The Bean and I went out today for a last day of Hurrah before we crack down on the old Homeschoolin'. Lunch out in an actual restaurant - not a sandwich in the car in between stops and then a trip to Walmart just to look at stuff, not to buy groceries. Of course, I managed to squeeze in a wee little trip to a thrift along the way.
I found these very long skinny candles that are supposed to go in flower arrangements.
To Etsy they will go!
Then I found this sweet old rawhide lampshade for a song.
Etsy!
A peck fruit basket full of velvety millinery fruit.
Etsy or keep? Half and half?
This old hand painted plate is absolutely wonderful. Click on it to read the little poem - spelling errors and all. What time and patience it must have taken to paint all that! It's signed and has Bavaria on the back. A bit of research and it will go to Etsy or ebay.
A very sweet old musical jewelry box. It played fine at the store, but now the music box goes SPROING when you wind it. ;o( Still a cute box!
A very large yellow safety pin and bead basket. I have several more of these that I have had on Etsy and in the Flea Market Booth and they never sold. So, why I picked up this one....I still do not know. Maybe I will list them as a LOT and see what happens.
A neat old wooden handle jump rope in the Bargain Bin.
Etsy!
I spotted this box on the way to pay - hidden behind a stack of puzzles.
This was the reason I got out of bed this morning.
NINE decks of vintage child's card games with the most divine graphics ever. I haven't even looked at every single one of them yet. I like to save boxes of surprises for while we watch TV at night. I can't wait to dig through them. Check out Gay Dog on the top row. And the monkey! And the bunny! And the! And the! And the! Oh.My.Word. I'll scan a few for another post. These, my friends, are keepers.
I would have gotten out of bed for the lamp shade alone!
ReplyDeleteLove the children's cards. I used a set to make gifts for my bridge club. I used cute scrapbook paper and frames from Dollartree. Turned out precious. Good luck to Bean in the upcoming school year. I feel a bond with you....my husband was a Breadman for years!! Love your blog!
ReplyDeleteI go ga=ga over great vintage graphics too. Love the cards and the fruit. Don't give up on an item in your booth just because it hasn't sold. Move things around a bit and sometimes something that's been there a while will jump out to someone who's walked past it a dozen times before. I've learned to never say something won't sell. Sometimes, it seems like as soon as I lose patience with something and put it with the slow-sellers o the bottom shelves, it sells the next day. The randomness is part of the fun!
ReplyDeleteThe graphics on those cards are awesome... I especially like the monkeys!
ReplyDeleteOh I love all of those vintage cards. My blog post today is on vintage playing cards too!!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Heidi Ann the lamp shade alone would get me. I have been working a lot so I have to have to get my fix with my sweet blogs thanks.
ReplyDeleteuh! I had all those cards as a kid! They are precious! Please post some more pics of them! Gay Dog! I LOVED him in his jaunty little hat. Such memories.
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ps I didn't realize you homeschooled...me TOO!