I had a tiny window on Friday to hit estate sales. I hit two. The first one I hit was a family run sale and they opened up early with only a couple of us there. I always ask when I walk in a sale where the Christmas is. The woman answered me that there was room of Christmas upstairs that was really full. As I walked (bounded) up the stairs I had visions of a room of great vintage Christmas...and me the only one there! Sadly, her very full room was for the most part mediocre modern stuff. I got a couple of things, but luckily the second sale was better!
Some old baking cups (for crafting) a couple of boxes of teardrop shaped ornaments and a fun recipe box. 
I seemed to have the Midas touch with all the gold colored holiday tidbits.
Gold leaves with original price tags attached.
I seem to have found a smidgen of pink. I love these teeny pale pink light bulbs.
On Thursday a friend came by and gifted me with a vintage Santa. The Friday estate sale had me finding his twin. I also found a fun tree topper.
One of my favorite things was this box with old holiday rubber stamps. I think they are fairly old. 
(I think they would stamp better if I had a new stamp pad...mine is a bit dried out)
A good couple of sales.
I did not hit any sales on Saturday. I had a special event that was MUCH more important than estate sale land. Ben graduated from college!
Such a proud mom today.
It WAS a HAPPY DAY!
Those stamps are great-- love the pictures. Congrats to you and your son!
Posted by: Diane | June 15, 2014 at 04:39 AM
Congratulations to Ben!!!! Love that picture. Love those vintage holiday stamps too. We are in Detroit and will be hitting a few estate sales before we attend graduation and Father's Day activities . They actually have sales on Sunday. Woo hoo!!!
Posted by: Musings from Kim k. | June 15, 2014 at 04:47 AM
Congratulations to Ben! Tell him to do what he loves; the money will come later. If he can get a government job, take it! Good bennies...SS and a pension!
Love the little holiday stampers; classic vintage! Those prices make your head spin! What we got those days compared to what we get now-is that inflation? Also, hard to find the American made anything now, eh?
Love the plastic nativity, too! Yours even has an angel with shooting star atop!
Cheers to the mom of a college grad, great photo!
Posted by: Betty in Alexandria | June 15, 2014 at 04:47 AM
Congrats to Ben! What an amazing day for all of you. What are his plans now? And more important, are you going to get to have him home for a while?!
Glad you got out to do a little sale-ing before the big day. It really helped me last week to clear my head before Alex's graduation. Love all the vintage Christmas you found. Your radar is always on, isn't it?
Happy Sunday & Happy Fathers Day to Tom!
Erica
Posted by: Erica | June 15, 2014 at 06:23 AM
Congratulations! Such an accomplishment!!!
Posted by: Chris McKinley | June 15, 2014 at 06:47 AM
Congratulations to Ben! That's a great picture of him too. What a great feeling that must be for our grads! Love those little rubber stamps and pink light bulbs. Right up your alley.
Hope all of you have a wonderful day!
Posted by: Doreen | June 15, 2014 at 06:51 AM
Congratulations to your son! What a bunch of great pics in this post! I have a really sad version of that Pinocchio doll, so it's nice to see how he originally looked!
Posted by: Molly | June 15, 2014 at 07:20 AM
A great shot of Ben holding up his diploma!!
Posted by: Kathy | June 15, 2014 at 07:30 AM
Congrats to Ben! Gosh those years flew by fast, didn't they? And now his future is spread out before him, and he has the world at his feet!
Love all of your vintage Christmas finds, especially the pink bulbs. I bet you already have something in mind for them. Perhaps the beginnings of a bulb wreath?
Posted by: Carol @ Old Glory Cottage | June 15, 2014 at 07:36 AM
Congrats to Ben and to his momma!
Posted by: Eddie Mitchell | June 15, 2014 at 08:44 AM
Congratulations to your son and family on his graduation! (And congratulations on having one less tuition payment!).
Great yard sale find with those rubber stamps - the crafting possibilities are endless!
Posted by: JoyceG | June 15, 2014 at 08:45 AM
Ben looks so very happy!! Hope he will be home for a while, or will he go fight fires again this summer?
Love those old stamps, it's the graphics and colors, you favorite things!!
Posted by: Annette | June 15, 2014 at 09:21 AM
Congratulations! A very happy day indeed. Best wishes to all of you.
Posted by: Julie | June 15, 2014 at 09:33 AM
Great rubber stamps. Great picture of your Ben.
Best of luck to him.
Posted by: janet johnson | June 15, 2014 at 09:49 AM
Love those stamps and congrats to Ben!
Posted by: Melissa's Antiques | June 15, 2014 at 11:29 AM
Those stamps are wonderful - I know you will use them on your cards or something clever. You need to make some baking tin toadstools - they are so cute! But most of all - WAY TO GO BEN! No more smiley face haircuts, I guess....:(
Posted by: Shara | June 15, 2014 at 09:20 PM
Congratulations to Ben! Hope his future is bright. I love the stamps.
Sheryl
Posted by: Sheryl Remy | June 16, 2014 at 05:14 AM
The finds are fun, but Ben graduating, how exciting! Congrats to you all! One proud momma for sure :)
Posted by: Marci | June 16, 2014 at 09:27 PM
Love seeing Ben the graduate! Hard to believe he is done already, it feels like he just got there!
Posted by: Kim G. | June 18, 2014 at 06:29 PM
Congrats Ben! What a great photo!!!
LOVE the old holiday stamps; what a great set!
Posted by: Maureen | June 18, 2014 at 07:20 PM