I hit two sales today. One very good one and one absolute dud. ABSOLUTE DUD!
The good one I hit first and I got in the door with the first wave (thank you Tom). It was a big rambling house and I found the holiday room first.
A tabletop tinsel tree and a couple of doll suitcases for studio storage.
A squeaky doll ready for some New Years fun with old hats and noisemakers.
I never look at modern items as closely as I do with vintage ones. Look at the tiny elephant graphic on the party horns.
Some candle clips trimmed with holiday doo-dads, old paper plates and paper favor cups.
A lone Valentine nut cup party favor (with my name, but spelled differently).
An old crepe paper flower book dated 1929.
This book makes me want to attempt a year of crepe paper flower making. Perhaps a flower a month in 2014?
A vintage wooden head fairy. She may be some crafting inspiration.
Vintage Easter. A pressed cardboard bunny, a couple of cotton chicks and a spun head bunny.
An old cardboard cart being pulled by an elephant. A sawdust filled bunny (minus one ear) and a trio of plastic Easter bunnies. The bunnies all have had a rough and tumble life and have chips or breaks. They will be fine when they are mixed in with my other Easter friends.
Quite a few boxes of smaller Shiny Brites and a Crystal Pine tree. You may remember my other Crystal Pine trees from this post.
A strand of turquoise glass garland, a bunch of small ornaments and s family of snowmen.
Vintage Santa minus the light he often holds. I have seen him with a plastic tree as well.
Just in time for some Halloween crafting...some old wax pumpkin heads.
I like this Treasure Hunt game. It has letter cardboard game pieces which I am
always looking for. It also has cardboard "pieces of 8".
The box with the pirate graphics is a plus.
A good haul in estate sale land. Heading out for a couple of sales in the morning. Tis the season for sales!
What a haul! I'm like speechless now. I can't believe how much holiday stuff you got! Love the elephant cart and the pressed cardboard bunny. I love Summer but looking at the Christmas goodies is making me want to pull out my Christmas boxes!
Glad you had a great haul!
Good luck (although you don't need it) at your sales tomorrow :-)
Posted by: Doreen | August 16, 2013 at 11:35 PM
What a cute fairy! I'm amazed as usual. Nothing like that in these parts!
Posted by: Diane | August 17, 2013 at 02:00 AM
I'm completely green with envy. Chris went to 4 estate sales and came back empty handed this week! Not a single bit of vintage goodness came home in his car. I'm still fantasizing about an Easter and Halloween haul. Your pressed cardboard bunny is gorgeous. I can just see all sorts of possibilities with that spunhead fairy. That pirate game would be a fun display at Halloween too. Good for you. Still jealous though!
Posted by: Musings from Kim K. | August 17, 2013 at 04:32 AM
I rarely see Halloween or Easter ornaments at sales! Lucky girl!
Posted by: Perfectlyprintedblogspt .com | August 17, 2013 at 04:56 AM
I love, love, love the fairy....she's my favorite color too....&her hair swept to the side...sigh....exquisite! I'm in love! What is her dress made out of? What do her wings look like close up? Details, girlfriend, details! LOL! Congrats on your haul....hugs Patti M
Posted by: Patti M | August 17, 2013 at 06:26 AM
Great finds! I was able to stop at one sale during my lunch hour yesterday and only made it in to one room because it was so crowded and there was so much. It was an unplanned stop and they only took cash so I quickly blew through the $19 in my purse and had to leave some things behind. Heading over this morning to see what's left. It is the Vickie-O sale in NE.
Posted by: Kathy | August 17, 2013 at 08:39 AM
That Ruth Newton rubber doll looks like she is in perfect condition. She's wonderful! Love all the bright happy holiday stuff too.
I love vintage Easter things. I just spent the morning culling out my bunny collection that I have had since I was in college. Hard to do, but I like other things now. I kept all the vintage ones and the sentimental ones.
The treasure hunt game is great - I can see a bunch of spun head pirates living it it!
Posted by: Shara | August 17, 2013 at 09:11 AM
WOW!!!! I'm so jealous. I never find stuff
like that, and so much of it. I love the
pirate game.
Posted by: Su Gardner | August 17, 2013 at 11:01 AM
Wow, I envy all of your finds. I never find Christmas vintage and you manage to find Christmas, Easter, Halloween and a fairy. I wish estate sales around here had some good stuff. I have a light up Santa like that from my childhood and I saw the little plastic trees that came with it on ebay last year for $400+. Fantastic haul.
Posted by: annabel52 | August 17, 2013 at 07:32 PM
Great Job as always! My favorite is the 2.5 ft aluminum tree! That's such a great size! I MUST find one! :)
Erica
Posted by: Erica | August 17, 2013 at 09:22 PM
A great haul! (That bad sale must have been REALLY BAD to merit capital letters!) Glad all went well in the end, and I love that elephant!
Posted by: barbara | August 18, 2013 at 05:41 PM
Wow, what great holiday finds!! Love the silver tinsel tree!! xo Heather
Posted by: Heather | August 18, 2013 at 07:30 PM
Good grief! If there was ever a poster child for the merits of estate sales, you would sooo be it!
Way too much fun paper goods for one person to handle. All those boxes of little Shiny Brights too. Oy!
Posted by: Maria (Magia Mia) | August 18, 2013 at 08:58 PM
I can't pick just one favorite thing. I love the pressed cardboard bunny, the little blue fairy and the flower book. I went to a church sale on Saturday. I came home with a cradle that was metal with lithograph pictures. There were bells underneath. I'm guessing to sound when the cradle was rocked. They don't work any more. Keep up the hunt.
Sheryl
Posted by: Sheryl Remy | August 19, 2013 at 06:14 AM
I hope I can get my hands on some Halloween stuff soon! I've only got a couple months left!
Posted by: Melissa's Antiques | August 19, 2013 at 06:36 AM
Hi Laurie~
Soooo fun! I'm totally in love with the graphics on that paper flower making book. Looove it soooo much!!
Thanks so much for stopping by the other day... I think you're the only one that did. :) (I guess I should post more often!) It's always fun to hear from you, my friend.
Hugs,
Jill
Posted by: Jill | August 19, 2013 at 07:28 AM
Love that little squeaky gal. She's so dang cute!
You definitely made up for that first sale being a dud. I am still holding out for my great holiday haul of the Summer. Time's running out!
~Erica
Posted by: Erica | August 19, 2013 at 07:59 AM
I LOVE the fairy!!! The tinsel tree is awesome to!!!
Posted by: elma | August 30, 2013 at 05:26 PM
More wonderful finds... wowzers! I adore the cardboard bunny - I've only ever seen them standing upright!
Posted by: Maureen | September 01, 2013 at 02:11 PM