Day 1 of Mecation

Here is what I got today!  

At my first stop:

 Pillow Covers.  Don't you just love the moose?

Two matching paint by numbers:

Now, these I just can't stop giggling over.  I wouldn't have purchased these at full price but at half price, couldn't help myself!  You really need to enlarge these!

Very ugly, huh?  Not very well done, think that's why I like them so much. 

 Check out the butterflies on these!  Way too funny.  These are tiny tip trays.  I wonder who painted them!

Later, I got these:

 Funky casserole.  It has NO markings so I have no idea how to research it.  Any clues?

 I got these three file boxes and I'm hoping to use these for photos and get organized.

 It says they are index card size.

 Interesting price tag on one of them!

That's all folks!

Craig's List!

I've been searching for a retro floor lamp or one that looks retro and someone suggested I search Craig's List.

I have to laugh at the quality of items listed from my area, Allentown, to the quality of items listed from say, Philadelphia.  The stuff around here just plain sucks.  Same thing with yard sales, don't even bother in this area unless you want baby clothes and toys.

Anyway, while looking I found a casserole that I fell in love with!  I contacted the lady and she hadn't sold it yet so I said I'd like to have it.  Well, the two of us just couldn't get together immediately and I called her in the afternoon to see what we could do.  She was busy, I was busy and she really didn't want to wait for the weekend.  I got the feeling she thought I was just yanking her chain so I offered to drop the phone and run right over.  I offered to pay for it via PayPal but she says she doesn't have PayPal.  HUH?  She must live in a cave!  I never thought I'd hear myself say this, but thank goodness I have GPS now!  She almost does live in a cave!

Take a look at what my very first Craig's List purchase was!

It's called Golden Hearts by Pyrex.

It is a promotional piece from 1958.  I'm not sure the candle warmer is original to this, it did come with one but just not sure this is the one.

I'm really not sure what to think about Craig's List.  I'm really not crazy about complete strangers showing up at my door.  But from what I hear, people do it all the time and are successful at it.  It's free and instant cash, so who knows.  What are your thoughts?

Stuff!

I had to go out today.  Had to.  I've been feeling so housebound lately, the weather has kept me from going out too much.  I want to go shopping!  And while the weather is nice, I better get out or the next thing I know, it will be snowing.

I stopped at one thrift shop and found a huge bag of coin wrappers.  I decided to get them because if you ask for them at the bank these days, you are lucky if they hand you five wrappers!  Best part, they were only .97 cents.

It seemed to be a porcelain day, for some reason!  Check this out!

What is it?  Got me, I guess it's a letter holder.  Do you know?

Now, not sure why but I had to have these.  LOLOL!

Yes, they are porcelain toilet paper holders!  One is an almond color and the other one is an off white color.  One is marked USA and the second one isn't marked at all.

I continued onto another shop and I kid you not, look what I found at this one!

It's a beautiful pale green toilet paper holder!  Who says you have to use it for tp?  I vote you buy it from me and use it as a candy dish.  The wheels are mine, you can't have those.

Have a shop, a booth in an antique mall?  Why not use these for business card holders?  They really are neat! What uses can you think of?

And finally, the last stop, I found this awesome casserole!

I know, it's not too exciting when you see it at this angle, but let's look closer!

And even closer:

It's olives!!!  A Pyrex divided casserole.  The outside is a fired on greenish/yellow color with the olives on the lid.  It's called Verde Olives by Pyrex and I'm lovin' it!

Vintage Pyrex

I haven't been out doing too much in the way of antique shopping but I had lunch today with my Mom so while I was in a different area, I decided to stop at this one thrift shop.

They really didn't have much but I did find this neat casserole!  

It's a promotional piece from the 1960's and apparently there isn't much of it around

It's called Gourmet.  It nice and big, 2 1/2 quart!  It's missing the lid but I think that can be replaced, the pattern and condition are more important, I think!  It's in great shape, doesn't even look like it was ever used. One small surface scratch inside but I think that is from someone putting something inside it, perhaps for storing it.

I almost put it back several times but I'm glad I didn't!

Thrifty!

I feel like it's been so long since I went thrift shopping! I had to run to the post office this morning and well, it's just a few rights and lefts to get to the thrift shop from there! Plus, I promised to drop off some newspapers, so I had to go, right?

I took my usual route through the shop. Jewelry, nothing. Games, toys, books, nothing, bummer. Linens, nothing. I'm starting to get really bummed out! Then, I spotted this on a shelf.

How funky cool is this? I love it, but wait, there's more! It's a hot pot!!!! Still has the plug, too! It's ceramic and from Japan. Non-polarized plug plus only marked JAPAN, not Made in Japan, so that should help date it.From there, I went downstairs. I found my second item but I can't share it with you at the moment, it's hiding in my car trunk until the hubby goes back to work. SSSSHH! Remind me Monday to show it to you! I never heard of this person before but thanks to my friend, Jennie at SoSoVintage, I knew it when I saw it this time! She had just done a blog post regarding it.

It's a glass tray with wooden handles. Unfortunately, one gold band is missing from the handle. It has an unusual shape to it and it's known as Sonata pattern by Georges Briard. I know this because it's signed!

When it rains, it pours! Morton Salt mug and sugar/creamer! The mug is dated 1968, so I'm assuming the set is the same period of time.

You might want to sit down about now, if you aren't all ready because the next one is BIG! I mean, HUGE!

Ugly box, so taped up I couldn't open it. I almost passed it by, but something made me decide to get this box open one way or another. Finally, I went back upstairs and to the cashier and asked her if I could open it. When she saw the tape, she got the trusty utility knife and cut open the tape. She layed down the box with the open side facing me and started to pull the casserole out. All of a sudden, she's laughing so hard and asking me if I was okay! Well, let's see it!

Yep, I was having a wheezer, I swear it. I couldn't breathe, my heart was pounding and I must have looked like I was about to faint! She's still laughing and still asking me if I was okay, but continued to pull it out of the box.

It's Canonsburg Pottery! And to make it even better, it's the Temporama pattern. OMG!

I know, if you aren't a vintage fan or don't know what this is, you just won't be excited about it, but my heart still races when I look at it.

It's a casserole with a warming rack. I looked it up and found a covered vegetable dish for $75.00! This is the same dish as far as I can tell, the box says it's a 2 quart casserole and I couldn't find it listed as such, so I'm assuming the veggie dish doubled as both.

Look at that handle!! How super cool is that?

Oh, I left everything at the register and went back downstairs. I found this lovely item and laughed when I walked back upstairs and the cashier says "is that all you found?" LOLOL! Well, yes, on my THIRD trip down to the basement it is!

It's marked Handpainted Nippon! Again, it can be dated by those words at about the late 1920's. I have no idea what the object is, do you? It's small. Too small to be a hatpin container, too small to be a sugar bowl. My next guess was a toothpick holder. It's the right size, however, no toothpick holder would have an attached underplate.

Prize to anyone that can guess what is still hiding in my trunk!