Estate Sale Friday. Straight From The Airplane

There aren't many estate sales this weekend since it is a holiday weekend. The finds I am sharing today are from last week.  Last weekend was Junk Bonanza so I was out of town. I still looked at the listings for sales at home and saw that I was missing this crazy good looking digger sale.  Oh, how I wished this sale would have been a different weekend!  On Sunday our flight from Minnesota left at 6:15 a.m. That meant we got home to Portland mid morning.  My mom picked us up at the airport and dropped us off at home. I immediately left for the last day of the two day sale.

I may have missed the really great stuff, but I still came home with some goodies. Sunday was also half price day.

A St. Patty's day crepe paper tablecloth.

Angel heads for crafting, some yellow snowflakes and some vintage shoelaces still in the paper sleeves.

Good Valentine stuff for crafting, old pipe cleaners, foil holiday cones and a tiny patriotic axe.

A doll to have the Magpie Ethel makeover and some paper napkins.  I am always happy to find some little vintage oddball item like the drums or those tiny Easter baskets as they lend themselves to my crafting so well.
Holiday mailing labels in original packaging.

The Easter egg dye box has seen better days, but it was one I did not have.

A recipe box filled with recipes from The Meier and Frank or Oregonian (both local companies) weekly cooking school. They are dated 1934 and 1935 for the most part.  It will be fun to sort through this box.

I also found a good assortment of vintage bathroom stuff. They must have never cleaned out a medicine cabinet or bathroom closet.  You may remember I bought some toilet paper at Junk Bonanza (Dated 1941) and these bathroom finds will be part of that project.

A good end to the trip.  Glad I could still make the tail end of this estate sale...it was worth getting up at the crack of dawn to get home.
Happy day!

 

Comments

[Doreen]

Off the plane and hitting a sale afterwards and still finding those things? Ok.....I think you are "Master Magpie Ethel" or would it be "Queen Magpie EThel"? That's still a good haul for it being the last part and 50% off sale!! Love the bathroom items and can't wait to see what project you're going to do with those and the toilet paper :-)
Have a great weekend!

[Musings from Kim K.]

No time for jet lag! There are sales to get too! 50% off! Good for you!!

[Paula]

Wow, you are a master of finds!! I thought I would tell you I believe those snowflakes glow in the dark. I have some similar stars in blue and yellow and they do. Love your site. Best wishes

[Bette Williams]

Thanks for sharing but I won't be making the Red lentil loaf.

[Diane]

Catching up-- fun trip and fun at home too. Lucky you! TP from the 40s? Amazing! Those recipes looks fun. So back then you still had to make a cake on a busy day, huh? My mother had curlers like that with pink plastic pins to keep them in place.

[Shara]

Now, that is dedication! I have a collection of old Nozema and Vicks bottles in my bathroom up by the light. I dug them up from an old home sight by our house when I was growing up. I love that old cobalt blue color. Looking forward to your project! *I have a "Prophylactic" toothbrush new in the box. I can see why no one ever used it!

[rosie lange]

I love the "Glitter Girl" label! I wish that was my nick-name. :)
love
rosie

[Kathy]

I am so glad you got into the fun and remember looking at a few of those things. Bravo to your junking tenacity!!

[Maria (Magia Mia)]

Oh girl, you got it bad, when you just got back from Bonanza and head straight for an estate sale!

Call me crazy, but I'm always attracted to old bathroom products. I think it's the packaging graphics I just can't resist. I've got 2 full big boxes of old Bobby pins that I just had to bring home for the packaging. :)

[Marci]

Ha ha, made me laugh that you went straight from the plane to an estate sale. True diehard! Wow, you found great stuff for the last day! Cant even imagine what you missed!

[linda clark]

Laurie, Please let me know if you decide to list the M & F recipes. As always, love your blog.

[Annette]

Airport to Estate Sale, of course! You are Magpie Ethel after all. Glad it was worth your time. Sweet graphics on the table cloth.

[Erica]

Does it keep you awake at night wondering what you missed? Or is that just my crazy way of thinking?

I am dying to see what you are going to do with all those bathroom pretties (is there such a thing as bathroom pretties?).

Happy Easter!

Erica

[Maureen]

Love those old bathroom items.. can't wait to see what you do with them!