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Hey everyone.  I know I've been M.I.A. around here.  Sorry.  I'm really trying to gear up and get some, a, one Thrift Share post up because I have done some thrifting.  I think I'm just getting discouraged since I'm not getting as much thrifting done as I want due to work, and vegging once I get home from work (so tired. Sleeping in my blog title isn't just a cleaver name...I'm a sleeper).  However, I do have wants to get some post up, some more stuff in my shop, and some actual sewing done. 

As of right now this second I'm focusing on my Esty Shop (durr and obviously writing this post).  I'm aiming to add more vintage goods and figure out a better way to post my vintage sheet listings.  In the mean time I'll try to get some motivation (by sales) therefore I have my Vintage Sheet Bags on sale, $5 off when you use coupon code 5offVSbag.  Now until May 24, 2013.
 

Also, I've added a Special Mystery 20 pack Vintage Sheet Fat Quarter Bundle for $20.  Get 20 vintage sheet fat quarters that I choose at random for $20. The regular pick your pack bundle is listed for $26. So that's a 23% savings.  :-)



 
 Alright. I'll be around some more soon.  I promise. 

Thrift Share Monday - April 22

One estate sale was literally squeezed in last week, just before I was scheduled to be at work.  It was raining and I got to the sale later than I had wanted, but the rain seemed to put a damper on attendance because the sale was dead.  Good thing though, because that meant I was able to run in and out in almost 15 minutes (that's really all the time I had to spare).

I did my run through and grabbed just a few items.

Some fab aluminum cups.

An awesome set of vintage canisters. There is some funky film, plastic stuff on them, but it's slowly coming off.



Then I spotted what I had seen posted for the sale online.  A gorgeous, sleek, vintage sewing machine.  Way, out of my league....they always are.



This was a four day estate sale, and I'm one hour in on day one. So I ask the host if prices would be lowered on the last day of the sale (usually they are, but this seemed to be a home ran estate sale so I just wanted to make sure).  She asked "Why?" so I tell her I'd be interested in the sewing machine if it was still available on Sunday.  She asked me how much I'd pay for it and stupidly I say half off, it was priced at $100.  Immediately she said "Ok, it's yours."  

DAMN!!!  What?  What just happened here?  Apparently this estate was not waiting around to make a higher priced sale.  Then I had to run to an ATM, in the rain, to pay for this unexpected purchase, and get to work.  (ummmm 8 minutes late.  Ay!)

I've wonder if she would have taken less, stupid me offered $50.  However, with estate sales I've learned some things; like they usually tend to be very strict on prices early into the sale; you don't want to offend with low offers because you never know how they would react, they could be like the Soup Nazi and say "No soup for you!", ban you from buying anything from them; or increase the price just like another estate sale I've been to did.  Nevertheless, I AM HAPPY!
 

This is a 1947 Singer Sewing Machine, thank you Singer for having the "Date your machine" on your website, and it sews like butter.

Once I figured out how to thread it, with some partial help from Youtube videos (I couldn't find the exact machine, but I got the gist of it) I was able to do some as-seen-on Youtube things like sewing through layers of denim.  OMG...it went through 8 layers of denim like nothing, with beautiful stitches on both sides.  The only way I can express how this makes me feel is this clip from "Pulp Fiction".

Vintage/thrifting is my "drug" of choice, and finding awesome things at great prices, like a working 1947 Singer Sewing machine for $50, gives me a rush, happy, euphoric feeling. 

Oh yeah, mom grabbed these oh-so-groovy orange plastic containers while she made a random sale stop.


That's all I got for you this week.  So does anything you have or do give you that rush, happy feeling?  Aside from love ones.  :-)

Thrift Share Monday - April 15

Garage and estate sales are in full force, now that spring is here, and it "seems" like I'm stuck indoors at work during prime pickings.  "Ahhhhh let me out, let me out". 

Friday wasn't bad though, I went into work a bit later and was able to make it to an early morning, privately ran, estate sale.  I think I got my prime purchases this day, but they were however on the pricer side.

