September Thrift Store, Garage Sale & Great Bargains Thread

i collect globes!

and i'd love to see a photo of the chandelier

gina

While checking a bottom shelf (always check the bottom shelf )I discovered a cool vintage cocktail shaker that I thought might be Hazel Atlas. It features a bellhop running with a tray of cocktails while holding onto the leash of what I think is a long-haired dachshund. It's in beautiful condition, not a scratch on it, but the lid is wedged on tight and cockeyed. Any ideas on how to get it off? At any rate, I tried to find information about it online and the most that I could determine is that it's from the 1930's and that people are trying to sell it for a heck of a lot of money. Apparently, there is a set of matching glasses, but I did not see any.

Put the bottom (glass part) in hot water to make it expand while putting a freezing cold wet cloth on the metal (top part). The top with get smaller while the bottom gets bigger. It might come off that way.

At the auction last weekend I picked up a maul ax for $5. My son is loving it and is actually splitting the wood from our cut down tree that has been sitting there a couple weeks. I can't imagine swinging that thing it weighs so much. I love that it is all metal so I don't have to worry about the handle splitting like on a regular ax.

Picked up a cute set of 14 glasses for $2 that had circles on them, super cute. I'm really tired of my DD Shrek glasses.

There was a big box of vinyls which I really wanted, all kinds of 70/80s music that I listened to. The person I was bidding against is one of those that if they want it forget about having it! I gave up probably quicker than I should have but I wasn't spending a lot when other times I"ve picked up a box for $3. If only this couple wasn't there. They hadn't been for a month. UGH!

We went out a couple of weeks ago, but the stores were super crowded - maybe back to school shoppers? And it seems like the resellers have multiplied as well. At least we assume they are resellers since they fill up a mountainous cart and then sit down and look things up on a smart phone before dumping most of the items in a pile and buying the rest. I'd never noticed before how many people do that. I feel bad for the employees/volunteers who have to come by and re-shelve all that stuff.

At the last place we went, they rolled out a cart full of housewares and mixed in was what looked like someone's entire collection of mixed media supplies.

There were three big bags of supplies, each marked $6. I passed on one because it was brushes, brayers, scrapers, Mod Podge, and other stuff I already have. The other two I grabbed in a heartbeat! One was full of Daler Rowney FW fluid acrylics, Windsor Newton inks in these cute little boxes, India inks, and a set of Staedtler Lumocolor pens. The other bag had 22 tubes of heavy body acrylic paints! This was the good stuff - artist quality paint and most were the large tubes which I don't buy because they're too expensive for playing around in my mixed media journals. The only things that seemed to have been used were the red and black heavy body paint and the red marker, which was missing from the markers. Weird...

It was a huge score for me. I've had good luck finding stamps and stencils and punches, but the paint and ink is usually old and dried up. This stash will keep me pretty entertained when the weather gets bad up here this winter.

I ran over the Salvation Army thrift store on Friday to grab some stuff for my costume for our local "Fan Faire" event at the library (like a mini Comic Con)and ...OMG! It was closed until further notice! Darn hurricane Irma. They had roof and water damage.
The Goodwill had some suitable items, thankfully. So I Wowed the crowds...lol, ok more like totally embarrassed my children, in my Carol from The Walking Dead costume complete with fake cookies that I made and painted.
And my youngest son with his long hair rocked a plaid thrift store shirt over a T and a Dollar Tree hat to be Carl for a couple of photos.

I also grabbed a Tuxton Republican elephant serving platter for a couple dollars. DH and I are political junkies and I can see us eating cheese and crackers or something off of this as we watch returns come in next election.

I bought an industrial lighted magnifying glass on a wheeled stand. It's perfect and very easily positioned. I love these old pieces of equipment that are so superior to what you can find in today's stores. I paid $20 for this one through Craigslist and I'm really happy with it..

This weekend I went to buy donuts because I was near a place my friend had recommended. Turns out next door was an amazing thrift shop. I only browsed the Halloween stuff outside because my family was waiting for me but I got a Hawaiian dress for $6! It made me remember the good old days of thrifting when stuff for Halloween was cheap and actually old stuff from people not just cheap leg avenue costumes. I wish it was closer by so I could shop the inside, that place was like a boutique!

I swear percolators make the best coffee. A friend used to bring hers camping. It was so good. Enjoy!

I had been wanting a crossbody purse that was neither frumpy nor sporty. I had looked all my usual places and hadn't found anything.

We go up north a few times a year and always make a point to stop at this thrift store that benefits battered women and children. I walked in and right there at the register was this purse for $5. And it's real leather. Teal is "my" color so it suits me well. It's in perfect condition-not sure it was ever used. The key fob was still in the pocket. And construction wise, it's the most well-made purse I've ever owned. What a difference nice zippers and straps make over the cheapy stuff I usually buy.

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All the red stuff I've found at thrift stores the last few weeks. Tempted to keep on until I have the whole bookcase full of red stuff! What say the peas?