It's that time again! The Nashville Flea was this past weekend. I only got to go on Friday because of work, but that turned out great! It POURED rain Saturday so it was probably miserable. I always take a photo of the front of my favorite building. I need to put them all together so we can see how it changes over the months.
I was tempted by these flamingos. Aren't they pretty?
I liked that wooden duck planter a lot! But I'm trying to resist planters since I never PLANT anything in them. See how many cute little kid hangers this vendor had too? I love those.
Poodles!
Taxidermy guy stalking the shoppers.
A pile of cute old stuffed animals. Thankfully all the ones I liked were too damaged to bring home.
I always love a wall squirrel! I ended up buying one of the gray ones, because I don't have one that color.
Can you tell that it says "I love gum"? How cute and gross!
One vendor had this AMAZING scrapbook of a family's travels. They went to India and have pictures in a leper colony! I would have loved to add it to my collection but they wanted a LOT for it. I got some of their loose pictures. I would have loved those sombrero ones!
I just brought home a few things. A silly long limbed Dream Pet monkey and a sewing box! And yes, that is the same one I saw at an antique mall in Sevierville for 120 bucks! This one was 10! I need to straighten it out a little and clean the top, but it is in great shape! I was so excited to find it!
Travis went later in the day while I was doing a work thing, and brought me a few little presents. Some little bulldog salt and pepper shakers for my collection, and some of those rude pins I like!
And of course a pile of pictures! I'll show you more about them soon! I found one that I think is so hilarious! And that little booklet is someone's memory book kind of thing and it is full of the best signatures and poems!
And I'll leave you with one more shot of that crazy monkey! I love his legs!
your monkey dream pet is perfect!!!!
ReplyDeleteThe flamingos are so fancy looking! I'm glad you found the sewing box for a reasonable non-crazy high price, it's super cute!
ReplyDeleteyou find such amazing stuff. i am seriously ready to drive down to nashville just for the flea markets. i adore that stuff and boy is it impossible to find in nyc. love the poodle stuff
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That is a crazy leg monkey, for sure!
ReplyDeleteYou're lucky to have such a great place close by.
Great finds! We were going to go on Saturday, but this So Cal girl does NOT function in the rain, so we stayed in. Plus half our stuff is in storage currently, so we probably don't need to be buying MORE stuff! Maybe next month. :)
ReplyDeletemake sure you go next month! once it gets into july it gets SO HOT and it is kind of miserable. i go anyway, but complain the whole time. haha!
DeleteThat is a cool monkey! I went on Sunday but did not get too much.
ReplyDeleteI wish our Flea Market had that kind of fabulous stuff, sadly it doesn't. We go out there every once in a while but you really have to dig for the vintage stuff. I love the flamingos, I think it would have been hard for me to pass them up. Glad you found your sewing box and got it at a great price!
ReplyDeleteThere is a LOT of terrible stuff at this flea, but thankfully there is a big vintage section too! It took me a few trips to figure out the "good part."
Deletei really was tempted by the flamingos, but at 50 bucks for the pair (and that was half off!) i would have blown my whole budget!
THAT MONKEY. OMFG. I can't get over his winsome expression. And I'm so glad you found that box for $10!! YES!! The best feeling is outfoxing overpriced items and finding the same thing for like an eighth of the cost. So good fer you!!! :)
ReplyDeletei got the monkey from that guy who had that amazing dog book when we went two months ago! and the great pictures of the battle! i was worried when i asked him the price because he is a little high, but was pleasantly surprised
DeleteYou should have went for the stuffed ocelot :)
ReplyDeletedon't think I wasn't tempted!
DeleteThat fair always looks so epic. I love the photos of the person wearing the sombrero. So fantastic.
ReplyDeletei'm kind of regretting i didn't spring for the whole book!
DeleteWe rarely see so much vintage all in neat piles down here. Beautiful goods! Was this a vintage flea or a general one?
ReplyDeletea general one! There is a TON of crap there, but if you know where to go you can miss all that and just see the vintage stuff! it is mostly dirt cheap too
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