in a little case!
Ok, here I am again, buying baby clothes for a baby that might never be. Haha, I just can't resist! These clothes are from 1956-1960. Most of them were 50 cents! 
I wish I had that plaid shirt in my size! And the red striped makes me think of Travis.
I can't resist things with little animals on them. The lamb is on some little shorts.
St. Louis zoo shirt! I'm guessing this is from 1958.
Look at this sweet pattern! These are little pajamas.
A few sun suits. How sweet would the red and blue ones be for fourth of July?
The mittens again. I'm probably going to frame the poodle ones for my poodle collection.
This one isn't as amazing as the squirrel dress, but it was too pretty for me to leave behind.
I love the pretty details on the front.
And the skirt. I really wish this one was my size! It is pretty perfect.
Cinderella brand. I like the hanger too. If I was worried about ironing I would totally send mine out. I hate iron! 

19 comments:

  1. Those children's clothes are adorable! I really like the blue dress! Great finds!

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  2. Such cute finds!! Those booties are soooo adorable, too bad they don't fit her though..

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  3. Posts about estate sales can never be too long! and I can't wait to hear about the knit-wit - it's advertised in all my vintage needlework magazines, and even Martha talked about it a few years ago, but I've never seen one.

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  4. those sun suits and that dress! gorgeous!

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  5. Oooooo honeycomb Santa!!

    FYI I am also on team coco. Saw conan's tour..in our city Seth Rogen appeared onstage. I can't believe you met him!

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    1. it wasn't that great of a meeting, i just got a hurried autograph as he ran to the bust, but it was still awesome!

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  6. You got some great stuff! I'm glad that you got the Judy Judy Blinking Animal. Is it a koala? Trying to figure it out. I wish that I could have an adult version of that sweet blue dress.

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    1. i have been assuming it was a koala. and oh my gosh i know about the blue dress! i have a friend who is a very good seamstress who i might get to try and make the dress for me! she dresses in mostly vintage and loves to alter patterns, so i'm hoping she will!

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  7. That blue dress is amazing! My daughter's name is Louella Blu and this dress would be perfect for her!

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  8. Love that tiny shirt from the zoo - awesome graphics. Also VERY impressed with the photo that pops back and forth with the blinking eye!

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    1. the lady running the sale was still pricing things and had that little zoo shirt on her lap forever! i was so happy when she threw it in the 50 cent box!

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  9. I honestly just can't take it anymore! How do you find such good things? I want to come shopping at your house!

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    1. i think nashville has a really high number of good sales! i have tried to go to estate sales in other towns when i've visited, but there is never anything good!

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  10. Any time that you find vintage Christmas decorations, it's a good thing!!

    Thanks for stopping by my blog, I'm your newest follower!

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    1. thank you!
      i REALLY don't need more christmas, but i can't resist! i need to get a bigger house!

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  11. How do you figure out what dates pieces are from? I understand that the longer you collect, the more you learn about dates and time periods, but how do you narrow it down to 1958 or 1952, etc?

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    1. i wish i had a cooler answer for you, but i know because the woman who wore the clothes when she was a little girl was there and told us when she was born. i am actually very bad at figuring out the dates or things. mostly because i'm not really concerned with collecting things from certain eras, I just grab things that I like. I know that looking for metal zippers and the union tags are good clues for vintage.

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  12. awesome finds.. the magazine with the ring worm reminded me of how I got ring worm from a child in my daycare. Apparently he had it on his head and I rubbed his head and somehow got it on my forehead right above my eye. My boss made me cover it up with a bandaid It looked awful and took forever to get rid of

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  13. I really wish that St. Louis zoo shirt was in my size.. I am not above wearing childrens clothes

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