Tuesday thrift loot

I most certainly hope that all of you had better weather this weekend that we've experienced here! Temperatures in the low 60s with gloomy skies and frequent rain showers put the kibosh on doing much of anything outdoors. I've been trying to get the last of my garden in the ground but the darn rain won't stop long enough for me to get anything done! I don't fancy planting my green beans, potatoes and pumpkin in the mud but we're leaving tomorrow to go out of town for the next six days so I'm desperate to get things in the ground before we go.

I promised to share photos of my small-town thrifting loot from my trip to Southern Colorado last weekend.
Proof once again that I am physically unable to resist buying packets of vintage rickrack. I probably have enough of the stuff to stretch to the moon and back but I still can't pass it up, especially when I find fun striped and multicolored variations like these.
More thrifting Achilles' heels: vintage embroidery transfers (especially for wacky anthropomorphic fruits), vintage seam binding and vintage buttons.Large jars of buttons get me every time, even when they're not vintage. Just like big jars of candy, aren't they?Vintage Valentines (military-themed, to boot!), Strawberry Shortcake fabric (to be made into a new smock for Maren), a milk glass cold cream jar to be altered, and a spool of vintage gift ribbon.
These goodies actually came from an estate sale a few weekends ago. A chickie cupcake pick, old boxes of birthday candles and sewing pins, and vintage patterns.


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