Friday Finds

Last Saturday I was invited to the Belvedere Women's Club First Vintage Market.

Olive Out and Joe Out invited me to come early.

She had already started me a stack.

My pile.

I took the whole load directly to the booth, tagged everything I wasn't keeping.

And headed homeward.

Sorta.

These two were made for each other and are sitting on the front porch.

The trellis has had a makeover.

The crates tagged.

Bought two ladders but one sold as I was bringing it in.

This little cutie is still available.

Sometimes being bottomless can be a good thing.

Like this distressed bird cage.

I passed this sweet pink chair by two years ago and dreamt of it ever since.

First Olive was selling it and then not.

This time when she decided to sell it, I snatched it up.

Olive included the ticking pillow and the hooked chair pad.






While arranging the items in the two booths, I turned the corner of the aisle to spy these two beauties.

Copper rain spouts from an old building.

Going in the new kitchen as shelves.

Stopped by SPCA Thrift Store to find a 50% off sale going on.

Bought this ghostly dresser for Chuck.

No, it's not floating - it was upside down in the truck.

An old military dresser - for the quartermaster. (Stamped on the back.)

Except for dirt, this white Samsonite train case is in great condition.

A pair of badminton rackets in a double press.

A Bessie Pease Guzmann print.

On Tuesday I dropped back by the thrift store to find another 50% off sale.

A tin chicken with an egg cart. 

English tea tin.

Carved wood Santos figure - keeper.

This sweet dresser.

You will find out about her makeover soon.

If you don't like rats, don't read the post!

See the pink chair hanging out in the yard?

She does not stay out there.

Just use her for photo background.

Big frame with a photo of a house.

I have no idea where I bought it.

My neighbor had a sale.

I bought this beautiful mirror to sell.












And this tall white one.

Keeper - for the new kitchen.

We are still boxing up stuff to move out.

We have about two more weeks to get the areas being renovated cleared.

I am trying to restrain myself from buying stuff ahead of time, but cannot resist.

 


Tomorrow you can see Horror Monster's makeover - it's dramatic!


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Friday Finds

Time for Friday Finds.

An easel.

Tan suitcase with the original collapsible hangers and keys inside.



A globe in great shape including the how-to booklet - 1974.

Who knew you had to how-to a globe?

A group of bottles.

Measurements down the sides.

Metal seals once on the tops. 

I think I love them.

Old children stuff.

Shoes.

Chairs.

I love old children, don't you?

Rusty angel.

Rusty stars.

A fancy leg off something.

A worn New Testament for my collection.

Four by two and a half inches - tiny.

American Bible Society

National War Work Council of Young Men's Christian Association

New York 1918

Stamped inside the cover.

Two owners - one from Alabama and one from Indiana.

The names no longer legible.

So sweet.

A pile of rackets - all but one with the presses.

Small bookcase with atomic legs.

Birdcage.

Children's books.

Round vanity tray.

Two small oil cans.

Hawaiian cookbook.

Two old atlases.

A worn silver tray.

A flip top green bench/trunk.

Dolch word list flash cards. 

Most important for elementary students to know the basic words of the English language.

And finally a red cash drawer.

Yes, the bell rings when it is opened!

Beautiful wood patina inside the drawer.






I really appreciated all of your comments last week.  I am trying to catch up.  We had a death in the family.

I promise I read every one.


See y'all!

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Fall Into My Booth

I spent some time last week bringing some bits of Fall and Halloween to the front of my large booth.



Booth W-10 is at the end of a long aisle - this is what meets the customer's eye.

I keep items from all holidays in the back section of the booth moving them forward when the time comes.

No shifting back and forth from mall to home.

Just rotating stock around the booth space and adding the new items.



 

The orange pumpkins are for display - Dollar Tree finds.

Dollar Tree starlings for my birdcages.

Creepy image clings on the mirrors are from Dollar Tree last year.

I hope they have some more this year.





 

And what about Miss Katherine who was front and center?

I carefully shifted her onto sliders and slid her around the corner.

All 150 pounds of her!

She is one hefty lady.

I will be adding more as the season progresses.



See y'all!


 

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Friday Finds

Another year of chickening out on the 127 Longest Yard Sale.

However, I did chance upon a garage sale where the couple had planned to sell at the 127 sale, but their plans fell apart.

I wish I had arrived sooner - trucks piled high were leaving as I drove up.

I envisioned this drop leaf dining table in a soft gray, but it was stored in the back of the truck when I was unloading at the antique mall on Tuesday.

Another dealer offered to help unload and shove it in the booth.

Thanks, Pamn!

It is mahogany so painting would have been quite the chore.

I had to go back in Chuck's truck to pick it up. 

It was so humid my lens kept clouding up.

Maybe a romantic dining table.

Available in Booth W-10 - cheap!

My project can be your project.

Several years of Victoria magazines.  

A friend and I scanned through for the ones we wanted.

The other bundles are $3 each bundle in Booth C-23.

A quick run through GW netted me a large old bird cage and a metal bookshelf.

When they are cleaned and tagged, they will be at the antique mall.

Did you save up your babysitting money to buy a John Romain handbag?

I did!

Found two vintage ones in great shape.



Along with milk bottles, picnic baskets and the green-legged little table.

More vintage hats - all available in Booth C-23.

The hat in front has a matching clutch and hat pin in a Cullum's box with the receipt!

Cullum's has been gone for decades.

The hat alone was $50 way back when.

For back to school, a child-size paint easel and a large cursive tablet.

A couple of baskets.

A small table needing a lot of work.

A blue Old Yeller.

A pink and green homemade doll.

A set of medical encyclopedias in a magazine box.

Some more thrift shop finds:

Two carved wall hangings.

A candlestick table.

A piano music stand.

So all in all, I did not need to travel four hours to shop.

 


In fact I found so much, we skipped Saturday's auction.

Happy hunting this weekend.


See y'all!

CLOSED FOR SUMMER!

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

DISTRESSEDDONNA16

SHOP HERE!