Friday Finds

Well, folks, this will be the last BIG Friday Finds for awhile.

I have more projects to finish than I have time.

 

Will I stop hunting for vintage treasures?

NO!!!

I just won't buy as much and I promise to share.

Like this 1940's era bridge table.

You know how much I love forties florals.

She has a lovely folding undercarriage.

Already in Booth C-23.

Another set of ironstone - cups, dessert bowls, and bread plates.

Light blue with a darker blue stripe.

Scalloped edges.

Mayer China - Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania.

Hometown of what football star who advertised panty hose?

Sweet baby shoes.

A stack of reference books.

A necklace of vintage buttons.

A brass lantern.

A brass candlestick with angel wings (Etsy - HERE).

A rusty heavy iron candle sconce.

A group of baskets I will be using to display the baby shoe project.

Last year I made door decorations with ice skates.

(Using Ice Skates In The South - read here!) 

This year I plan to just sell the skates and let the customer make her own. 

A large silverplate bowl.

A silverplate golf trophy bowl.

A black and sorta white end table.

A candlestick stand.

Some hymnals.

A nicely framed photo of a bay with biplanes and armored boats.

A rusty pair of mens ice skates.




A "leather" suitcase.

A design book.

A Greek book of paintings of country churches.

A small bird in nest.

 

Two boxes of reading comprehension flash cards.

The flash cards are for grades 2 to 6.

The first card I pulled from the box was on poker.

<Insert your own joke here> 

I fell in love with the scraggly topiary tree.

It just may be my Christmas tree this year.

Two small stools needing a paint job.

A grapevine star.

To hang on the tree.

MY FAVORITE!!!

Deep in the discounted section of the thrift store was a basket of nativity figures. 

Chalkware.

From the 10 and 15 cents prices marked on the bottoms of some, I am guessing late 1940's or 1950's.

Two cows, two donkeys, two shepherds, two angels, three camels, FOUR wisemen, Mary, and Joseph.

And who might be missing?

BABY JESUS!

It is lucky I collect orphaned Baby Jesi because He has gone missing from this set.

It might have something to do with the fourth wiseman or the extra angel.

PS  Joe Namath, poster guy of girl's college dorm rooms in the early seventies, was from Beaver Falls.

Video here. 

<Insert your own joke here>


See y'all!

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Quickies

 

On this bright, beautiful Sunday morning, I have two truly fast-as-the-speed-of-light quickies.

A divided box - once part of a desk.

Spray painted in Krylon Burgundy. 

Waxed with Howard's Citrus Shield in Dark Oak.

Buffed.

Buffed.

Buffed.

Great for a creamy white collection.

Or bottle brush trees <shhhhh!>

Drive to Columbia.

See dresser at thrift store.

Pay for dresser.

Load into truck. 

Drive back home.

Wash off dresser.

Admire the beautiful gray paint with a glaze of antique gold.

Drive dresser to Riverfront Antique Mall.

Load her into Booth C-23.

Admire her beauty and take photos.




Bagged and tagged in less than 12 hours.

Did not have to lift a paint brush.





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Friday, Oops, Saturday Finds

At some point this past week I lived two days thinking it was one. So when Friday came along, I thought it was ... Thursday.

Alas and woe is me!

I forgot to publish my Friday Finds post! 

So here it is - on SATURDAY!

Three large dictionaries in red, white and blue.

One large file box suitably rusted.

The only hydrangeas that love me - Fake!

Embroidered tablecloth with crocheted edge.

Tarnished patina on a lovely silverplate pedestal.

A large box filled with red chintz-y china.

There are 21 more dinner plates!

 









"Printemps" by Grindley - England!

Three rather cute dog prints.

Another look at the embroidered table cloth.

A bag of flocked Christmas ornaments.

A Christmas tin.

A box of unopened cards with delightful Victorian children.

I walked into the thrift shop and saw this atomic age bookshelf and did a double take.

I think this was in my first classroom way back in 1976.

 
I traded mine for a table a few weeks into the year.

Of course there were thousands of these around.

BUT ...

This one had a Boston pencil sharpener on the side just like mine!

Spooky.

The two Halloween buckets will not be pumpkins for long.

I love those large stainless bowls for dying cloth and tags.

An old cake pan.

Three vintage tins.

The hands figurine is actually an ashtray.

A framed group of dried flowers.


And ...

A 1950's era Winnie The Pooh.

Like National Velvet, I always buy Pooh.

We will end with this lovely silverplate ice bucket/
wine cooler/ Champagne chiller.

So sorry about the lapse of memory.

 

I will blame it on my advancing age.


See y'all!

Use this discount code to receive 10% off your purchase at the Distressed Donna Etsy store:

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Show And Share No. 285

Vintage Inspiration Party # 211

Shabbilicious Friday & Christmas

 Feathered Nest Friday