Flea Market

What a great day for a flea market!  Checked the weather forecast and it said the storms weren't moving through until later in the day, so off we went!

The hubby wanted to look for some tools to replace missing pieces so he was happy to take me!  And he was able to find what he wanted, so it was a good day for both of us!

Here is what was found today.  The hubby bought this, yep, a toolbox and it's for me!  Now my hammer, screwdrivers and wrenches have a home other than my kitchen junk drawer!  And it's the industrial colors I love, he did good!

Another toothpick holder.  It has a really nice pattern on it:

This is a beautiful Heisey sugar bowl, it just sparkles!

A paint by number magazine rack:

Four paint by numbers, not the best of shape but cheap enough.  And I love the message on the backs.  I've seen worse conditions, too.

A year later, Pete did these:

Here is another industrial box, this one is for slides.

Came with the boxes, 8 of them have slides in them, must go through and look at them all, the other four boxes are empty.  Makes a great display.

And I did a bundle!!  The slide box above and these two wall hangings.  I've seen these and they are made by the same manufacturer as my wall shadow box.  They are the perfect size for hanging on each side of your shelf.  Remember, I had two small gravel art pictures on each side of it and these are so much better! 

We also came home with a shoo fly pie and 2 whoopie pies!

After all that, these came in the mail:

Karen

Day Three - Mecation

I packed a ton in today because the weather might be nasty tomorrow.  Lots of photos today!

I started the day at a flea market.  There was a couple there that came from close to where I live!  They aren't dealers, just people trying to unload a bunch of items that were left to them.  I made out very well!

First thing I purchased were these napkins for embroidery.  A set of six!

 Then, I was looking at some bags of Christmas items:

 Various Santa picks marked $6.00

 Pipe cleaner angels and such, also marked $6.00.

She said I could have them for $10 but I decided to bundle, dang that American Pickers marathon I watched all night last night!

There was a box of vintage greeting cards.

They are in great condition and there were a bunch of post cards inside the box, too.

There's only 3 of the above and they are so awesome!  

The girl with the powder puff opens up with her hand popping up with a powder puff in it!

These are 3-D with various items popping out.  It doesn't show well but the bathtub is popped out as well as some of the other items.

Same way, the bed pops out!

A few more cards.

Close up of muff lady.

All the red on this one is flocked!  The two bags of picks and the cards?  $12.00 for all!

Then, they talked me into one last item, a puzzle for $1.00.  This one should keep my Mom busy for awhile!

Some  unusual Bakelite handled utensils.

Bakelite buckle

I've seen these before and even owned a few in my days.  I always called them Burwood.  What is Burwood anyway?  

 The original card shows something interesting!  It says 'a wood fibre (note the spelling) plastic'.  Wood fiber plastic?

A paint by number magazine rack for $4.00!!!!  

I'm tired!