Favorite Vintage Finds Of 2016

It is hard to choose an absolute favorite of my vintage finds.

Like picking the best of your children, I guess.

This seemed to be my year for finding both snapshots and cabinet card photographs.

I have never met a photograph - sepia and stained - I did not love.

The blue star crock - lovely size - someone had drilled holes in it for plants.

I sold it - egad!

There is something about the soft gleam of old aluminum kitchenware that captures my heart.

And captures my heart.

And captures my heart.

In 2016, that soft gleam is responsible for over two hundred pieces.

Most of it sold.

I loved all four pieces of this vignette and kept the pieces around for several months.

Then off to be sold.

I can be cruel.

Then if you are cruel, karma comes around to get you.

I loved this primitive blue chest on casters.

And yet I sold him.

Regretted it time I saw him rolling gently away from me.

I had been convinced the price was too high.

Karma intervened and someone snatched him up.

If you are a regular reader, you know I have quite a thing for body parts especially heads.


I scored many doll parts this past year including these heads. 

I kept the Kewpie and sold the rest.

A green primitive cabinet on casters (yes, I do have a thing for casters!)
was a steal of a deal.

It has been languishing in the booth.

If it is still there at the end of January, it will come home to live with me.

And speaking of casters, I bought about seventy of them this year.

I have sorted through to keep some and sell the rest.

Look for them soon in Booth W-10.

In my quest to possess every old book around, I bought quite a few bins.

A few kept for personal use and the rest to sell.

I have been saving back one large bin from 2015.

I promise to start 2017 by tagging those books for sale.

But maybe keep a few.

So what will I be looking for in 2017?

Take a close look at the photo for a clue.

Anything vintage, old, distressed, primitive, numbered, lettered, stained, painted ...

Well, you get the picture.

Wait!  I may want that picture!

If you care to see more, take a peek at my Friday Finds posts.


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Most Popular Posts of 2016

Based on readers' views, here are the eight most popular posts of 2016.

Number Eight is a Friday Finds post where I had numerous emails about these buckets which quickly sold.

From January 22, it's  Friday Finds.

Number Seven was one of my favorite posts - an estate sale at an old farm.

From March 22, it's Peach Farm Estate Sale.

Number Six featured a load of hand-stitched quilts.

From August 9, it's Q is for Quilt.

Number Five is a Friday Finds post about the trove of treasure I bought from Linda at A La Carte.

From March 4, it's Friday Finds With Linda.

Number Four was about my first experience selling at Magnolia Ridge Antiques & Art Gathering.

From May 25, it's Magnolia Ridge - The Gathering.

Number Three features the primitive chest I wished I had never sold.

From April 18, it's Rolling Blue Tool Chest.

Number Two is the primitive table sold at the Magnolia Ridge Gathering.

From March 17, it's Breezy Blue Primitive.

The most viewed post for 2016 was part of a blog hop where participating bloggers revealed items they would be searching during the summer.

From April 29, it's Top 5 Things To Look For At Yard Sales This Year.




So there you have it - quite a wide range of topics - all seem to concern the junk I drag home.

I appreciate all of the readers of my blog.

I look forward to more blogging in 2017.

2017!?!

Is that really for real the year!?!


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Vintage Charm Party #63

Santa Tags

So you have finished dying your bottle brush trees and there is still dye left in the bowl. 




I am not one to waste anything so I always have cloth or shipping tags at hand to soak up the rest of the dye.

I buy the tags by the thousand.

Pre-strung.

I leave the strings on when dying, but may replace them with ribbon later. 

I put a handful into the dye making sure they do not stick together.

Stir.

Using a metal spoon or paint stick crease the tags for a more distressed look.

I place them outside on screens to dry.

Watch out for the drips if you choose to dry inside.

The dye is permanent on most surfaces.

It takes several hours for them to dry.

This is Apple Green Rit Dye.

 Aqua Blue.

Petal Pink.

I used Old World Santa images to make the tags.

Mod Podge the images to the tags.

Added a layer of Mod Podge over the entire tag.

Painted a gold edge.

Left the back plain for Christmas messages of cheer.





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First Bleach, Then Dye, Dye, Dye

First bleach three hundred and forty tiny bottle brush trees and then dye, dye, dye.

 



The most time-consuming part of this project is waiting for them dry, dry, dry.

The lighter trees on the screens is how they look after bleaching.

For deep jewel tones, use Distress Ink Spray.

Super messy - worth the trouble.

The rest of the trees were dyed with Rit Dye in a hot water bath with salt added.

 Rose Pink.

Apple Green with a bit of Gold for a vintage look.

 Aqua Blue.

Petal Pink.


About half of the trees have sold, but there are more in Booth W-10, Riverfront Antique Mall, North Augusta, South Carolina.



For more information on bleaching bottle brush trees see these posts:

Bleaching Bottle Brush Trees 
Bottle Brush Trees On Corks 
Bottle Brush Tree Joy 
Bottle Brush Trees On Molds 
Bottle Brush Trees On Blocks 



And PLEASE do not bleach vintage trees!



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Friday Finds

Friday Finds me missing in action.

I am suffering from a tooth abscess and have to wait to see my dentist - I have had a root canal so there is little pain.

 

This yawning baby was a birthday present from my sister-in-law.

What a cutie.

He's a chalkware night light.

For my birthday month of December, Linda of A La Carte came down to see me, shop and eat cake.

Here we are starting off the journey from Riverfront Antique Mall.

The Community Thrift Store in North Augusta was having a 50% off sale.

They were bursting at the seams with goodies.

There's Linda combing through the china and glassware.

Next we went to Marketplace Antiques on Broad Street in Augusta.

Whatever you collect can be found here.

This is the upstairs.

For lunch we had Curious George sandwiches for nutrition at Boll Weevil Cafe.


We saved half our sandwiches for supper.





So we could overindulge in coffee toffee cake with raspberry drizzle.

Yes, it is that HUGE!

The two of us could not finish.

I took a chunk home for later. 

We finished the afternoon back at Riverfront after a disappointing trip to a Goodwill where we found nothing!

Linda promises to shop the entire antique mall in one day.

Linda, many have promised but few have accomplished this task!

Yes, she bought bottle brush trees!

So what did I buy?

At Community Thrift I found this vanity mirror frame.

The yo yo doll will be dismembered for the yo yo's.

The bottle brush tree can be straightened and bleached and dyed.

The book and the sheep are quite happy they will not be tortured at all.

I found the stable.

Linda found the figurines - half of them chalkware and half plastic - all old.

Thanks, Linda, for letting me have them.


 

We did not  even find ONE orphan Baby Jesus.

At Marketplace Antiques I found this French catalog from early 1900's selling antique reproductions.

Small pieces, fabrics and draperies are listed with the dimensions and price.

I plan to save the catalog and scan the pages into the computer for projects.

And finally porcelain door knobs.

These will be in my Etsy shop in the new year.





 
Linda and I had a wonderful time and have made plans for more junkin' adventures.

If you live within traveling distance of Augusta, Georgia, come on and visit me for the day. 


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