It was definitely a lamp stop, I got some really nice lamps here, and since they are "functional" and really cool this is how I justify paying more than I normally like to spend.  So here they are.

A yellow swing arm desk lamp.  It's really quite big, and oh so cool.

Then an item I've been eying for some time, but whenever I do see them they are already priced for retail.  A Panther planter, TV lamp, in lime green.



I usually see these panther lamps in black, but the lime green just seems so much more fun and less bachelor pad.  Right?

Last lamp is this double goose neck industrial-ish(?)  desk lamp.  It has some aging, patina discoloring, but I think that adds to it's character.

Well since we're on lamps, and these light up, check out these super cute vintage luminary nutcrackers my mom got at this sale.

I also got this super cute little outdoor metal table. It folds, and it was only $5.  I think that was a steal.  Maybe one day I'll get around to paining it.



Saturday was a busy day.  My daughter had a school event that started early in the morning and lasted throughout the afternoon, plus I still had to work in the morning.  However, I got creative and squeezed in some garage sales between drop off time, performance time, and work, then back to school for the main event.  Ay!

On Craigslist I saw that there was a garage sale close to her school, with the hyped up words of "Huge two home combined garage sale".  I tend to laugh at these type of ads now since they NEVER pan out to be what they claim, but with only 25 minutes to kill before performance time I took my chances.  I got to the sale early, as they were still unloading their horse trailer full of stuff.  I'll admit seeing a horse trailer being unloaded did make me a little excited, however, the substance of it wasn't mind blowing, but I did manage to grab a few items.

Like these antique telephone glass insulators.

I've seen these around, but when I do see them they are pricey.  However, priced at $12, bundled with three other items it was an awesome deal. 

One of the other items that were bundled with this purchase was this (who knows what I'll do with it) accordion pegged rack.


It's huge!!!  Fully stretched it's over 7 feet long, that's a lot of pegs.  Maybe when it sits around for a few years I'll end up using it as a trellis. 

Same sale, separate purchase, I bought another antique ironing board.



Yes, I said another.  I have one I bought last year, that I've done nothing with and it is folded up in my room constantly in my way, but I think they are so neat looking I just had to buy it.  It's was a bit more then what I paid my for my last one, but like I said in the other post I've seen these priced much higher, and the price was right. 

Oh, just a few more things to show.  The prior weekend I did make it to a Sunday estate sale that was on it's third day, with tons of stuff (like piles of stuff still...literally), but it had little to be desired.  However, mom did scrounge up some vintage embroidered table cloths for me,



and I got this wooden rolling cart.

Yup, I need another rolling cart like I need another hole in my head.  I have 6....ok maybe 7 waiting around to be listed/sold, but I just can't seem to walk away from a great priced cart/table.  Hi, my name is Cassandra, and I'm a cart-a-holic.  You can see some of my accumulated carts here, here, here, here, and here (the red one is still on my favorite list....which means I don't have the desire to sell it... yet).

Alright Spring, bring the sales on!

Thrift Share Monday - April 1

Oh Ooohhh!  Believe it or not, sadly, I did absolutely no thrifting this last week.  No thrift stores, no estate sales, and no garage sales.  *Sigh*

That is really depressing.  So this kinda sorta means I have no thrifted finds to share.  Ack!  And I was doing so well with regular Thrift Share posts too.

However, I've realized that there are some thrifted things I haven't posted about.  They've been a bit neglected, and I'm long over due on a post featuring them all by themselves.

What are these neglected, thrifted things I'm talking about?  Well, vintage sheets... of course.  
 

My slightly organized mess.

It's been months since I've written a lone post on vintage sheets, with the rare mention of even finding any, but that doesn't mean I haven't found any. The occasional vintage sheet find has been exactly that, "occasional", and like many other times they might get missed on being mentioned in a Thrift Share post because they are in the garage waiting to be washed, are sitting in the wash, or lying in the dryer (for days). 

So here we go, my vintage sheet finds from the last several months. 
 

 I love it when you find coordinating sheets at different locations back to back like the one above and below.



