Monday, September 24, 2012

Some great finds.

Here is what I ended up with from the two sales I posted about yesterday. Not a bad little haul.
I really can't resist a pretty vintage trash can.
Under the trash can you can see folded up these great hand towels! I can't pick a favorite! All three are too good! Well, maybe I like the tower of fruit the best.
I love vintage valentine's but I don't find them at estate sales ever. I was happy to find this one, and even happier when it was a quarter! I have also been looking for a little pyrex measuring cup, and you know I can't resist a book with a poodle on the cover.
A cute beach hat and beach bag! Maybe I'll be brave and actually use them!
Speaking of cute...
I can't resist a vintage game! The Situation 7 and roulette weren't even opened yet!
Situation 7 is apparently a space puzzle game. I can't wait to play this!
The Chuck A Luck game is missing the directions. But I'm sure I can find them online. But look how stylish it looks!
This might be my favorite find! It looks like just a cute crochet panda at first...
But it is actually a cover for your bottle of comet! Everyone needs one of these to cover up those unsightly comet bottles.
There were some GREAT vintage photos at the second house. Lisa suggested that maybe the owner was an antique dealer at one point because they obviously weren't all of one family. 
I like this beautiful lady and that caption!  I think I'm going to use her in my Halloween display.
Look at all these little kids dressed up like for a wedding! I would love to know the story behind this.
Even more I would love to know the story behind those cone hats! Amazing!

Linking up at Sir Thrift-a-Lot!

19 comments:

  1. The cone hats. THE CONE HATS. What great finds!And it was fun seeing your estate sale shoppin' skills in full swing in person. I bet you had all these things already basketed before Eartha and I had made it all the way through the house! Eyes like lightning! I gotta learn from you. :)

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  2. I love those hand towels and bwaahahaa at a Comet cover. Some housewife had too much time on her hands! You always have great finds. :) I went to an estate sale on Friday and didn't come out with much. I ended up just really missing my grandparents. :(

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    1. i really need to learn to knit so I can make covers for all my unsightly household items! poodles and pandas everywhere!

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  3. I second that one...CONE HATS!!! AMAZING...and the creepy all-children wedding!!! You must be brave enough to wear the hat/purse combo; they're too cool to let languish in a closet somewhere. Hats like that always remind me of Larue from "Gidget" - a real unsung heroine of pop culture, in my opinion. Gotta go, time for my eye exercises!

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    1. I need to get a cute vintage style bathing suit to wear with my new hat. my current one is really lame. i need a more gidget beach look for sure.

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  4. Oh man! That beach hat and purse combo is killer! I love the cat's meow and the comet bottle cover. So very much awesomeness!

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  5. I really love those vintage photos, those are FAB! And those dish towles....I am completely crazy for old dish towels lately, the ones you found are just awesome!!!

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  6. Those photo's are amazing, I never seem to find any that are half as interesting as those!

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    1. I have only ever seen really interesting like that for big bucks at an antique store! These were all 2 to 4 dollars!

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  7. Rae,
    The kids wedding is probably a Tom Thumb Wedding that was done in the early 40's and 50's. Based on the story of Tom Thumb ( very smalll person ). The wedding party included children dressed up like famous people. My 2 sisters and I were in one at our church in the 50's. My older sister was in the wedding choir, I was Princess Elizabeth of England, and my younger sister was a flower girl.

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    1. thank you! i accidently deleted your longer comment, ugh! but how interesting. I actually almost bought a photo of the real tom thumb a few weeks ago, and i've never heard of a tom thumb wedding. I'm fascinated!

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  8. The Chuck a Luck game looks very interesting!!

    You did great, love that straw bag!!

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  9. Those hand towels are so unique, great find! And love love LOVE the crocheted panda! I have made a few crocheted coozies for strange stuff. My clorox wipes, airborne container, under britches... I nested really hard while pregnant.

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  10. That garbage can, I like!

    Them towels, very cool. I've got so many linens, the closet is about to explode. I barely use them all.

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  11. K. That last sentence didn't make a lot of sense.

    I barely use any of them is what I meant.

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  12. Ooh, I'm glad I found your blog! Very cute stuff!

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  13. I like the gnome cult. That seems like a fun group! Also, I see those sing along with Mitch albums all the time at Goodwill. Mitch really gets around!

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  14. "She's the cats meow" is right! How sweet.

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