Holiday thrifting! 04/19/15

Over Easter I went a-travelin' to the west, namely to Nevada and California to visit my family. 

We always go thrifting because, well, that's the kind of family I have. 

(Lucky for ME! They raised me right!)  :) 

First stop was Goodwill in Carson City. 

That's my 86 yr old mom and her 89 yr old sister Eileen ten steps ahead of her because she didn't want us cutting in on any of her deals! 

 

Incidentally, my aunt Eileen and uncle Paul celebrated their 72nd wedding anniversary in January. Yep, you read that right...SEVENTY-SECOND!

Here is my aunt, yucking it up while my mom tries on clothes. 

My mom has been known to try-on just about anything for a laugh. 

Case in point.

I found a few Easter things...

Love this Lefton Ceramic egg!

2 enamel pins to add to my collection.

This is the sweetest vintage squeeky toy bunny! 

We hit a garage sale in a trailer park. We don't usually do that but the sign said "Craft stuff" so I talked the girls into going.

I'm glad I did because they had LOTS of Christmas stuff.

 I bought a bunch of vintage ornaments still in the packages. .25 cents each!

Look at all these KNEE HUGGERS!

Here's a bottle brush tree, a vinyl Santa door cover, a mini mug,

 a weird Japan angel and a couple of ornaments.

 I also got lots of bells for crafting, some sugared with mercury glass clangers.

This stocking ornament is made of cheepo plastic but is labeled JAPAN so its old.

 I was drawn to the two little dancing elves...they reminded me of the elves in Rankin-Bass' "Rudolph" show from the 60's. 

("Hermie doesn't LIKE to make toys!")

And last is this creepy Santa pin with green rhinestone eyes and mean eyebrows!

A few Thrifting goodies

Every time I get home from Thrifting or G'sale-ing I say to myself' "I'm gonna blog these finds" and then weeks go by and I haven't done it! Well, today's the day. 

This is just the tip of the iceburg. Check out that cool green FEZ! You never know when you'll need a fez!

Its been a pretty good summer for finds. Hubs graciously followed the road signs to a Senior Center sale. It was the 2nd day...Boo. I hate it when I miss the first day. :( But I still found a few holiday goodies and 1/2 price too.

I filled a small box with ornaments and got a suprise when I got home...If you look closely at the wooden Christmas tree above you'll notice a $1 bill tightly rolled and stuck in there! I paid a quarter for the tree AND the dollar. I like when that happens.

This mercury glass cross was really unusual. The Christmas dog wearing the crown was not old, but was too cute to pass up! Plus, it combines my two favorite things: Dogs and Christmas! :)

I got two adorable vintage magnet signs from Goodwill.

 I  usually call it the "Good-won't" or the "BAd-will" because I NEVER find vintage there. And they had them priced at only $2 each! They must have a new mgr.

 I love these cute graphics!

 

Here is the second one. 

Homework CUTENESS!

I got these "Dick and Jane" alphabet board books for 1/2 price when I was visiting my sister in Escondido. 

There is a book for each letter of the alphabet.

Super cute letter-appropriate graphics on each page!

Each book has 4 "pages" so that means I have almost 100 letters in total. These books will be taken apart to make signs. I can't wait to do it!

Here are some spun head picks. Hubs and I took a day trip to St. Charles and stepped into the most over-priced antique store ever! I reluctantly asked how much these were and after studying them for at least HALF AN HOUR, she said, "A dollar a piece." I bought them because #1: They are so adorable and #2: Laurie over at Magpie Ethel had me jonesing for them. 

See the two little spun heads inside the ornaments? Those only cost me 25c each a week later at the Senior sale. : /

I found these two big-eyed Lee prints on vacation in Wisconsin, $3 ea.

This isn't a very good photo but these vintage animal prints were 25c each at my neighbors g'sale. 11x14 inches of pure smiles, suitable for framing! 

Found these two wonderful bauble bracelets in a bag of kid junk and wore them to church Sunday. They are so fun, they remind me of candy! Huh, well I guess that would make them ARM-candy. :)

Happy Hunting!!

love

rosie

Kelsey and EFP Thrift Store 08/29/09

Look at this sweet old girl! Isn't she the cutest? 4 weeks ago she was stumbling around the backyard and couldn't see straight due to her stroke but now she is doing very well! She can even run after the tennis ball again! Do you see how her head is cocked in the picture? That's about the only symptom she still has from the stroke but the vet says even that will go away. :) I am so thankful that God answered my prayers and saw fit to heal her. Kelsey will be 14 in November.

 I thought maybe you'd like a tour of the thrift store I am now managing.



It's a small store so this won't take long....



Well...that about does it.



You can see that's its mostly clothing but we do get some nice housewares in, and occasionally some nice vintage items. All the profits from this shop go to support our local food pantry located in the same bldg. I had a couple with a baby come in today who said they had $4 and nothing else. They were put out of their home and unable to take their belongings ( I don't ask questions...I'm just there to try and help...) So we were able to set them up with a few items for the kitchen (they just moved into a small trailer that someone loaned them...), bedroom and bath, some food and some fuel for the truck. 

My two teenagers came to help me at the shop last week. I heard hysterical laughter coming from the "sorting" room where they were working and this is what I found:



The both of them in a very large pair of mens shorts that had been donated....My kids can find entertainment anywhere!