Weekend Junk Finds

Friends, thank you all for commiserating with me last week on my weather disaster. I was still feeling pretty blue when I wrote that post, I'll admit it. Tuesday night I held a 'Trunk Show' at my home with the remainder of my unsold handmade Halloween items. I was really worried that I was making a huge mistake and setting myself up for failure. However, I had many sweet friends come over to visit and shop, and by the end of the night I felt so much better! Just seeing my friends lifted my spirits immensely. Thank goodness for my wonderful friends! By the end of Wednesday I'd pulled myself together and out of my funk completely. I listed quite a few things in my Etsy shop and am trying to get a few more things up there in the next day or two.

I was sorely tempted to hit the estate sales last weekend, now that I'm not on such a strict crafting schedule--but the reality is that I'm buried under inventory that needs to be listed on Etsy, and have ZERO business adding to that mess! As much as I'm tempted by my new free-er schedule, I'm putting myself on a junking freeze for a while until I get some more items listed and hopefully sold. Hence, this may be the last Weekend Junk Finds post for a little while because I need to focus on getting things out the door!

Some vintage fabric scraps from an estate sale. Now, let's just remember for a moment that I DON'T SEW and therefore I have no business buying fabrics. But they're so pretty! And I think I got charged maybe $1 for all of these, plus a large piece of pretty red vintage velvet.

Have I ever mentioned that I collect these metal state ashtrays? I might have once before, but I think perhaps I need to do post with all of them together. I'm always on the lookout for cool vintage Colorado travel souvenirs anyway, so this was perfect! Underneath the ashtray is a pretty yellow and white chenille crib blanket.

This sweet tiny apron is made of fabric with an Alice in Wonderland print. There was a note pinned to the back from the owner saying she thought it was from1936 or 37. I found it at my local consignment store, and I'm kind of shocked that it ended up there! I collect Alice things so I had to have this one, but since I don't have a good way to display this wee apron, it may eventually end up on Etsy. The short strand of mercury glass beads was from the same estate sale as the fabric,

as was the large circus-themed glass in the center of the photo. I know circus-themed parties are very popular right now and I think this glass, filled with aqua Jelly Bellies with some cute pennant flags stuck in the top would be THE CUTEST centerpiece for a circus party! I know I should not bring home orphaned vintage glasses but darned if I don't keep doing it.

The two glasses on the left were in a bag together at the thrift. I'm pretty sure the black star glass is a Swanky Swig--I happen to have two of the red version. This one will be perfect for Halloween! The glass with the gray and black leaves is Libby. The two glasses on the right were also found together at a different thrift store. One has little animals and the other has pink roosters--I can't tell if they were originally red but faded over time? I don't know enough to know if they are true Swanky Swigs, but they're darn cute either way. Really not particularly useful, but too cute to just leave there on the thrift store shelf!

I'm linking up with Apron Thrift Girl's Thrift Share Monday!