I hit two sales on Thursday and a church rummage sale today. For Thursday's sales I was #ONE for one sale and #32 for the other. I must admit being number one for a sale gives you a sense of power and glee. The sale was mediocre, but still great to head in the door in the lead of the pack!
An old paint box (with cute graphics for my collection)
and a pair of old shoe inserts.
A Halloween blow mold and some old tin molds for baking.
A trio of adorable deer, a great ribbed jar, some gold ornaments and a good sized bottlebrush tree. The bottlebrush tree was the ONLY thing I bought from the sale where I was #32 on the list. For those of you who think I get lucky at each and every sale...sometimes there is only one lone treasure for me.
An old graham cracker box that was full of wooden spoons and forks (utensils will be used for crafting). The box is nifty with the old graphics...I just wish it was in better shape.
My favorite find of the day hands down, was an old clothespin bag. The person that embroidered two clothespin girls complete with skirts and bows, ON A TEETER TOTTER was brilliant. How can a scene like that not make you smile?
This blow-mold snowman is no indication of the weather forecast for tomorrow. He was just a good find. High 70s and a sunny day will find me in my driveway chock full of goodies for our neighborhood garage sale. Wish me luck..it is time to purge my house!
Happy weekend!
Sigh.....we live in the wrong neighborhood or town I guess. Wow!#1 for a sale? That would make me feel pretty powerful and I'd be jumping with glee too :-) That clothespin bag is just too cute! It made me smile along with the snowman blow-mold.
I'd be sitting out front in the morning scoping your house out if I lived there!
Wishing you luck except I have this feeling you're not going to need it! Perfect weather for one.
Have a great day and thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Doreen | June 21, 2013 at 01:40 PM
Love all your finds - I live in the Portland area and I was wondering what website/paper etc. you use to find weekly estate sales.
Posted by: Leigh Anne@Yourhomebasedmom.com | June 21, 2013 at 02:26 PM
LOVE that paint box! Have fun tomorrow dispite the work!
Posted by: Diane | June 21, 2013 at 02:43 PM
Yes, the painbox is too cute! And don't worry, we know that it doesn't all just fall into your lap everytime. I'm sure there are plenty of sales that you leave (nearly lol)empty handed. It's hard work finding the good stuff!
Purging your house feels sooo good! That's what I've been doing, and really enjoying it! Haa!
Good Luck! Erica :)
Posted by: Erica | June 21, 2013 at 03:26 PM
Great seeing you this morning. I got some good stuff, too.
Posted by: Janet Johnson | June 21, 2013 at 04:39 PM
Best wishes with the garage sale. I'm sure you will sell loads. That paintbox was just waiting to come home to your special collection. Love that clothespin bag. Absolutely fabulous stitching.
Posted by: Musings from Kim K. | June 21, 2013 at 05:31 PM
i Love that clothespin bag so much! how cute!
i wish they did the list thing for sales here. you have to get up and stand in line at 4 am at the LATEST if you want to be first. and you can't just get a number and sit in your car, you have to actually stand there in line for HOURS!
Posted by: rae | June 21, 2013 at 07:06 PM
That snowman blow mold is really cool. He's really detailed. I like his quilted mittens.
That little cloths pin bag is adorable! Will you be adding it to your collection?
Good luck tomorrow! I bet you'll get cleaned out!
Posted by: Melissa | June 21, 2013 at 08:54 PM
Oh, those clothespin girls are sweet! And the Halloween blow mold is just great!
Posted by: Linda | June 21, 2013 at 09:21 PM
Good luck today!!!
Posted by: Melanie | June 22, 2013 at 06:51 AM
Wouldn't you know it......Alex has a tournament in Wilsonville today and I'm a little to stressed of a mom to let him drive up I5 himself so I have to play chauffer otherwise I'd be #1 in line for your sale!
Speaking of #1, Maddie was #1 at an estate sale yesterday. You should have seen her take charge and line everybody up. I have a future leader in my house:-)
Those deer look really familiar. I think there may be a few of them floating around here. I adore the jar they are sitting on. You can't ever have too many of those.
Good luck today!
Erica
Posted by: Erica | June 22, 2013 at 06:58 AM
Those three little deer are just adorable. I am hoping to get over that way to browse the sales today. Perfect weather for it!
Posted by: Kathy | June 22, 2013 at 07:24 AM
The clothespin girls are the bees' knees. Oh how I wish I could pop over to your garage sale this morning!
Posted by: Lynne | June 22, 2013 at 07:51 AM
That clothespin bag is adorable, I love it! You found some goodies!
Posted by: Dorothy | June 22, 2013 at 05:13 PM
great finds!
Posted by: Melissa's Antiques | June 24, 2013 at 05:41 PM
I'm glad you had a good garage sale! Gosh those clothespin girls are just adorable on that bag -- at first I thought they were sprites!
Posted by: Laurie | June 24, 2013 at 07:35 PM
How the heck did I get so behind in commenting here?
Love all the treasures you found, especially those uber-cute deer trio!
I also love the Halloween vintage; something I have none of - yet. I have been eyeing some old Halloween decor at a local antique shop that I'd like to get before the Fall!
Posted by: Maureen | June 27, 2013 at 08:04 PM