Recent garage sale and thrifting check-ins!

You sure found some great things! Where do you work to get wax melts 72/$1? lol!

I went to an indoor, fundraising tag sale this morning. I got there early so I waited in my car for it to open. I didn't know there were a ton of people already in there. I missed out on a lot of really great stuff. Some of the stuff I saw people leaving with had me drooling. I saw one couple walking around with some beautiful, mint condition Pyrex in patterns I hadn't seen before and they got it dirt cheap.

I spent $15 on: Pampered Chef crinkle edged chopper; Pampered Chef measuring cup that you use for peanut butter that pushes up; Pampered Chef 3 piece plastic measuring cups that look like they are at an angle; vintage, hand painted metal wastebasket; 3 boxes of Christmas ornaments that remind you of Shiny Brites; hand painted Easter egg; oversized, carved wooden stamp that is used to stamp fabric; a new in the package game; a vintage game; 2 books; a tote bag with the original tag still on it; hand painted, wooden jewelry box; 2 candles; 2 old ceramic figurines; small, mirrored perfume tray; vintage powder compact; a handmade doll; vintage, wooden hair ribbon holder.

At another tag sale, I got 2 rubber stamps for 50 cents each.

At another, a new with tag dish towel from Paris and a lap harp, $1.

At the last one, two empty collectible wine bottles for my brother who collects them $2.

I hope everyone who goes out this weekend finds great treasures for their collection.

Somewhere between all of the tag sale and a trip to the convenience store $10 went MIA so I'll have to add that to what I spent. Bummer. I hope whoever ended up with it has fun spending it.

Way to go.  Have fun spending it.

I found a brand new with tags north face terra65 big travel bag pack at a yardsale I paid $8 for it we do a lot of weekend trips and camping nice we only have a short time left in Europe the back pack will be perfect for it :-) of course I googled it the cheapes one I could find was $180 ! Still doing the happy dance

Found most of this at a church:
 the ducks are for a pillow cover for dh. He had a cat one at his office and he brought it home with the fabric worn out from people hugging it. Not sure they are going to want to hug a duck.

The other fabric is for my back porch swing cover. It is ugly, but it is really thick and water proof and will hide dirt.

 When I was looking at the photo album, a lady told me "nobody uses those any more". (I used one yesterday). She says she never prints. My nephew told me the same thing when he stayed at my house last week and saw all my photos. She would be surprised to see my scrapbooks.

I've been wanting a pretty china cup and saucer for several months. I think I will drink coffee with it and it will taste better.

The red tablecloth, sweets dish and tiny cross stitch kit are Christmas decorations. Just because I liked them. The cross stitch has a nativity which is my Christmas theme.

I have been gathering multiple vintage industrial components to redo my craft room. I've found some really cool old metal drawer sets, a couple of turning stands. One is all metal on a rotating base and takes metal hooks. Another is wood slats that will probably hold plastic drawer-type containers. Two more are metal baskets from top to bottom and a final one has very small little shelves on the exterior that will hold all the little bottles of things like glitter, ink, and stickles..

I already had some vintage metal grocery store shelf stands and racks. There was just one more thing I wanted, but I have been looking for it for about ten years now and any that I found were way out of my price range or totally rusted and full of holes. I had given up searching for one.

Then last week I was checking Craigslist briefly while standing in the bathroom waiting for Mom to finish her shower. The ad listed a vintage Craftsman toolbox, but in the background, I saw the edge of a vintage parts bin like I've been looking for. It wasn't listed for sale. I emailed the seller asking if they planned on listing it anytime soon.

The seller got back to me within the hour and said he was planning on cleaning it up, painting it, and then listing it. Thinking it couldn't hurt to ask, I asked him to set a price on it as is. I couldn't believe it when he responded that he would let me have it as it stood for $150 !!??

These typically sell for around $1,000 to $2,000 in great rustic condition and you don't see many offered for sale. They had a big old one in the hardware store my dad frequented when I was a kid. It held nails and screws and bolts and I loved spinning the round bins around and looking at all the different stuff in them.

I still figured something was wrong with it or it was too small or too big. It was perfect! It is just under 6 feet tall and 3 feet across. It has 8 round shelves with all sorts of dividers, plus he gave me a pile of extra ones too. Since these are so heavy duty, I'm going to put all my punches in it to start.

I know it sounds like a weird thing to have in a house, but I'm thrilled to hav found it. And it can always go to the garage for tool storage if I get tired of the vintage industrial look.

I will post a picture later today.

I found 3 intarsia leaf pieces for $2 at goodwill.

Finally something at a decent price there and it hadn't been played with.

Good day at yard sales and an estate sale (second day 1/2 price). I found some GAP, Polo, jeans and shirts for my 5 yo grandson 6 pieces for $5, a set of Pottery Barn twin Dr Seuss sheets, I had to buy the pillow to get them for $10, a rectangular std folding table lightweight for $20 for DH, and a CUTCO knife set paring knife, 2 carving knives and a spreader for $3.50 at the Estate Sale.

Of course, picking up - delivering the goodies to my DDs cost me lunch for 5!

I bought this ice bucket by The Sheffield Silver Co at an auction last weekend (or weekend before? - recently anyway). It was so discolored by tarnish, I wasn't sure it would clean up. But a little old-fashioned silver paste and a lot of elbow grease yielded a gorgeous result! I'm so happy with it.

I got it at what the auction company calls a "clean-out" auction. It's all the bits and pieces of estates that didn't sell previously, stuff left behind, storage accumulations, and so forth. Most things that day were starting at just a dollar or two. I got in a bidding war with another lady for this piece and had to pay a whopping $22.50 for it! Lol.

This is a picture that the seller sent me. The levels look crooked and too close together because they are just stacked on the post and each other, not properly installed with ball bearing dividers. That will add space between the levels. There is also a finial for the top.

I will do a bit of cleanup, but I really love that rustic patina.

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I can't post a picture from my phone for some reason

Lexica it is as awesome as I thought it would be.  I love it's storage capability for the same reason I love my card catalog. I like having things compartmentalized so things like this appeal a lot to me.

I love that spinning parts bin! I have no need for it or really any place to put it... but I'd buy it at that price in a heartbeat!

And I covet that garden bird that heartcat found.

I got a 30-drawer card catalog in great condition for $150, too, and it's one of my treasured possessions. I found it on craigslist and DH and I drove five hours to get it, but it was so worth it!