Ready for Christmas!!!

Taaaa Daaaa!

What do you guys think?!  I'm really pleased with the way everything turned out.  They are doing an open house on December 8th for the holiday season, and I think I'm ready for it!  

Changing it Up

Today is the day for a little revamping!  My antique mall is staying open late tonight for vendors so they have a chance to beautify their spaces for the holidays.  And I'm ready for it!

The Grandma and I went to check out an enamel top table yesterday that was listed my local Craigslist.  It is hard to tell, but it was super dirty.  Some kind of goo mixed in with an enormous amount of dust and grit made it seem beyond saving.  There was yuck all over the top, and dirt in every micro crack in the enamel.  But because I don't give up that easily, I hauled the thing home and gave it a good scrub down.

This is what it looks like now.  After a good rub down with Bar Keepers Friend, a billion passes with a hot wet sponge, and a little shining with those homemade dusting clothes you've been seeing on Pinterest, (they totally work) and it is a new table. Well kind of...  It is still super used, but I really like all the dings and scraps.  It gives the table character, plus it will look great in my booth!






So out goes this long table and in comes my cool new table and a shelf that The Mom is letting me borrow for a while.  With both the shelf and the table I will be able to display my Pyrex a little better, and still have room for funny shaped stuff on the table.  Plus, because this table has a cool top, I won't be using a table cloth and I will also be able to display items under it!  I'm so stinking excited!

I got an email back from the person selling these cabinets I was so excited about right after I bought the table!  Really dude, you couldn't have emailed me back a little sooner?!  The cabinets would have been great, but I think that I wouldn't have had has much usable display space as I will with this current plan.

Now to head over to the party at The Colorado Lady.  Oh, and I'm heading over to It's a Very Cherry World for Rednesday because I finally have something to share!  Woohoo!  Have a great Friday everyone!

Some Things Get Left Behind

We all have things we wish we could have purchased, or things that pained us to leave on the thrift store shelf.  Yet we rise above our impulses and resist the frivolous, yucky or broken items time and time again.  

 I just couldn't bring myself to spend $13.00 on this Spring Blossom cinderella bowl.  It was scratched up on the bottom which helped me feel better about my decision to leave it on the shelf.

 The more I look at this lamb with the shifty eyes, the more I'm regretting not buying her!  Dangit!

 I've never purchased a paint by numbers before, so I wasn't sure if the price of $7.99 was good on this or not.  It also had a few yucky age spots on it that looked like they might be hard to clean up.  What do you guys think?  Was that a good price?

 These t.v trays live at an antique store in Florence, and it killed me not to bring them home.  The colors are right, the design is lovely, but what the heck am I gonna do with them?!  Ugh, I couldn't rationalize this one no matter how hard I tried.

So not a single one of these sets was less than $85!  If they had been the solid turquoise ones, I would have been all over them, but since they weren't, I let them stay on the shelf.  Way to rich for my blood!









And last but not least, this crazy looking ET sculpture.  It was cracked down the back and I think was at one point used as bong, so it stayed at the store.  It sure did make me smile though!

I'm going to head over to Sir Thrift A Lot for Thriftasaurus Thrift Haul Link up.  I'll also be joining A Living Space for Nifty Thrifty.  Have a great week everyone!

Stocking up for Winter

This is my first winter as a thrifter and all this talk of it being a slow time for thrifting is making me dang nervous, so I am trying to fatten up my inventory beforehand.
The flea market got rain/snowed out, so I went to the thrifts.

This yellow Primary Colors mixing bowl has a little chip, but I think someone will still be happy to have it complete their set.  This same thrift shop had another one that barely had any yellow color left to it at all, yet it still had the same price as the one above!  Ugh...so frustrating.

This is my first Fire King purchase and I really like it.  The pattern is very mod to me, even kind of manly.  Does anyone know anything about it?  I will have to do some research before I put it in the booth.

This Pyrex Bake n' Round is going to look great with some Christmas decorations in it.  I sure as heck won't be baking any bread in it!  Has anyone ever used one of these gadgets?

These had been taunting me for a few days now, but they were wicked pricey, so I ignored them.  Well today was half off day, so I splurged a little!  They are so cool and in great shape.  All they needed was a little bubble bath and they are good as new.







I found this Butterprint Cinderella bowl and fuzzy headed little figurine at a shop that I normally don't do very well at so I was tickled pink!  This commuter cup made me laugh.  I might keep this one.  The lid requires one to push a button to dispense the delicious beverage and that will work perfectly for me because I always forget to close the stinking lid!




