Today's junk finds were actually bought on a weekend back in 2011, right before Christmas, but I never posted them then. I literally bought them on Christmas Eve last year, which was a Saturday. So technically they
are Weekend Junk Finds, just not from a recent weekend.
Literally two days before I had read about the
It's a Wonderful Life village houses on one of my favorite blogs,
320 Sycamore. Because it was Christmas Eve, all of the Christmas stuff at the thrift store was 50% off. I first noticed one house, and then another. And then even though I'd
already walked through all of the Christmas aisles, I headed down them
again and found three more houses!
Then I packed them away in my crazy vintage Christmas closet (remind me to show you that mess sometime) until this year. I had hoped to get them listed on eBay before Thanksgiving but that didn't happen. I didn't get them listed until December 2.
This morning when I woke up I got the notification that the last one sold! Woo-hoo!!
Just wanted to let you know so that while you're trolling the thrifts this year in search of vintage Christmas goodies--keep an eye out for these! They're not really the style I'm looking for and I don't have room in my house for a village, so I've probably walked right by them in the past. It was only Melissa's post that clued me in and you can bet I'll be on the lookout for them in the future!
I've linked up with the
Nifty Thrifty at A Living Space and
Apron Thrift Girl's Thrift Share Monday.
Thanks for the heads up on these houses. There are always an abundance of Christmas houses at the thrift stores but I never take the time to look at them. They aren't really my thing. Now I will be sure and pay closer attention.
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Erica
I'll have to remember these. I usually buy any Dept. 56 if it's cheap enough and in good shape. I sold some on ebay and the rest in my booth this year.
ReplyDeleteI saw on Pinterest that someone bought the cheap houses at the dollar store...spray painted them cream and glittered them like crazy. That would be a fun use for thrift store houses...tho' I wouldn't do that to the sweet "Wonderful Life" houses.
ReplyDeleteI see these all the time! Now I'm going to have to take a closer look at them. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! That's wonderful. I would love to find some of the A Christmas Story houses. I have the Ralphie in the pink bunny suit figurine.
ReplyDeleteWow! Congrats~those bring back such good memories :)
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