A few more treasures to show you

Halloween is over for another year! I was completely cleaned out of treats and had to shut off the lights earlier than I would have liked.  They came in droves! Lots of the bigger kids in groups of 5 or 7. ALL of them were very friendly and polite, and they ALL said thankyou!

I am still coming across things I tucked away from those two end of season garage sales that yielded so many goodies! I have been busy too, and the days just fly by with my good intentions of posting just flying right by with them!

Do you love this? A heavy cast old mailbox! With a fleur de lis!

Wonderfully shabby french!

Old style, open at the back, to be fastened to the wall,

The lid at the top flips up for the mailman to deposit the mail, the front piece flips up for you to remove the mail, after you remove your lock!

I'm trying to remember the last time I ever saw one of these in use!

A Seth Thomas marble mantle clock.....older electric...

Not shown to advantage, but the neatest heavy cast metal soap dish? I think that's what it is but could be wrong. Too cool!

All of the above came from the hoarder's garage sale.

I'm happy to say that this snow that we woke up to on Saturday is now gone! Hopefully we won't see the white stuff for at least a couple of weeks!

Another busy week ahead...I am hoping to do something creative at some point this week, at least that's what I say now!

I'll be back with some more finds soon.

Have a great week!

Garage Sale Treasures to show you

Those last 2 lucky Saturdays I had with the estate sale and the hoarder's garage sale came at a busy time and I had so much more to show you than what was posted.
 I'm going to try and get some pictures taken and show you bit by bit over the next week or so some of the treasures I gathered .
I had to start off with these sweet bone china floral bouquets,  which were NOT from those two sales, but I wanted to show you that I now have a "collection" of them. The little vintage picture in frame was from one of the last two sales.

oooooh...aahhhhh!

The beautiful Weiss rhinestone set from the estate sale. It is the most gorgeous deep blue On Ebay right now.

From the hoarders sale, this beautiful footed glass dish with lid on the center part and little dividers at each end. Anybody know what it was for? It must have had a purpose....

Center compact is a bit rough, the others perfect and soooo pretty! ...from the hoarder's

Well, I don't think this is what the dish was for but it works!!

A ballerina alarm clock......I hated to sell it but I did,,,,on Ebay, I had a couple of auctions running while I was away and it was a quick and easy one to put on.......When the alarm goes off the ballerina twirls and instead of a bell it plays a tune, sounds like a music box. Well, it's on its way to California right now!

Silver...........and there's more, in another post. The two on the right have been cleaned, they look lovely!

2 Roseville Pottery vases...each has a chip, but I didn't care as I only paid a couple of dollars each. The pressed carnival glass spooner in the middle was a freebie.....in the free box, it has a little chip I can live with and the price was right!......cutest little scottish terrier, cast metal.... all from the estate sale

ok.......this was too creeepy....I sold it at the Red Barn sale to a fella that was going to separate the pelts and mount them on a wall along with his other taxidermy pieces. I can't imagine wearing this...they had little feet and tails...ugh...from the estate sale...

This beautiful crochet tablecloth was a freebie....thrown in for nothing (I was a good customer :)! I'm just putting on Ebay tonight.

$1.00 old petticoat, two layers at the bottom, I love these old lingerie items.

Another sweet linen.........on Ebay now.....

Just pressed this one up too, and listed it on Ebay

Don't you just love redwork embroidery? on Ebay too..

Stepping away from the pretties, the aqua fan was a real score from the hoarder's g sale.......I love it!! I'm going to clean it up and it will reside with me until the Red Barn Sale in the spring. It works beautifully too!

As for the graniteware plate, I've not had a green one yet, and that old metal trowel will find a place with my

garden tools. I have one exactly the same and it is my favorite, strong and sturdy and comfy to work with!

I just about forgot.....these two huge rolls of lingerie lace.........one pink, one blue!!.......I have to take my Etsy shop off of vacation and get the lace up for sale there, by the yard or something...

Well, that's all for now, I have to gather and photograph some more from those two sales. It is kind of spread out around the house, some still in boxes.

Tomorrow is Saturday..........the weather is holding so there will be a few sales.....I wonder if my luck will hold?

Have a great weekend and happy treasure hunting, and whatever else you will be doing!

I'm hoping to drop in for a visit to your blogs soon, I've missed so much this last while!

Vintage Finds Sweet, Sentimental and Shabby

Sweet......from a country garage sale last Saturday, it is actually a very beautiful piece of crochet that is probably  a window valance. It is temporarily draped around my dress form (Millie) waiting to go on Ebay.

I couldn't take a full view, since my poor Millie has her bum almost resting on her feet! Seems my sweet grandaughter decided to  give her a new look and decided to bring her down so she'd be easier to dress.

