Antiquing

Went out antiquing yesterday with a friend.  We had planned on going to three co-ops but spent so much time in the first two that we never made it to the third one!  LOL!

Didn't come home with much but managed to find a few things I had to have!

I have been wanting a step stool for a long time now, I finally got tired of the hubby yelling at me because I stand on a chair to reach the kitchen cabinets!  I looked at new ones, which I love but they were getting bad reviews.  They just don't make stuff like they used to!

 I finally found this one yesterday and it is perfect!

Got this little gadget for re-sale.  The color is just awesome!

This is all mine!

And so are these:

Red tartan plaid bowling shoe carrier!

Drumsticks, yes, drumsticks:

Now, have absolutely no clue what this is but I found it interesting and can just see it hanging in a primitive farmhouse!

These come off the hanger and look like a funnel.  Each one is stamped with numbers from 1 through 36.  

I'm going to need to show it to some groups I'm in and see if anyone knows what it is.

Karen

Weekend finds!

Not a great weekend of thrifting but still a fun one!

 

Friday's find at the thrift shop:

 

Great industrial goose neck lamp!  I love the shape of the shade!

 

Went to a flea market today and what a bummer!  Not very many tables set up at all but I did manage to find these:

 

and:

 

That is it for this weekend! 

 

Karen

Sunday flea market

Had a great time at the flea market!  It was full of vendors and just a blast rooting through everything!

 

First thing I found:

Came across this Elk paint by number:

This is done on canvas, shows how old it is.  It is from the 1950's.  He came down in price to keep it under my limit! 

 

Same seller had another one in his van, goes and gets it.  It's just a large as the first one!  $10 for this one, too?  (I ask).  No, I must have $15 for it.  I say, okay, thanks anyway, that is above my limit.  Well, he continues, I have to have $15 for it because it has a frame.  HUH???  The first one has a frame, too!!  I say to him, keep the frame.  He suddenly goes deaf.  He goes, huh?  I repeat it, huh?  I finally just said thanks, I'll leave it sit.  Finally he says okay, he'll take the $10 for it BUT boy, was he unhappy about it!  I thanked him several times and he ignored me to the point it was funny.  If he didn't want to do it, why did he?  Anyway, here it is, again, 1950's and done on canvas:

Next is this chippy tumbler holder, it is awesome!

And then this old vintage paper towel holder:

{Don't forget to scroll down for Saturday's Thrift Shopping!}

 

Karen

Flea Market Haul!

Wow, what a day!  We went to a flea market that I've never been to before and it was awesome!  Three trips to the car and a full trunk, look at our haul!

We found 17 paint by numbers, 3 paint by number sets, the metal lock box (complete with key), metal bookends, buttons, a photo, shelf liner, moving blanket and the best thing, my hubby got an old GSP unit because he wanted the power cord and he shocked me by bargaining!!  I just about fell over.
 

The sunglasses are from another flea market and the reason for them are because they are bi-focal sunglasses, so I can use them for driving and now when the police stop me and say do you know how fast you were going, I can say yes instead of guessing.  Since I got my new eyes, I can't see close up and need readers.  I don't need them for far away sight but like to have sunglasses for driving, then I can't see the gauges that are up close to me!  With these glasses, that should take care of that problem.

Let's look at things closer:

Lock box, sunglasses, photo and Bakelite buttons.

Bookends and oh so retro shelf liner paper!

Inside this box was an advertisement that I've read about before but never saw the actual item, this is probably as close as I'll ever get to it:

You'd send them a photo and they would make a paint by number for you!

Last Supper kit!  The details are way too much for me, good thing I have a few of these that are done!  

This one is fun!  It is set number two but only one picture is left inside but there is a frame in there, too!

The photo on the right in what is left in the box. 

Here it is with the frame.

Now the fun starts!  I get to research each one of these for names, manufacturer, size and dates for my web site!

This one has a funny story to it.  My hubby was inspecting it and said "this doesn't make any sense", I told him "unless the seagulls are swimming in the ocean, you have it upside down".  He turns it over and says "Oh, now it makes sense!"  This set the vendors off into a fit of laughter!  Me, I'm just rolling my eyes and shaking my head.

One thing, I do know the name of this one because it was shown in one of the brochures that was in with a kit.

 LOL, check out the deer!

I'll be adding all these and more details to my web site, come and check it out at OurPaintbyNumbers.com but give me some time to get all these on!

Okay, let's talk numbers!!  GPS $5.00, moving blanket $5.00, shelf liner .25 cents, sunglasses $10.00, every thing else was only $1.00 a piece!!!!!!!  Can you believe it?  20 paint by number pictures and kits for $20.00.  That won't happen too often.

Karen 

Flea Market Finds

Hubby surprised me with not one, but TWO flea markets on Memorial Day! 

First one we went to was a bummer.  Not much vintage stuff at all and it only took an hour to go through but I did find one item.  So worth the trip!

This is pretty awesome, not one we've ever seen before and within our PBN price range!  I must teach the hubby how to negotiate prices though!

Onto the second one and this one was wild and oh so much fun!  Packed full of vendors, just the way I like it.

First beauty I found!

A wire donkey letter holder.  Isn't it cute?

Then came this:

This is a planter but I will find something to put in it around the holidays.

Best part is that it is a Holt Howard piece!

It is in nice condition except for the paint loss and I just might paint it in since I'm going to keep it for myself.  It was so cheap I just couldn't pass it by.  I thought it was just a sweet looking piece.

We found one Pez dispenser, not a vintage one but one we didn't have:

And one last thing, another paint by number!

Again, this is one that really needed cleaning!  I took the photo of this before I cleaned it and when I did, the scratch along the side all but disappeared!  It's a sharp looking ship, if I must say so myself!

We haven't had a whole lot of sun lately so this was a really nice day!  Full of fun and sun!

Karen

Busy!

Wow, it seems like forever since I've posted to my blog but there is a good reason for it!

First, I made a new Pez web site!  Click on comic to visit web site!

Being inspired by that one, I made another one dedicated to my Paint by Number collection!  Again, click on photo to visit site.

Stop by and let me know what you think!

Is there hope?

My hubby drove out to Ohio for his work last week.  He came home with a snow blower, some Pez dispensers and these!!!

Yep!  A Last Supper that is smaller than the ones I have!

And this lovely!  A ship!  It's so badly done, I had trouble identifying it but I'm pretty sure it's called Clipper Ship!  It's big, it's a 16 x 20!

I love it when parts aren't finished.  Makes me wonder, did they run out of paint?  Run out of time?

This is what it is supposed to look like:

And this is what the Last Supper is supposed to look like:

Is there hope for the hubby?  Have I finally gotten him trained?  Doubt it but for this trip, he did great!  Stopped at a thrift shop and found me 2 paint by numbers!  Maybe I should train him to stop at jewelry stores!  He's so proud of himself, not only did he get them at good prices but then they were half price of what was marked!  He got both of them for under $3.00.  I'm a cheap date!