There were not a ton of sales this weekend but one looked quite promising. It was on Craiglist starting Tuesday but with no address only cross streets (this is normal and the address is posted closer to the date.) I happen to get the newspaper daily and the sale was listed there with the address. Friday a.m. I headed out to the sale. I WAS THE FIRST PERSON THERE. Evidently the address did not post on CL till very close to the 10 a.m. starting time. The benefits of reading the newspaper!
When the sale started there were about 35 of us in line. I love being first. It was a digger sale and I dug for 2 and a half hours.
I dug Christmas from quite a few boxes. Most of it was new, but I did manage to find the old stuff mixed in.
My favorite Christmas were some old bottlebrush wreaths and an adorable vintage pixie.
The woman had tons of dolls and did some doll crafting too. I found some fun dolls to repurpose as well as crafting supplies like doll hair.
There were tiny doll basket which will be super for next Easter spun head crafting.
The face in the above photo is actually a rubber ball. It has become rock hard with time with this sourpuss expression. I have another ball similar to it, so this one needed to come join the other one.
This is the back side. Bo-Bo. The patent date dates it to 1943.
With a digger sale, I am literally digging through unsorted drawers, bins and boxes. Sometimes I spend some time digging out smalls like this which I use for crafting.
A sweet clothespin bag.
Equally cute laundry bag.
A funny turtle pincushion.
A harmonica. The raffia behind the harmonica is actually a three tone grass skirt. Everyone should have a grass skirt on hand. I could wear it and play a tune on the harmonica! (alas, I have no musical talent whatsoever).
I think this old plastic train was intended as a child's dish. It reads CHOW CHOW TRAIN on the side.
I found this old Portland Cracker tin in the basement in my third or fourth round through the house. Things were really buried and you had to really dig for treasures. It still has the glass in the window.
I have never seen a tree topper like this. The angels are suspended and seem to float around the top of the tree.
Needlepoint pillow cover.
I don't know why this photo won't load the other direction...vintage holiday door mat.
Amy and I were out junking Saturday a.m. and happened to be near the estate sale. We decided to hit it a second time. This second go round I left with two concrete deer that I had missed the first day. (Amy spotted one in the back yard) They both are missing ears, but look fine with the rest of my herd. They were $5 each! Happy dance.
I love estate sale land!
I have a love/hate relationship with being #1 at estate sales around here. Obviously I love getting in the door first but if you are #1 on the list, it is your job to line people up. I hate lining people up! I make Maddie do it if she is with me :-)
Love your earless deer. When I saw them on IG yesterday, I was wondering if you were going to Magpie them up.
Happy Easter!!
~Erica
Posted by: Erica | April 05, 2015 at 06:37 AM
Wow, sounds like a fun sale! That Portland cracker tin was a great score. I have not seen one with a glass window. Love the laundry bag and clothespin bags, too. Well done!
Posted by: Kathy | April 05, 2015 at 08:09 AM
So many wonderful things. I love the doormat, the cracker tin, and the tree topper especially. The deer are too cute. When you shop at a digger sale like this, how do they get your total at check out? Do they go through your bags and price each item or just look at it and give you a lump sum total?
Posted by: Eddie Mitchell | April 05, 2015 at 12:15 PM
Lucky me, I do have a hula skirt. I think it only goes about half way around me, though. I thought it was a bag of raffia.
The cracker tin is wonderful!!!!
The cute turtle pincushion reminded me to ask if you have a pincushion collection. Oops, I just checked your list -- pincushions were #7 collection. I guess I'll go refresh my memory.
Hope you are having a Happy Day!
Posted by: janet | April 05, 2015 at 02:11 PM
Digger sales are the best kind of sales. Super fun treasures and I'd love to see you model that grass skirt!!
Posted by: Musings from Kim k. | April 05, 2015 at 06:46 PM
Looks like it was another good one! Hope you had a happy Easter!
Posted by: Melissa's Antiques | April 06, 2015 at 05:42 AM
Is that blue plastic piece a water ski for a doll? I would love a digger sale. Here they are very control everything is displayed and priced. There is never anything personal like recipe books, letters or cards. I love your finds.
Posted by: Sheryl Remy | April 06, 2015 at 01:26 PM
You always find such unique and amazing stuff! I love that someone else finds the charm in broken things. Some people think your nuts when you get excited about something that others think belong in the garbage. There is something to be said for well loved and showing your age with people and junk ;)
Posted by: Stacey Johnson | April 07, 2015 at 08:49 AM
What a great haul! I love it all, especially the laundry and clothespin bags! You are still astounding me with your finds! Happy Tuesday! karen...
Posted by: karen | April 07, 2015 at 09:10 AM
The deer with missing ears remind me of the chocolate Easter bunny with no ear whose caption says, "what?"
Posted by: Tammy | April 07, 2015 at 05:39 PM
Oh that clothespin dress and bag are fantastic! And that cracker tin with the glass, those are so neat and so hard to find. Great estate sale, I would have been in heaven :)
Posted by: Marci | April 09, 2015 at 06:54 PM