I recently joined another group....the $99 Thrift Challenge from Apron Thrift Girls Blog.. I went to my local Salvation Army and scored!! all this for only$6.85!!!!!
Of course after whining on ApronThriftGirl's blog about not being able to find kewl finds like her pretty glasses....what do I find today....a cute little tulip glass!!! This will be my new favorite drinking glass.... then a vintage pyrex bowl..it's rust colored with sprigs of wheat on the side....3 delicate teacups with black filigree....these will probably go up on e-Bay......then a cute bluebird figurine...I'm really into bluebirds these days.. Next up was a Lobster Souvenier Plate from Maine....a few years ago I started collecting Lobsters and 'Maine" type things...mainly Lobster things with "Maine" on them...as I was born in Maine and my family is from Maine and most of my relatives still live in my hometown in Maine....actually first I started collecting 'Crab" things because I live in Chesapeake Va...then it got me thinking about Lobsters from Maine so I started collecting those too....then I found these cute little dessert plates( there are two) with pink flowers on them...and I LOVED these pink coffee mugs......these will be my new favorite mugs for having my coffee in the morning....and there are two so I can invite a friend over...LOL....and then finally these two silver things which I have NO IDEA what they are...but they looked kewl..and I figure there's someone out there who can tell me what they are for?? Once I know what they are, I'll probably keep one and sell the other on e-Bay...So...does anyone know??? they almost look like they'd be for hanging tea cups but they are too small for any of mine...hmmnn... 
Close-up of my Lobster Plate
And here is my little Bluebird figurine in a place of honor on my dining table...
3 comments:
Don't you just l-o-v-e thrift stores? And garage sales too...
When we had to go through & price the contents of our home, something for renter's insurance I believe, they asked for garage sale prices - "not what you paid for the item, but what you'd sell it for" - I laughed out loud, because I buy so much of my home decor stuff secondhand, the garage sale price IS what I paid for most of it! (I either buy my stuff used, or at craft shows, or things are given to me - I think I can honestly say the most expensive decor item hubby or I have purchased is a wooden cross he gave me for Easter this year, around $40.)
I love things from the past, and you can't buy those in a regular store - they add character to your house, and that keeps your home looking different from everyone else's on the block.
Oh absolutely...I mean how kewl is it to be able to get soo excited over a $7 shopping spree!!
My daughters enjoy it too....my oldest buys a lot of her clothing at Thrift store and looks adorable...very 'vintage"
Hiya Maggii. Love all your goodies! How fun! I am your partner in the choc swap! If you don't mind, I'm going to wait a little while longer 'til it cools off a tad. I don't want it to melt!!! xo
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