I have had no problem stepping on the pedal and raising her up and down,  but this particular time she went down alright, but something in her frame is "binding" and I can't get her back up! Poor old girl!

I haven't had time to lay her down and  look under her "skirt" to investigate!

Sentimental

An old autograph book. 1930 entries, all in pen and ink.

Some really interesting writings among the pages.

I wonder how old Henry was when he took this with him when visiting or passed it among friends to write their "autograph" for him?

The shabby.........this neat cupboard with the neatest built-in in the drawer!

Don't you just love those little cuppy things?...they're wood! Not removable!
I didn't buy, just wanted to show you, the cupboard and the storage box below were new items that were added to the Red Barn sale yesterday.

aaahh! Gorgeous old storage box/bench in original cotton fabric, a very shabby chic piece. 

 

Lastly, up around the corner from me, the pumpkin wagon! Notice the mix of orange and white pumpkins.I quickly took this picture out of the window of the car while passing.
Now I'm off to find some garage sales on this beautiful sunny fall morning!

So much fun at the antique sale today!

We sold piles of goodies!  For the first 2 hours, steady... 2 of us were writing up the bills, while 2 others wrapped and packed, and a few other helpers rearranged and helped carry furniture out the door!

The afternoon gets to a nice steady pace rather than a big rush so we get a chance to have a break and put some more items out and keep the place looking tidy!

outside the Red Shed area of our sale, yummy shabby chippy!

 ...mostly finer china and glass and better furniture in the hayloft of  the barn

 ...more country and shabby vintage on the main floor of the barn...

 When you take part in a sale, you see alot that you love but can't possibly focus on everything!! Some of the items I was writing up........aaacckkk.....I would have bought that red and white enamel teapot which was MINTY for ....yes...$6.00!

Different consignors, different pricing! Some of the stuff went out the door for a song!

 .....love these metal wheels!

A shabby piece that was in the Red Shed area of the sale.......don't you love it?

If you want to look at a whole bunch of yummy pictures of the sale, go to this link. You will enjoy it for sure!      
Red Barn

and I gotta tell you.....today at the sale I sold the mink jacket I bought at a garage sale a couple of weeks ago, and it is going all the way to ..................

AUSTRALIA!
A very nice gal from Melbourne (originally Sydney) was thrilled with it!
I don't go back to the sale til Friday,  I'll keep you posted.

Unexpected treasures from the button box!

I can't ever resist the jars, tins, and boxes of buttons at a garage sale!

This tin full came from my first garage sale of the day on Saturday, along with a couple of bits of trim.

Resting my weary feet tonight, I started sifting through the box, putting aside the more interesting buttons.

Halfway down I started finding these exquisite little black carved glass buttons!

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Tiny, and with the most intricate detail in the glass! I think they are at least 100 years old!

The largest of these is upper left and is an irredescent carnival glass type of button with what looks like a moose..see below! The camera didn't catch the purples and greens of the glass.

Then there were these! Shiny black glass with gold trim!

Not exactly the crown jewels, but part of a ring, engraved B.L. from M.S.......10 KT, not exactly enough gold to retire on........and another black onyx with initial ring...the back part is quite squashed.

Does anyone read Latin? I think that's what it is. There were about 5 of these old metal shank buttons.

So ...you never know what you will find in one of those button boxes.

I also found some neat old beads and quite a few interesting buttons once I started digging through.

It was like an archeological dig.  The deeper the layer, the older the buttons!

It must have gone undisturbed and just added to over the years.

Now.........go look at my friend Carol's post  over at THE POLKA DOT CLOSET

You won't believe her unexpected thrift store find!

Garage Sale Finds Galore!

What a Saturday I had! This table full was from just one GREAT sale! It was an estate sale and I didn't go early either!

The weather was wonderful after alot of cold, cloudy this last week, and I was just taking my time and enjoying the scenery! I took off in a different direction and was I glad! Out on a country route!

I'm going to keep that little chintz sugarbowl too, it's so sweet, I'll fill it with something and place it on the dresser.

Rhinestones!! That's a Weiss set..the blue...I didn't know til I got home, I was so busy making a pile on the grass!

The picture is definitely a keeper!

Gawsh! How could I leave that old mink stole behind! It's kinda creepy but it isn't going to live in my house for too long.

The prices were cheap and I did find some chips on the odd piece when I started the cleanup, but all in all it was a great haul!

....and that was only from one sale...I picked up a number of great things at a few other sales too! Will show you a bit at a time, I'm so busy getting ready for the big sale this week!

I hope you all found lots of treasures this weekend!