Friday, June 13, 2014

Findings from a rummage sale.

We hooked up last weekend with my sister-in-law for an early morning breakfast and a church rummage sale. It was the last day and the deal was fill a bag for $4. Just plastic grocery bags but we filled four of them with some keeper items and store inventory items. After the rummage sale we headed down the road to a brand new Good Will store.



We found a lot of small vintage nick knacks along with a heart shaped baking pan, green Pyrex bowl (found at a new to the city Good Will), a wall hanging basket, a summer hot pink straw purse and what would a summer day be without a joke and riddle book. A very vintage joke and riddle book.


The crochet items I just saw and put in the bag. It wasn't until I got home and looked over our treasures that I realized they were hand crochet collars. Orange seemed to be the theme of this rummage. We found a vintage orange napkin holder, an orange cast iron frying pan, an address file full of address cards and alphabet cards and my favorite was a set of vintage playing cards with a blueberry print.


Those bunnies are just so cute. They are Josef Originals. The coffee cup tree and mugs we found at the Good Will store along with the set of J.R. Tolkien books and the "NEW" coffee bean grinder that I got to grind my dried herbs from the garden. The aqua dish has two small chips, but my daughter loved it and is keeping it. 


Getting back to orange, and yes we got this in a bag, was this practically new fondue pot and lazy susan. We've seen parts from these before but never a complete set. It's for sale here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/192527722/on-sale-retro-bright-orange-lazy-susan?


We found a Liz Claiborne skirt and some lace curtain valences. These will be up cycled into something new. There were clothes galore and after poking through we found a Super Mario t-shirt and an owl shirt that will become pillows. My daughter said the orange coffee cup just fit well in her hand so she added it to her kitchen and we found a set of seven vintage jelly jars. I'm so tempted to use them for all the wonderful jams and jellies I've been making. 
This is what the treasure hunters found this past week. Thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend.

linking to: We Call It Junkin

7 comments:

Diana said...

Hey there--what fun finds! You must've had a ball stuffing those four bags :) That fondue set is pretty cool; we have friends who love fondue and they had us over for dinner--it was fondue heaven!
Blessings,
Diana

spymay said...

My grandma made a bunch of crochet collars in the 80's, but never in cute pastel colors like those.

LV said...

You definitely had a vintage field day.

Anonymous said...

Oh wow, I love the fondue set and the coffee mugs and tree! Great finds! Thanks for joining the History & Home link party, take care - Dawn @ We Call It Junkin.com

Vintage Whimsy said...

What a great haul. I love rummage sales!!

Anikó said...

oooh so many great finds! i love when armfuls of good stuff to be found :)

Anny said...

Wow sounds like the best day to go to the sale! I love that fondue set and the mugs.