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Lately I have been obsessed with picking up these silly lattice style plastic planters.
I had one, then two, and now four. They come in a couple of size that I have found and are made by Regaline. I get them pretty cheap at sales.
While I like the creamy whites, I wonder what magic a can of spray paint could make in a yummy color?
I think I feel a project coming on....
Shelley challenged me to show my collection of vintage toys. I do have some random ones that I will share at a later date, but today just decided to focus on one category of toys - baby rattles/teethers.
Simple, cute and charming. Those with faces.
Simple shapes.
Ding-a-ling-a-ling.
Teething toy keys. These would need a good cleaning before I let a baby have a go at them!
I love the colors on these.
This little lamb is just crazy cute.
A silver teething rattle with darling rabbit. This was actually in a hodge podge of a baby box that I bought quite awhile ago. You never know what you will find tucked in amongst things sometimes.
This baby thermometer I am just throwing in this post. Not a rattle, but dang cute for such a common thing as a bath thermometer. Unused in original box.
Short and sweet collection today. If you have an idea for a future collection challenge, please leave me a comment and finish the sentence "Show me your collection of _____". I will see what I can dig up!
happy day!
This was estate sale Friday.
ONE LONE crocheted potholder picked up at a local church sale. There were just not many sales that day...I hit two church sales and that was it.
FORTUNATELY Friday is followed by SATURDAY.
One sale, number 14 to get into the sale (thank you Kate for that!). I was in with the first wave.
Three strands of vintage glass garland, flour and sugar tins, a wonderful duck figure, a tiny baby doll and a recipe box.
The long skinny item in the photo above is Fuller toothbrush holder. You can just make out the word "Fuller" on the holder. It made me laugh with those little slots for the toothbrushes as today's toothbrushes are much burlier.
One unused tablecloth with original tag. It says "misprint", but it looks to be in good condition.
A bunch of other dishtowels that I don't believe were used either.
A great blow mold Santa head, a floral canister and a green metal duster that I thought would make and awesome lamp base someday.
More garland, a heart shaped cake pan and a tiny concrete chicken with original paint.
I find lots of boxes of tiny ornaments, but never one in this configuration. And full as well!
With original price tag.
A hodge podge of misc Christmas, including two pine cone birds.
A box of unused vintage greeting cards.
Some even had the original envelope and price tag attached.
A funny squirrel? whistle that was attached to something originally..I think it will look dandy with my Halloween stuff.
An old tablecloth for Oregon and Washington states.
I got about 5 boxes of xmas ornaments...lots of stripes and figural ones. I also got a box of chalk for my collection that I did not have.
A great old chenille floral bedspread. It has some stains, but am hoping I can get those out..if not it would make a decent cutter.
A super old clothespin container.
It was full to the brim with old wooden clothespins. I found some bonus colorful ones mixed in with the wooden ones.
I think this funny wooden green wagon was originally part of something else. I like the green paint and the striped wheels.
1927 calendar
I had a ton of stuff to carry and paid for it and took it out to the car. I decided to make one more trip into the house as there was so much inside, I wanted to have one more run thru to see what I missed. I found these in a box of misc. paper at a quarter each. Little envelopes from a couple of local florists.
Look what was inside! A great assortment of florist enclosure cards. Awesome graphics!
A great Saturday sale! So happy to find a bit more than a single Friday potholder!
Happy Weekend!
Who, Who, loves the black and orange?
We do!
Tonight. 5 p.m. on Etsy. (Sept 22nd - pacific time)
P.S. I have had some issues on Etsy with an item in multiple shopping carts at once. An item is not YOURS until the transaction is complete. If you have that item you covet in your cart, pay for it and then you can come back and shop some more if you want. If you have multiple shipping charges, I will always reimburse. Black and orange....
Anita asked if I had a collection of things made from vintage greeting cards. I do. I have seen different objects crafted with greeting cards since it used to be quite a popular craft. My collection is composed of vintage containers (bowls) made from cards.
I am drawn to these containers for two reasons. Number one, the graphics on the greeting cards and number two, the fact that these are a hand-made item. I usually pick these up at sales for a small price and I put them to good use in my studio and in my decorating.
When I did this post it made me look at these containers and realize the different levels of crafting that went into these home made projects.
This woman got quite fancy with her stitching, alternating color of thread. She also covered her cards in a plastic material to protect them.
This crafter kept their stitches simple. They also did not pay much attention to all of their images as the dog is upside down.
The crafters also often used a greeting card theme when creating these objects. I have some that use floral cards, some that use only Christmas cards and some that are just willy nilly with graphics.
I love the whimsical images on this bowl.
Christmas themed card bowl.
I do put these containers to use. Here are a trio that store goodies in my studio.
My favorite card containers are the Christmas themed ones as I use them to decorate for the holidays. Here I have used them to gather holiday ornaments and to contain a holiday tree.
A silly, handcrafted collection! Thanks Anita for the suggestion. If you have an idea for a future collection challenge, leave me a comment and finish the sentence "Show me your collection of _____." I enjoy seeing what I can come up with.
