Junk is taking over my house! Not in a call-the-producer-from-Hoarders type of way, but in a two-vintage-markets-in-as-many-weeks sort of way. It's a good thing, really. That's what I keep telling my husband, anyway!
A few weeks ago I found a garage sale less than a mile from my house.
The first things I saw in the driveway were these old pillow cases, both nicely embroidered. The one on the left is appliqued with the sweetest print fabrics, and both have a row of pretty shell buttons that close the cases.
Once I ventured into the garage, I found these--a strand of mercury glass beads, a crocheted Christmas card basket (why do I buy these? I swear they never resell but for some reason I love them) and an old blue glass Ball jar. I also found the plaid tablecloth in the background--I love the combination of red, green, yellow and gray! It's a Simtex and the tag charmingly informs us it was "Made Right in America." There were several more tablecloths at this sale and all of them had a tiny note pinned to the corner with the dimensions of the cloth noted in spidery handwriting.
Moving further into the garage, I unearthed this yellow rose printed tea towel and the fantastic aqua gingham pillow with tiny black rickrack edging. It's stuffed with a great old down pillow.
The girl running the sale was younger than me, and she told me this sale was all her grandmother's things. The garage was pretty packed full, and when she said "you should have seen it last weekend, it was even more full!" all I could do was groan because of all the good stuff I must have missed! She said that they're still cleaning out her grandmother's home & storage units so I gave her my business card with an invitation to call me but I'll be watching that corner for garage sale signs for a while!
A few other recent finds--even though I've largely quit buying aprons, I couldn't leave this fruit-print cutie behind. The pint canning jar is a different brand than I usually find (Drey) and the pink Gooseberry Pyrex fridgie somehow survived the Goodwill Outlet without a single chip.
And one last find, this one destined for one of my booths--a silverplate trophy bowl from 1967-68. Hope it sells!
Those embroideries are so awesome I may have slapped the person selling them! Between those, the aqua pillow and the crocheted bowl (I can't crochet and I want one but they are so pricey!!) I probably would have actually cried with joy right in front of people. High five sister!
ReplyDeleteDon't you just hate to hear that you might have missed some goodies?! Love all of the pillows, especially the aqua one. And I think it's only a matter of time before Hoarders does a Blogger Edition, and I'm afraid that I might be featured in the first episode!
ReplyDeleteGreat finds Heidi!
ReplyDeleteLove canning jars, especially finding unique names on the jars. Can't pass those up.
And the pink Gooseberry Pyrex frigie is the best!
I love everything you got and I would have groaned knowing I missed out on the previous sale, too! The pillows are so sweet!
ReplyDeleteMan, I am itching to find a good old "cleaning out Grandma's house" sale. You found sweet things. I'm not an embroidered kitty kinda gal, but that pillow is super sweet.
ReplyDeleteFabulous finds! I especially love the apron and the pink Pyrex. Our garage sales tend to be things they couldn't get rid of any other way. :)
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