One for me - One for you - Thrift Share Monday

Flowers and Furry critters

The sun and I are off sync this last week. Good photos have been hard to create, so I've setup the dining room photo station

Photo tent and lights

My backgrounds of late have been colorful artist papers from Michael's - branching out from basic blue or white.

It's been a busy thrifting time - found some lovely stuff and keeping 25% of what I find - waffling over 25% of it and listing the rest!  This weekend was the Big Garage Sale again at the South Florida Fairgrounds. Busy, crowded and fun. All indoors in air conditioning thankfully!

Books, books, books, of course, and some Pendelfin figurines from England. Lots of floral bits - including those Vera Neumann for Mikasa plates in the photo above. Pattern named "Field Flowers" I have 4 big and 6 little plates. They're in my waffling pile - I like them. I can see me using them.

The local Faith Farm thrift store was having a 60th anniversary sale - 60% and more off their low low prices - I think I spent $1.25 for two big bags of goodies. We stayed to have lunch and sit on the veranda listening to a steel drum player - lovely atmosphere!

Most fun 'keeper' find of the week:

$9 mannequin displaying last years halloween costume

Time to get back to the photos....!

Linking in today with

 Apron Thrift Girl

Flea Market Finds
Penny Worthy Project

Imperfect - Thrift Share Monday

Before I get into the good thrifty stuff,

here's a highlight from my weekend...

Bearandbird.com

Tate's comics in Lauderhill, FL has an indie gallery upstairs Bear and Bird. Current feature is Stitch Wars Strikes Back - the second Star Wars in stitch related show.

An enjoyable array of items and techniques with  particularly excellent  needle felted finger puppets of Ewoks and other furry characters.

There's a flickr set of much of the exhibit here.

RockTheStitch.com

Now I'm looking forward to the next exhibit "Creep Cinema" and then later on the RockTheStitch bazaar in the same time frame.

(And that indie gallery is going to be dangerous to my pocketbook!!

 I'll share silly purchases later this week.)

And on to the thrifty finds....

Yet I must admit first to some Imperfect mindsets this morning - it's been one of those bring me to my knees with struggle type of days so far - one where hard, hard "NO's" had to be enforced with family and friends - the type of morning where pushing back against people you love is necessary.

So very difficult....

Flocked Christmas Santas in original packaging

These Santas are very cheerful - probably from the '80's - they're printed both sides too.

Vintage office steno pad and ledger books

I sort of remember stenography - my Mom was learning it for awhile and I'd pick up her workbooks and try it out. Those ledger papers are great for mixed media artwork.

Georges Briard bent glass dish

Perhaps the Persian design - this bent glass tray dish has the Georges Briard signature in gold on white.

Homer Laughlin Best China

Possibly my favorite of the week - Restaurantware from Homer Laughlin - one lonely bowl. Think counter diners, robust china, coffee refills. This bowl makes me want oatmeal or a side of fruit salad!!

Johnson Bros Enfield platter

Full of crazed charm - and certainly imperfect - this Johnson Bros Enfield platter has such delicate little flowers along the edges.

sweet!

Hula Stitch and Vampire Stitch

The Junior Picker's selection - Disney plush variants of Stitch from Lilo and Stitch.

I think I've been in both these moods this morning - gentle and fierce!!

Linking in today with

Apron Thrift Girl

Flea Market Finds

Stepping back into sewing

It's been awhile since I let myself create on the sewing machine.

Starting slowly with gentle lines of stitch down the sandwich of batiks.

Surprising myself when a rectangular pillow turns into a roll pillow

 and then again into a tote.

The front panel a simple tuck pocket.

And tomorrow when I stitch again - what will it then become?

I like not knowing the destination!

Sharing today on:

Our Creative Spaces

Labor Day Thrift Share



Design Sweden folk art candle holder



Don't you love how each thrift shop has it's own personality? Not only in how the items are presented, but a pricing personality too.

 

Takahashi petite blooms, footed coffee cup

When you find a multitude of fun things under 50 cents at one shop, they'll be $1-$2 and up at another thrift.



Pyrex Correlle Sunshine cups

I struggle to leave behind lovely items when the price is too much. (Unless I'm going to use them myself!) 





Pendelfin Twins figurine

Although sometimes I just have to pickup items that "feel right" despite the cost!!

Then comes research time... 

Blue's Clues toy, Georges Briard glasses, Cape Cod souvenir plate

I've just discovered Corelle Corner as a resource for pyrex pattern identification. There's probably more sites out there - this one is working for me at the moment.

It's Labor Day in the US. Traditionally a barbecue with family and friends occasion. We're keeping it low key with an at home day.

I had to laugh at Late Night Coffee's reseller's post today - item #10 - take a break. It's easy for 24/7 addiction to this business! I'm guilty of that some days - to the suffering of my creative pursuits. (Dang car payment - that was the catalyst for my focus on the selling side of thrift!!)

Still - it's all enjoyable - despite the need for some uhhhhh ...boundaries... to the efforts!!

Linking in today (hopefully)...

Apron Thrift Girl

Flea Market Finds

Mystery Items - Thrift Share Monday (on Thursday!)

Hurricane Irene stayed away from us and allowed our North Carolina visitor to make the trek down. Oodles of thrift shopping occurred over a 4 day period. From tidy, organized Goodwill's to cluttered family run  thrifts and even an ultra-hoarder, stacked to the ceiling, turn sideways down the aisles, where's my flashlight hole in the wall type of place.

Want to help with some mystery item identification????

No. 1:

Marked 'Italy', accordion silver-plated tongs. Are they sugar tongs? Grape tongs? They're fairly robust, yet petite in size.

No. 2:

The mind boggles at the length of this cruise - 40 days!! What was this dish? A wine coaster? Ash tray? Pin dish? Souvenir??? It's Rosenthal china, too.

No. 3:

Sure, they're Georges Briard glasses. Pattern name is a mystery. What type of glasses though? With vegetable, fruit and fish drawings on them - juice glasses? Mixed drinks glasses. A minor puzzle!!!

Bonus game: which item cost the most at 85 cents???

Linking in this week with:

Apron Thrift Girl

Her Library Adventures (Flea Market Finds)

Southern Hospitality (Thrifty Treasures)

(And WOW - I hit 400 blog posts today)