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. 


See y'all!

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 I will accept reserved listings if you see something in the blog posts you want.

Friday Finds

An estate sale last Saturday was hidden right in the middle of Aiken.

An old game reserve for a once grand hotel in the 1930's.

A cottage packed with bottles, books, and dolls.

WARNING: If you were a bit disturbed by the dolls in yesterday's post, just wait until you see the ones from this sale!

A Carom board in the box with all the pieces and instruction booklet.

A brown wooden donkey flower pot holder.

I could not even imagine how many dolls were in this house - all old.

A pair of Canadian sailor dolls.



These are keepers for now.

Especially the cute small one.

A doll I have not ever come across.

A cloth body with pressed tin head and shoulders.

I think I love her.

The rubber baby doll had been exposed to high heat at some point but his head is fine.

Two torsos.

Miss Kewpie looks a bit afraid of her companions.

Yes, four more heads.

The last two heads.

I know I love the head (only half) on the left.

Both are definitely my style. 

A bottle brush tree with mercury glass beads. 

Two Avon powder tins.

There had to be hundreds of Avon bottles and jars.

Plus hundreds of bottles of every description. 

A print of a girl practicing first aid on her dog.

A black lunchbox.

Reading textbooks.

Keepers.

Field guides to birds.















 

Stacks of gospel and chorus books.

Maybe I can use this first aid manual on my dolls!

Yes, I caved.

Yes, I bought.

Yes, I am out of my junk funk.

Yes, I've got my junk groove back.

Yes, I will go out hunting this weekend.

There are five estate sales and two auctions. 

Decisions must be made.

Routes must be carefully timed.

Money must be spent.

It's junk-loving time.



See y'all!

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French Angel

A lovely French angel created from a brooch, a piano music stand, and a waxed paper transfer.

No before photo.

Just a mahogany stand.

I did not bother to block the mahogany from seeping under the Bermuda Sand white I was using.

I did not go for full coverage.




 

Used E6000 to glue the brooch in the middle.

Applied a waxed paper transfer (tutorial on this later.)

Instant patina with the pinkish hue coming through.

A bit of crackle from sanding lightly over some places.

Lovely plaque - French/Nordic style.

Yes, I am stuck in that place for now.

Image courtesy of Karen at The Graphics Fairy (here).

Type "reverse typography" in the search box on her page.

There are numerous images for you to choose.

Sunny and hot this day.

I am tired and covered in sanding dust and white paint.

A bit pink in my cheeks from the sun.

Wore shorts all day.

I am happy.

For now.



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Sold!

sold!

Sold.

Sold.

Sold.


Last week I did not go after bargains.


I spent real money ...

and got things for me.

Well, maybe some for Etsy ...

and some for the booths.

I thought these were neat.

Shirt hangers for a wardrobe or steamer trunk.

Not sure if they really vintage.

Put them on Etsy.

I can see them pink and Frenchy.



There was one shirt and pants hanger.

Also on Etsy.

Again, I see pink and Frenchy.

Lace and vintage buttons.

Maybe some typography.

Maybe I should keep them.

The ideas keep coming

If you want them, you better hurry.

Saturday as we were backing out of the drive, the Fed Ex guy drove past our house.

Chucks said that he had better not stop here.

He stopped here.

With not one big box, but two.

Two boxes from Antique Farmhouse.

Look, Danni, body parts!

I loved these mannequins.

I will admit they were slightly bigger than I thought.

I think they need crowns and pearls.

Or go outside with rusty tiny stars around their necks.

Oh, the possibilities.

Yes, Danni, another head!

A ram's head!

Chucks definitely did not get the reasoning behind this purchase.

I needed a ram for all my sheep.

Tiny spice and medicine bottles in a floral vintage box.

Bag of square rusty nails.





I see art projects!

Okay, I see I took multiple pics with the bright orange price sticker on the mirror in the cage without ever seeing it until I downloaded them.

Vintage turquoise cage.

Chucks thinks it is going to the booth.

Silly, silly Chucks.

IT IS TURQUOISE!

After all the exotic, the vintage, the body parts, this purchase seems mundane.

I am painting it.

I am trying it out on the front porch.

 
If it fits, it stays.

If it does not, it goes.

That's the rule.

Chucks has been regaling me with stories of some hoarder guy who died, and the authorities had to break through the roof to get to his body.

Silly, silly Chucks.

Has he seen our attic?

See y'all!

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