A Saturday Thrift Run

Yesterday I decided at last minute to go thrifting to VV and SallyA, seeing as the weather was absolutely beautiful and warm. Got some lovely vintagenalia for my efforts.

A Holt Howard Girl Cat Salt or Pepper Shaker. It is pretty dinged up and scuffed, and

it is missing the noisemaker mechanism in the bottom. Plus, I bought a pristine set of the
 same salt and pepper shakers a few months ago. 

But who can resist a Holt Howard Cat for $1.99?

 Not I.

Look at the little flapjacks! This adorable vintagelinen  poodle towel was on the Sally Ann rolling rack waiting to be put out on the floor.

 

It never made it.

 

It still has the original pure linen tag on it, and I'm guessing it is from the 50s.

Made in Poland.

 

Vintage Waterman`s Ink Bottle (still very full) and Skrip Sheaffer`s Ink in Emerald Green

Almost a full bottle and with box. The bottle label was still there in the box.

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

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.

Once again, some more treasures from Rummage Sale

 

I found some very interesting and unique postcards from a big pile in a wire basket. They were donated by the same person I believe. The sales woman let slip that a volunteer had already picked out several of them for his collection before the sale started. Oh well.

 

Vintage Happy New Year card from 1907. It is bronze and gold with mica glitter! Swoon!

 

It's in very good shape considering its age.

A few vintage souvenir postcards from London and Italy circa 1960s and 1970s.

The Italy postcard is stamped 1960. Canadian postage was 4 cents.

The writer is a female named Anne. "Please tell Bert next time he is down he must have dinner with us, no excuses...Am just working spasmodically now."...(I believe she mean "sporadically"...it's funny though to imagine her body jerking around in spasms at work)....."Sold wheelbarrows at Eatons yesterday (illegible) and a little Avon today. " Although she is working sporadically selling wheelbarrows, she "went riding last Sunday", "Tennis starts next week" and she is "Just off to the dressmaker", so things aren't that bad....

The London postcard is post office stamped 1963 and is addressed to "Ronald" from "Mother".

"The flight over was ok. I wasn't sick although there was a lot of turbulence. At first we could see nothing but blackness...and the clouds below looked like the snowfields of the Antarctic. It was gray and cold and wet here....-58 degrees (eek)

 

A vintage Dutch postcard with an adorable girl riding a wagon pulled by a big doggie.
She sure has a biiig basket of tulips behind her.

The basket flips upward to reveal a tiny strip of black and white souvenir photographs of the Netherlands.

Last but not least, a vintage early 20th century black and white postcard of American actress Evelyn Nesbitt posing for the photograph entitled "Little Butterfly". I did a quick Internet search on this... Can you believe she was only 16 in the photo! It's so beautifully done.

First Church Rummage Sale of the Year

Some small finds for today at the first rummage sale of the year:

I waffled about going at first, but I'm glad I finally decided to go. I got there 10 minutes after it started and the room was packed!

Vintage Vogart Puppies and Kitties Iron On Transfers. So cute, I've been wanting these for a whil

 

Drunk bunny Dennsion coasters. Silly bunny!
 

Finds for Month of March

Some of my favourite finds this month.

I found this Pyrex divided casserole with a metal and wood warming cradle at St. Vincent de Paul's for $3.95. Usually I won't buy a casserole without the lid. However, I knew I had the right lid for it at home, so home it went cradled in my arms (well, into my shopping bag).

I brought it home to reunite it with the stray Sunflower casserole lid I had picked up last year in perfect condition at Value Village for $1.99. A perfect match! So I have the largest size Pyrex sunflower casserole with lid and warming cradle and paid only about $6 total!

A large bag of Christmas Gurley candles from the 50s for very cheap. There were four trees, one Santa, a snowman, and two choir boys in the bag.

 

Sweet vintage cards from the 50s...look how the baby's bottom is hanging out of his diaper!

Dribs and Drabs at the thrift

I haven't posted my finds in a looong while. There have been some goodies here and there.

Otagiri lacquerware bowl - originally held a set of coasters, I think. Very pretty white and gold with trees. The pattern is called "Golden Mist".

 

Cute vintage wooden cake candle holder. So sweet, a lady with her apron.

I searched for others, but this was the only figure. It was 19 cents at SA.

I also found a brand new music background rubber stamp at Value Village

for $2.99.

 

A brand new rubber stamp

A few of my favourite things from the Thrift Store

Looking back on my year of thrifting, a few favourites stand out (but let's face it, everything vintage from the thrifts was splendid and stood out in its own way). On with my super favourites then!

A vintage German log chalet thermometer. The two figures swivel depending on the air pressure I believe. Not sure if that function still works, though. The trees and the box window flowers are adorable. It was $1.46 (!) at St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store.

Found my first piece of Pink Gooseberry Pyrex, it's so pretty.

Round Casserole, for only 99 cents at Value Village!

 

My year of firsts....I also got my première Snowflake Aqua Space Saver ? Casserole at VV.

It was in very good condition and the lid was included as well. It was $5.99 (swell!) but

I ended up paying less because I had my 30 percent stamp card! Yay!

I love the pink and aqua together. They have a certain je ne sais quoi about them with the pastel background and the white design.

An Arabia of Finland Strawberry Creamer. I love anything with strawberries on them, so it was
a bonus to find them on a Arabia piece. It is in excellent condition. And the price was "sweet" as well... $1.99 at VV. That store has been very good to me!

Paired up with an Arabia Plum jam pot with lid that I found a few years ago

at a church rummage sale.

A vintage goldtone family tree with round ornate picture holders. The backing material is

 red velvet. $1.99 at VV.

 

Looking forward to another great year!

 

Happy New Year!



 





Merry Christmas

Whew! Finally put the finishing touches on my vintage mini Christmas tree.

The angel in red to the right of the photo is a vintage wooden ornament with wool hair made in Sweden. She has foil wings and a halo.

The ornaments are so cute, I had just enough to circle the base of the tree. They are not glued on, so that I can rearrange them next year.

My Little Vintage Tree

I decided to make my own tabletop mini Christmas tree this year as a fun crafting project...using thrifted items of course. Here it is Christmas Eve, and I have finally undertaken this project. Yup, if it wasn't for the last minute, I wouldn't get anything done (wink).

I used as the foundation two styrofoam bases purchased for pennies at two different church rummage sales I attended in the fall, and several mini wooden ornaments for a couple of dollars from the thrift. The only thing I purchased new was the silver tinsel trim and Martha craft glue.

I think this is called a disc arranger

Vintage vials of glitter (ooh!) and a bottle of craft glue from Winners.

I spread the craft glue  (akin to Podge It) on the top surface of the styrofoam disc arranger. I like how the glitter reminds me of old vintage Mica glitter on Christmas ornaments.

The photos below are taken before the base was finished.

Lotsa wooden ornaments this year...

Schmid Snoopy Music Box for Christmas

First of all, let me confess that I am an avid Snoopy collector. I collect vintage and newer items, and a lot of my finds come of course from the thrifts.

I recently found something at Value Village that made my heart stop.

 

Blandly marked "Housewares Seasonal"

Once I got my ticker going again, this guy came off the Christmas display shelf in the store and into my sweating hands:

It's a vintage numbered Schmid Snoopy music box. Look at all the stockings on Snoopy''s doghouse!
He's got it covered! I can't believe this was still there at the end of the day. It works beautifully and is in spotless condition.

 

 

 

When you wind it up, it plays "Silent Night". It's one of my favourite Christmas songs. Twas meant to be!