Weekend Junk Finds

After a week stuck inside with a sick Maren, I dragged the kids 40 minutes' drive for an estate sale. I was obviously truly desperate, as taking them to an estate sale is generally just shooting myself in the foot, but The Mister had to work, I couldn't leave a sick kid with a babysitter, and I needed to GET OUT and look at some junk! The ad for this estate sale said the owner was a borderline hoarder, and I'd have to agree. There was more fabric in that house than in some fabric stores--no kidding! I was there on the 3rd day of the sale and it didn't look like it had even been touched, though it was priced to move. To give you an idea, they were going to have a second sale the following weekend of the upstairs of the house and two storage units, because they hadn't had time to even touch those while dealing with the main floor & basement.

I didn't buy any fabric because it was crowded, I had my kids, and the light was terrible in the basement. I did go into the dish room--a tiny basement room that was filled with stacks and stacks of old china, including one of my favorites: LuRay pastels. Since I got there the third day all of the really great stuff was gone already, but I managed to pick up a half dozen of these plates: 4 Sharon pink, 2 Persian Cream yellow, and a Surf Green bread plate.

I also found this vintage Christmas tablecloth wadded up on the floor in the basement room. I wish I could have gone back this weekend to see what treasures were upstairs and in the storage units at that house!

These were from the thrift store. A pretty, shabby Homer Laughlin bowl (headed to Etsy eventually),

A pair of plates with a mod leaf border decoration perfect for autumn (love the turquoise, yellow and gray!),

and some fun vintage books to use in decorating. I liked the bold black and red covers of the music books. The children's book originally had a pair of scissors attached to the cover in that funny-shaped red spot, and inside are several gummed pages of stickers that were meant to be cut out and stuck throughout the book. All of the gummed pages are still intact, so I'll have to keep an eye out for a little old pair of scissors to fit on the cover!

Meager findings this time, but I just haven't had the chance to get out much. I'm positively itching to get my hands on some vintage Christmas goodies and am anxious for my local thrift stores to start putting out their holiday merchandise!

Did you find any treasures this weekend?