Thursday 30 May 2013

Some Fun and Cute Things from A Huge Community Garage Sale

The yearly community wide sale in my city last Saturday did not disappoint. It is held in a well-to-do neighbourhood, and there were lots of charities selling goods for awesome prices!

 
Sweetness! A handful of vintage plastic ladybug craft embellishments, maybe from 70s.
A sparkly red strawberry brooch, unmarked. It's juicy and only cost me $2!
The vintage pink rhododendron saucer sets off the cuties perfectly!

 
The saucer? Cost me a whole dime!

 
Vintage 70s goldtone leaf and pearl cluster choker necklace, excellent condition, for $4


Groovy mushroom pendant

Saturday 4 May 2013

Some more Treasures and Deals from Thrift Store and rummage sales

With the spring weather, comes some fresh vintage finds!

 
Kitty cat in a basket Get Well card. I can't resist vintage cat cards. Ever!
I love the pink and purple flowers, and the cat's sweet look.
 It was 25 cents at St. V. de P.


Vintage 1970s Hallmark Danish cast iron candle holder. The holes are tiny, they are for mini
Danish taper candles. Interesting design.

 
When I got it home, it didn't seem so special looking, but I am a sucker about the cool
cardboard box, especially from Hallmark.

 
Can you recognize the cat?....


It is a vintage 1979 Kliban Cat coffee mug. The cats seem to have evolved over later years. It
says Cheers and the cat is sneaking into the punch bowl! It has some bad pencil crazing inside,
but otherwise in very good condition. It was only 99 cents from Sally Ann's.


I am obsessed with vintage rosette birthday cake candle holders. I have such good memories
 of them from my own birthday parties. I found a Zip baggie full of random candles
 and pretty candle holders at a church rummage sale.

In the photo is also a box 12 unused candle holders from an earlier visit to  St. V. de P's
that I bought for 65 cents! I love the bright pink printing.



They were placed in the kids section, mixed in with some modern toys, so luckily
no one noticed them before I did. It was 50 cents for the whole bag!

 
I puzzled over these ones, but I did some searching, and found out these candle holders were
placed on the outer edge of the cake (put in vertically) so that you could decorate the top of the cake.
Unfortunately I broke one while I was cleaning them.


Vintage wooden doll heads. They look like Darice doll heads, but they were in a loose bag
 

 
 

Heads will roll.