In the fall and spring there are many neighborhood sales where a number of residents have yard sales on one day.
They print a map to pick up as a guide.
It's 7:30AM and I am off to Aiken Estates to discover what treasures I can find.
The first house was a mother and son selling off her collections to get ready for a move.
It was early but they were ready for bundle deals.
I bought all the Zanesville pottery.
Thanks to Linda at A La Carte for helping me price it.
Four dozen small glass bud vases.
Linda helped with these too.
In fact she did all the research for me.
A box filled with tiny Occupied Japan figurines.
Not as sought after as years ago but still make a great display for Christmas villages.
Four glass reamers (or juicers).
Your eyes are not deceiving you.
I forgot to put the fourth in the photo.
A few 1950's children's books.
Belonged to the son but he did not want them.
Kitchen gadgets all in the original boxes.
Someone had grabbed the huge box of them.
Weirdest mold I have ever found.
New in the box - carefully wrapped in tissue.
Naked chickens!
Henny Penny molds for gelatin salads.
My grandmother used to make ham gelatin molds, but never chicken gelatin molds.
Hers were molded in swirly molds.
Neat thing about the set of graters is they all fit together to hang.
All that at the FIRST house.
And I had a pocketful of money left.
I had planned for the chair to be a project to learn to paint upholstery.
However I have sent it to the booth to become some other lucky person's project piece.
Third house.
Tall pedestal with packages and packages of lace panels.
No photo of the lace panels - forgot and now they are sold.
Next house a basket of knobs and small canvases.
More lace - doilies and place mats.
The box is a set of lovely glitter crowns - each with a religious theme.
I bought a whole box of hangers to get the vintage advertising ones at the bottom.
Found a bunch of the old painted ones in the box when I went home.
Chucks needed the pants hangers.
Good deal all around!
Last house and they were ready to get rid of everything.
How late was it?
Only 9AM.
I bought quite a stack of her baskets like these.
More lace.
A white cosmetic case.
A star colander.
Vintage package of dolly clothes pins - original price of forty-nine cents.
Tiny Tupperware containers with the lids.
My mother used to put peanuts in our lunches with these.
And something kitschy.
Plastic mugs from Spenser Gifts dated 1982.
Did you buy crazy gifts from Spenser's?
I have been busy with bottle brush trees and getting the house bulldozed for the holidays.
I wish someone would invent a Roomba the size of a lawn tractor to clean for me.
See y'all!
It is so nice to have friends who find things you love as they travel around.
One dear friend is Olive Out.
Recently she had a pile of things for me to go through and decide which to buy.
She knows I am on an ironstone pitcher hunt and found this beauty.
Along with the decorative metal piece.
The book and the syrup tin came from somewhere else, but look at the lovely linen fabric in turquoise and gold.
Using this for fall decor right now.
A rusty wire basket filled with bobbins and spools of several shapes and sizes.
I love a good basket.
She found this old chalkware piece and knew it would be perfect for my bathroom.
Two tables.
Olive had painted them with black chalk paint.
The tall oak one you will see tomorrow transformed.
The Moorish one is currently in front of the fireplace with fall decor on it.
I plan to use the table as a base for the Christmas tree.
The brown desk Olive envisioned painted in a soft blue, but after getting it home and cleaning it, I decided to sell it just as it is.
Great mid-century vibe.
It is waiting for its forever home in Booth W-10, Riverfront Antique Mall, North Augusta, SC.
See y'all!
Another true Quickies post.
I needed some fall baskets at the booth.
Found three likely victims.
Pulled out some partial cans of spray paint.
Voila!
Baskets in cinnamon, black, and dark walnut.
Perfect for displaying autumn smalls.
Sturdy berry crate.
Lost its label.
Half can of white.
Light spray followed by a light sanding.
Ready to work in the booth.
Coming up - a trip to Madison, Georgia, and a meeting with Linda at A La Carte.
Have a lovely Sunday!
See y'all!
One Thursday Chucks and I decided to make a sprint up the road to Ridge Spring for lunch at Juniper. (FB page here)
Of course you have to visit Stuff and Things - the best junk store ever!
A basket of buckets.
A pile of Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew.
A small crate and two buckets.
Hundreds of saving stamps.
S&H, Top Value and others.
Some never used.
Including booklets.
Sold right away.
THEN Florence informs me you can still redeem them online! (HERE)
Had delicious salads at Juniper and headed back home.
Of course I must stop at the thrift store.
Found these two caned seat chairs and the end table.
The chairs were featured in the Sunday Quickies post.
See the makeover HERE.
See y'all!
Third house.
