Estate Sale Friday...Still Squirreling Away

I hit a few sales on Friday and was quite pleased with my purchases.

I did well with Christmas goodies. 6 old bottle brush trees and some orange ornaments, a color I don't see often.

One of the ornaments even had a message on it.

More ornaments and a bunch of glass garland...hurray! Some of the garland had larger and more unusual beads.

Paper Honeycomb snowman in original packaging.

Vintage stockings for my collection.

Vintage chalk boxes for my collection. A pair of angel heads to be crafted for Christmas.

Birthday candles and holders.  One of the boxes of candles is one that I have not seen before.

A couple of old plastic Easter baskets that will be repurposed.  I also got some wired chenille type yarn. It is like a super thin pipe cleaner but came in a 36 yard skein.  It says it is for crocheted hats and accessories.

Old paper lanterns.

A bunch of old enclosure cards from a florist.  Great graphics and I like to include a note on this type of card with my Etsy orders. 

A pair of squirrels for a friend that collects them. A tiny turquoise glass vase and some floral tin bridge trays.

I was attracted to the box of these pick up sticks. The bird will live in my bird tree during the holidays.

A great old smaller fan.

Remember the Collection Challenge that I just did on paint boxes?  I found another one.  The original price of 69 cents is on the back.

In that challenge post I mentioned how the boxes are always well used.  I don't think anyone had ever used this one.

A vintage puzzle. I hope all the pieces are there.

I have one more find to share. This post is pretty long, so I will save that last item for another day....

I need to go squirrel away my goodies.

 

Comments

[Jill]

Fun! Fun! Fun! Love those paper lanterns!
Hugs,
Jill

[Lynne]

Oh, the squirrels...another of my collections :)

[angela]

Girl, you just live a charmed life!!

[KarenSue]

OMGoodness! You did good girl.
It's been a while since I hit it big like that.
Enjoy your Sunday,
KarenSue

[Jill]

Hey Magpie!

Do you travel far to these estate sales? I never find any where I live so for me, it's usually thrift stores and occasional yard sale.

Love the honeycomb snowman!

Jill

[lisa]

The two ornaments (purple and gold) above the oranges ones are beautiful. 3 months until Christmas!!!

But the squirrels are just too cute!!

[Renee]

Miss Laurie, These are fantastic finds. I have yet to run across such great craft goodies, but the Christmas goodness has been plentiful lately...I can hardly wait. Big smiles this week, your daughters room looks great, my daughter loved the pics...Smiles from Kansas, Renee

[Kathy Uhrig]

This was a fun post to read! I, too, have a bird tree that I put up in my kitchen every Christmas and it is my favorite tree. I don't really enjoy the big one in the living room all that much because it makes the room feel so cramped but I always hate to put away the little one in the kitchen at the end of the season. Thank you for sharing!

[Mary B.]

Hi, Laurie, You did so well. I like the paintbox and the horse puzzle. I love the Christmas glass strands, and I loved the Halloween clicker you showed last week. I do believe you live in the fertile valley of estate land. Thanks for sharing! Mary B.

[Linda @ A La Carte]

Laurie you found some really good finds. Love the squirrels someone is a lucky friend!

[Into Vintage]

I think it's so funny someone used their Dymo label maker to put a 'Merry Christmas' label on that ornament - maybe the label-maker was a Christmas gift that year. Cute little pink cowboy candle-holder. *sigh* Another day, another amazing Ethel score!!

[Linda]

Squirrel on the right looks a little worried about squirrel on the left. Maybe because squirrel on the left enjoys annoying squirrel on the right?

[Debbie]

Hi Laurie,

Wow, you find the coolest stuff. I never see stuff like this at the sales I go to. We had a townwide garage sale this past weekend, and it was mostly toys, and baby stuff.

[Elizabeth]

Laurie, It is just amazing what you find in one day! I think all of the vintage squirrel awayers live in your state! Have a great week. Elizabeth

[Lynn]

It's a great thing that you are the most organized person in the world - otherwise there would be no place to put this fantastic haul!!

[elma riedstra]

Wow!! What fantastic treasures! You find the neatest things. Love the squirrels:)