I hit a HOARDER'S Garage Sale today!

The yard was full of tables and the driveway full of furniture. There was sooo much there and the 2 daughters kept going in and bringing out more boxes and unpacking them!

They said it was only the tip of the iceberg!!

I just took a few pics of the furniture I picked up, no time to take pictures of the smalls right now.

This neat little lidded storage box, heavy! Was remade from the base of an old radio cabinet.

 I went back 2 more times after my first load, lots of smalls and these pieces of furniture for very cheap! So I took them home, quickly cleaned them up and dropped them off at the Red Barn sale.

If this piece doesn't sell, it might find a home with me, although I don't know just where I can put it, but I just couldn't leave it behind for the price they were asking!

Flip it down and you've got these neat desk with nice little cubbies.

 A great project piece. Wish I had the time!

This went into to the back of my van, to the Red Barn, and sold while I was still unloading the other furniture!

I was running all day and tomorrow I go back to the sale to help out and when it's over to pack up what's left of mine and bring home.

Just got news this evening that we have to make a trip out of town, leaving Tuesday, so it will be a big rush to get what I have to get done on Monday before we go away.

Hope to be back next weekend.

So have a good week everyone and sooner or later I'll post bit by bit the wonderful treasures I've found over the last two weekends!



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!

CLICK ON THE PICTURES TO ENLARGE AND SEE THE DETAIL

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!

A couple of Vintage linens from Saturday's Garage Sales

I need a break from taking pictures, listing on Ebay, and the 3 loads of wash I just did.

Sooo....here is a quick post. I did get some nice linens on the weekend and just trying to list a few on Ebay and picked a couple of things I didn't have to wash and iron.

These are adoreable!! The little doilies/coasters!

The pillowcases are lovely too, but I've had this type before, but never the little pieces and in such gorgeous colors.....FALL COLORS!

CLICK TO ENLARGE so you can see the teensy stitches. Yes, they're handmade, from China, I love 'em!

Gorgeous pillowcases, never used, and although I've had this type before, I've never had them in the blues.....usually they're in a mix of pretty pastels.

I did get some beautiful, yummy, real old and lacey linens too. I'll show you when I can, as well as some other great finds from the weekend.

Now for a bit of nature! I'm amazed at how fast the leaves are turning and dropping all of a sudden! This was taken on the 24th, 3 days ago, early evening and the full moon was rising. Note the GREEN leaves.

This was an attempt the following evening to take a picture of the moon in the dark.......I zoomed too, so the whole thing is pretty grainy, (I really want to learn how!) but I wish you could have been here.

That evening and the last few, at approximately the same time, the geese have been going crazy!

They have been "marshalling"....getting ready for their trip south. Around 8-8:30 p.m. They seem to be in the fields all squaking (sp?) at once, and some flying overhead, maybe going back to where they've been nesting! What a racket......!! I tried to video and get the sound...I did  work, not great, but I caught the noise!

OK.......so this was this morning.........3 days after the first picture, and the sun had just come up...Notice the BARE branches?

This afternoon, now you can really see the change in color in the last few days as well as BARE branches.

And the other pictures don't show just how YELLOW my ash trees have got. They are GREEN 3 days ago.

I fear in another few days I will be looking at naked trees and that means cold weather ahead....Ugh!

Back to work! I have so much to do with the big antique sale starting Wednesday and we might be going away for a few days next week.

I'll be back as soon as I can with more treasures to show you!

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!

Setting up the antique sale

Today I was over to the Red Barn to take a few more things and help set up the displays. These pictures were taken inside the barn, upstairs and downstairs and believe me........you only see the tip of the iceberg! I'll try to post more pics soon!

There's that railway lamp I picked up a couple of weeks ago alongside some old snowshoes.

This cupboard is painted the loveliest soft green!

GREAT old sign!

Someone who collects this type of glass is going to be VERY happy to find these pieces!

Up to the hayloft....great furniture and more!

ok.......see the fur jacket upper right? One of my garage sale finds for........$1.00....we believe it's MINK!!..and in great shape!

I have NEVER seen such a gorgeous old brass bed....that is GLASS in the headboard and there's another panel in the footboard!!

SEE?

And my old wooden chest on its stand........I painted it and gave it a crackle finish about 10 years ago.

I brought that over today. I decided to let it go. Let someone else enjoy it.

Well, gotta go and dig around for more to take over to the sale, it starts next Wednesday and goes til the Sunday. I always find things that I wanted to sell after it's over!