This owl plate is pretty cool.  It has a hanger on the back and says Rocky Mtn. Park.  This is the best looking Hall's Red Poppy bowl I have seen so far.  These things are generally well loved and have the scars to prove it.


This Thursday my antique mall is going to have extended hours for vendors, so I'm trying to get stuff together for that.  Sadly, I don't think I will be getting the super cool cabinets mentioned here.  I haven't gotten an email back from them and the ad is gone.  I'm pretty bummed, but I am going to keep looking.
I'm going to head over to Sumo's Sweet Stuff for Market Yourself Monday! I will also be joining the party at Apron Thrift Girl for Thrift Share Monday.  Have a great week everyone!

Silly Poodle

Yesterday the husband finished up work a little early so that I could head over to my booth to add a few things while The Little Dude stayed at home and played.  They are so good to me!  

I added a few things, moved some stuff around and noticed that a few things sold too, which is always fantastic!  I'm interested to see how well things sell in the coming months with Christmas being right around the corner.  Oh geez, Christmas...  I better get my crap together and get some shopping done.  This year is fun though because I get to buy toys!  Woohoo!

After that I had enough time to hit my favorite thrift shop. They didn't have a lot of customers so it was a lovely, slow paced trip down the junk packed aisles.  It was oddly calming.  I found a few good things.   This Napco poodle caught my eye right away.  Seriously, it's eyes followed me around.  It was creepy.  

I almost never see this Square Flowers pattern, so I was super tickled to find this mixing bowl, plus it's in good condition too.  If I wasn't so worried about becoming a hoarder and limiting myself to two colors, I would totally collect this color.  Something about 60's green... I don't know why, but it's lovely.  Sigh...

Anyway!

These goofy bad golfer glasses made me laugh.  I think they will appeal to any golfer with a sense of humor.

I still haven't gotten a response from the craigslist ad I responded to yesterday about these cabinets.  The anticipation is killing me! 

Also, you can't see it very well, but these pics were taken on my lovely vintage table cloth that I won in a giveaway over at Virginia Retro.  As soon as I get my sun room (that is where the table cloth lives) all cleaned up again, I will do a proper thank you post to Pam.  But for now, THANKS PAM!!!

Now to head over to the party at The Colorado Lady.  Have a great Friday everyone!

What Do You Think?

So The Mom and I think this is a genius idea, but before I make the leap, what do you guys think?

Upper Cabinets

These are vintage metal cabinets that are currently listed on Craigslist.  Wouldn't they be super cool in my booth?!  We would take off most of the doors and add a few more shelves within the cabinets for displaying my vintage goodies.  

I'm waiting to get the exact dimensions, but I'm pretty sure they would still leave me plenty of room in my 8 foot x 3 foot space. 

What do you guys think?  Be honest, I can handle it!  

Lower Cabinets with a Counter top

Thrifty Tuesday

Finally!  Holy crap, I for sure thought the thrifts were going to disappoint me again but thankfully I was wrong.
These ornaments screamed my name, which is good because I walked past them twice before I picked them up!  My head wasn't in the game I guess.  I'm thinking they are Polish because one of them has Poland engraved on the metal part, and the boxes have made in Poland stamped on them (but we all know that ornaments tend to jump boxes when you are putting them away, so who knows).  Does anyone know more about them?  Spread that hard earned knowledge around guys!

This is the first large lot that I have found that aren't the ordinary bulb shape like I found here.

There are quit a few of this type to, with the dainty little flowers.  Some of these look like they could be mercury glass, but I'm not sure.

These Shiny Brites are freakin awesome!  It's a full package with no damage to the ornaments.  I love, love, love the kissing snowman and snowlady.


Now that I have a buttload of vintage ornaments, I think that I am ready to put them up for sale in the booth.  We have a cool silver tree that these will look spectacular on.  Now I just have to get all of them priced.  That seems to be the part I dislike the most. I seriously have to force myself to sit down to enter items into my spreadsheet and then write price tags. Is it the same for anyone else?

I'm going to head over to Sir Thrift A Lot for Thriftasaurus Thrift Haul Link up and then over to It's A Very Cherry World for Rednesday.  It has been a while since I have been able to join up with these guys, so I'm super excited.  I'll also be joining A Living Space for Nifty Thrifty.  Have a great week everyone!