Yes There's More!

Next up are some more things I found this weekend. Its interesting I can go months on end without finding a thing, then in one weekend find a plethora of goodies! Without further adieu, here they are!

Irish wool blanket. The label says its a shawl, but its so big it'll fit a twin size bed easily.

Irish wool blanket, found at the church sale on Friday.

This 50's chenille coverlet was purchased last spring at a church sale. It was filthy but I was able to get all the stains out, now making it perfect! It makes a nice throw when it gets chilly out on the porch at night.

Got this linen towel Sunday at the first estate sale on Sunday, I actually have two others exactly the same purchased unused over 20 years ago!

From the first estate sale Sunday. The woman had tons of hand embroidered, crocheted, and knitted pieces that were in  beautiful condition.

Another Mexican themed embroidered linen towel from the same sale.

Look how pretty they look all lined up!

I found two of these linen towels.

Look at the beautiful embroidery!

I know it seems crazy that I have all these linen and tea towels, but I actually use them. I prefer using them over wasting paper towels. Love the pretty birds in the tree on this one!

This is one of three kitchen cabinet units we found. This one dates to around the 40's-50's and has a lovely grey formica top typical of the era.

                                             

                                                      Bread box!

Here is the second cabinet, same formica patterned top.

This one is the last and the oldest, dating to the 30s. It has a cast iron enameled top with great deco details around the bottom.

The interior, made by "Artcrest"

The top view, its not grey, its white enamel.

My evening cocktail... I created a new Pimm's Cup with Pellegrino Blood Orange and a dash of Pomegranite juice, yuuuum! (It looks better when the ice hasn't melted!)

I have probably one or two more posts, so more linens (I found a lace tablecloth that is exactly the same as the one my grandmother made!) and some funky clothing I've picked up over the summer. But for now I have a zillion errands to run and need to get hopping!

XXX

Jet

Vintage Tag Sale Finds Part 2

Here is the second part of what I was able to find this weekend at a few yard sales.

I had recently mentioned on Bella Morte's blog that I had a great teapot collection (pissed that I missed out on a sale that had a monkey teapot!), but really needed to start looking for teacups. And I found them in abundance! So many I had a hard time choosing! I love the look of mismatched teacups and plates when setting the table for dessert, so it only stands to reason that I'd like a nice variety of teacups!

The ivy planter on the left is made by Metlox, and I have one I got about 20 years ago when I had my flea market booth. So now I have two! I'd like to find some nice succulents to put in both. (I'm on a succulent kick at he moment, filling all my little vintage planters and vases with them as they look so interesting when you group them together and are very easy maintenance! The only problem is the dearth of succulents this time of year, I guess I'll have to wait until the cooler weather hits and people start thinking of houseplants.) The hot place looks like it might be from either the 50's or 60s due to the print on the reverse which was a typical print for kitchen counter tops back then. The yellow flowered plates where not from this weekend, I went garbage picking when a house nearby had a ton of things destined for the landfill. These are made by Blue Ridge and quite collectible. I probably won't keep them as they don't match any of my other plates, so some lucky person may get them when I do the flea market in a few weeks! (If you're interested, let me know, they'll be going for very little as I like to pass on a bargain.)

Some of the cups and saucers I picked up at the first tag sale. All the cups and saucers were $3 a set and in perfect condition with no chips or cracks. The blue (the remind me of the Royal Pavilion in Brighton) is by "Rosina", The green by "Paragon", The black by "Royal Stafford", all made in England. Oh look, a shot of my husband's work van in the background. Its so weird looking, one of those Mercedes vans that are super tall -- they look so odd when you're used to seeing "regular" vans. He can't wait to be rid of it!

The green is by "Aynsley", the footed iridescent cup and saucer have no markings, nor does the yellow on the left, and the yellow on the right is by "Aynsley".

Large closeup of the footed iridescent cup with delicate cutouts on the saucer. We actually went back towards the end of the sale and I couldn't leave that one behind!

Note how the "Aynsley" saucer doesn't match the cup ): I actually love the cup more as it looks very 30s.

An unopened envelope of doilies! Look at the fantastic graphics! I may never open it, even though the doilies look so pretty and would make any dessert so glamorous!

The Dansk crock (soup tureen?) was picked up Friday at a church rummage sale. There isn't any marking aside from "Dansk" so I have to do a little research to see if its heatproof. It would be so useful if it can go stove top or in the oven as I love to make soup and stew when the temps drop.  I have loads more to show from that excursion, after they get out of the laundry! The Danish plate is from the first yard sale, such a lovely shape with delicate design.

It was never used, still with its original sticker. Have no doubt, I will definitely use this piece!

I always snap up vintage glasses as I'm a klutz who breaks them easily. I actually already broke my fav one, the pink and black! (Yeah I was drinking iced tea when I took the pics!) The black pitcher is sooo heavy, purchased at the second sale where the owner told me it was quite old. Perfect condition too!

So there you have the next installment. I will try to get to the rest over the week... at the sale I got the Viking sewing machine, I also picked up a ton of other stuff as the second day we went they had a bag sale. Cute vintage, newer items, housewares, and more. And thankfully we dropped off four boxes and three massive bags of donations so I made some room for new goodies to come into our home!   

I hope this was an enjoyable peek into the types of things that catch my fancy as I love seeing what all of you choose to keep from clogging up the landfills!

XXX

Vintage Tag Sale Finds

Today we went to a few tag sales, which we hadn't done in some time. They were interesting sales, one was the estate of a 102 year old woman who ran a farm locally. She traveled extensively, and had some great finds. The house, basement and garage were stuffed to the gills, and the sale had actually started yesterday! Another was a family with many years accumulation. I've got a bunch of stuff in the dishwasher, but here is what I did manage to photograph.

Large framed French fashion print -- I have quite a few smaller ones so they will look nice grouped together. A small framed Picasso print, a rusty old toolbox, a fab faux leopard hat that came with the hat stand and I was able to snag another hat stand as well!

A 1930s peach silk teddy, unworn! (The lighting makes it look pink, but its peach.) 

A silver mink stole in perfect condition -- goes great with my hair!

60s tote, it has snaps so you can make it into a smaller size.

Same tote opened to full size. Love the colour combo! 

And for the old lady with a back injury and bad knees, a 60s heating pad that still works!

I have a whole bunch more, mostly glassware and housewares, some interesting tea cups and little bits and bobs which I will photograph after they've dried. I also got some fantastic vintage 30s-50s freestanding metal cabinets. Since I've been trying to do small renovations to my kitchen, I may wind up ripping out some of the hideous cabinetry and use them there instead! So look forward to more pictures this week! 

Also, if you fancy a ride up to the' burbs, I'll be doing a flea market at the local historical society the weekend after Labour Day. Its always a great sale, with a variety of vendors, mostly vintage and antique and I'm hoping I can move some of my clutter out! I have so many fab vintage items I no longer use (most have been replaced) as well as some fantastic vintage clothing. If you're interested, please feel free to email and I'd be happy to give you directions as its quite easy to get to from the train station or by car. (punk.glam.queen at gmail dot com) Hopefully this will give me a leg up and I can get my Etsy shop going again as I did really well in the past! (But then got too lazy... wish they would come up with an easy shipping calculator!) 

I hope you had a great weekend, besides hitting the tag sales today, I hit a church rummage sale on Saturday and found some interesting things as well! 

XXX

Jet