 This lovely blue and green one is actually a twin, maybe full, thin bed spread, with white edge fringe, and it's AWESOME.  I'm still torn on if I'm gonna cut this one up or attempt to sell it as a whole.  There is some very small stains on it and it's fringe with one small tear (that I've seen so far).  So cutting up might be the most practical thing to do.



Don't think I'm gonna continue to hoard these lovelies all to myself.  It's been a long while since I've had Etsy listing for vintage sheet fat quarter bundles, therefore it's time to get some listings back up.  So without further ado you can now view my stash of available vintage sheets on Flickr and re-stock-up on vintage sheet goodness right from my Etsy shop. 

Happy April!

Thrift Share Monday - March 25

Alright this post is going to be short and sweet.  Otherwise it won't get posted.

I managed to make it to two small estate/moving sales this weekend, which translates to stuff for sale that they don't want to pack up.  Usually these types of sales don't offer much, however I did manage to squeeze some nice finds out of these two sales.

Like this so wonderful, small Fire King Jadite mixing bowl. 


I have the milk glass nesting bowl set to this pattern. 

Next up some lovely Pyrex, an Empire Scroll divided casserole, and a small Horizon Blue mixing bowl.



Then there is this lone, oh-so-retro, glass.  It has a small c in a circle on it's base.  I'm not familiar with that marking.  Anyone know who the maker is?

Got a cake keeper. 

And last but not least my mom made it out to a few estate sales on her own, and didn't score much of anything, but she did get me a whole bunch of rick-rack, bias tape, and lace seam binding for $1.50.  Score!!!

Alright, that's all for today.  How was your thrifting last week?

Thrift Share Monday - March 18

Well, to avoid messing up a streak of Thrift Share Mondays, since I did no thrifting this week, I'm going to post on some previous finds I haven't posted about yet.

This share will be a bit different because this one will be about a few books I've acquired. I tend to steer away from books because I bought a whole bunch at the beginning of my thrifting ventures, with the thoughts of being able to resell them, but they were flops. However, I've put some use to them by using them as display/height props at my craft shows.

Alright, first up is the fantastic classic 1968 Bambi book. 

I first got this book in January. The art work is so fantastically, gorgeous and soft. So vintage-y.

 

My first thought when i saw this book was that these pages would look amazing framed. Then I froze, because I felt bad thinking about removing the pages, even though the hard cover isn't in the greatest condition. This issue has been fixed, I think, because I found the same book last month, and the cover is really warped. So I shouldn't feel bad about framing those pages.  

You know what the best part of this Bambi book is?  It ends just as Spring starts.  So you never know what happened to his mom out in the open.

Next up is this 1908 Sears catalog.  Which is so sad to look through.

Sad? Yes.  Why? Well, because I want to buy this for today's $3,000. A nine room house.

 

I wouldn't mind a "talking machine" either for $15.90.

Well if these items don't do it for you then are you more of a vanity type?  Need your skin whitened?  Well then, this lovely bottle of White Lily Face Wash is recommended for you, AND it DOESN'T contain arsenic.  So gift giving this to your "favorite" mother-in-law would do you no good. 

Getting tired of your curvaceous womenly figure, well we got you covered because now you can literally have the shape of an hourglass.  

For as little as  47 cents you can rearrange all your internal organs. 

Oh, don't worry guys, there is something sexy for you too. 

So hot...right?  No really...I mean it must be sooo hot wearing fleece lined bodysuit underwear. 

Last but not least you have this.

 

0_0  Um....I'm a bit at a lost for words here.  All I got is now I know where the idea of the Flying Nun came from.  Nothing like a dead bird on top of your head that would make you wonder how it would be to fly by your head. 

Now I haven't had the chance to go through much of this next book from 1958.  From my memory I vaguely remember this shows remake with Bill Cosby, "Kids say the darndest things".

The thing that drew me to this book was the old Peanuts drawings, because we all know this isn't the Snoopy we now know and love.

Alright, that's all for today.  I hope you enjoyed this unorthodox Thrift Share post.