Fifty Miles of Garage Sales! A Great Weekend!

I have been looking forward to the annual Route 90 garage sales for at least a month now.  It is 50 miles of garage sales from the village of Homer(5 minutes from my house) to Montezuma.  I never make it more than 1 of the 50 miles, before I am A. to tired and B. broke.  You may remember some of my finds from last year.

 

 

 

You can read more about it here.

Well  this year did not disappoint.  My husbands class reunion was the night before so I did not get up as early as I wanted.  We arrived at the start at 8:05 am.  Already by this point there was no place to park, so we drove up about half way and parked on a side street.  This actually worked to our advantage.  We were able to stop half way through and drop stuff off.  Next year I am bringing a cart!

Well here are my finds!  Get ready because this is a long post.

Vintage Thermos with the glass liner still intact.

This quilt has some damage but it was $3.00.  Yes just THREE!

This one which has “From Mother 1932” embroidered on it is slightly more damaged but it was only $2.00…Yes just TWO!  I am now doing my happy dance!

More vintage linens for my addiction stash.  This whole pile (113 pieces) was $7.00.

Vintage sheet music.  This is going to make it’s way into my Etsy shop.

My daughter found me this great heavy tray in  a free box!

This box for a dollar.

Filled with vintage cards from the thirties through the fifties.

Love this….for only .50 cents.

Love this too, but it was $2.00.  A little more than I like to spend, but it reminded me of a nautical look and so much cheaper than retail.

A 1924 and a 1932 National Geographic.

This milk glass basket was such a steal at $3.00.  The glasses were .50 cents each. 

This was not a steal, I don’t think.  It is an old milk bottle holder and was $5.00.

I thought that this would make good jar filler……for only a quarter.

MORE DISHES!  I was going to put these in my Etsy shop, but my daughter loves them.

Six napkins.

This is for my little girl.

More DISHES.

These sweet little cards have never been used.  They will also be making their way to my shop.

more linens

Stamps $1.00.

I love this little talcum powder tin.

Hankies $1.00

This is hand painted milk glass.  Does anyone know anything about this?

Cute vintage purse with matching change purse.

I got another one too, but used it today.

Four bags of stamps.  I thought these would be neat in altered art.

Buttons in a neat old container and an old crayon box.  Can’t resist me a cute old box!

Finally for $1.00 I got all these vintage cake decorating things.  Aren’t the crowns cute?  So there you have it my weekend in a nutshell.  I hope you stayed till the end and were not to bored.  If so I would love for you to leave me a comment.  Thanks have a great week!

 

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Thrifty Summer Decorating for the Dining Table

For the past several weeks my dining table has looked like this.

All decked out for the Fourth of July.  Since these are some of my favorite colors I wasn’t in any hurry to change it out, but when I found this at a yard sale this weekend I knew now was the time.

You can read more about it here.
The first thing I did was to remove the “extrras”.


Once that was done I was ready to roll!  I went around the house and gathered up bunches of bits and baubles to add to my crate.

Then I was ready.  I kept the table runner that I was already using.  I picked it up at the Christmas Tree Shop last winter for $1.00.  Yes $1.00, they announced  90% off  on all their clearance while I was shopping.  It is Waverly and double sided, I love the other side as well.




Here is what I came up with.

I knew I wanted to use my large ironstone pitcher that I had picked up about a month ago at a church rummage sale.  It came with the bowl and was $10.00 for the set.

I also knew that I wanted to use my vintage primitive sail boat that I got two weeks ago from an estate sale for $1.00. 

I love vintage post cards and pick them up when ever I can get them.  This is one of the cigar boxes that I have them stashed in.  I dug around and found a few that would work.

The two that I ultimately chose were this one, which is a scene just about a mile from my house.

And this one of a man fly fishing in Virginia.

This French mason jar was in a free box along with the candle.  The sand was left over from my daughter’s graduation party last year.  It originally came from the dollar store.  I pick up shells at yard sales when I find them, this time I mixed them with a few light blue marbles that reminded me of sea glass.  About a month ago I found a whole plastic shoe box filled with those decorative marbles, in all different colors, at a yard sale for $2.00.

The vintage sea fans were in a box lot at an estate sale a few years ago for $6.00 for the whole box, this is just a small sampling of what was in there.

More shells in a zinc topped  blue mason jar that I found at an antique mall several years ago for $2.00.

I wanted this to look good from every angle.

I love vintage linens, so I dug through my stash  and found this sweet little number that reminds me of a pennant banner.

Finally I added a vintage flash card I bought in a lot of 12 from Eccentricity on Etsy.    They are circa 1953 and were $1.50 for the lot plus shipping.

The dictionary definition

 

berth (bûrth)

n.

1. Sufficient space for a ship to maneuver; sea room: kept a clear berth of the reefs.

2. A space for a ship to dock or anchor: a steamship moored to its berth at the pier.

3.

a. Employment on a ship: sought an officer's berth in the merchant marine.

I thought that was perfect for my little maritime vignette.

Of course all the stuff I used to add height to it all was also thrifted.  The dictionary is also vintage and was $1.00.  The blue mason is sitting on a German to English book and was in a free box.  As was the matching French mason jar that the other one is sitting on.

 

The only thing that wasn’t really thrifty is the vintage sign holder.  It was a present from me to me.  It came via Huntwood Antiques on Etsy.  I received three of them for $41.00 plus $8.00 shipping.  I love them and wish I had more.  They are great for holding vintage postcards and you can see one more here.

So finally in case you have not been keeping track the breakdown.

 

• Vintage Pepsi crate $3.00
• Table Runner $1.00
• Large Vintage Ironstone Pitcher $5.00
• Primitive Sailboat $1.00
• Blue Mason Jar $2.00
• Small French Mason Jars free
• Candle free
• Sand $1.00
• Postcards .50 cents
• Sea Fans $1.00
• Marbles 2.00
• Shells $1.00
• Flower Frog .10 cents
• Linen Doily .50 cents
• Flash card .27 cents
• Books $1.00
• Sing Holder $16.33

For a grand total of $35.70, not bad if I do say so myself.

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Colorado Lady Vintage Thingy Thursday

Shabby Chic Cottage Transformation Thursday

Tales From Bloggeritaville Thrifty Thursday