Thrifty

I went to a new set of thrift shops yesterday and wasn't impressed.  They have furniture in one shop and I found this:

 I wasn't happy it's under glass but it didn't appear to be sticking to the paint anywhere.  I debated over it and finally decided to bring it home with me.

 The person who did this must not have been really into it.  The paint is so thin in places, you can see the numbers through it!

When I got home, I looked it up and found out it is called Swiss Village and it's from 1952.  I sure was happy I got it!  It's on canvas as opposed to the cardboard and there's 22 oil colors.  I believe the people glued this down on a thick piece of cardboard before framing it because I wanted to see if I could remove it from the frame and the cardboard was chipping off in pieces so I left it alone.  Funny thing, the quote from the catalog states "You'll love the old world beauty of this tranquil piece" and the museum says ' J Edgar Hoover, FBI Director, painted one of these kits'.  Could it have been this one?

In another part of the shopping center, the same thrift shop had a book section, nothing there and then the usual part of a thrift shop was down at the other end of the shopping center.  I just wasn't impressed but it was one of those things I've often thought I should check out.

Not having enough of a thrift fix, I stopped at another thrift store.  I found this wonderful old avocado green plate rack:

And even though I rarely look at clothing, these cute pants caught my eye.

 I love the fabric!  

Then, this caught my eye:

It's a blazer!  I have one in browns and wanted another color to wear with blues, so this one was coming home with me!

It's brand new, never worn.  The pockets aren't cut yet.  

What??  Wow.  All the tags are still on it.  

The clothing racks were really picked through, not much there at all.  I asked the cashier if they were going to stop carrying clothes and she said they are just getting rid of the summer items and bringing in the winter items soon.  I hardly consider this a summer item, it is wool after all!

The thrift shop tag had $20.00 on it, that was crossed off and it now said $1.00.  Are you kidding me?  All clothes in the place were $1.00.  Now I need to knit myself a scarf to go with it!

More thrift shopping!

A friend of mine took a day off work and we spent the day thrift shopping!  My favorite thing to do!  I think I was pretty shopped out from my thrifting vacation, but I still managed to find a few things!

First off, I found this paint by number for the awesome price of $3.00!  Peeps, please do NOT put glass over a paint by number!  Just in the time I got this one home, the paint had softened up and was sticking to the glass.  I was lucky, I got the glass off and there wasn't any damage to the picture.

At the same thrift shop, I found this beauty!  I had seen it before but it was always way too expensive.  My patience paid off!  I got this one for $5.00!!!  It's a very long picture, about 32" long.  There was another one there but it was $8.00 and showed damage.

This is just plain weird!  LOLOL!

I'm pretty sure it's Shim's brother!  Yep, I need to do some research on this one!

These are huge industrial size!  Wonderful old picking shears.  The note attached to it says it doesn't cut fabric too well!

This is just a really cute poodle that I just couldn't resist!

I had to laugh about this one.  I found this sealed bag of items and all I could see were the large trees and two wooden pieces in it.  I liked the trees, so I purchased the bag for $3.00.

I was thrilled to find even more trees inside it, the cutest small ones I've ever seen and that little piece of the couple building a snowman!

Was able to get a few more bowls for my Christmas project!  The one on the left has a bee on the bottom of it, it's Higbee glass!  Might not be able to part with that one.  :o)

Very pretty crystal wedding compote!

Lastly, I've been looking for a blazer to wear to court.  I didn't have anything nice for the Fall weather but couldn't find anything I liked with a price tag to match.  Look what I found!

It's a beautiful beige color with green and maroon houndstooth.  Made in USA, not a rip, tear or frayed thread on it.  Seriously looks like it was never worn.  What's wrong with it?  It's dry clean only, but for what I paid for it, I'll get rid of it before paying to have it dry cleaned!  Can you guess what I paid for it?

More Finds!

More of my finds from my weekend spree!

This is a wonderful posting tray from the late 1940's!

I've started to collect assorted bowls to use for Christmas gifts.

 I'm going to use them with the ball clusters I'll make.

It will be fun to match up the clusters with the bowls and people!

This washed up really nice!  A piece of opalescent glass for only $4.00!

I had to laugh at this, I thought it said DOH!  It's the initials DH with a space in it.

A metal stamp caddy.

I love this paper!  It folds over the edge of a shelf.

The colors are just wonderful on it.

More mini bowling pin trophies!

Beautiful Gourmet Pyrex casserole.  It was a promotional piece from the 60's.

This is a Delphite blue with fired on white and a pattern in gold.

One more day of finds, so stayed tuned!

RWS

Shopping Spree!

I just returned from a long weekend of antique shopping.  My all time favorite thing to do!  Now I get to organize, clean and see exactly what I bought!  LOL!  Believe it or not, I love washing up the glassware and making it look pretty!  Seeing it sparkle again excites me!  :o)

I didn't do well at all with the paint by numbers this time.  In fact, I only came home with two pieces.  Above is an unopened kit of the Norman Rockwell clown.  $1.00 at a thrift shop!

This is yet another desk caddy!  The only reason I purchased this one was because it was only $3.00!

This is a fun item!  A flower fashioner that has a hard rubber suction cup on the bottom of it!

I'm not even sure the suction cup would work anymore, but it's still a neat piece!

I found some more knitting needles!  I love the two toned ones.  Some of the plastic ones are bent, but I still love them.

Okay, I sure hope someone proves my hubby wrong on this one!  Yes, I purchased a caulking gun!  It's just a cool looking, primitive, chippy thing I couldn't pass by.  He says no one would want it and I'm crazy.  sigh.

Got this really pretty bowl for .75 cents!  I'm wondering what the "ribbon" is or if I should even call it ribbon.  It's cloth and must have some special purpose but I don't know what that would be!  For .25 cents each roll, I couldn't resist it.

Ice tongs!  There's that blue again!

This is a bag of blocks that I use with perforated paper and they stack on each other or beside each other to form pictures.  I can't wait to make some more of these!

I love the color of this one!  Samsonite train case.

These are lab dippers.  They are open on the bottoms, you put microscope slides down into the ridges and then they'd dip them into stains.

That's it for today but I have more to come, so stay tuned!

RwS

Today's Finds

The hubby and I went for a little adventure today.  We picked an area (East Earl) and then each of us picked two places to visit out that way.  My hubby picked Shady Maple Smorgasbord (http://www.shady-maple.com/) and Weaver's Store (http://www.weaverstoreinc.com/), I picked my two favorite thrift shops!

First stop, the Smorgasbord for breakfast!  It wasn't too bad when we got there but by the time we left, it was lined out the door!  Now we had to work it off.

The first thrift shop was a disappointment.  There was a nice set of dishes with a piece I suspect to be hard to find, but the prices were more like an antique show instead of a thrift shop so I walked away.  One thing though and please don't tell the hubby I told you, there was such a great moment when I looked across the store to find my hubby going through the scarves!  I was just so impressed!  I walked over and wiped the tear from my eye and said, what are you looking for?  He says, I'm not sure but it starts with a V.  LOLOLOL!  He was looking for Vera Neumann scarves!  That made my entire day!

Second place wasn't too much better but I did find two items.  I have a soft spot in my heart for patterned glass and often have a hard time walking away from it.  I came across a beautiful compote!

It's a very heavy piece and the best part?  It's marked Heisey!  

The second item?

LOLOLOL, how can I resist that face?

Last stop was Weaver's and we headed home.  It was a great day!