Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Thrift catch up

I have a wonderful husband. Last Friday he was off of work and he took over Maren duties for most of the day while I went out shopping & running errands. It was so nice to be able to do them alone! I managed to squeeze in a few quick thrifts while I was out so here are a few pictures of my finds, as well as a few things from the past few weeks that I hadn't photographed yet.
At left we have 2 sets of Japanese stacking mugs. I have no idea why I keep buying these; maybe it's because all the cool girls have them, and I want to be like the cool girls. I don't drink coffee or hot chocolate and they don't sell well on eBay, so I have no idea what I'm going to do with them. The bowl is vintage Color Craft aluminum and was 30 cents.
Next up we have 2 vintage Fire-King mugs. Both were 60 cents each and both will go on eBay in a lot of FK mugs I've been collecting. The Jingle Bells were in a bag of other sewing supplies I bought a little while back. The 2 vintage pillowcases will be made into dresses, eventually. The pink one in the front is actually the same as one I bought earlier this summer and made into a dress for a friend's daughter. Funny that I'd find another!

I bought these three flower pins a couple of weeks ago. The pink one isn't vintage (it's Joan Rivers) but I thought it was cute and I am a sucker for polka dots. The gold one has little wires in the middle that are topped with little rhinestones in 2 different shades of green. I thought the greens would be pretty for fall. The one at bottom right is special. It's sterling silver and turquoise and mother of pearl and is marked TAXCO. I haven't been able to figure out who the artist was (it is marked with initials) or an approximate date yet, which I'd like to do before I list it on eBay. It's a pin but also has a loop for hanging from a chain. It's pretty, but not my style so I hope it sells well!

There's more, but Blogger won't cooperate so those will have to wait until another post.

2 comments:

  1. Great finds. I love those mugs! I also found some like this on Monday. I haven't posted photos yet. I totally agree. I really have enough mugs but they are just too neat not to buy. Especially since they are usually cheap.

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  2. Anonymous8:04 AM

    "all the cool girls have them.." LOL! Thanks for the giggle this morning. I like those mugs as well. They are very cheerful.

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