Weekend Junk Finds: Mother's Day edition

 For Mother's Day back in May, one of my gifts was that The Mister watched the kids so I could go junking ALL BY MYSELF for as long as I wanted! That man knows what I truly want! I hit a few antique stores and a few thrift stores and came up with some goodies.

This stack of wooden berry baskets and the vintage floral tablecloth beneath it were from a neighborhood yard sale. The cloth was dirty but came nice and clean with a good OxiClean soak, and I was tickled to find the berry baskets because I had just watched this: Studio 5 Berry Baskets video

While I was out shopping I decided to make a quick stop by the Goodwill Outlet. I hadn't actually been back there since my initial jaw-dropping foray last summer. I poked gingerly through the bins and managed to unearth a small handful of vintage ornaments and an Ovenex Starburst muffin pan. I try to only buy them when they're still pretty and shiny, but since the grand total for all of these items plus the vintage pattern in the next photo was $1.07, I thought it was worth getting.

 At the antique store, I found this collection of old flash cards. I already had the ice cream and cake cards and thought the others would be fun additions, especially for a bake sale or for use on a dessert table at a party. I can never get enough of old flash cards!

At the thrift store I found a huge white platter, an antique embossed card in an old frame, and a monogrammed silverplate baby cup.

Also at the thrift store, I found these sleeves of paper serving dishes. The white bowls will be perfect for homemade ice cream this summer and I had intended to use the cute little red boats as holders for the brownies at Maren's Bake Sale. I know I can find uses for them.

And the final thrift store find that day was this gorgeous vintage signed Kandell & Marcus NY rhinestone brooch! I've included the quarter so you can see how big this piece is.

It measures 4.25" long so it is quite the statement piece! I had never heard of Kandell & Marcus NY so I tried to research but couldn't find much information other than the fact that they made costume jewelry starting in the 1940s. This brooch must have been one of their more popular sellers, because I found several listed on eBay and other antique-selling sites. Since giant blingy vintage brooches are kind of my thing, I believe I'll be keeping this beauty. One just never knows when one might need something suitable to wear to a Diamond Jubilee, right?

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