Thrift"Store Therapy, Part 1

Quin leaves tomorrow morning and will be gone for the entire week, meaning it's The Mommy Show all week long. I stole a few hours of 'me' time yesterday in preparation for the long week ahead and of course, I went thrifting! Here are some of my finds:


This one is probably my favorite find of the day. It was only! $5.95. I know a comparable lamp would retail for easily $40. The shade is shot, but that's an easy fix and I know Target has some really cute shades in their Simply Shabby Chic line that would look great with the base. In fact they used to carry a lamp very similar to this, and I saw another similar one in my new Country Living magazine today. The lamp is glass and very heavy, with cut glass balls on the base. It's tall, almost 24". I love it! Not sure which room it will go in yet, as I am running out of places to illuminate, but rest assured, I'll find a place for this beauty!



This is so fun! It's hard to tell from the photo, but it's actually a hostess apron with scenes from Colorado silk screened on the front. It was $1.99. I am not sure of age, as it is in almost-new condition, but I can't imagine that they sell a lot of these in the gift shops around town nowadays. At any rate, this is a double-collectible for me, since I've been collecting both old Colorado souvenirs and aprons. This will likely go in the guest bedroom with all the other Colorado stuff.






These appear to be linen tea towels. I'm not sure if they are vintage or just made in China, because of the very Asian cherry blossom motif. I loved the colors, which don't show up great on screen but are red, yellow and teal. One has a pretty good sized yellow stain but I'll go soak them in Oxyclean and see what I can get out. I think these were maybe $1.99 for the pair.











Five rolls of vintage seam binding, $1.99. Each roll has 100 yds and they all appear to be full, so that is a lot of seam binding! These may go on eBay, as I've done some research and a fewsimilar lots have sold. I know Jenni Bowlin frequently uses vintage seam binding in her projects; I remember getting some at CKU a couple years ago, so maybe there's someone else out there just looking for something like this! I'm half tempted to keep the aqua-colored one, but I don't know what I would ever need all that for!
















This is a little milk-glass bowl (like Pyrex is made of, but this one is not marked any brand name). I don't know who Ricky is or why his name is on his bowl, but I thought this bowl was cute for the red checks. I figure I can always turn the Ricky part around. I'm always looking for small bowls for my kitchen to use for baby food or chopped ingredients when making dinner. This was $ .60

That's all for today. More goodies tomorrow!