Etsy. Thursday the 22nd at 5 p.m. (pacific time).
Black and orange will be headed to Etsy on Thursday the 22nd of September at 5 p.m. (pacific time). Halloween snippets coming this week to get you in the spirit!
I hit quite a few sales this weekend. I hit about five yesterday and two today. The majority of them I left empty handed...it really is a hit or miss world sometimes in estate sale land.
Fortunately for me I did have some hits. These are the results of three sales that were decent.
A couple of old thermoses, a darling squeaker lamb, a great old green metal picnic basket, a netting Christmas tree and an aqua sink mat in original packaging.
Does this little lamb not make you smile?
Old thimbles and tape measures. Two of the thimbles are advertising ones. One for Oregon Taylor Supply and the other for Zell Bros. Optical Dept.
Glitter and a great handmade wooden letter holder. It is decorated with some darling vintage wallpaper.
A apple tin canister and an old honey tin. A garland of old satin balls and pipe cleaner in yellow.
Birthday cake decorations.
A old laundry basket. A second laundry basket frame with no fabric insert.
This was one of my favorite finds. One sale had a pile of crafting stuff and you could fill a bag for $1. Everything on this tray was in my $1 bag. Jingle bells, glass garland picks and plastic floral made its into my bag. I have a whole display of Halloween black cats so I thought this handmade yarn cat should come live with me.
These two figures were my favorite thing that I had in the $1 bag.
This chenille gal came from a Friday sale. I loved her little face. She is not marked at all.
A stash of old fabric. I love, love the old sheeting (yellow and blue patterns on right).
Old Christmas ornaments, a deer, more jingle bells, a holiday hankie and a silly old elf.
I have a thing for looking thru the linen closet and scoring on old unused towels (this had the tag) in floral patterns. I am getting a small collection of them.
A sweet little plastic baby rattle.
I rarely, rarely come across these plastic doilies and I love to use them to decorate at Easter. I scored a big stash of them in pastel colors.
And last but not least a metal folding game table with great graphics. I have another one of these folding tables, but with a different graphic on the surface. When I was in line to pay for this table I got quite a few comments on it. I have only seen 4 of these in all my junking days.
It is pretty nifty and I could not pass it by.
A good weekend in estate sale land. I worked a bit harder and hit multiple sales...but the end result definitely was worth my effort!
happy day!
Occasionally I find some unique Christmas item that I have never run across before. Here we have some pressed cardboard reindeer that were intended for crafting.
They are pretty large - about 15 inches across and I got three of them.
They even came with the name of the former owner on the backside...I guess she was worried abou them leaping away.
I decided they needed have a little Magpie Ethel magic done on them.
Silver paint, glittered tails and antlers and a wreath of vintage fun bling.
Everything looks better with sparkle.
I would love to see one of these reindeer dancing across a mirror on a mantle during the holidays...or perhaps gracing a Christmas wreath. Lots of ideas twirling about in my head.
Off to join the rest of the reindeer..Dasher, Dancer, Prancer and Vixen.
Happy Day!
Leah asked if I had a collection of vintage globes. This is one of those collections that started after I found one in my grandfathers things after he passed away. It is marked Ohio Art, metal and is also a bank.
Globes were the perfect thing to decorate Ben's room with. I don't think he ever gave them much thought, but I enjoyed finding them. They got very trendy for awhile and prices got higher...so I have not added to this collection for some time.
I like the old metal tin ones the best. For basically just being the same type of item, I like how the different manufacturers have gussied up the bases to give them each a different look.
This one has conversions for the metric systems as well as images of different constellations. It is also a bank.
The base of this globe features sketches of different attractions in the world, like the Statue of Liberty or The Eiffel Tower.
Another bank. The slogan on the base reads "World Bank - as you save so you prosper". Quite true! (Ohio Art)
Bank with World Savings slogan on base. (Ohio Art)
The base of this tin globe includes astrological signs and indicates winter and summer months, solstices and all sorts of other useful info. (Made by Chein and Company)
Some of the banks include information like time zones.
Or a bit of history printed on the globe....like who and when people first reached the North Pole. (Byrd by plane, May 9, 1926)
In addition to the smaller tin banks I have picked up the larger cardboard variety as well. They look great all grouped together in the variety of sizes.
In addition to the globes in Ben's room I have also gravitated to the old metal pencil cans that feature a map on them. I love them all line up together on his desk. He rolls his eyes when I bring home yet another one.
Another thing I noticed when doing this post is that most of the larger globes are made by the same company, Replogle Globes. I like the variety of logos that reflect the era it was made or the style of the globe.
Thanks for the suggestion Leah. Was fun to revisit this collection and do a bit of dusting. They live high on Ben's shelf in his bedroom and I don't clean up there often.
If you have a suggestion for a future collection challenge, leave me a comment and finish the sentence "Show me your collection of _______." I would be happy to see what I can dig up from my stash!
