Saturday morning my friend Paula and I hit Vintage Gathering and Barn House. We did some shopping and saw lots of friends. It was a wonderful way to spend the morning. As we were driving home I asked if she wanted to hit an estate sale that had been advertised a couple of blocks away from my house. Paula used to have a booth at Stars Antique Mall and she and I love the same stuff. She does not have her booth anymore. Since she had no booth to fill, at this particular sale she ended up being an extra set of hands for me. Hence I was FOUR HANDED and that was a good thing!
It has been awhile since I found a pair of vintage sunglasses. I also found a great tripod patriotic hat!
Paula and I arrived at this sale THREE hours after it had opened. It was just boxes in the driveway and the garage to dig thru. What fun to dig with another set of hands that knew me so well!
I got two of these jumbo puzzles that came already pieced together. I had never seen them in this form. My vintage sunglasses are there on the left, and a Boy Scout compass.
A Mother Goose Shoe tin clicker and some old red cookie cutters manufactured by HRM. One of them is on the original cardboard packaging and they say they are made in the Land of Make Believe, Hope, New Jersey.
Some vintage St. Patty's Day, a clown light switch cover (the nose slides up and down to make the light go on and off), a couple of old pencil sharpeners and a unused girl scout key chain.
I love this candy lipstick on the original packing. It will live in the cabinet of curiosities.
I found a black spun cat and a old Halloween whistle.
Old Glassip drinking straws, paper birthday tablecloth in original cellophane, a couple of whisk brooms and a St. Patty's Day hat.
A charming old swallow toy in original packaging that you swing about your head to make it fly.
Old ribbon spools, great waxed dixie style cups and a kaleidoscope with nursery rhyme graphics.
A set of four plastic canisters, a plaid scarf and a patriotic honeycomb bell.
Vintage stationary in original boxes and some old Girl Scout stickers. A box of plastic coasters.
Old Dennison style stickers and gift cards.
Four old bait containers with a fish graphic engraved on them (wish I had a better shot - dang cute).
Evidently there had been many, many games earlier in the day. I got this one.
My favorite find is this silly pencil. The gal's pencil topper head I think is celluloid and she is cuuuuteee!
From cuuuttee we have two scary old rubber clown (?) masks.
A small amount of some adorable old wallpaper border with dancing folks. (double clip to enlarge..it is quite charming)
And a couple of weeks I found a slew of old Hi-C cans. This week it was Carousel brand soda cans. My second pair of hands handed me those awesome mica glitter birds that she dug out of box.
Was a good sale and so happy to have a a friend there digging for me! Thanks Paula..was on that estate sale high for rest of the day! It really was an ideal day.