Fun Finds Friday

Wow!  It's been forever since I've posted Fun Finds Friday!  (If you are following me, you will note that a bunch of posts were removed after February.  Sorry about that!  I had an oopsie on the computer and I'm too lazy to go back and rebuild!)

I had a marvelous thrifting day, in spite of the fact that I actually had to go into work today for part of the day!  With finds like these, maybe I should make working on Fridays a habit!

I found most of these treasures at the same yard sale and at awesome prices!

Here's a little closer look at my finds:

I'm a sucker for old shoe forms.  I haven't figured out what I am going to do with them yet, but they always look awesome in vignettes and shelf displays.

I got both of these old sewing drawers for $2.  I love these.  They will be cute in either the sewing room I plan on creating from one of my kid's now vacant rooms or as more vignettes.  I like that word...vignette, vignette, vignette.....

That WordSearch game in the back was practically free!  It is FILLED with very vintage looking rounded wood letters.  Kind of like round scrabble tiles.

Is this old clipboard TO DIE FOR?????  And, get a load of the price!  I have plans for this that I think are awesome.  More to come on that!

Lastly, I love old insulators - especially pretty blue ones that are only .50!  They are also awesome for......join me in saying "vignettes!"  I'm not sure why I got the old stein, but it looked antiquey (if that's a word) and if nothing else, I thought I might have luck on ebay with it.  I also got the old fan for $1.  It doesn't work, but the Cowboy is pretty hand with electrical repairs, and look at that original turquoise color!

I think I made a killing today!  And I think there are a few of you having murderous thoughts of jealousy at my great finds!

Happy Friday!

Linking to:

Junkin' Joes (The Cottage Market)        Homemaker on a Dime (Creative Bloggers)

The Vintage Farmhouse                        Sugar Bee Crafts

Sew Many Ways                                   Chef-in-Training Tuesday Talent

Elizabeth & Co Be Insipired           Primp - Primp Your Stuff

Whatever Goes Wednesday - Someday Crafts

Shabbilicious Friday                                Let's Pour Tea

Fun Finds Friday

I was a ‘vintage girl’ when vintage wasn’t cool.  It all started with my mom – who was also a vintage girl.  I grew up with antiques in every room. Like many things passed down by your mom, I inherited her love for anything old that possessed character. 

In the late 80’s when the Cowboy and I got hitched, my sense of style and taste were completely different from everyone my age.  Our new home was filled with antiques that I brought with me to Texas from California (where I was raised), while theirs were filled with glass and brass.  The Cowboy and I scoured the antique section of the newspaper and haunted antique auctions to furnish our home.  Our very first purchase was a vintage dining table at an auction.  Our second purchase was a tiger oak buffet and hutch.  They are still my two most cherished pieces of furniture in my home.  Some day, if I ever finish my living room makeover, you will get to see them!

Our dining room had a large bay window where I grew up.  On one side of the window was a collection of old bobbins. When I see old bobbins, it brings back special memories for me of family dinners gathered around the huge antique table in that room.  Because of this, a couple years ago I started collecting old bobbins. 

Sometime in the next year, I plan to purchase a cargo trailer and salvage the rest of the antiques and items that are special to me and bring them to live with me here in Texas.  My brother, who now lives in her house, has no sense of sentimentality when it comes to things.  In fact, I have almost taken my shotgun to him when I have discovered some of her antiques that he has either given or...THROWN away.  He says Mom is in his heart and he doesn’t need ‘things’ to remind him of her.  While I completely agree, some of her ‘things’ just bring me comfort and seem to bring her a little closer.

I had a great thrifting day on Friday.  While everything wasn’t cheap, it was all a great bargain.

I have been wanting a Keurig Single Cup Coffeemaker, but they are so expensive and I only want it for when I am hosting Scrapbook and Stamping events at my house.  (www.ilove2scrapandstamp.blogspot.com), so it has been hard to justify buying one.  But then I went to a yard sale and I found this brand new, in box, Keurig.  This model usually runs $160 and I got this baby for $60!

Aren't those the coolest old wood shoe forms?  I got all three shoe forms, the bobbins and the vintage Polaroid for $25.  

I know.

Don't hate me.

Linking to:
Cap Creations,

Treasure Found, Lost and Found Again!

I purchased a super cool, unique, vintage hutch at a garage sale last week. I couldn’t wait to get it home and install it in my remodeled craft room. But, when I got it home it just didn’t look right in the only place I could use it. I was heartbroken. It is such a fun piece and it had a great story. The man who sold it to me was in charge of the estate of his grandmother. He told me stories of the family dinners around the dining table in the room where the hutch spent the last 60 plus years. I fell in love with his story, his hutch and his family and I promised him that it was going to a good home that would continue to cherish it.

Since it wouldn’t work anywhere in my house, I was left with no option but to put it on craigslist. A lot of people cringe at the thought of a “craigslist encounter”, but I have had several wonderful encounters and met some delightful people through craigslist. Within ten minutes of posting it, I had received five inquiries. (I got a good deal and was passing it on to a lucky purchaser.) Email conversations began. I always try to be conscious of the first responders and give them first shot if I have anything to sell. I ended up pulling the ad down almost immediately because of the interest. Anyway, to make a long story short, the first responder decided I lived too far away, so the second responder jumped on the opportunity (who, incidentally, lived quite a bit farther.)

I wish I could have afforded just to give it to them. They turned out to be a young, beautiful family of four (two small boys) that were absolutely adorable. They even had to come in two vehicles because the truck would not accommodate them all! It was so fun to meet them, hear their story and make a little connection. They made my night.

I no longer felt blue about having to give up the special garage sale treasure because I found a new treasure in a special little family that day. And, I was able to keep my promise to the sweet man who sold it to me. It was going to a good home that would cherish it.