Thrift Share Monday - June 25

This week I wasn't in a huge thrifting mood, but the weekend didn't leave me empty handed.

I went to two estate sales this weekend, and only one produced goods.

Vintage ceramic Christmas tree anyone?  I have one of these, that might have been my grandmas, but I haven't seen them with the little bird lights before.  So freaken cute!

Got these Texas Ware melamine dessert plates, cups and saucers.  Look at that great atomic design.

Some cute vintage hats/caps.  What are these called?  One is marked 100% wool, the other looks to be hand-made.  I'll be listing them on Etsy as soon as I can get some information on them.  The red one is marked on the inside but I can't make out the company name,  it's out of New York.

A cute vintage wallet/coin purse.  Love all it's compartments.  Now listed on Etsy.

So many times at estate sales I forget to look at pieces that hold/display items for sale.  If a price is not obviously visible I tend to automatically assume it's not for sale and it's just for display.  I have to manually turn this feature on in my brain, and think everything is for sale.  I went back to this estate sale on it's last day, 50% off.  This is when I grabbed the hats and the wallet.  I figured that was it.  As I was looking through a cart of linens I acknowledge the cart the linens were in,  "Oh this cart is cute-ish", but I didn't see a price on it. I almost walked away, but rolled it around and there was the price on the other side, $12...half off $6.
 
Ok, yeah I know it's a little rough (like my grass), but I've already thought I'll try to sew up the deteriorating cloth, or just put it aside and make a new one.  The cart itself is worth $6.  It will be a very cute display piece at a market.  I could throw so much into it.

I see blue mason jars so often online, very rarely in person, and when I do they are pretty pricey.  So when I saw this jar at a garage sale I almost didn't ask.  Good thing I did ask, because at 50 cents it's a steal.  I know it's missing it's wire and glass lid, but it will be a great addition to my craft space.
 
Last but not least, Pyrex.  Got these fantastic Daisy bowls at a garage sale.  This is the first time I've seen this pattern out in the wild (other than online). 
 
How was your thrifting week?

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Thrift Share Monday October 17

My thrifting has been minimal the last few weekends, and my post have even been fewer.  Sorry, a lost memory card, and now a faulty computer are working against me.  I'm gonna have to ship my laptop away for repairs, but I'm having a hard time wanting to part with it.  I'll have to arm wrestle my daughter to use hers.

I'll be short and sweet with this Thrift Share Monday, and will post a find from three weekends ago.  Wow! Time flies.  It was a lone sale I attended late one Saturday afternoon, and boy was I glad I hit this sale up.  I spotted this Texas Ware set, and I'm slightly familiar with Texas Ware, but I haven't seen much of it.  So as soon as I turned over one of the cups I knew this was something worth buying.
 

As I'm looking at it the hostess asked if I have a little girl and I should buy it for her.  So it sounds like she is wheeling and dealing to make a sale.  Then goes on and talks about how old the set is, and remembers buying it 35+ years ago.  So I'm thinking "Oh no, it's gonna be pricey".  I ask how much it is.  $1 and now half off since it's late in the afternoon.  Holy (explicit)!  Yup you heard me, 50 cents for this 10 piece set.   This is how I should roll more often.  What a great deal!!


 

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