It has been almost a month since I hit a good estate sale. Aunt Tillie's crawl space was my last vintage foray. The estate sale season is slowing down and I have been crazy busy with holiday show stuff. I did make time this weekend to hit two sales as well as a big antique show at our Expo center.
I was number one at a sale on Friday and Saturday I hit a digger sale. I was not disappointed.
A foil Happy New Year banner, and old straw box and a vintage white tree.
2 boxes of vintage Christmas ornaments and some ornament sprays. I always grab those sprays when they have the old ornaments wrapped in the mesh.
A forest of fifty bottle brush trees. The trees are new, but are great to be put to crafting use.
A pair of vintage elves, a couple of rubber deer, some satin hand made flowers and a plastic Santa light.
A wonder bubble jar with a great label. I need to repair the label, but it is an easy fix. Kids blowing bubbles equals happy graphics!
A great old Easter bunny cutout.
The straw box will join my collection. I like how it includes an activity to make a airplane.
Oh, I also found another chippy metal toilet snake. HURRAY! This one is in blue. A new color to me and will be a great base on a future project.
It joins the pink ones that I have in my stash.
Fun finds in estate sale land. Expo was on Sunday. A big antique show with around 1000 vendors. I always see a ton of people I know and find some good stuff. This trip did not disappoint. Most of my finds will be repurposed.
A stack of unused ribbon spools and three new trick or treat bags for my collection.
Ceramic and rubber deer.
A plastic nativity set and some Christmas reflectors.
Candy canes, a Putz house in need of repair and a vintage elf.
Not a bad weekend haul. Busy week once again and eager to put some of my new finds to use in the studio.
Happy Day!
Nice finds! Love the foil Happy New year Banner. What is it with the toilet snakes and in those colors too? LOL. I've never seen one of those in person yet. Like the cardboard Easter bunny too!
Glad you got your Vintage Groove on :-)
Posted by: Doreen | October 27, 2013 at 04:07 PM
Love your herd of reindeer. Easter is so hard to find. Good for you. Love the plastic Santa too. Treat bags!!! Yippee. It was a good day in estate sale land.
Posted by: Kimberly Kenward | October 27, 2013 at 04:41 PM
Such fun! I love the bunny cut out! And the those little foil candy canes are the best ones to work with. I love their size.
But I think that pink Elf takes the cake! Could it be any cuter??
Great job!
Erica :)
Posted by: Erica | October 27, 2013 at 05:06 PM
I love the expression on the Momma Deer's face. Really a sweetie. The one on the bookend is pretty cute, too.
Yeah, another plunger! I don't know if I've ever said that before. As long as it makes you happy...
Busy time of the year for all of us elves.
Posted by: Janet Johnson | October 27, 2013 at 05:57 PM
Such treasures put a smile on my face; adore all the deer... rubber and ceramic alike!
Posted by: Maureen | October 27, 2013 at 06:22 PM
Such happy and fun finds!
xo Danielle
Posted by: Danielle @ Blessed Serendipity | October 27, 2013 at 07:10 PM
Cute deer finds! I love when they have such surprised expressions. You had much better luck than me this weekend!
Posted by: CheshireKat4 | October 27, 2013 at 08:38 PM
Oh, I love all those dear deer!!
Posted by: Kathy | October 27, 2013 at 09:02 PM
I was surprised to see the bar code on the box of straws - it certainly looks older than that! I love it when companies keep their old graphics.
That HAPPY banner needs to hang in your studio - the happiest place on earth!
Posted by: Shara | October 27, 2013 at 09:16 PM
Dang it! I missed the Expo again!! Oh well. Busy weekend around here and I would have been stressed had I been gone. At least I got a couple of good sales in plus the flea market. I picked up some of the same things you did. Crazy, huh?
I figured that you have been super busy in the studio and that's why you have gone MIA. Can't wait to see what you've been working on and your idea for the toilet snakes.
Have a great week!
~Erica
Posted by: Erica | October 28, 2013 at 04:23 AM
Glad you're getting back into the swing of things. I love that Easter bunny cutout!
I'm so excited to see some of the wonderful things you've been busily creating!
Posted by: Melissa | October 28, 2013 at 06:10 AM
Sweet finds!! Love the Easter bunny and sweet Nativity set! And, the deer are always so fun to find! Happy sweet day to you! xo Heather
Posted by: Heather | October 28, 2013 at 09:20 AM
Love it all!
Posted by: Rae | October 29, 2013 at 07:47 AM