Weekend junk finds

You know, I didn't mean to skip blogging last week, but it just kept on getting pushed further and further down the to-do list that I finally gave up. I've been working hard every day and falling in bed exhausted every night, and it hasn't helped that Porter has had a lousy week in the sleeping-through-the-night department. I'm hoping this week will be better, although I still have plenty to do.
 

I've been doing some fun Halloween crafting and hope to get it done soon so that I can 1) clean it off my kitchen counters before it gets ruined by someone spilling a glass of juice on it and 2) have something to show you all! In the meantime, I have a few photos to share of some things I've thrifted recently.

This Fire King peach lustre bowl and aqua cake plate came from a thrift store I visited in Utah back in August. I did something fun and Halloweeny with the bowl that I'll share later this week. I bought the cake plate intending to resell it, but I love it too much! I just used it tonight, in fact, for another fun craft I'll share later.

This trio of glasses also came from the thrift in Utah, a chain called Deseret Industries. DI stores seem to get picked over really quickly but their prices are generally lower than any of the thrifts here in Colorado so if you're lucky enough to be there at just the right time you can find some inexpensive treasures. I was tickled to find these CatStudio geography glasses for $1 apiece, especially since I'd just seen some for full price a few weeks earlier at the gift shop of the Smithsonian American History Museum in Washington D.C.

I found this milk glass sugar bowl last week at the thrift store. I've seen plenty of orphaned creamers in my thrifting, but never one like this. I love that it looks like a little trophy! I bought this one with a Christmas craft project in mind but I like it so much that I might just leave it unadorned.

I bought this tablecloth at a garage sale I screeched into while we were on the way to Maren's soccer game last weekend. We were out in a very rural area so I hoped maybe the garage sale was being held at a fabulous old farmhouse where they were selling all of the old stuff I love for pennies. Well, not exactly--but I did get the vintage tablecloth for $3! It was actually on a table under the items for sale, but when I asked the owner if she'd sell it, she remarked that her grandmother had given her a stack of tablecloths and she'd take $2 for it. ~ack!~ I asked if she was interested in selling the others, but she declined, and I actually felt guilty that she was selling me her grandma's tablecloth for 2 bucks, so I gave her an extra dollar. She probably thought I was a nutcase to be giving her more than she asked for.

This delicious old green stoneware bowl came from the thrift store just a few days ago. It's unmarked, but I can tell it has some good age by the amount of wear inside. It does have a crack running down one side but I plan to keep this for my own use and enjoyment, and it's barely visible so I don't mind. Plus it cost me the grand total of 75¢ so if it breaks one of these days, I'll be sad but not out much money!

This last item I bought from Etsy, but it fits in with the rest of the good old junk in this post. With the change in the seasons, I'm moving from my nautical obsession into a plaid obsession. I saw this darling little vintage Ohio Art plaid lunch tin and snapped it right up! It also came with a tall vintage plaid Thermos (a collection I'm doing my very best to try to avoid starting because I know I'll fall hard and fall fast and WHERE am I going to display a bunch of Thermoses?) It reminds me of the larger printed metal picnic baskets, but it's a much smaller version, and little things are automatically cute, right?

Did you find any good junk this weekend? I'm linking up with Thrift Share Monday over at Apron Thrift Girl!