I went to an estate sale last weekend that was pretty much a dud. I did rummage through a box of plastic flowers after I saw some mercury glass picks jumbled in amongst everything. I found a handful of them and walked up to the cashier and stuck out my bouquet of them and asked her how much.
She said I could have them for FREE! I skipped away from the sale quite happy.
I went home and added them to my stash.
A happy handful of free for me!
Yaaaaaa for you!! I just love them!!
Posted by: Elma | September 15, 2010 at 05:35 PM
Plastic flowers?? Oh man, how did I miss that one?? I love old plastic artificial flowers. How sick is that, but hey, somebody's gotta love 'em, right.
Posted by: Kathy Uhrig | September 15, 2010 at 05:45 PM
Love your flower picks and for FrEe!!
Posted by: Linda @ A La Carte | September 15, 2010 at 06:13 PM
Awesome find..and free..it doesn't get much better than that!!
Cindy from Rick-Rack and Gingham
Posted by: Cindy | September 15, 2010 at 06:20 PM
I have run across quite a few of these lately but I am stumped as to what to do with them. Got my Halloween creations in the mail today and love them from packaging all the way to the note card! Thanks for the treasures...Swimming in the rain in Kansas...Renee
Posted by: Renee | September 15, 2010 at 06:45 PM
How neat !! And I love your vintage puzzles below. By the way my cute little witch came today and I was very surprised she was larger than I thought. Boy do I love her thanks so much Laurie I'm so glad I grabbed the last remaining one. Nan
Posted by: Nancy Jane York | September 15, 2010 at 07:00 PM
Laurie ~ I wanted to let you know my Halloween girls arrived safely today. Both are adorable. The little slit paper basket thing (with the wire handle and "boo to you" label) hangs perfectly from the black witches arm. I don't think that was in the picture here on Etsy, but it is a perfect accessory for her!
Carol
Posted by: Carol T. | September 15, 2010 at 07:27 PM
Free? Lucky girl! I love vintage mercury glass picks! You have such a pretty collection of them!
Posted by: Michelle | September 15, 2010 at 07:30 PM
I think these are one of my favorite craft supplies (right up there with spun heads, anyway!) That's quite the stash!
Posted by: barbara | September 16, 2010 at 04:24 AM
Free - the best price of all!!
I thought of you this past weekend as we visited friends in Raleigh, NC and I got to go to two estate sales and an auction. I enjoyed them both tremendously.
Posted by: Lynn | September 16, 2010 at 05:26 AM
Nice! I imagine 'free' takes the sting out of 'dud' -- at least enough so to make you skip. :-)
Posted by: Into Vintage | September 16, 2010 at 09:19 AM
Hi Laurie,
Oh how I love mercury beads!!
What a great find and deal for you!
I have to agree with the comment
that Barbara made, mercury beads
and spun cotton heads are favorites,
along with with vintage chenille
anything, oh...and of course stickers. : )
Hugs,
Janis
Posted by: Janis | September 16, 2010 at 12:20 PM